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W. Richard Frahm, and Yonatan Nadelman for headses upses this
week (as always hoping I have left no one out).
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA
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Plenty of coverage of the discovery of remains of 4.5 million
b.p. hominids in Ethiopia:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/science/20bones.html
http://tinyurl.com/5kzht (Eurekalert)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6843721/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4187991.stm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-01/iu-af4011705.php

Another tale of a 6000 b.p. axe just lying around a pensioner's
house:

http://tinyurl.com/726oz (P&J)

Perhaps related to the above (not really) is a piece on the
'arms race' in paleolithic Britain:

http://tinyurl.com/6l7wn (Guardian)

Iranian archaeologists have found a hugecollection of 6000 b.p.
"cells" (for living purposes) in the Jiroft region:

http://tinyurl.com/4vmck (Tehran Times)

A Japanese team has found a 3500 b.p. mummy at Dahshur:

http://tinyurl.com/5f97l (AFP via Yahoo)

Some interesting results from mummy xrays at the Field Museum:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050117/catmummy.html

... while there's some strange 'fallout' from the CT scan of
King Tut (see 'repeats' for background):

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/726/eg7.htm

Plans are afoot to prevent the Nile from damaging temples in
Luxor and Karnak:

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=62885
http://tinyurl.com/5tzmf (SMH)

Excavations at Kabnak (Iran) are set to begin:

http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=150246

In search of Vikings in Iran:

http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jan/1191.html

A Minoan (?) site in Bulgaria:

http://novinite.com/view_news.php?id=43688

Some 3rd century B.C.E. wine presses from Israel:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=528961

A shrine to Hercules has been found near the ancient site of
Thebes:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=52025

Concerns over the contents of the Villa of the Papyri received
quite a bit of coverage this week:

http://tinyurl.com/3r9ms (Telegraph)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1452244,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/4ru8k (Guardian)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1452244,00.html

Quite a bit of coverage about the use of hawks to protect
Herculaneum from pigeons (dare we say Fowlers dominated
the Herculaneum news this week? 8^)):

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6848752/
http://tinyurl.com/44eel (Reuters via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/4qnpb (Reuters)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4189337.stm

This is a semi-repeat (I think) ... coverage of the discovery
of a Roman 'suburb' of Bath:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050117/romansuburb.html

Iron Age remains (including a wooden bowl) have been found in
Lincoln (UK):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4187591.stm

There's great anticipation over what can be learned from the
2000-3000 b.p. remains found in High Pasture Cave on the Isle
of Skye:

http://tinyurl.com/7xczk (P&J)

The site of the battle of Chester (615 A.D./C.E.) may have
been found:

http://tinyurl.com/4j6hb (Chester Now)

A 2000 b.p. 'burial boat' has been found in an excavation in
Vietnam:

http://tinyurl.com/57q9a (VNS)

Archaeologists are apparently "excited" about the contents of
some toilets in New Zealand (that's what the headline says!):

http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/405014.htm

Larry Herr at CUC has won the G. Ernest Wright Award:

http://www.lacombeglobe.com/story.php?id=137883
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THE AMERICAS
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A brief item on the implications of archaeology on warfare in
the Andes:

http://tinyurl.com/6dtct (Eurekalert)

What happened to the Fremont people?:

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2659180,00.html

Not only are birds threatening Herculaneum, but it appears they
are doing damage to the Casa Grande site in Arizona:

http://tinyurl.com/4v8jr (AP via Yahoo)

On human sacrifice among the Aztecs and Maya:

http://tinyurl.com/4nhev (KC Star)
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050123/D87PFKVO0.html
http://tinyurl.com/6o9tl (Globe and Mail)

First Americans from Africa?:

http://tinyurl.com/4cjca (article in Portuguese)

An update on the excavation of the Lewes site:

http://tinyurl.com/5b57t (Cape Gazette)

A possible War of 1812 shipwreck near Mobile:

http://tinyurl.com/42739 (Tuscaloosa News)

