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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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A spate of recent finds in Ethiopia have archaeologist hopeful
they'll find something Lucy-like (or better) soon:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4439772/
http://tinyurl.com/28yhm (Reuters)
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040303_336.html

Related to the above:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4449448/
http://tinyurl.com/yt9vs (Scientific American)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1059476.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/science/05HUMA.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20040301/teeth.html

More info on the threat to Thornborough Henge:

http://tinyurl.com/2ccf9 (Megalithic Portal)

Meanwhile, those 35,000 b.p. finds from Romania are back in
the news for some reason:

http://tinyurl.com/2gnct (AP via Yahoo)

Metal detectorists have made some major discoveries in regards
to a Bronze Age site in Wrexham (Wales) of late:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/3532395.stm

Recent finds in an Ayrshire village might give it the tag of
'oldest continuously-inhabited village in Scotland':

http://tinyurl.com/yrr7k (Scotland Today)

The possibility that Iraq might soon reopen to excavations is
causing a pile of speculation as to what might be found:

http://tinyurl.com/2txjw (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://www.jordantimes.com/Fri/news/news12.htm

I think this was covered before, but it is a good report on the
recent discovery of evidence for an India-Egypt trade route at
the time of the Roman Empire:

http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=1387_0_1_0_M

The Jerusalem Post has a nice feature on the site of Beit Shemesh,
which opened to the public this week:

http://tinyurl.com/2vdjh

Excavation of Tiberias began this week:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/400008.html

... while Libya's recent actions are getting tour operators
hoping they can sell Leptis Magna as a tourist destination:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/travel/07leptis.html

And as long as we're talking touristy things, the Seattle Times
has a piece on 'underground Naples':

http://tinyurl.com/ytdta

A Third Century Roman grave found during an excavation in Kent
is getting some publicity:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3527639.stm

Archaeologists in Norway have found a major Viking harbour
complex:

http://tinyurl.com/ysxqr (AP via Newsday)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3828295,00.html

A 500 b.p. mummy of a Tibetan monk has been found:

http://tinyurl.com/2cjwh (The Australian)

A family dug up a tree on a Swedish island and found a horde of
11th century German coins:

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040301_1498.html

More finds from New Zealand:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2835607a8153,00.html

An iron bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel has been
'rediscovered' in time to save it (?) from demolition:

http://tinyurl.com/ywgej (Telegraph)
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THE AMERICAS
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Dozens of Inca mummies dating to the 1500's have been found
during road construction in Peru:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4460502/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3538243.stm

On searching for America's 'lost colony':

http://tinyurl.com/2rynt (National Geographic)
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On the DNA front, the remains of the Romanovs are up for testing
again:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-03/su-ssq030204.php

The frescoes of Thera (Minoan) are being used as evidence for
the early use of saffron for medicinal purposes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/science/02MEDI.html

Interesting project to document World Heritage sites with
3D photography/scanning/surveying technology:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/8128125.htm

On possible sources for 'Lord of the Rings':

http://tinyurl.com/2de8d (National Geographic)

The New York Times 'reran' the obituary of Howard Carter,
marking the anniversary of his death:

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0509.html

The Duke of Urbino has been implicated in the 'hit' on Lorenzo
di Medici and his brother in 1478:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/06/arts/06MEDI.html

Digitizing the manuscripts of St. Catherine's monastery:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/technology/circuits/04monk.html

They're going to be looking into the authenticity of the
Tuscan 'Excalibur':

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040301/sword.html

An Ohio seminary is going to be home for a fragment of the
Dead Sea Scrolls:

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/8102396.htm

A bit more commentary on Mel Gibson's "Passion":

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/3/5/91707.shtml
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2836624a1861,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/opinion/28KRIS.html

See also the admissions of the Jesuit scholar who did all the
translating:

http://tinyurl.com/23bcm (Metromix)

Related to the above are a pile of handy Aramaic phrases to
take to the movies with you:

http://tinyurl.com/3h464 (Guardian)

... and sequel possibilities/suggestions:

http://tinyurl.com/3fkhr (Orlando Sentinel)

More serious is an okay piece on the various cultures living
in Judea in Jesus' time:

http://washingtontimes.com/arts/20040305-081340-9796r.htm

A major fire has done damage to some of the frescoes to Mt. Athos'
Hilandariou Monastery:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3537329.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1162573,00.html

Latest in the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles saga:

http://tinyurl.com/3xy68 (AthensNews)
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Council For British Archaeology (Wales) Newsletter (Spring 2004):

http://tinyurl.com/3bcea

Nice article on Sacagawea:

http://www.historynet.com/we/blsacagaweaofthelcexpedition/
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ON THE WEB
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Colonial Currency:

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/

The Centrale Archaeologische Inventaris website is a sort of
portal to archaeology in Belgium and evirons. Although the site
is in Flemish, it does have a nice timeline-approach to its
presentation and is worth visiting even just for inspiration:

http://cai.erfgoed.net/cai_publiek/index2.html
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CRIME BEAT
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On antiquities theft in Asia:

http://www.business-standard.com/today/story.asp?Menu=26&;story=35787

National Geographic has a companion piece designed to advertise
an upcoming program on the return of Ramses' mummy to Egypt in
the context of stolen antiquities (I think that makes sense):

http://tinyurl.com/3ga3z

In the wake of some spectactular thefts from Pompeii, authorities
have catalogued some of the more vulnerable pieces:

http://tinyurl.com/2u576 (AGI)

The US Senate closed a loophole in laws which allowed stolen Iraqi
artifacts to be brought to the US:

http://tinyurl.com/36o5c (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Brook Manville and Josiah Ober, *A Company of Citizens*:

http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=1482&;lang=US
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PERFORMANCES
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Antigone:

http://tinyurl.com/2x286 (Michigan Live)

Alcestis:

http://www.pressconnects.com/entertainment/stories/030404s72505.shtml

Il Ritorno d'Ulisse:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/arts/music/04RITO.html

King Lear:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/theater/reviews/05LEAR.html
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EXHIBITIONS
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Parmigianino from the Frick Collection:

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/art/?040308craw_artworld

Eternal Egypt:

http://www.tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=3718
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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A Classicist has become Provost of McDaniel College:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040302/phtu029_1.html

A piece focusing on the diet of gladiators:

http://tinyurl.com/2yezv (Telegraph)

... which actually arises from a story from a couple of years
ago; a version is still online at:

http://www.murphsplace.com/gladiator/gladtimes.html

Dunno how many folks are aware of Anne Carson's translation of
Hekuba:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84761.html

Maecenas continues to inspire:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3522347.stm

So ... what did Cleisthenes look like?:

http://tinyurl.com/yrjnc (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Yet another Alexander the Great flick:

http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=239772004

More details about Athens Olympic ceremonial stuff:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=40193

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://tinyurl.com/3btbs

Akropolis News in Classical Greek (it has returned!):
http://www.akwn.net/

Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
[best accessed via rogueclassicism on Sundays]

Radio Bremen's Der Monatsrückblick - auf Latein
http://www.radiobremen.de/online/latein/

Weather in Latin:
http://latin.wunderground.com/

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OBITUARIES
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Lucetta Mowry (Biblical Scholar):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32082-2004Mar4.html

Daniel Boorstin (Librarian of Congress):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/national/01BOOR.html

Charles Fraser (Jesuit/Classicist):

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/22/1077384635785.html

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REPEATS
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Domitianus coin:

http://www.oxfordstudent.com/2004-03-04/news/6
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4361643/

Migration to New World via Boat:

http://tinyurl.com/3afbb (Calgary Herald)

Those other Peruvian Mummies:

http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2004/03/03/news/21peru.txt

Vinland Map:

http://tinyurl.com/22bfk (Scientific American)
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OTHER SOURCES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS
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About.com Ancient History (blog):
http://ancienthistory.about.com/

About.com Archaeology (blog):
http://archaeology.about.com/mbody.htm

Archaeologica:
http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm

Archaeology in Europe (blog):

http://archaeology.eu.com/weblog/

Archaeology Magazine's Newsbriefs:
http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=0305/newsbriefs/index

Bible and Interpretation Breaking News:
http://www.bibleinterp.com/news.htm

CBA Newsfeed:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/newsfeed/index.html

CBA Archaeoblog:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/archaeoblog/

Classics in Contemporary Culture (blog):
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~mhooker/ccc.html

Cronaca (blog):
http://www.cronaca.com/

Francis Deblauwe's 'Iraq War and Archaeology' site:
http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html

Maritime Underwater Archaeological News:
http://www.munarchaeology.com/munarchaeology/news/main.htm

Megalithic Portal
http://www.megalithic.co.uk

Michael Ruggeri's Ancient America and Mesoamerica News:
http://community-2.webtv.net/Topiltzin-2091/AncientAmericaand

Mirabilis.ca (blog):
http://www.mirabilis.ca

Paleojudaica (blog):
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com

Phluzein (blog):
http://www.binref.com/phluzein/

Stone Pages Archaeo News:
http://www.stonepages.com/news/

Texas A&M Anthropology News Site:
http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html

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