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Brit-Am Historical Reports
4 October 2010 26 Tishrei 5771
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.23
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.24
3. A Shekel from Ancient Tyre of the Phoenicians Turns Up in Manchester, UK!
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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.23
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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EARLY HUMANS
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Volcanoes are being blamed for Neanderthal demise:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/09/24/Volcanic-winter-blamed-for-extinction/UPI-93691285367564/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100922-volcanoes-eruptions-neanderthals-science-volcanic-humans/
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/09/volcanoes-neanderthals-extinct/1
... even if they were 'smarter' than we previously thought:
http://www.physorg.com/news204308568.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/uocd-nma092110.php
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/neanderthals-more-intelligent-than-thought.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11408298
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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A 1500 years b.p. Samaritan synagoge from near Beit Shean:
http://www.jpost.com/LocalIsrael/AroundIsrael/Article.aspx?id=188683
http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/139713
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2010/September/Samaritan-Synagogue-Uncovered-near-Beit-Shean/
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=41028
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=41013
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/09/21/2740991/ancient-synagogue-uncovered-in-jordan-valley
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/ancient-samaritan-synagogue-unearthed-in-israel.html
Pondering the parting of the Red Sea (etc.):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11383620
http://www.physorg.com/news204289754.html
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_16128420
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8015908/Biblical-parting-of-the-Red-Sea-could-have-happened.html
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tomchivers/100047210/moses-parting-the-red-sea-it-could-have-happened-probably-didnt-but-could-have/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1314725/As-researchers-prove-Red-Sea-really-parted--How-science-backs-Bibles-best-stories.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Latest how-did-they-build-the-pyramids theory:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924084615.htm
Studying how the Egyptians dealt with climate change:
http://www.physorg.com/news204290683.html
More on Herod's theatre box:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=41068
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hP8oc5xruRkof5g6UC3D2-5nyIawD9ICFCNO3
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gubXqWX1Xa9Ihwn8GTR7E0hUD-SA
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39306591/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/09/21/world/AP-ML-Israel-Herod.html
http://www.physorg.com/news204298133.html
More on that Moabite temple from near Dhiban:
http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=29730
Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:
http://blog.ritmeyer.com/
Paleojudaica:
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A bronze signet ring with an image of Apollo has emerged from the Tel Dor
dig:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=41062
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/uoh-adt091910.php
http://www.physorg.com/news204196083.html
http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=3608
http://www.newswise.com/articles/apollo-discovery-tells-a-new-story
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920094616.htm
http://www.jpost.com/home/article.aspx?id=188626
A couple of interesting 3rd century B.C. or thereabouts burials from
Nessebar:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=120467
Mary Beard on lost authors:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/25/all-souls-fellows-general-paper
Questioning the accuracy of 'Gladiator':
http://www.carolinianonline.com/questioning-the-historical-accuracy-of-gladiator-1.1646416
Visit our blog:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Looking for evidence of ancient Wales off the coast:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/09/25/atlantis-hunt-for-hidden-wales-91466-27337809/
A prehistoric cairn circle from Askwith Moor:
http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/8410078.Archaeologists_find____tomb_of_tribal_king____hidden_on_moor/
Photo essay on a Bronze Age burial from the Isle of Man:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/isleofman/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9002000/9002799.stm
Archaeologists hope to find more Viking items at Annagassan:
http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/dundalknews/More-discoveries-lie-ahead-at.6543273.jp
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/09/long-sought-viking-settlement-fo.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Rethinking a Maori attack on Abel Tasman's crew:
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/127616/food-fears-sparked-attack-tasman-crew-researchers
More on that interesting sarcophagus from the Silk Road:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/143295.html
New Zealand Archaeology eNews:
http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Evidence of 'genocide' ca 800 A.D. at Sacred Ridge:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/genocide-native-americans-ethnic-cleansing.html
http://www.enn.com/lifestyle/article/41799
A Russian scientist is crediting 'siberians' with discovering the Americas:
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/83349/
The Founding Fathers v the Tea Party oped:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/opinion/24chernow.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The 'Phoenicia' landed in Malta this week:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100922/local/history-recreated-as-phoenicia-sails-in
Latest 'Ark of the Covenant' brouhaha:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/26/westminster-abbey-sacrilege-ethiopian-relic
Vocabulary is on the decline, of course (or is it?):
http://www.physorg.com/news204198522.html
Review of Jim Al-Khalili, *The Golden Age of Arabic Science*:
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Book-review-Pathfinders-The-Golden.6539241.jp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/26/baghdad-centre-of-scientific-world
Review of A Rimas and E Fraser, *Empires of Food*:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/69a3303c-c76a-11df-aeb1-00144feab49a.html
... and how some Victorian pressed plant collections might help in the study
of
climate change:
http://www.physorg.com/news204346333.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Macedonian/FYROMian wine country:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/travel/26Explorer.html
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CRIME BEAT
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A number of 'black market antiquities' dealers were arrested in Jenin:
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=316518
A number of Iraq's missing artifacts were found in the prime minister's
storage warehouse (not sure if this is 'crime' or 'forgetfulness'):
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=41034