A touristy/overviewish thing on the Yellow Jacket (Colorado)
site:

http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2005/01/18/news/news05.txt
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This is a repeat/followup ... remains in the Dominican Republic
are going to be dug up and given a DNA test to see if they
belong to Columbus:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/31645.html
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6836078/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4184201.stm
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030602/columbus.html
http://tinyurl.com/6rvts (CNN)

Also on the DNA front is the discovery of a section of the
genome which appears to have an effect on fertility and
longevity in European populations:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/17/science/17gene.html

The search for the 'real' Bosworth Field:

http://tinyurl.com/4mm8y (Independent)

Interesting article on a 1793 coin which recently sold for a
huge price:

http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/articles/feb05/coin0205.htm

An Op-Ed piece on the British abandonment of slavery:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/17/opinion/17hochschild.html

Yesterday was 'Lord' Timothy Dexter's birthday:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4462621

More coverage of claims of plagiarism in the archaeological
world:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6855406/
http://tinyurl.com/52gcm (AP via Yahoo)
http://tinyurl.com/5wbre (NYT)

Interesting piece (!) on the Lewis Chessmen:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1391791,00.html

Folks might be interested in signing a petition aimed at
preserving the site of Montefortino from quarry development (it's
a nice website, if you can read Italian; sign the petition by
clicking on the 'firma la petizione' link):

http://www.trigallia.com/montefortino/

They're marking the anniversary of Trafalgar with stamps made
from wood from HMS Victory:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4199355.stm

Prince Harry's lack of fashion (and common) sense has led to
some articles on the history of the swastika:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/995503.cms
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4183467.stm

... while continued attention given to the Hipparchus Star Map
thing (see 'repeats' below) seems to be the impetus for an
article on attempts to map the heavens throughout history:

http://tinyurl.com/69pwh (Union-Tribune)

Preserving ancient Japanese dance ... with a robot:

http://www.chn.ir/english/eshownews.asp?no=4580

What really saved Japan from Mongolian invasion:

http://tinyurl.com/644qh (AFP via Yahoo)

It's the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4179869.stm

Interesting interview with Reverend Canon William Broughton on
matters biblical archaeological:

http://tinyurl.com/6gzpo (JPost)

Take care of your books!:

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/Full_Story.asp?ItemID=2750&;Cat=10
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MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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New Zealand Archaeology News:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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ON THE WEB
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Items added to Abzu in December, 2004:

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/AbzuNew12.2004.html

Lucus Augusti:

http://www.arqweb.com/lucusaugusti/ingles.html
(welcome page in English; site in Spanish)

Nice online report of the 2004 excavations at Khisham:

http://www.espasoc.org/2004/he4_1acc.html (French)
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A nice sort of 'how did we get here' piece in regards to the
Oded Golan thing:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1394141,00.html

... and they're pondering the motives too:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1394205,00.html

The German government has been asked to return some paintings
which are considered Nazi loot:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/17/arts/17arts.html (scroll down)

Some items looted from the Baghdad Museum were returned this
week:

http://tinyurl.com/4rf74 (Art Daily)
http://tinyurl.com/3wqgc (Newsday)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050119-103540-8468r.htm
http://tinyurl.com/64nk4 (Reuters)

In the wake of last week's revelations about military damage to
the ancient site of Babylon, Polish sources are denying they
did anything 'major':

http://tinyurl.com/6uaxb (AP)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050116/325/faduc.html

... and the articles continue:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6888 (photo)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1392272,00.html
http://www.chn.ir/english/eshownews.asp?no=4588
http://tinyurl.com/6r3mv (Toronto Star)

A smuggling attempt foiled at the Bulgarian-Serbian border:

http://novinite.com/view_news.php?id=43620

Some purloined items recovered in Athens:

http://tinyurl.com/5xm6o (Kathimerini)
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Martin Brookes, *Extreme Measures: The Dark Visions and Bright
Ideas of Francis Galton*:

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/?050124crbo_books

Dan Brown, *Angels and Demons* (not really a review, but a
piece on the 'influence' of the novel):

