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Ephraimite Forum no.93
6 January 2009, 10 Tevet 5769
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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.36
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.37
3. Health: Pill link to infertile men, says Vatican


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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.36
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.36
December 28, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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More on that half shekel coin:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128955%28IsraelNN.com
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1048260

More on satellite technology being used to locate Egyptian antiquities:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/23/satellites.archaeology.egypt/index.html?section=cnn_latest
 http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-64769.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Excellent piece on Roman numerals and how to do math with them:

http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2008/12/roman_numerals_and_arithmetic_1.php

More coverage of that possible Roman battle site in Germany:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/12/28/2003432254
 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081227-180181/Roman-battlefield-unearthed-in-Germany
 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=154275
 http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081222/FOREIGN/173617228/1013/SPORT

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A Viking gold ring from South Lakeland (and assorted finds from
environs):

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/4000707.Treasures_found_in_South_Lakeland/

Brief item on finds from various periods at Somerset:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7785894.stm

Exploring the "mysteries" of a pile of wooden medallions at the
Royal Palace at Stirling Castle:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7798852.stm

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NORTH AMERICA
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Native Americans were eating their veggies:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/22/native-american-oven.html
 http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-earlyfoods27-2008dec27,0,6385869.story
 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08362/937977-115.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml
 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-early_food_slider_bddec28,0,7755583.story

Possible burial mounds in Marquette County (Wisconsin):

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-burialmounds,0,5487952.story
 http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=9581546
 http://www.wxow.com/global/story.asp?s=9581546

On the DNA front, some 10 000 b.p. remains have not been linked to
any contemporary Alaskan Natives:

http://aprn.org/2008/12/22/10000-year-old-southeast-alaska-dna-not-yet-linked-to-living-natives/
 http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/122408/new_370786085.shtml

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Passage graves from an astronomical perspective:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/uoc-pgf121808.php
 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122206.htm

Assorted Channukah-related pieces:

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013492604
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5384924.ece
 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111722068&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Salisbury:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/travel/28dayout.html

Belgrade:

http://www.france24.com/en/20081225-serbia-belgrade-architecture-facelift-attract-tourism-lifestyle

Siem Reap:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/26/travel/28hours.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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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Archaeology Magazine's top ten discoveries of 2008:

http://www.archaeology.org/0901/topten/

Biblical Archaeology Review (Jan/Feb 2009):

http://www.bib-arch.org/bar/

About.com Archaeology:

http://archaeology.about.com/

Archaeorama:

http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/

Archaeoblog:

http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/

Archaeology Briefs:

http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/
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CRIME BEAT
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Plenty of coverage of an Australian national being arrested in
Egypt with assorted animal mummies and the like in his luggage:

http://news.smh.com.au/world/consulate-contacts-aussie-smuggler-20081225-74wx.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7799488.stm
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/25/1229998662160.html
 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hsEeFaaG2Ia88YL5ls1FRKGSY4lw
 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/24/news/ML-Egypt-Mummy-Smuggling.php
 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSC2JoosNuDzERi26hBV-rqSmbLAD9596VT06
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1049762.html

More coverage of those Etrusco-Corinthian objects found on a farmer's
bookshelf:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-64391.html
 http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/22/treasure-of-satricum.html

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NUMISMATICA
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A hoard of Byzantine coins from a Jerusalem car park:

http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/4801696a19716.html
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3920326/British-archaeologist-finds-ancient-gold-coins-at-Jerusalem-dig.html
 http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/29892/archaeologists-strike-gold-at-jerusalem-ruins/
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1049031.html
 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/272898.php
 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/news/ML-Israel-Treasure.php
 http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/22/israel.rare.coins/index.html
 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=abz.LCPV3iqw
 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868817220&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081222/lf_nm_life/us_israel_gold_1
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_sc/ml_israel_treasure
 http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Byzantine-gold-hoard-unearthed-Israel/ss/events/sc/122308byzantinegold
(slideshow)

Tasmanian Promissory Notes:

http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/feature/numismtc/tasprom.htm


2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.37
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:17:17 -0500
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.37
January 4, 2009
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EARLY HUMANS
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European Neanderthals were fair-skinned and had freckles:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4015567/European-Neanderthals-had-ginger-hair-and-freckles.html