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/world/middleeast/20artifact.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11372473
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iraq/634-lost-iraq-artefacts-finally-found-1.686559
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNBjKDz3h9YIEJbXFbWcs_pgGzTwD9IBN4A80
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/20/1833823/missing-iraqi-antiquities-discovered.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39274487/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=119522
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0920/Iraq-finds-missing-antiquities-in-prime-minister-s-storage-facility
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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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The Merchant of Venice will be heading to Broadway:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/casting-announced-for-merchant-of-venice-on-broadway/
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 13.24
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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EARLY HUMANS
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Latest theory has homo floresiensis as an 'iodine deficient human':
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100928025514.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/29/3024900.htm
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/09/the-hobbits-were-cretins-perhaps-or-perhaps-not/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Audio of folks reading ancient Babylonian/Assyrian poetry is online:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/01/130263525/talk-like-a-babylonian
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9046000/9046686.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1316136/Ancient-Babylonian-poems-online-Readings-heard-time-2k-years.html?ITO=1490
http://www.physorg.com/news205059195.html
cf:
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/mjw65/BAPLAR/Homepage
Helena of Adiabene's sarcophagus is back in Jerusalem:
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/a-royal-return-1.316609
The trial of Raphael Golb proceeded this week:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/30/ny-jurors-id-theft-case-tied-ancient-texts/
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/dead_sea_scrolls_cyber_bully_admits_WSU4kShKSPrLlzQaGo8mPN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_re_us/us_dead_sea_scrolls_2
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gznCOrQo0Iw8H1s_BUyqyDXHcO8AD9IH6SRG2?docId=D9IH6SRG2
... and in case you missed the verdict:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=41371
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/01/2010-10-01_dead_sea_troll_is_convicted_for_impersonating_nyu_prof.html
http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/09/29/academic-crusader-charged-for-impersonating-nyu-professor/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8036634/NY-lawyer-convicted-in-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-case.html
Wired marked the anniversary of the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone:
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/09/0927rosetta-stone-decipher-announced/
More on that Samaritan synagogue from near Beit Shean:
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/59429/ancient-synagogue-found-in-jordan-valley
More on the latest how-they-built-the-pyramids theory:
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-49886.html
Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:
http://blog.ritmeyer.com/
Paleojudaica:
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/
Archaeologist at Large:
http://spaces.msn.com/members/ArchaeologyinEgypt/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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An interesting Ptolemaic mapping project is being hyped as 'cracking the
Ptolemy Code':
http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=27197A2nd
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,720513,00.html
That what-really-killed-folks-at-pompeii story is still kicking around:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/science/csi-pompeii-19951/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Strontium analysis of those two burials from Stonehenge suggest they had
come from quite a distance to visit the site:
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/stonehenge-drew-prehistoric-tourists.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39440606/ns/world_news-europe/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2010/0930/Stonehenge-skeleton-Ancient-traveler-died-near-the-famous-monument
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/09/29/body_buried_at_stonehenge_came_from_mediterranean
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11421593
http://www.physorg.com/news204969559.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_stonehenge_burial
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Evidence of high-level settlement in Papua New Guinea some 50 000 years
b.p.:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63888/description/Ancient_New_Guinea_settlers_headed_for_the_hills
http://www.physorg.com/news205093371.html
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NORTH AMERICA
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There is no evidence to support the 'Clovis comet catastrophe' theory:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/uocp-nef092910.php
http://www.physorg.com/news204991757.html
http://uanews.org/node/34499
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-52733.html
Not sure about this Native-American-artifacts-from-a-backyard claim:
http://arkansasmatters.com/news-weirdnews-fulltext?nxd_id=354795
Rethinking Colonial sewing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/arts/design/01antiques.html
Review of Ron Chernow, *Washington: A Life*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/books/28book.html
Review of Eric Foner, *The Fiery Trial*:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/books/review/Reynolds-t.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Israel:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/travel/03Israel.html
Paris:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/travel/03Atget.html
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NUMISMATICA
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A 2000 years b.p shekel from ... Manchester?:
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x124780264/Salem-man-finds-2-000-year-old-shekel-on-the-shore
A major coin collector in Israel sold his collection this week:
http://www.jpost.com/LocalIsrael/TelAvivAndCenter/Article.aspx?id=188820
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Lod Mosaic:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704654004575518271563336414.html
http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/19639/6185/125911/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-new-york/exhibition/the-roman-mosaic-from-lod-israel/
World of Khubilai Khan:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain/article/2/0/1705535/U.S./The.glories.of.Khubilai.Khan.on.display.in.New.York
http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2010/sep/29/met-museum-explores-world-khubilai-khan/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/arts/design/01khan.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/khubilai-khan.aspx
Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/heritage/historic-cyprus-exhibition-opens-smithsonian/20100930
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ON THE WEB
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Ancient Canal Builders:
