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9 March 2009, 13 Adar 5769
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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.45
2. Early Israeli Stamps: Doar Ivri (The Hebrew Post)
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.46

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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.45
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
Subject: [Explorator] explorator 11.45
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AFRICA
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A sort of general archaeology-in-Libya piece:

http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13034&Itemid=5821
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Interesting First/Second Temple site from Umm Tuba:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694625&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066361.html
http://cwnewz.com/content/view/619/2/
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/Royal-seal-impressions-discovered-23-Feb-2009.htm
http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Cultura/?id=3.0.3054139368 (Italian)
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/23/1003218/biblical-seal-impressions-found-in-jerusalem

Can't remember if we mentioned this inscription-on-a-skull story when
it first came out:

http://www.bib-arch.org/bar/article.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=35&Issue=2&ArticleID=9

This story of a retired farmer's project to build a model of Herod's
Temple was making the rounds this week:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4837608/Farmer-builds-model-of-Biblical-temple.html
http://tinyurl.com/balpqv (photos ... wow!)

Nice feature on the ongoing work at the synagogue at Umm el-Kanatir:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304824152&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A metal detectorist has found a medieval ring near Flint:

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/02/26/flint-metal-detector-finds-medieval-ring-in-farm-field-55578-23013472/

Despite a recent find, scholars are still pretty much stumped about
"Southwest Script":

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090228/ap_on_re_eu/eu_portugal_lost_language_1
http://www.whotv.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-portugal-lost-language,0,709902.story
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/02/28/news/doc49a983b5b0e7a807652122.txt
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_11809904
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gviH8MrBKH1ZmFJT-konqjBCs7XQD96KNS400

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Not sure when this is from, but it's involves (very) interesting elongated
skulls found in Siberia:

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/02/elongated-skulls-found-in-siberia.html

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Once again, DNA confirms the identity of the remains of some of
Nicholas II's children:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225132526.htm

Identifying the oldest English words:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/7911645.stm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/I-we-two-Oldest-words-in-English/articleshow/4198133.cms

The latest 'dying languages' piece:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100874724

A tale of errata in the Encyclopedia Judaica:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410694161&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

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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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Real Pirates:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=6679816

2. Early Israeli Stamps: Doar Ivri (The Hebrew Post)
The State of Israel came into existence in 1948.
The first stamps of the new nation bore the insignia "Doar Ivri" i.e. "The Hebrew Post".
Later this was replaced by the designation "Israel".
The illustrations below show those stamps that carried the title "Doar Ivri".

More "Doar Ivri" Stamps

3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.46
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.46 March 8, 2009
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AFRICA
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A report from the Italian Archaeological Expedition in the Sudan
(in English):

http://www.archaeogate.org/egittologia/article/1036/1/the-italian-archaeological-expedition-in-the-sudan-univ.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Nice item on the Egyptians' sailing abilities:

http://www.physorg.com/news155399472.html

Strange item about a Parthian/Sassanid cemetery near Susa being
turned into a garbage dump:

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=842299

Urban sprawl is apparently a bigger threat to Nineveh than
looting:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0304/p04s04-wome.html

A report on the 2008 season on Mount Zion:

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/mtzion/mtzion.shtml

Interesting item on 'desert kites' and their purpose in ancient
Israel:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130209
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235898328320&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

The travails of David's Garden:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1068204

Very brief item about Jordan denying reports of damage to Karak
Castle:

http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20090306084951/Jordan:%20Antiquities%20Department%20denies%20reports%20on%20Karak%20Castle

25 sites have been found in Shabwa (Yemen):

http://www.yobserver.com/local-news/10015889.html

In case you've missed it, here's some representative coverage of
the Raphael Golb matters (this will move to the crime section next
week if there are any developments):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/nyregion/06scrolls.html
http://manhattanda.org/whatsnew/press/2009-03-05.shtml
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1362889
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03062009/news/nationalnews/dead_sea_scroll_son_in_hot_water_158257.htm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-dead-sea-scam-07-mar07,0,6586030.story
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--arrest-deadseascr0305mar05,0,4034633.story
http://www.nyunews.com/news/university/nyu_alum_arrested_for_impersonating_nyu_prof-1.1598042
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269357365&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Not really archaeological, but a Torah vending machine is interesting, no?:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130142

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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An 800 b.p. trash dump near Lyon has yielded some leather shoe
soles:

http://www.physorg.com/news155407868.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090307/sc_livescience/shoesfoundin13thcenturytrashpile

Some Bannockburn revisionism:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5827567.ece

The skeleton of a medieval 'witch' found near Hoo church will be reburied:

http://www.kent-online.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=58107

... while a 'vampire' has been found in a mass grave in Venice:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506407,00.html

More coverage of the attempts to decipher Southest Script:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/01/europe/EU-Portugal-Lost-Language.php
http://pantagraph.com/articles/2009/03/01/news/doc49a983b5b0e7a807652122.txt
http://www9.gmanews.tv/story/150910/Experts-trying-to-decode-ancient-Iberian-language
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10559609

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Earliest evidence of horse domestication (and milking):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7926235.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/science/06horses.html
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/general/water_cooler_moments/horses+milked+in+ancient+times/3016227
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/sc_nm/us_horses_history_1
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-horses6-2009mar06,0,4881906.story
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/05/asia/horses.php
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/uoe-afe030209.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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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Brought to Life: Exploring the History of Medicine:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7915493.stm

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