Ephraimite Forum-71
Date: 28/July/08 25th Tammuz 5768
Contents:
1. Jay: Chuckwagon Races in Canada and Chariot Racing
2.  The Abominable Snow Man at the Barber Shop?
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of  Explorator 11.14

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1. Jay: Chuckwagon Races in Canada and Chariot Racing
From: j099@webtv.net
Subject: Re: Ephraimite Forum no.70

Shalom Yair:

Chariot racing is not unique to Rome.  At the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, Canada they have Chuckwagon races.  A Chuckwagon is a four-wheeled "chariot", actually a small version of the frontier wagons depicted on old Western movies.  Even in the sixties there was a TV series called "Wagontrain".  Of course the chuckwagon is propelled by a team of four fit horses. 

Jay

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2.  The Abominable Snow Man at the Barber Shop?
 'Yeti hair' to get DNA analysis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7525060.stm
Extracts:

Scientists in the UK who have examined hairs claimed to belong to a yeti in India say that an initial series of tests have proved inconclusive.

Ape expert Ian Redmond says the hairs bear a "startling resemblance" to similar hairs collected by Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary.

He told the BBC the Indian hairs are "potentially very exciting".

After extensive microscope examinations, the hairs will now be sent to separate labs for DNA analysis.

They say that the tests on Thursday were a "process of elimination" in which the hairs from India were compared with hairs from other animals known to live in the area around the Garo hills of the north-eastern state of Meghalaya.

The little known Indian version of the legendary yeti - or abominable snow man - is an ape-like creature called mande barung - or forest man.

The BBC was given the hairs by passionate yeti believer Dipu Marak, who retrieved them from a site in dense jungle after the mande barung was allegedly seen by a forester for three days in a row in 2003.

Mr Marak says the hairs may provide compelling evidence of the existence of a black and grey ape-like animal which stands about 3m (nearly 10ft) tall.

There have been repeated reports of sightings over many years by different witnesses in the West, South and East Garo hills.

Mr Marak estimates the creature weighs about 300kg (660lb) and says it is herbivorous, surviving on fruit, roots and tree bark.

Both Mr Redmond and Ms Nekaris agree there is "every chance" they could belong to an unknown species of primate.

"Only two years ago a new species of macaque was discovered in northern India. It's perfectly possible that there are pockets of jungle there where a previously undiscovered primate could exist," he said.

The two scientists also pointed out that not that long ago a huge species of ape known as gigantopithecus roamed around the area.

This species was not known about until relatively recently, Mr Redmond explained, and had no fossil record.

"It was only identified 80 years ago when Western scientists discovered teeth found in Chinese apothecaries which it was claimed were dragons' teeth to be used for medicinal purposes.

"The teeth were examined and it was revealed that in fact they belonged to a an ape-like creature estimated to be 3m tall which was named gigantopithecus," he said.

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3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of  Explorator 11.14
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:07:40 -0400
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.14 July 27, 2008
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AFRICA
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Interesting update on the Axum obelisk (and others):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7505957.stm
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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If you're looking for the text of 'Gabriel's Revelation':

http://www.hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=162

Feature on recent ideas about Qumran:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331033237&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

... and one one the excavations at Tel Beit Shemesh:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1005648

The Codex Sinaiticus is online (although it doesn't seem to be
able to handle all the attention it's getting!);

http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.
cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10522897
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.
nsf/religion/story/E2360C9A48118D3F8625748F000917A7?OpenDocument
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/21/online.
bible.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,388182,00.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/
ap_on_re/britain_ancient_bible_1
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/663619
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hR5sZZw
9OszP2oQshi868c2QXVyQ
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3498858,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/5kueqb (Telegraph)
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/
07/24/online-codex-sinaiticus.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25785089/

More coverage of Egyptian boat reconstruction matters:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
2008/07/080721-boat-video-ap.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,388381,00.html
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/
CTVNews/20080722/egypt_boat_080722/20080722
http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10074831.shtml
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/612788.html
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/
2008-07/21/content_6864195.htm
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.
cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10522550
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/22/content_8745366.htm
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/25/egyptian-boat.html
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/video/0,
47-0@2-3244,54-1075735@51-1075740,0.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Interesting 2600 b.p. burial from Italy's Adriatic coast:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-1039.html

2000 b.p. burial from West Sussex:

http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/6427/
VIDEO--2000yearold-Roman-body.4298651.jp

Homer's presence in Australian literature:

http://www.thecud.com.au/html/story_kanarakis_22072008.htm

Preserving Stanford's Ptolemaic papyri:

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/
2008/july23/papyri-072308.html
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-679.html
http://www.physorg.com/news136045798.html
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6289110

Semi-touristy thing on the dig at Troy:

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=243334

Similiter on Sardis:

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?
load=detay&link=147956&bolum=100

More on Caesar's landing date in Britain:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92965327

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Interesting first millennium A.D. Finnish burial:

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/6766/


Finds from various periods at a Norfolk dig:

http://tinyurl.com/6khu3u

Medieval gold ring from Iceland:

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/
daily_news/?cat_id=40764&ew_0_a_id=309398

Review of Hugh Trevor-Roper, *The Invention of Scotland*:

http://www.nysun.com/arts/hugh-trevor-ropers-
the-invention-of-scotland/82417/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Nice feature on the Indus civilization:

http://pakistaniat.com/2008/07/20/science-indus-harappa/

Some more Australian petroglyphs are threatened:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/25/rock-art-australia.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/
sc_afp/australiaartnativeresources_080725033924
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5
jZHDotkgDyPfNT61P9Prkk7iXFig

More coverage of those aboriginal petroglyphs at Sydney Harbour:

http://canowindra.yourguide.com.au/news/
national/national/general/ancient-spirits-lifted/809923.aspx

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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An old one which has resurfaced ... that 'salad dressing
shipwreck and the role of dna in figuring out what was in the
amphorae:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/
court_and_social/article4368695.ece
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=88702


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DIG DIARIES/BLOGS
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Tel Kadesh:

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

Tel Dan:

http://teldan.wordpress.com/

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GENERAL MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Queens of Egypt:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/906/heritage.htm

A Day in Pompeii:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
story/0,25197,24024006-16947,00.html

Assorted Hadrianomania stuff (this is all quite varied):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7516157.stm
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=110317
http://tinyurl.com/6n8l4c (Telegraph)
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/
ALeqM5i9y2sKPNX7ozqJGbO0oygX6QDi6A
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601088&sid=aV1o8UzFYU7I&refer=muse
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1037131/
Emperor-holocaust-How-death-male-lover-left-Hadrian-tyrant.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=
/arts/2008/07/22/bahadrian122.xml
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/
An-emperor-for-our-times.4306643.jp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.
jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/07/21/do2103.xml
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/l
ife_and_style/health/article4359430.ece
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/07/22/hadrian.museum/
http://afp.google.com/article/
ALeqM5i7glfGlNJx0ScWtVpc6ib0Xwg6lQ
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121691956508781599.html
?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/
english/news/2008-07-25_125215569.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?
xml=/arts/2008/07/27/boopp127.xml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/jul/23/art

A Gaza museum is opening:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/24/africa/gaza.php
 

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