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Ephraimite Forum no.84
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.26
2. Olympic Medals Countries Compared
3. Map of  Major Fascist Locii in Germany

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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.26
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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Approved excerpts from Explorator 11.26 October 19, 2008
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AFRICA
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The British Museum has received some blocks from a Sudanese
pyramid:

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/29004/british-museum-receives-stones-from-ancient-sudanese-pyramid/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Some 9000 b.p. bones from Israel are suggesting that tuberculosis
is older than previously thought:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/ucl-ekh101308.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014204442.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081015/sc_nm/us_tuberculosis_origins_2
http://www.healthscout.com/news/1/620287/main.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081015/hl_hsn/earlytbfoundin9000yearoldbones
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1077801/Ancient-bone-discovery-shows-tuberculosis-9-000-years-old.html
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0003426
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/37619/title/Infectious_finds_at_ancient_site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7668838.stm
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49d9ir-us-tuberculosis-origins/

Recreating Temple-era instruments and music:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1028981.html

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Disproportionately large coverage of the discovery of Nonius
Macrinus' (a.k.a. the 'inspiration' for 'Gladiator') tomb:

http://news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,24509833-948,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,438801,00.html
http://social.moldova.org/stiri/eng/157697/
http://www.newkerala.com/mn/a-612.htm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4953947.ece
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27224453/
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-10-15_115265741.html
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/277583.php
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Tomb-of--real-Gladiator.4602320.jp
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/found-tomb-of-the-general-who-inspired-gladiator-963797.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/3210339/Gladiator-tomb-discovered-by-archeologists.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/10/17/tomb-of-roman-hero-who-inspired-gladiator-found-115875-20812058/
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/17/na-excellent-ruins-unveiled/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7675633.stm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/19/2395178.htm

Roman remains keep getting in the way of construction projects
in Beirut:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=96858
http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/10/16/ancient_history_gets_in_the_way_of_beiruts_modern_towers/afp/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081016/lf_afp/lifestylelebanonarchaeologyconstruction_081016073925
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=28331
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gx-Orkj0FRz607-29Ukvvs9zbzQw

A Roman 'palace' from the 5th/6th century is being excavated in Beirut
as well:

http://www.newkerala.com/mn/a-428.htm
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/ancient-roman-palace-excavated-in-turkey_100107464.html

A temple of Isis and Osiris from Bulgaria:

http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1100761771
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/temple-to-iris-and-osiris-unearthed-near-the-bulgarian-black-sea/id_32427/catid_70

A virtual tour of ancient Koln:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,584005,00.html

On the names of constellations:

http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/physik_astronomie/ancient_egyptian_astronomy_120456.html

There's a possible Argonauts miniseries (?) in the works:

http://tinyurl.com/5adda2 (THR)

... and Brad Pitt's behind a sci fi version of the Odyssey:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/17/brad-pitt-the-odyssey
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gerH-NalgVcX8XE33xF4J6qQF0Zg

Lasers to clean monuments on the Acropolis?:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27237685/
http://www.euronews.net/en/article/17/10/2008/hi-tech-answer-to-acropolis-pollution-problem/

More coverage of that tomb in Sicily with both pagan and Christian elements:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013210144.htm

Review of Sarah Ruben's translation of the Aeneid:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24496594-5001986,00.html

Visit our blog:

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Anglo-Saxon finds with interesting implications from East
Cleveland (we'll see what happens to this story when it gets
picked up by ANI):

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/10/14/rare-finds-unearth-teesside-link-with-royalty-84229-22029051/

Did 'Norsemen' bring Christianity to Caithness?:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7666916.stm

A number of shipwrecks have been found in the Gulf of Finland:

http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/21576/

... and a bunch in the Severn:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/18/eaboatwreck118.xml

More coverage of recent theories about Stonehenge:

http://tinyurl.com/6nlm67 (Dispatch)
http://www.newkerala.com/mn/a-86.htm

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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A very interesting 9th century shipwreck from the Indian Ocean
(which I thing we mentioned a year or so ago):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7675866.stm

New Zealand Archaeology eNews:

http://www.nzarchaeology.org/netsubnews.htm
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NORTH AMERICA
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Rethinking Archaic Maine:

http://www.newkerala.com/mn/a-5.htm

Trying to save the Arapaho language:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/17arapaho.html

Review of James McPherson: *Tried by War*:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/books/review/Smith-t.html

Assorted presidential (and other) tomes:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2008/10/20/081020crat_atlarge_lepore
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Evidence of early 'drug' use in the Caribbean:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3225729/Stone-Age-man-took-drugs-say-scientists.html

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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There are assorted videos on the main page of the Archaeology
Channel which are of interest:

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/index.asp

Feting Noah Webster:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_re_us/defining_a_nation

Another spin on the digitization of the Codex Sinaiticus:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7651105.stm

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Antalya:

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=117466

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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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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Grant and Lee in War and Peace:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/arts/design/17hist.html

The ROM is hosting a symposium on Ancient Egypt and Nubia:

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=26626&int_modo=1

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PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED
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Criticism for an upcoming BBC documentary about Scotland:

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/BBC39s-epic-tale-of-Scotland.4591718.jp

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OBITUARIES
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Peter Vansittart:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/arts/15vansittart.html

2. Olympic Medals Countries Compared
 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/08/
Extract:
This map shows the complete medal count of the previous Summer Olympics in Athens, and is one of several on this page of the New York Times website. The number of medals per country is morphed into a medal map for each of the modern-era Summer Olympics, starting with Athens in 1896.

In Athens in 2004, The US dominated the medal counts in gold, silver and overall categories. Here is an overview of the Top 10 (country; number of gold, silver and bronze medals; total), sorted by total number of medals:

 
US (36, 39, 27, 102)
Russia (27, 27, 38, 92)
China (32, 17, 14, 63)
Australia (17, 16, 16, 49)
Germany (13, 16, 20, 49)
Japan (16, 9, 12, 37)
France (11, 9, 13, 33)
Italy (10, 11, 11, 32)
South Korea (9, 12, 9, 30)
Great Britain (9, 9, 12, 30)

3. Map of  Major Fascist Locii in Germany
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/05/
Map shows major locii of Racism in present-day Germany
Note concentrations in southeast and northeast.



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