Ephraimite Forum-40
Date: 6/February/08 30 Shebet 5768
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 10.41
2. Antisemitism on the Rise Worldwide
3. Free Virtual Tour Offers Entire World Glimpse of Temple Mount

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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 10.41
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 10.41 Februry 3, 2008
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AFRICA
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A Punic necropolis from Tunisia:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200801290750.html
http://www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/jan08/280108-2.htm
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Brief item on some Parthian finds in Iraq:

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=17898

Recent finds from Ebla:

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=17853&sez=HOME_SPETTACOLO
(Italian)

Another seal associated with an obscure Biblical figure:

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=27307

The 'other side' of life during Amarna:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7209472.stm

Zahi Hawass, meanwhile, was defending Akhenaten:

http://tinyurl.com/2lcjc9 (SIS)

This week's Temple Mount developments:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=949595
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=950178

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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A Roman fort from Cornwall:

http://tinyurl.com/37ekn8
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7217173.stm


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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Can't remember if we mentioned this 'Iron Age David Beckham' bog
mummy:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4629888.stm

Nice photo of that Bronze Age site in Spain:

http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_080128.html

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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A Nazca iron ore mine in Peru?:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22937483/
http://tinyurl.com/3xhto2
http://www.physorg.com/news120827062.html
http://tinyurl.com/2rmc48
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080131/sc_livescience/miningsitepredatesincanempire
http://www.purdueexponent.org/?module=article&story_id=9687
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080129125405.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/pu-ag012908.php
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/181122,ancient-iron-ore-mine-is-found-in-peru.html
http://tinyurl.com/3xhto2 (AScribe)

More on Maya dazzle:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123085308.htm
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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A call to 'restore' Milton to his former prominent place:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/01/28/do2805.xml

On the origin of blue eyes:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10489917

... and domestic cats:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080129125500.htm

... and what we're losing:

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Cemetery-looting-robs-archaeologists-of.3713853.jp

... and what rat DNA tells us:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080201/sc_nm/australia_rats_dc_1

Rethinking whom the plague took:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/health/research/29plag.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080129/sc_nm/plague_europe_dc_2
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/01/28/sciblack128.xml

Nice feature on 'arabic' science:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2248970,00.html

Interesting item on 'Poor Richard' and Ben Franklin:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2008/01/28/080128crat_atlarge_lepore

Review of David Lewis, *God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of
Europe*:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/02/04/080204crbo_books_acocella
cf:
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/11/19/011119fa_FACT2

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Appian Way:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/travel/03dayout.html
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NUMISMATICA
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The story of Britannia on UK coins:
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article3265406.ece

2. Antisemitism on the Rise Worldwide
The Path To The Final Solution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDVaJXmCIjk
Recommended VideoClip

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3. Free Virtual Tour Offers Entire World Glimpse of Temple Mount
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125122
 by Ezra HaLevi
Extracts:
(IsraelNN.com) A virtual tour of Har HaBayit, the Temple Mount, brings those who have never been upon Mt. Moriah on a tour of Judaism?s holiest site.

Israel National Radio's Rabbi Chaim Richman, who heads the Temple Institute, has released a first-of-its-kind video that allows every Jew to experience a tour of the Temple Mount.

Go to URL to access video-clips:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125122

Due to disagreements over the location of the area of the Holy Temple firbidden to be tread upon and, to a large extent, political and ideological factors, many Jews refrain from visiting the Temple Mount. Rabbi Richman's video tour, filmed on the Mount in strict adherence with Jewish laws governing the ascent of Mt. Moriah in our time, has now been made available free of charge via the Internet in the hopes of providing all Jews with a connection to Judaism's holiest site.

The video gives a deep historical perspective on each part of the Temple Mount, beginning with an introduction regarding the various opinions as to where the Temple was located and which areas are permitted to visit today.

"The idea is that we are motivated to get as close as we can to the holiest place on earth," Rabbi Richman says, "to be seen by G-d, to be seen by the Jewish people and even to be seen by our enemies - to let them know we have not forgotten about our Holy Temple."

Filmed in 2005, a heavy police presence is apparent, with members of Israel?s police, as well as the Muslim Wakf religious trust keeping close supervision to make sure Rabbi Richman or his compatriots to not utter a prayer. "This is the one place on earth where, as a Jew, I am actually obligated to pray,? Rabbi Richman explains. ?And it is the one place, where according to modern Israeli law, I am forbidden, as a Jew, from praying. One sees here how fearful the Muslims are of the power of Jewish prayer."

Rabbi Richman is optimistic. "Not only have more Jews been visiting the Temple Mount each day since this video was recorded, but we are truly living in a different generation now. There is a new awakening and a collective admission of fault for our abandonment of the Temple Mount."

The rabbi cautiously reports that police have been much more cooperative and encouraging of groups, large and small, visiting the Temple Mount recently. "There are cynics who see it as just letting us 'blow off steam' as the government makes plans to abandon the Mount altogether, but I believe we are witnessing the recognition that the Jewish people are returning to the holiest place on earth and that is an insurmountable force.

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