Ephraimite Forum-70
Date: 21/July/08 18th Tammuz 5768
Contents:
1. Attempt to re-enact Ancient Phoenician Circumnavigation of Africa
2. "Sweet Home Alabama" sang by Finnish Rock Band with Red Army Choir
3. Orphaned British pensioner uncovers 1,500-year-old family tree
4. Life sciences in Ireland- A New Celtic Culture
5. Archaeology: The Brit-Am Version of  Explorator 11.13

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1. Attempt to re-enact Ancient Phoenician Circumnavigation of Africa
Extract:
Welcome to the Phoenician Ship Expedition website. 
This Expedition aims to build a replica Phoenician/Mediterranean vessel and attempt to recreate the first circumnavigation of Africa, as accomplished by Phoenician mariners in 600BC.
http://www.phoenicia.org.uk/

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2. "Sweet Home Alabama" sang by Finnish Rock Band with Red Army Choir
http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3114/85/
ROCKING RUSSKIES
Written by To The Point News  
Thursday, 06 March 2008

Prepare yourself for this one - maybe with a Stoli martini or two. 

Back in the days of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Red Army had an official choir composed of male soldiers and musicians.  It still exists.  The Red Army Choir performs throughout Russia to this day.

Now consider the Finnish rock band called The Leningrad Cowboys.  A little while ago, they held a concert in Russia, in which - to the screaming applause of Russkie teen-agers - they got the Red Army Choir to join them on stage for a performance of "Sweet Home Alabama."  In English.  You couldn't make this up.
See video-clip

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3. Orphaned British pensioner uncovers 1,500-year-old family tree
By Aislinn Simpson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/14/noindex/family-tree.xml&CMP=EMC-expat2008

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4. Life sciences in Ireland- A New Celtic Culture
http://www.the-scientist.com/newsletter/etoc/20080701_ireland.html
The Scientist's special supplement on the Ireland

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5. Archaeology: The Brit-Am Version of  Explorator 11.13
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>

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explorator 11.13 July 20, 2008
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Evidence of early use of irrigation in Yemen:

http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=86866
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716140918.htm

An overview of digs going on in Turkey:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=147770&bolum=101

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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An overviewish thing on the excavations at Sardis:

http://www.zaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=147956&bolum=101

Plenty of hype about some guys (somewhat unrealistic) plans to return
chariot racing to Rome:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10521989
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-15_115220566.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,566242,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2302705/Roman-chariots-to-thunder-around-Circus-Maximus-once-more.html

More coverage of Phaistos Disk authenticity skepticism:

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/28092/american-archaeologist-doubts-authenticity-of-phaistos-disc/

More on that ship-discus find:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/
1054353,CST-NWS-israel14.article
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/
13/ap/world/main4256748.shtml
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/
ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_ancient_relic_1
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/
News/0,,2-10-1462_2356863,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126823
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/109440.html
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?
cid=1215330955367&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/13/
africa/ME-Israel-Ancient-Eye.php
(clumsy ...)

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Finds from various periods during bus station construction in
Warwick:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/
coventry_warwickshire/7513400.stm

Interesting finds from Bulgaria:

http://tinyurl.com/5b3tt5

Update on the Stonehenge visitors' centre:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/
heritage/story/0,,2291084,00.html

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NORTH AMERICA
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Here's a bizarre twist/suggestion about the peopling of the
Americas:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701193203.htm

Archaeologists may have located the site of La Petite-Rochelle:

http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?
id=8d3bed34-bfce-4e23-af76-eab100fb35ba
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/358279

Arrowhead find on a Massachusetts beach:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080714/hl_nm/
palestinians_israel_tuberculosis_dc_3
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/274547-3/
NewEnglandNews/Man_finds_ancient_arrowhead/
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/
general/view.bg?articleid=1107187&srvc=rss

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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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PreColumbian mummies with ulcers:

http://www.livescience.com/history/080714-mummy-ulcer.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714192606.htm
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?_rss=1&
fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=530730

Nice feature (with video) of a Chancay mummy find:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/
07/080717-new-mummy-missions.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/
07/photogalleries/peru-mummy-photos/index.html

DNA is shedding light on Athapaskan migrations:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/
2008-07/uoia-ycs071508.php

Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Americas Breaking News:

http://web.mac.com/michaelruggeri

Ancient MesoAmerica News:

http://ancient-mesoamerica-news-updates.blogspot.com/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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They've identified/confirmed the remains of the tsarevich:

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l15195448-russia-tsar/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/world/
europe/17briefings-ROMANOVREMAI_BRF.html

DNA connects German villagers with 'cave men' (Bronze Age, actually):

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
world/europe/article4333514.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?
xml=/earth/2008/07/15/scidna115.xml

Alnwick Gardens:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/
garden/17northumberland.html

Wikimania 2008:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/wikipedia-goes-
to-alexandria-home-of-other-great-reference-works/index.html

More coverage of Jericho bones and TB research:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7510334.stm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/16/2305738.htm
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24026038-30417,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008
/jul/13/medicalresearch.health
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1002211
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1002420
See also http://www.news-medical.net/?id=40023
http://www.israel21c.org/link.jsp?enDispWho
=Articles^l2199&enZone=Health
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l14578915
-palestinians-israel-tuberculosis/
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?_rss=1&
fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=530871

Interesting royal funeral in Bali:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/
world/asia/16indo.html

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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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[please send in suggestions! current digs only please!]

Tel Kadesh:

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
kelseymuseum.digdiary/read_our_blog

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

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NUMISMATICA
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The Darwin-Wallace medal:

http://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=344

Stewart Collection:

http://www.rowan.edu/library/policies_
services/special_collections/stewart.htm

John Chapman's collection is up for sale:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/11/2300747.htm

Nice Victoria Cross collection is going on view:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2270310/
World's-largest-VC-collection-to-go-on-show.html

Someone accidentally 'spent' some very valuable coins:

http://hopelessutopian.com/2008/06/19/18-rare-coins
-mistakenly-returned-to-general-circulation.aspx

Ancient Coin Collecting:

http://ancientcoincollecting.blogspot.com/

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/

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