Ephraimite Forum-78
Date: 8 September /08 8 Elul 5768
Contents:
1. Celticfest Chicago
2. Wall of Second Temple-era Jerusalem found in Mt. Zion excavations
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of  Explorator 11.20

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1. Celticfest Chicago
"This 2-day festival in Chicago's Grant Park celebrates the music,
dance, and traditions of the 7 original Celtic nations: Ireland,
Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall, Galicia (Spain), and Brittany
(France)."

http://www.celticfestchicago.us

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2. Wall of Second Temple-era Jerusalem found in Mt. Zion excavations
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017862.htmlBy Reuters

Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall - along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defenses.

The wall, on Mount Zion at the southern edge of Jerusalem's Old City, dates back to the Second Jewish Temple, which was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E.

Yehiel Zelinger, who headed the excavation for the Israel Antiquities Authority, said the location of the wall indicated that Jerusalem had expanded to the south at the time, reaching its largest size in biblical times.
The 10.5-foot high wall was not supported by any mortar or other bonding material and formed part of a 3.5-mile-long fortification around the city, he said.

The present wall around Jerusalem's Old City is 2.5 miles in circumference.

The ancient wall on Mount Zion had disappeared from view by the time a similar stone barrier, also uncovered in the dig, was built at the site during the Byzantine period more than 250 years later. Nonetheless, the second wall followed almost exactly the same path.

"During these two periods, Jerusalem was the center... to the Jews during the Second Temple Period and to pilgrims from the Christian world [during the Byzantine Period]," Zelinger said.

British archaeologists surveyed the site in the 19th century, leaving behind a shoe and and beer and wine bottles, which Zelinger's team found and put on display Wednesday.

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3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of  Explorator 11.20
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.20 September 7, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Some phallic figurines and other Neolithic items from Israel:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/thuo-pfp090108.php
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080905-israel-burials.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/09/02/sciphallic102.xml
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080901085355.htm

Much coverage of using mouse remains from a "bronze age shipwreck"
(Ulu Burun?) to determine its origin:

http://tinyurl.com/5mrszq (NS)
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-19057.html
http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/779879.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/news-scan/2008/09/03/1220121331202.html

Some Canaanite burials (etc.) near Sidon:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=95699

Excavating the Hittite city of Nerik:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=114147

More evidence of Second Temple era walls in Jerusalem:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080901085355.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6nmoyz (MFA)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017862.html
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220444319782&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10078007.shtml
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_archaeology_1
http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/jerusalem_ancient_walls_unveiled/
http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKL342025420080903
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24291594-23109,00.html
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hULCIa_wLA2b2BkhgMpPKtJn3rvgD92VB1TG0
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7595613.stm
http://tinyurl.com/6bekwb (Telegraph)
http://tinyurl.com/5wsytv
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080903/sc_nm/israel_archaeology_dc_3
http://wejew.com/media/2730/Ancient_Jerusalem_Wall_Discovery/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127489 (video)
http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26526464/

Interesting spin on ongoing excavations in Turkey:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=152052&bolum=110

This week's installment of the Temple Mount saga:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3591329,00.html

More on the DSS going online:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2348701.htm
http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1422&module_id=#as

Reviewish sort of thing on plants of the Bible:

http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening/2008/09/02/plants-of-the-bible/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Sarmatian burial:

http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=73495

Feature on the Dhaskalo Kavos site:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article4662664.ece

Plenty of coverage of a study linking lower HIV resistance to
the Romans:

http://tinyurl.com/64qyg9 (NS)
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2440091.0.Romans_helped_spread_Aids.php
http://tinyurl.com/5j2pbx (Telegraph)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7596532.stm
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24293754-5007185,00.html
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQu6fgrIqW4T79HVGP0_fSHSK5Ag

Evidence of Roman presence in Moray:

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/815790

Visit our blog:

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A bronze bowl from Sweden:

http://www.thelocal.se/14050/20080901/

Feature on some petroglyphs from Anglesey:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/drawingsonthewall_20080302.shtml

A letter from Oliver Cromwell:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7595836.stm

Russian archaeologists believe they have found the ancient Khazar
capital:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080903/lf_afp/russiahistoryculturearchaeology_080903160809
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354822.htm

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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On prehispanic dentistry:

http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1685&Itemid=150


Searching for the Aztec 'homeland':

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5974701.html

More on urbanization in the Amazon:

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/2050057

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://web.mac.com/michaelruggeri
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94104997

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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On DNA and European origins:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02gene.html
http://www.current-biology.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0960982208009561

On the origin of the term 'maverick':

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94312345

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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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Tel Kadesh:

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/kelseymuseum.digdiary/read_our_blog

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Mommsens' Hercules:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=25878&int_modo=1

Folks are "aghast" at plans to sell off some rare books from
Wales:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7593883.stm

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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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Claims a Viking ship might be found in a Wisconsin native
American burial ground:

http://tinyurl.com/5px9ad (Press Gazette)

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