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4459002

Harold Evans et al, They Made America: From the Steam Engine to
the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/books/review/23GENZING.html

Ingrid Rowland, *The Scarith of Scornell*:

http://washingtontimes.com/books/20050122-103357-3544r.htm

A couple of books on Chinese archaeology:

http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&;id=61708
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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As You Like It:

http://tinyurl.com/4jjmp (NYT)

Belize:

http://tinyurl.com/6mthf (NYT)

Medea:

http://tinyurl.com/6u687 (NYT)

Medea:

http://tinyurl.com/6x7yb (JPost)

Oedipus:

http://tinyurl.com/5lqu7 (Pioneer Press)

Three Greek Women:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/10658498.htm

The French Revolution (TV):

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/17/arts/television/17gate.html

Monsieur N (Movie):

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/movies/21mons.html
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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Africans in Sumer (I can't believe this stuff gets even minor
press attention):

http://www.sfbayview.com/011905/theafricanpresence011905.shtml
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Alexander the Great:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/arts/design/21alex.html

From George to George:

http://www.smu.edu/smunews/george/

A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/arts/design/21grol.html

Queen of Sheba:

http://horus.vcsa.uci.edu/article.php?id=3141

Turks: A Journey of 1000 Years:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4184715.stm

Winter Antiques Show in New York:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/arts/design/21smit.html

Americana Week:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/arts/design/21glue.html

Making the Baghdad museum safe from looters:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/arts/design/23bern.html
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CLASSICIST'S CORNER
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Steve Tuck's research into gladiators received a bit of press
coverage this week:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=70132005
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-01/ns-gff011905.php
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18524834.400
http://tinyurl.com/3n85z (New Kerala)

Intellectual life in Roman Alexandria:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/726/heritage.htm

Someone finally asked Paul Cartledge what he thought about
the Alexander flick:

http://tinyurl.com/5d52x (Bloomberg)

... another why-was-Alexander-Great piece:

http://tinyurl.com/6h8bf (Herald Sun)

... and some (misdirected) criticism of Robin Lane Fox about
costumes:

http://www.chn.ir/english/eshownews.asp?no=4602

... and Oliver Stone continues to babble strangely:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050120wof1.htm

... and others see parallels with the U.S. in Iraq:

http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/9600.html

The Socialist Worker still likes Spartacus:

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=5568

The 'Parthenon Code' is apparently getting a pile of attention:

http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2005_01_0117-004.shtml
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050117/lam038_1.html
http://tinyurl.com/5tdy9 (Art Daily)

'Applying' Alexander the Great:

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/01/18/alexander.guru/

Victor Davis Hanson sees a paradigm in Epaminondas:

http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200501210758.asp

Summer courses in Classics:

http://www.summer-classics.com/

Peter Jones in the Spectator:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php?id=5575&;issue=2005-01-22

Have you visited our Classics blog yet?

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism/
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OBITUARIES
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Robson Bonnichsen (archaeologist):

http://tinyurl.com/67vqj

Roger Moorey (Near Eastern specialist):

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1450822,00.html
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REPEATS
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DaVinci Workshop:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6852367/

Hipparchus Star Map:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/science/space/18star.html
http://www.physorg.com/news2711.html
http://tinyurl.com/5uuqu (SMH)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050117/loststars.html
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3003647
http://tinyurl.com/6opjf (LSU News)

Roman Mosaic:

http://tinyurl.com/6sp7n (SMH)
http://tinyurl.com/59er2 (Washington Post)
http://tinyurl.com/6c9o6 (Telegraph)
http://www.repubblica.it/2003/e/gallerie/cronaca/mosaico/1.html
(photo)

Tut CT Scan:

http://tinyurl.com/6btzp (ABC)
http://www.physorg.com/news2750.html

UK Petroglyphs:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/wear/4173985.stm
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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/

Egyptology News (blog):
http://www.egyptology.blogspot.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/MIKERUGGERISANCIENT

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

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

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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