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Ephraimite Forum no.96
11 February 2009, 17 Shevet 5769
Contents:
1. Archaeology:
Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.41
2. Archaeology:
Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.42
3. Pict Women (Manasseh?) of Scotland Had High Status.


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1. Archaeology:
Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.41
From: David Meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
Subject: [Explorator] explorator 11.41

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explorator 11.41 February 1, 2009
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AFRICA
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An update on that 'phoenician' circumnavigation recreation:

http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Phoenicia-Expedition---Six-months-waiting-for-wind/53425
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plans are afoot to assess whether 'King Solomon's Mines' were really
his:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1233050211901
http://www.pnas.org/content/105/43/16460

cf: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/soc/01-09SupperClub.asp
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2008_10_26_archive.html#2920831744432665769
(background)

Coverage of the discovery/excavation of Ebla's Red Temple and a Rock
Temple:

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=44303&sez=HOME_SPETTACOLO#
(Italian)

This week's mummy facial reconstruction:

http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/41170/museum039s-mummy-faces-her-admirers

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Plenty of coverage of the find of a "bust" of a Roman boxer from
Israel:

http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14
http://antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1490&module_id=#as
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/26/israel.ancient.find/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8332454
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7853150.stm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127160712.htm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pagesShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1058861
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643753243&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/26/apworld/20090126214135&sec=apworld
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/01/26/1002507/ancient-figurine-discovered-in-jerusalem

Interesting theory that the Pantheon is actually a big sundial:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126934.800-is-the-roman-pantheon-a-colossal-sundial.html

An opeddish sort of thing on drinking in ancient Greece:

http://proof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/the-tipsy-hero/

More on 'chemical warfare' at Dura Europos:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/01/30/earliest-chemical-warfare.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28939111/

Visit our blog:

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

Blegen Library News:

http://blegen.blogspot.com/

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Apparently the mystery of Silbury Hill will be solved soon:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/4385933/Silbury-Hill-mystery-soon-to-be-resolved.html

Plans are afoot to poke around Kent's Cavern:

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Extensive-dig-hopes-reveal-cavern-s-secret/article-643119-detail/article.html

Some Druids are seeking reburial for a skeleton found near
Avebury 80 years ago:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/7854134.stm

Review of Chris Wickham, *The Inheritance of Rome*:

http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Book-Review-The-Inheritance-of.4929222.jp

Archaeology in Europe Blog:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Pondering why there was no "Chinese Newton":

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3769

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NORTH AMERICA
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Theory about a 'sun temple' east of Calgary (!):

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2009/01/29/8195466-cp.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5io8DJMYkhiWKCUshwFVc2dTnvmxw

Some cave art from Tennessee:

http://www.wsmv.com/news/18563671/detail.html

Nice little feature on North Salem, NY:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/nyregion/westchester/01colwe.html

... and one on Colonial newspapers:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/01/26/090126crat_atlarge_lepore

Celebrating Henry Hudson's journeys:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/nyregion/25manhattan.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/nyregion/29hudson.html

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Latest theory on how a Stradivarius gets its unique sound:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122141228.htm

A followup of sorts to the Black Sea/Noah's flood thing:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123101207.htm

Guidelines for using luminescence dating:

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-874-1/preservation_dissemination/pdf/luminescence_dating.pdf

Of course we'll get articles about 'lefties' with a 'leftie' in the
White House:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090129/sc_livescience/ancientleftiesthehistoryofobamashandedness
http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10087127.shtml

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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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CRIME BEAT
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Phoenix Art responds to last week's reportage about Ali Aboutaam:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/090128/ny63680.html?.v=1
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-28-2009/0004961702&EDATE=

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NUMISMATICA
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A Celtic hoard from the Netherlands:

http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=6064

Another hoard of gold coins from Jerusalem ... this time some 1300 b.p.
'Chanukah money':

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127161357.htm

Medallic History of Religious and Racial Intolerance:

http://www.kunstpedia.com/articles/373/1/Medallic-History-of-Religious-and-Racial-Intolerance--Medals-as-instruments-for-promoting-bigotry/Page1.html

A followup (and video) to last week's 'Boudicca' hoard story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/7838892.stm

2. Archaeology:

Brit-Am Version of Explorator 11.42
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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explorator 11.42 February 8, 2009
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AFRICA
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On the DNA front they've figured out when the various 'pygmy' groups
diverged:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205133751.htm

