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Ephraimite Forum no.91
16 december 2009, 19 Kislev 5769
Contents:
1. Possible Unknown Jews in Italy
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of Explorator 11.34
3. Archaeology: Remains of Second Temple Era Jewish Town Revealed


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1. Possible Unknown Jews in Italy
Searching for their roots.
Spark in the Bottom of the Boot
by Andree Elion Brooks
http://www.rabbibarbara.com/files/Hadassah_Magazine_Dec_08_100dpi.pdf


2. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of Explorator 11.34
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
Subject: [Explorator] explorator 11.34

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explorator 11.34 December 14, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Was the Sphinx originally just a lion?:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3687646/Sphinx-may-have-had-the-face-of-a-lion.html
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1092827/How-Sphinx-face-mighty-lion-time-pyramids.html

Some perfume vials from Magdala are getting a lot of attention
(and a predictable spin):

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2440841,00.html
 http://www.ansa.it/opencms/export/site/notizie/rubriche/inbreve/visualizza_new.html_843579437.html
 http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKTRE4B96DB20081210
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081210/sc_nm/us_religion_perfume_2
 http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-12-10_110304839.html

Latest Noah's Ark 'theory' has the deluge beginning near Mt Carmel:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728130015&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Another version of that 'hoaxes from the Holy Land' piece:

http://www.modbee.com/1592/story/523553.html

... and Hershel Shanks' reaction:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-shanks9-2008dec09,0,1568317.story

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Evidence of Illyrian piracy? Or trade?:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092151.htm

Big plans for a lightly-researched site near Hadrian's Wall:

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/lakesguide/3965048.Secrets_of_important_Roman_site_set_to_be_unveiled_/

Visit our blog:

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

Blegen Library News:

http://blegen.blogspot.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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The big news this week appears to be the discovery of an Iron
Age skeleton with a bit of brain still inside the skull:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/health/7777385.stm
 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081212081722.htm
 http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/12/brain-ancient.html
 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-britain-ancient-brain,0,4671948.story
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_ancient_brain_10
 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013393442

A piece on the discovery of the remains of a trio of grand masters of
the Teutonic knights in Poland is also getting a fair bit of coverage
(although I didn't know dna could be used for dating ... something's
amiss there):

http://www.thestate.com/world/story/619600.html
 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/411049.html
 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gCQ-s1dnaPHHQAgGtLysAZYXMkcQD9519N9G0
 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2008503025_apeubritainancientbrain.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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This one's interesting ... a collector has found an Aztec "codex"
hidden inside the statue of a 16th century bishop:

http://tinyurl.com/5b45qs (El Pais)

Stone "idols" from Cuba:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081209-columbus-cuba-archeology-missions.html

Maybe Machu Picchu was never 'lost':

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/america/journal.php
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/peru/3687696/Machu-Picchu-was-not-so-lost-after-all.html
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/so-was-the-lost-city-of-machu-picchu-ever-lost-1058004.html

A pile of hieroglyphs from Campeche have been deciphered:

http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2687
(scroll down)

Who built the Huacalpalco pyramid?:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081208-mexico-pyramid.html

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Celebrating John Milton:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97831678

If you have the patience, you can open this pdf and go to page 7
to find an interesting article on computer analysis of Old English
texts:

http://wheatoncollege.edu/Quarterly/Q2009Winter/Dimple2009winter.pdf


More on genetics in Spain:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/science/05genes.html


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TOURISTY THINGS
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Easter Island (not really sure where to put this one):

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/12/asia/atease.php
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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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CRIME BEAT
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... and another on the pillaging of sites in Israel:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128795

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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Henry VIII:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/11/henry-viii-500-british-musuem

Bonaparte and Egypt:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/12/egypt-paris-exh.html

Magnificence of the Tsars:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/09/style/ftzar.php

The British Museum now has an on-line catalog:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/advanced_search.aspx


3. Archaeology: Remains of Second Temple Era Jewish Town Revealed
 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128880
 by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
Extracts:
(IsraelNN.com) Archaeological evidence of a Jewish town located on the edge of the Samaria desert during the Second Temple Period (516 BCE to 70 CE) will be made public later this month. The recently-discovered artifacts include the remains of a mikveh (ritual bath), stone tools and hidden chambers.

The town was located in the Akraba district, a frontier region northeast of
The geographical and ethnic make-up of the region also gave rise to militant rebel sects.
Jerusalem. The poorly-developed district served as a natural division between the Samarians, who distanced themselves from Jerusalem as the political and spiritual center of Judea, and the Jews. The geographical and ethnic make-up of the region also gave rise to militant rebel sects, such as the Sicarii faction led by Shimon Bar-Giora during the First Jewish-Roman War (1st century CE).

Eitan Klein, a researcher from Bar-Ilan University, explained that "until recently, historical sources, dated from the Second Temple Period until the Bar Kochva Rebellion, testified to Jewish settlement existing in the Akraba district. As opposed to the wealth of relevant historical sources, there were few archaeological findings that supported the presence of such a settlement." The current findings, Klein said, support historical references to the Jewish presence in the Akraba region in ancient documentation.


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