BHR-44
Brit-Am Historical Reports
21 July 2010 10 Ab 5770
Contents:
1. A Good Turkish Hero from WW2.
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.12
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.13
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1. A Good Turkish Hero from WW2
"An Ambassador and A Mensch: The story of a Turkish Diplomat in Vichy France" is a story of the saving of thousands of Jews by the Turkishlegation in both occupied and Vichy France. They acted against the will of their own government in Ankara [capital of Turkey] and of course those in Vichy and Berlin. By doing so they placed their careers and often their lives in jeopardy.
Using Yad Vashem's data it demonstrates that a French Jew with no Turkish connections whatsoever had a 3.7 times greater likelihood of being sent to the crematoria than a cohort who did. Of course anecdotal and factual information is used to support the statistical outcomes.
Please see:
http://www.amazon.com/ Ambassador-Mensch-Turkish- Diplomat-France/dp/
1450558127/ ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books& qid=1275585418&sr=1-14
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.12
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Bronze Age ceramics and a building from Tal al Asharena (Syria):
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201007066470/Culture/canadian-archaeologists-jars-dating-back-to-the-bronze-age-unearthed-in-syria.html
A 4th century C.E. synagogue from Horvat Kur:
http://www.physorg.com/news197726186.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100707080941.htm
Interview with Zvi Lederman about Bel Bet Shemesh:
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June23Landminds3-lr.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/files/June23Landminds4-lr.mp3
Tel Aviv and the IAA are joining forces to display artifacts across the
city:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/tel-aviv-antiquities-authority-join-forces-to-display-archaeological-artifacts-across-city-1.299277
Composing music from a Ugaritic tablet:
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201007076478/Entertainment/syria-scholar-composes-music-from-archaeological-ugaritic-cuneiform-tablet.html
A Turkish hand grenade inside an ancient Jerusalem wall?:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/how-did-a-turkish-hand-grenade-get-into-an-ancient-jerusalem-wall-1.300544
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/07/israel.antiquities.grenades/
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gxOD-4laqReNCFHIbJeQWSDW_36gD9GQ4SJG0
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/world/century-old-hand-grenade-from-ottoman-times-found-in-wall-in-jerusalems-old-city-97923749.html
More on that 'chariot linchpin':
http://www.jpost.com/ChristianInIsrael/Features/Article.aspx?id=180213
http://www.newswise.com/articles/3-200-year-old-bronze-tablet-identified-as-battle-chariot-linchpin
http://www.physorg.com/news197198109.html
More on evidence the DSS were 'local':
http://www.physorg.com/news197296999.html
http://www.infn.it/news/newsen.php?id=578
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Pliny the Elder is the subject of the latest edition of 'In Our Time'
(should be available for a couple
more days:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sxjlz
Interesting suggestion that Archimedes had 'steam cannons' at Syracuse:
http://www.livescience.com/history/archimedes-set-roman-ships-afire-with-cannons-100627.html
On Trojan horses of various kinds:
http://www.haaretz.com/culture/books/pen-ultimate-from-the-horse-s-mouth-1.162121
Review of Richard Miles, *Carthage Must Be Destroyed*:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/jul/06/richard-miles-carthage-must-be-destroyed
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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More on that horse burial from the Netherlands:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_on_sc/eu_netherlands_horse_skeletons_2
http://www.physorg.com/news197131761.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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The Aboriginal warrior Yagan has been laid to rest after 170 years:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10585852.stm
Evidence from coral suggests ancient Polynesisans went from small-scale
to large scale temples rather quickly:
http://www.physorg.com/news197873712.html
New Zealand Archaeology eNews:
http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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A Siberian/New World language connection?:
http://newsminer.com/bookmark/8387910-New-book-presents-evidence-of-human-connections-across-Bering-Strait-land-bridge
NPR debunks assorted founding father myths:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128264123
... but there's some silliness about Ben Franklin:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/books/review/Queenan-t.html
Opeddish sort of thing on the history of longshoremen:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/opinion/05ward.html
On New York as a hotbed of espionage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/nyregion/30about.html
Problems for the US' oldest grapevine:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128365796
Senator Byrd liked the Bard:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/opinion/04marche.html
On the history of cricket on Long Island:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/nyregion/05cricket.html
Memorials for Negro League players:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/sports/baseball/01tombstone.html
On Americans in the British Civil War:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/opinion/04tinniswood.html
More on subjects and citizens in the Declaration of Independence:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070205525.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128284276
Review of a couple of books about Henry Clay:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/books/review/Cayton-t.html
Review of C.K. Williams, *On Whitman*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/books/review/Vendler-t.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Tibetans quickly evolved to live at high altitudes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/science/02tibet.html
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/07/01/128242943/tibetans-may-be-fastest-evolutionary-adapters-ever
On the history and decline of the WASP:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/opinion/28feldman.html
On jousting making a comeback (?):
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/magazine/11Jousting-t.html
First looks at Mark Twain's autobiography (nothing really surprising):
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/books/10twain.html
More accurate pelvic dating techniques:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706112601.htm
http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmsrossoscoxa/
Review of Abigail Green, *Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial
Hero*:
http://www.tnr.com/article/75089/the-patriarch?utm_source=TNR+Books+%26+Arts&utm_campaign=e6a0138b9c-TNR_BA_070110&utm_medium=email
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CRIME BEAT
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The case as been dropped against a Shropshire woman over a coin she has
owned since childhood:
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2010/07/07/landmark-shropshire-coin-case-is-discontinued/
Strange case of an Egyptian bus driver who shot a half dozen people dead
over some illegal antiquities scheme:
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE6650UQ20100706
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/world/middleeast/07briefs-DRIVER.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/07/2946737.htm
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NUMISMATICA
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Plenty of coverage of the discovery of a huge Roman coin hoard near
Somerset, now dubbed the 'Frome Hoard':
http://finds.org.uk/blogs/fromehoard/
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=39147