... and this week the theory is they died off due to competition:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229105039.htm
 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/plos-ssc122908.php
 http://www.physorg.com/news149769271.html
 http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/neanderthals-co.html

A couple of Neanderthals from Asturias apparently had type O blood:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/analisis/neandertales/hallados/Asturias/revela/tenian/grupo/sanguineo/elpepusoc/20081228elpepusoc_5/Tes

They were making teardrop-shaped hand axes in southern Africa
1.6 million y.b.p.:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39625/title/Stone_Age_tools_go_south

More coverage of the out-of-Africa-involving-mostly-men story:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081221210201.htm
 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/133906.php
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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That artificial eye from the Burnt City (found a couple of years
ago) is back in the news:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5432002.ece

Paleojudaica:

http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Some Punic tombs in Malta are getting in the way of private
hospital construction:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20081231/local/still-too-early-to-tell-fate-of-punic-tombs
 http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=3654

More coverage of that claimed link between drought and the
fall of Rome:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/29/roman-empire-cave.html

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A 3rd/2nd century B.C. Celtic village near Krakow:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229105039.htm


A link between Chester and Stonehenge?:

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2009/01/02/plaque-may-provide-link-with-stonehenge-59067-22588788/

A 1000 b.p. burial site at Dorset:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7804287.stm
 http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-67083.html

Reconstructing patterns of Spanish droughts:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217192739.htm

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NORTH AMERICA
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A mysterious stone circle in Arizona:

http://news.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1017882
 http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/arizona-20090102-sierra-vista-old-artifact.2f5ca411.html
 http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/869844

More coverage of that Alaskan-dna-not-matching story:

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/southeast/story/636254.html
 http://www.ktva.com/alaskanews/ci_11330898
 http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=9591078
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Interesting item on historical drunken euphemisms:

http://proof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/besotted-etymologically-that-is/

Plans to rebuild Berlin's Palace of the Republic (maybe):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/arts/design/01abroad.html
 http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/01/arts/01abroad.php

Dickens may have been mistaken about Oliver Twist's diet:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/healthscience/30diet.php

Moby Dick as an allegory for the 21st-century U.S.:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/dec/08/moby-dick-national-book

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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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NUMISMATICA
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Money of the Civil War:

http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.com/civil-war-coins.html

More coverage of that Jerusalem coin hoard:

http://www.jewishvoicesnj.org/news/2008/1231/mideast/011.html

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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries:

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2008/12/30/7878096-sun.html

Oldest Hannukah Menorah:

http://www.bignews.biz/?id=791791&keys=DavidHBrooks-davidhbrooks-DHB-davidbrooks

Robert Browning used to say that every great man has Jewish blood in him, ...


3. Health: Pill link to infertile men, says Vatican
 http://www.theage.com.au/world/pill-link-to-infertile-men-says-vatican-20090104-79u1.html
January 5, 2009

THE contraceptive pill is polluting the environment and is in part responsible for male infertility, a report in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said on Saturday.

The pill "has for some years had devastating effects on the environment by releasing tonnes of hormones into nature" through female urine, said Pedro Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, in the report.

"We have sufficient evidence to state that a non-negligible cause of male infertility in the West is the environmental pollution caused by the pill," he said.

The article was promptly dismissed by several organisations.

"Once metabolised, the hormones contained in oral contraceptives no longer have any of the characteristic effects of feminine hormones," said Gianbenedetto Melis, vice-president of a contraceptive research association.

Hormones in the pill, such as oestrogen, "are present everywhere ? in plastic, in disinfectants, in meat that we eat," said Flavia Franconi, of the Society of Italian Pharmacology.

In October, Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's condemnation of artificial birth control.

Contraception "means negating the intimate truth of conjugal love, with which the divine gift (of life) is communicated" the leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics wrote on the 40th anniversary of a papal encyclical on the topic.

An encyclical is a letter usually treating some aspect of Catholic doctrine and issued occasionally by the pope.

The landmark document, with a translated title in English of On the Regulation of Birth, was published at a time when the development of the pill was giving new sexual freedom to women across the world.

Millions of Catholics distanced themselves from Rome as a result.

AFP


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