http://www.ancientcanalbuilders.com/
3. A Shekel from Ancient Tyre of the Phoenicians Turns Up in Manchester, UK!
September 30, 2010
Salem man finds 2,000-year-old shekel on the shore
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x124780264/Salem-man-finds-2-000-year-old-shekel-on-the-shore
By Kendra Noyes Staff Writer The Salem News Thu Sep 30, 2010, 06:00 AM EDT
Extracts:
MANCHESTER. What a builder thought was a quarter has turned out to be a 2,000-year-old shekel, the kind of coin Judas was paid to betray Jesus.
The coin was found during the reconstruction of a Manchester wharf in the spring of 2006, and now the finder and property owner are trying to solve the mystery of how it got there.
Phillip Pelletier of Salem was reconstructing the wharf at 7 Norton's Point Road in Manchester when he found what he thought was a quarter in a small hole in the sand. He pocketed the change without thinking twice and set it aside when he got home.
But later, after a closer look, Pelletier realized the coin wasn't a quarter at all. He brought it to one of his wife's co-workers, a coin collector, who identified the silver piece as a shekel of Tyre. The collector told Pelletier the 90 percent silver coin dated to biblical times and was the type of silver used to pay Judas for the betrayal of Jesus.
Pelletier said he held on to the coin for a while, thinking he had struck big. Some further research, however, revealed the coin was worth about $800 or so. The worldwide coin source online lists the coin as worth about $1,000.
Curiosity got the best of Pelletier, though. "I had to find out where it came from," he said.
He called Anita Brewer-Siljeholm, the owner of 7 Norton's Point Road, to see if there were coin collectors in her family who might have lost the shekel. Brewer-Siljeholm said she had no history of coin collectors in her family and was just as puzzled by the ancient coin being on her property.
"It's a complete mystery to me as to how it got there," Brewer-Siljeholm said.
Pelletier and Brewer-Siljeholm said they wanted to get the story out so they could solve the mystery of how a Phoenician shekel arrived in Manchester.
Brewer-Siljeholm said she took the coin to J.G.M. Numismatic Investments, a Beverly coin and jewelry dealer, which verified it as a real shekel of Tyre. The inspector first weighed the coin to confirm its authenticity; the coin had worn and lost some of its mass, Brewer-Siljeholm said. The appraiser also noted that there was evidence the coin had been submerged in water for a significant time. The authenticity was verified, but no formal paperwork or record was drawn up by the company, she said.
The shekel was minted by the Phoenician-Judean city of Tyre, which is in present-day Lebanon, from 126 BC to 66 AD. The coin replaced the Greek coinage of Alexander the Great. The silver shekel features a graven image of Melkart (Baal), the Phoenician deity on one side; the reverse is an Egyptian-style eagle with its right claw resting on a ship's rudder, which is associated with Hercules. The Greek inscription on the coin is "Tyre, the Holy and Inviolable," followed by the date.
The real question is how did this ancient coin arrive in Manchester?
Brewer-Siljeholm called it an "unsolved mystery" and acknowledged her research has suggested there are hundreds of ways the coin could have gotten to Manchester.
"The only other plausible explanation I've heard to date is that a bird such as a sea gull picked it up and dropped it there," Brewer-Siljeholm said. Pelletier also noted that it could have been buried or dug up from underground by a squirrel or other creature.
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