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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Interesting tale of a garden ornament which turned out to be an
ancient Egyptian artifact:

http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2009-02-02-Garden-ornament-is-ancient-Egyptian-relic
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4433944/Terracotta-vase-left-in-garden-for-20-years-is-ancient-Egyptian-relic.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1133881/Owner-garden-patio-ornament-told-actually-ancient-Egyptian-artefact.html?ITO=1490
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-86563.html

I suspect this one has to be taken with a grain of salt of unknown
magnitude, but the IAA is supposedly tunnelling near/under the
Al Aqsa Mosque:

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=118983&d=8&m=2&y=2009

Using hyperspectral imagery to analyze a 10th century B.C./B.C.E.
Hebrew ostrakon:

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=118983&d=8&m=2&y=2009

Latest on the Jehoash tablet:

http://www.touro.edu/media/pr/releases/PR-Sandstone.asp

Some Parthian jar burials from near the Persian Gulf:

http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2009/February2009/04-02-Parthian.htm

Looks like someone is going looking for Noah's Ark in Turkey:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,486684,00.html

... more coverage of 'evidence' of the flood itself:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-88924.html

More coverage of King Solomon's Mines:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-85496.html

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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Using Henry VIII's armour to document his physical changes over
time:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article5635985.ece

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Plans are afoot to search for evidence of Japan's lost Yamatai
Kingdom:

http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-86211.html
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200902020047.html

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NORTH AMERICA
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Plenty o' coverage of evidence for the oldest use of chocolate in
the US:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090202-ancient-chocolate.html?source=rss
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_sc/sci_mmmmm_chocolate_2
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203173331.htm
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aZqgPQH0Ry9k
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090202/sc_livescience/firstsignofchocolateinancientusfound
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-02/03/content_7440644.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28985087/
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cacao3-2009feb03,0,6521359.story
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/us/04cocoa.html

Interesting old murder/hanging tale:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/us/02land.html

Review (by William Safire) of a couple of tomes about Lincoln:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/books/review/Safire-t.html

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Don't know about you, but I'm semi-tired of the annual misinformation
about the origins of Valentine's Day, so this year we'll just alert
you to one item which has all the 'theories' in it:

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090208/LIFESTYLE/902080320

Interesting bit of technology which can be used for modelling sites:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10554277

A major Yiddish library is now available online:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/yiddish-library-goes-live-online/

More on the Vatican publishing their Hebrew manuscripts:

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20090130.htm
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304675756&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull

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TOURISTY THINGS
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Rome:

http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/travel/story.html?id=0907162c-c037-4cef-8d2b-dd9dc514a2bb

Pamphylia:

http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=166305
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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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CRIME BEAT
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A book dealer had been plundering the Rothschild Library:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5663010.ece

Scotland has cleared up its laws relating to treasure trove and the
like:

http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Code-clears-up-39finders-keepers39.4943459.jp

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NUMISMATICA
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Irish Mining Tokens:

http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/AIMC.htm

Ancient Coins:

http://classicalcoins.blogspot.com/


3. Pict Women (Manasseh?) of Scotland Had High Status.
Power to the Pictish ladies
Dr Ross Samson
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba3/BA3FEAT.HTML
Extracts Only:
The idea that women may have had unusually high status in medieval Pictish society has long been the subject of scholarly fascination - and dispute - even though there has never been much evidence on which to pin opposing views.

The idea started with the 8th century English historian, Bede, who wrote that, whenever the Pictish royal succession was in dispute, kings were chosen from the female royal line rather than the male.

An entirely new line of evidence, however, may be provided by Pictish symbols. These are carved on rough boulders or cross stones, and about 400 examples survive. ...I believe that a fifth of the names belonged to women. Compared to other contemporary societies, this would represent a very high proportion-- in Ireland, for instance, we know the names of about 10,000 men dating from before AD1000, but of only 200 or 300 women.

I believe ....that feminine endings on the Pictish carved stones were represented by the mirror and comb symbols that follow one in every five symbol pairs. A mirror and comb appear to the left of the only unmistakably Pictish woman represented on a cross stone - there are several biblical females - that from Hilton of Cadboll, dating from about AD800.

If this theory is correct, 20 per cent of Pictish stones were erected for or by women, which is between five and 20 times more often than in any other contemporary Celtic or Scandinavian society. One motive for commemorating the dead publicly is the statement it makes - I am inheriting this person's wealth, power, authority and prestige. If women held 20 per cent of the power and wealth in Pictish society, it is no wonder Bede heard such stories about their dominant role in the royal succession.

Dr Ross Samson is Editor-in-Chief of Cruithne Press (197 Great Western Road, Glasgow), which publishes books on the early Middle Ages


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