BHR-88
Brit-Am Historical Reports
13 March 2012 19 Adar 5772
Contents:
1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 14.46
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 14.47
3. New Realization of the Importance of Scythian Findings.
Artifacts Show Sophistication of Ancient Nomads.
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1. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 14.46
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@GMAIL.COM>
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EARLY HUMANS
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AFRICA
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More on Nubian skeletons:
http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2012/02/nubian_skeletons_reveal_secrets_of_ancient_times
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Recent finds from Tel Megiddo:
https://sites.google.com/site/megiddoexpedition/additional-information/area_h_hoard
A Phoenician fortress from Cyprus:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Arts/Jun/24/Remains-of-Phoenician-fortress-uncovered-in-Cyprus.ashx
Finds from Horbat Midras:
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/article00200.html
Latest on Temple Mount:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153152
Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:
http://blog.ritmeyer.com/
Paleojudaica:
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Interesting Julius Caesar page:
http://www.biography.com/people/julius-caesar-9192504
Visit our blog:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Feature on those Jewish manuscripts found in Afghanistan (not sure if
there's anything new here):
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/92443/war-papers/
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NORTH AMERICA
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Haven't had a facial reconstruction in a while ... this time, its sailors
from the Monitor:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/faces-of-civil-war-sailors-from-sunken-uss-monitor-reconstructed-in-hopes-of-identifying-them/2012/03/03/gIQAAldxoR_story.html
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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The Herschel family papers are now available for research purposes:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-newly-science-materials.html
On climate change as seen through Arabic manuscripts:
http://dmmsclick.wiley.com/view.asp?m=7wc8369beu2zmtjdtss7&u=18736418&f=h
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-ancient-arabic-scientists-piece-climate.html
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/27/ancient-iraqi-meteorologists-speak-to-the-present-on-climate/
http://in.news.yahoo.com/ancient-arabic-writings-help-scientists-reconstruct-past-climate-060306808.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120226225956.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/w-aaw022312.php
Foot bones can be used to identify the sex of skeletons:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-foot-bones-sex-skeletal.html
One of the nuttiest claims I've seen in ages:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/northland/dargaville-districts/6497943/Greeks-got-here-first
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CRIME BEAT
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On the scope of antiquities theft in Israel:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-antiquity-thefts-per-year-in-israel/
More on those thieves who were using the Copper Scroll as a treasure map:
http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_ido.asp?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=1901&module_id=#as
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-antiquities-officials-apprehend-thieves-in-ancient-cave/
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 14.47
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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AFRICA
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Interesting feature about a slave burial ground on St Helena:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-archaeologists-unearth-slave-burial-ground.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/08/slave-mass-graves-st-helena-island
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/03/2012/slave-burial-ground-excavated-on-st-helena
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Feature on Alexandria:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1087/he2.htm
Nice feature on the Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palestinae
project:
http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16117
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-ancient-graffiti-life-common.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120306131640.htm
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/1.417504
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-03/afot-au030612.php
There was a report this week that the Syrian army was attacking
Palmyra's Roman (Nabatean) ruins:
http://globalheritagefund.org/onthewire/blog/palmyras_ruins
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Feature on recent research about Alexander in Egypt:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1087/he1.htm
Brief item on the Meduproject:
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/03/09/greece-and-italy-join-forces-to-study-marine-antiquities/
Visit our blog:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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I think we've mention this Dover Bronze Age Boat project before:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2110578/Worlds-oldest-sea-going-boat-sail-scientists-rebuild-Dover-Bronze-Age-Boat-ancient-tools-understand-people-crossed-channel-1500BC.html?ITO=1490
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Feature on the use of LiDAR in archaeology:
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/03/indiana-jones-goes-geek-laser-mapping-lidar-revolutionizes-archaeology.ars
Darwin is off the hook for 'deceiving' Alfred Wallace:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-darwin-wallace-mystery.html
More on the origins of blue eyes:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/02/do-blue-eyes-stem-from-a-black-sea-resident-8000-years-ago/1#.T1PcwXmR4TY
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NUMISMATICA
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Big bucks for a year one silver shekel:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54100
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8WLHv6RbfBquZPiGEAP2NeYpJLg?docId=CNG.524e6f7b2b8480aa5a92b13164d02a18.111
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/for_just_one_shekel_LiM4EyaL42j7pRiDCmHGAN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Manhattan
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Picturing the Past: Imaging and Imagining the Ancient Middle
East:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-0308-museums-oriental-institute-20120307,0,4621998.column
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OBITUARIES
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The New York Times reprised the obit of Howard Carter this week:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0509.html
3. New Realization of the Importance of Scythian Findings.
Artifacts Show Sophistication of Ancient Nomads
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/science/from-their-graves-ancient-nomads-speak.html?_r=2&hp
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