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk/10546960.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10549940.stm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/08/AR2010070802434.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355331076860388.html
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90783/91321/7058856.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/09/uk.roman.coin.treasure/?hpt=Mid
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gX8QJV-46X0prYRsY6Zqro12uKZgD9GQNJ600
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/09/uk.roman.coin.treasure/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/143544/Metal-detector-fan-digs-up-52-000-Roman-coins/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jul/08/hoard-roman-coins-somerset
http://gizmodo.com/5584032/dude-with-metal-detector-finds-1-million-in-roman-coins
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2010/07/09/MNVV1EBIDI.DTL
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100708/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_roman_coins
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/07/08/test/life-us-britain-coins.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100708/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_roman_coins
... photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8802000/8802261.stm
A gold coin of Antoninus Pius from Bethsaida:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100703/MONEY/70703997
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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A History of the World (BM)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/explorerflash/
Mummies of the World:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-mummies-20100701,0,6506559.story
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1291198/Mummy-10-month-old-baby-goes-worlds-biggest-mummy-exhibition.html
http://www.physorg.com/news197637953.html
Glory of Ukraine:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/arts/design/02biblical.html
Nice price for a lock of Napoleon's hair:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10458197.stm
Interesting (?) suggestion for a floating museum for the Lindisfarne
Gospels:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/10486187.stm
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DON'T EAT THAT ELMER (A.K.A. CVM GRANO SALIS)
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On the real reason for the pyramids:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/archaeologists-egyptian-pyramids-actually-early-at,17568/
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.13
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 13.13 July 18, 2010
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Nice feature on the project to put all of Howard Carter's Tut-related stuff
online:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jul/18/tutankhamun-website-howard-carter-tomb
Cuneiform tablet and cylinder seal dating to 1400 B.C.E. from Syria:
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201007126521/Travel/italian-archaeologists-cuneiform-tablet-cylindrical-seal-dating-back-to-1400-bc-unearthed-in-syria.html
Recent finds from Tal Swihat (Syria):
http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201007126520/Related-news-from-Syria/american-archaeologists-pieces-arched-entrance-and-wall-unearthed-in-north-east-syria.html
Jerusalem's most ancient letter:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/jerusalems-oldest-letter-found.html
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=39237
http://www.physorg.com/news198148401.html
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=181135
http://www.huji.ac.il/dovrut/MazarOldestDoc.doc
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/thuo-owd071210.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100712/ap_on_sc/ml_israel_ancient_writing
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138543
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100712/wl_mideast_afp/israelarchaeologyjerusalem_20100712121955
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100712/world-news/fragment-bears-oldest-text-found-in-jerusalem
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHkY2NodB4_Npmp5c67HunDfZKhQD9GTIID02
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/12/tiny-fragment-oldest-writing-jerusalem/
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jXVV7Q6ZXtJqS45Vt2_nLBEnDjKQ?index=0
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2010/07/13/3350_year_old_fragment_of_text_found/
Recent finds from Tel Tzafit (Gat):
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138576
A sling stone find from Khirbet Qeiyafa:
http://lukechandler.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/sling-stone-find-at-khirbet-qeiyafa/
Another not-so-nice portrayal of Zahi Hawass (and his Chasing Mummies tv
show):
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/arts/television/14mummies.html
The draining of Iraq's marches has been reversed:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/iraq-marshes-reborn
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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More on Arthur's 'round table'/amphitheatre:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/12/2010-07-12_king_arthurs_round_table_found_say_historians_camelot_centerpiece_was_ancient_ro.html
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/12/british-historians-locate-king-arthurs-round-table/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293657/King-Arthurs-Round-Table--table-Roman-amphitheatre-Chester.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/834850--king-arthur-s-round-table-discovered
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/834874-king-arthurs-round-table-discovered-in-chester
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7883874/Historians-locate-King-Arthurs-Round-Table.html
Review of Richard Miles, *Carthage Must Be Destroyed*:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n12/adrienne-mayor/pacesetter
Review of Robert O'Connell, *Ghosts of Cannae*:
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/bookreviews/article/836343--the-ghosts-of-cannae-hannibal-defeats-mighty-rome
Visit our blog:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Drought in Oxfordshire is revealing some Bronze Age sites:
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8267986.Drought_shows_up_south_Oxfordshire_bronze_age_graves/
Plans to find out what else lies under Tullos Hill:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10598438
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Latest finds from Muziris/Pattanam:
http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-1011.html
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/07/16/newarchaeological-find-indicates-indo-roman-trade-inanc.html
http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/660494
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NORTH AMERICA
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Another language connection for a Bering Strait land bridge:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_ak_bering_strait_research.html
A followup on that excavation of an African-American site in New Jersey:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100701_African_American_historical_site_excavated_in_New_Jersey.html
More on that revised constitution:
http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2010/07/11/revised-version-of-u-s-constitution-found-in-dc-cave-the-dead-potomac-river-scrolls/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Latest ancient beer recreation story:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128587208&ft=1&f=1006
With that 'round table' suggestion (see the Classics section), there's a
list of 'clues' about the 'real' king Arthur kicking around:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/top-10-clues-to-the-real-king-arthur-2024729.html
More on computer translations of Ugarit:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/computer-translates-ancient-language.html
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=39244
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