From: "J. Susaeta" <j.susaeta en retemail.es>
To: <javier_susaeta en hotmail.com>
Subject: RV: Explorator Issue 3:17
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:34:18 +0200
-----Mensaje original-----
De: David Meadows <dmeadows en idirect.com>
Grupos de noticias: sci.archaeology.moderated
Fecha: Lunes, 28 de Agosto de 2000 12:06 a.m.
Asunto: Explorator Issue 3:17
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> EXPLORATOR
> Watching the Web for News of the Ancient World
> Volume 3, Issue 17-- August 27, 2000
>
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>Editor's note: Depending on your mail software, some urls may wrap
>(especially those from the Telegraph) which will require you to rebuild
the
>url at your end; if you get a 'file not found', check to see if the url
>wrapped on you. Most urls should be active for at least eight hours from
>the time of 'publicatio'.
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>
>This is the issue that almost didn't make it to 'press' ... three of my
>search engines kakked out on me this a.m., as did one of my modems,
>followed by my ISP ... I think the egods were simply telling me I should
>mow the lawn ... in any event, here's the latest:
>
>
>[n.b. because of the above problems, in some cases I've linked to items
via
>Alta Vista, which isn't my preference; I hope the AltaVista links work,
but
>if they don't, drop me a line and I'll try to get them in next week]
>
>
>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
>
>Gratias vobis ago for the heads up to: Fiona Forsyth, Maurice A.
>O'Sullivan, Steve Glass, and Michael Ruggeri (as always, with hopes that
I
>didn't leave anyone out!).
>
>
>THE BIG NEWS
>
>The big news this week appears to be the discovery of Pre-Inca ruins in
>Lake Titicaca:
>
>http://abcnews.go.com:80/sections/science/DailyNews/laketitcaca_temple00082
4.htm
>l
>http://www.ngnews.com/news/2000/08/08242000/preinca_2971.asp
>
>OLD WORLD NEWS
>
>The Independent has a nice report on the discovery of a neolithic site
>which obviously was the victim of much violence (I might have reported on
>this last week):
>
>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Ulster/2000-08/ulster200800.shtml
>
>AltaVista has an interesting item on the discovery of an Iron Age temple
in
>Sweden:
>
>http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?ei=2104505&ern=y
>http://www.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/design/08/23/sweden.temple.ap/index.html
>
>The Times of London has a nice feature on various archaeological sites
>which came to light as a result of the Chunnel construction:
>
>http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/08/25/timcrtcrt01005.h
tml
>
>The LA Times had a front page story this week on the search for Roman
>remains in China:
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20000824/t000079414.html
>
>The Telegraph has an interesting feature on what bones reveal about the
>Roman diet (watch the wrap):
>
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000140326706927&rtmo=pIsSBQle&atmo=HHHH
HHHL&
>pg=/et/00/8/24/ecfsci324.html
>
>Ananova reports that the excavation of a 5th-century Roman Villa might
also
>have revealed the remains of an ancient brewery:
>
>http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_42074.html
>
>The LA Times also has a sort of touristy piece on what's been done to
Rome
>to spruce it up for millennium celebrations:
>
>http://www.latimes.com/travel/otherdest/stories/20000827/t000080383.html
>
>The Independent reports on the discovery of a remote early outpost of
>Christianity in Orkney:
>
>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2000-08/orkney270800.shtm
l
>
>The Sunday Times also has a somewhat vague story on how the Dark Ages
>aren't so dark anymore:
>
>http://www.sunday-times.co.uk:80/news/pages/tim/2000/08/22/timnwsnws01005.h
tml
>
>The Seattle Times has a report on the discovery of a 'cousin' to China's
>Great Wall (watch the wrap):
>
>http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-
>bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=wall20&date=20000820&query=archaeologist
>
>Ananova also has a report on the search for what might be remains of the
>Harappan civilization:
>
>http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_42074.html
>
>The Philadelphia News has a story on a recreated ancient beer:
>
>http://www.phillynews.com:80/content/daily_news/2000/08/25/features/FJOE25.
htm
>
>NEW WORLD NEWS
>
>Altavista reports on Bolivian authorities questioning some
archaeologists:
>
>http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?ei=2115610&ern=y
>
>Discovery.com has an item on efforts to raise the Monitor:
>
>http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000822/hi_monitor.html
>
>AltaVista has a story on a dog that is used in archaeological digs to
>locate human remains:
>
>http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?ei=2117067&ern=y
>
>ANTIQUITIES THEFT IN THE NEWS
>
>Northern Light brings a report on how looters are taking away many of the
>relics of ancient Dacia:
>
>http://library.northernlight.com/FC20000821200000412.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0
#doc
>
>ON THE NEWSTANDS
>
>I missed this one ... New Scientist has a nice article on ancient
>goldsmithing (related specifically to ancient Lydia):
>
>http://www.newscientist.co.uk/opinion/opinion_225223.html
>
>There's a new online issue of Archaeology out there, with abstracts on
>various things and a full text article on Zeugma (and, ahem, there's
>mention of Explorator in the 'Web Links to the Past' piece ... woohoo!):
>
>http://www.archaeology.org/0009/toc/toc.html
>
>Biblical Archaeology Review also has a new issue out, with most of the
>online features having to do with the location of the ancient temple, and
>ancient Jerusalem:
>
>http://www.bib-arch.org/bar2.html
>
>Also from the BAR folks is a new edition of Archaeology Odyssey, with
>features on Crusader Jerusalem and the Barhariya Oasis (by Zahi Hawass):
>
>http://www.bib-arch.org/aod2.html
>
>REVIEWS
>
>The London Review of Books has a review of Danielle Allen, *The World of
>Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens*:
>
>http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n16/davi2216.htm
>
>CLASSICISTS' CORNER
>
>The Times of London reports on the renaissance of Latin which is
occurring
>because of a mouse named Minimus:
>
>http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/08/24/timfeaedu01002.html
>
>The Washington Post has a feature on Cavafy's poetry:
>
>http://washingtonpost.com:80/wp-dyn/articles/A27922-2000Aug26.html
>
>A column on 'Survivor' reveals an interesting perspective on who the
>American Socrates is:
>
>http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-
>bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/hotnews/stories/24/morse.dtl
>
>Last week we mentioned a production of Julius Caesar in Central Park ...
>the first review is in:
>
>http://www.bergen.com:80/yourtime/julius24200008243.htm
>
>
>FOLLOWUPS
>
>Zeugma:
>
>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Europe/2000-08/relics240800.shtml
>
>
>A while back we reported on the discovery of a 'lost city' in Peru and
how
>an important archaeologist would be headed there; apparently he's on his
way:
>
>http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?ei=2123591&ern=y
>
>Francis Drake in the Pacific North West (watch the wrap):
>
>http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-
>bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=drak27m&date=20000827&query=archaeologist
>
>REGULAR FEATURES
>
>CTCWeb's Words of the Week
>http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/myword.html
><url:http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/myword.html>
>
>Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini
>http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html
><url:http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/trans.html>
>
>English translation (probably delayed):
>http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/whats-new/latin-news/mainlatin.html
><url:http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/whats-new/latin-news/mainlatin.html>
>
>EXPLORATOR IS ARCHIVED AT:
>http://www.onelist.com/archive/Explorator
><url:http://www.onelist.com/archive/Explorator>
>
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