explorator 12.21
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========================= ========================= ============== explorator 12.21 September 13, 2009 ========================= ========================= ============== Editor's note: Most urls should be active for at least eight hours from the time of publication. For your computer's protection, Explorator is sent in plain text and NEVER has attachments. Be suspicious of any Explorator which arrives otherwise!!! ========================= ========================= ============== ========================= ========================= ============== Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Donna Hurst, Edward Rockstein, Hernan Astudillo, John McMahon, Joseph Lauer, Mata Kimasitayo, Mike Ruggeri, Kurt Theis, Diana Wright, Richard C. Griffiths, Richard Wright, Rochelle Altman, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week (as always hoping I have left no one out). *n.b. last week I mentioned an 'Osiris powerpoint' but gave the wrong link; alas, I cannot find it again on the TES site ... apologies for any inconvenience. ========================= ========================= ============== EARLY HUMANS ========================= ========================= ============== Refined stone tools in Europe earlier than previously thought: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/science/08obaxe.html More coverage of those homo erectus finds from Dmanisi (Georgia): http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/08/fossils-georgia-dmanisi-early -humans http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-skull-that-rewrites-the-history -of-man-1783861.html http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-108396.html ========================= ========================= ============== AFRICA ========================= ========================= ============== Some very large Meso/Neolithic hand axes found in a dry lake basin in the Kalahari: http://www.physorg.com/news171790409.html ========================= ========================= ============== ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ========================= ========================= ============== Plenty of coverage of the suggestion that a number of 'mother goddess' figures from Catal Huyuk were rather, 'educational toys': http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1212320/Ancient-figurines-to ys-mother-goddess-statues-say-experts-9-000-year-old-artefacts-discovered.h tml http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/sep/10/stone-figurine-man-catal hoyuk http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=105851§ionid=3510212 On the precise astronomical alignment of ancient Egyptian Temples: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327243.000-egyptian-temples-followe d-heavenly-plans.html http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-108544.html Latest bit of 'mysterious writing' comes on a 2000 years b.p. stone cup found recently in Jerusalem: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090909-code-biblical-cup.ht ml There's a big brouhaha erupting as Israeli archaeologists tunnel further 'beneath' the Al Aqsa mosque: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804549264&pagename=JPost /JPArticle/ShowFull http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=126336&d=12&m=9 &y=2009 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tunnel-Funded-By-Jewish-Settler s-In-East-Jerusalem-Neighbourhood-Of-Silwan-Angers-Palestinians/Article/200 909215379935?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_6&lid=ART ICLE_15379935_Tunnel_Funded_By_Jewish_Settlers_In_East_Jerusalem_Neighbourh ood_Of_Silwan_Angers_Palestinians_ http://www.daily.pk/israel-digging-new-tunnel-towards-one-of-islams-most-sa cred-shrines-10574/ Much excitement over the discovery of one of the earliest (or earliest, depending on which journalist is spinning this one) depictions of a menorah : http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWsi89HepMmL7yMjDAvPWUJlI u0wD9AL49UO0 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1113823.html http://news.therecord.com/article/596044 http://www.startribune.com/science/58994062.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ancient_menora h http://www.physorg.com/news171910228.html http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWsi89HepMmL7yMjDAvPWUJlI u0wD9AL49UO0 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_on_sc/ml_israel_ancient_menorah_6 ... same discovery, but emphasizing the discovery of the 2000 b.p. synagogue it was found in (Migdal): http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14 http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/11/jerusalem.synagogue/ http://www.antiquities.org.il/about_eng.asp?Modul_id=14 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1752010/excavation_reveals_ancient_syn agogue/index.html?source=r_science http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/09/12/Excavation-reveals-ancient-synag ogue/UPI-51551252739706/ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_AuJo8AjKKTTZOIvEuxpkeB An_g http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=dedestaca&id=3849&grupo=News %20%20Media&canal=News http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/170929 Interesting blog post by Robert Cargill on the recent acquisition of some DSS fragments by APU: http://bobcargill.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/on-the-acquisition-of-dead-sea-s crolls-fragments-by-azusa-pacific-university/ OpEd on Egypt's motives in restoring synagogues: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/world/middleeast/07cairo.html?_r=1 Iraq is seeking help to restore ancient sites: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/9/11/worldupdates/2009-09 -11T150806Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-423743-2&sec=Worldupdates http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE58950K20090910 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1980013 More on those Canaanite fortification remains found in Jerusalem: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1112027 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804474414&pagename=JPost /JPArticle/ShowFull http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/israel.wall.discovered/index.html ?iref=mpstoryview http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112725017 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h2zNAydcLiSvd5fXVQ5eIk7Nm W7QD9AF8KE81 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/02/content_11985716.htm http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/israel.wall.discovered/#cnnSTCVid eo http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/02/1007592/cityof-david-archeologists-d iscover-ancient-fortification#When:13:07:00Z ========================= ========================= ============== ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ========================= ========================= ============== Brief item on the conclusion of the 2009 season of the Prastion- Mesorotsos project: http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/All/26189729EB1B5441C225762C004FE95E? Opendocument http://www.isria.com/pages/9_September_2009_240.php The 2009 report from the Pylos-Iklaina project is out: http://www.iklaina.org/ The 'Gladiator diet' story is making the rounds again: http://www.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/gladiator.html Latest in the Colchester Roman Circus saga: http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/ecsnews/4590879.Colchester__Plans _to_identify_the_site_of_Roman_circus/ All kinds of excitement over revelation of evidence for the Romans in Carlisle: http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/80_000_treasures_of_the_romans_reveal ed_1_610575?referrerPath=news/ ... while some items from Arbeia Roman fort are going on display too: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Roman-treasures-go-on-display.5627963.jp Assorted items (of varying quality) on Varus: http://oe1.orf.at/highlights/143289.html http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/history/ancient/1859-teutoburg-fore st-the-battle-that-saved-the-west OpEd on the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles: http://www.lemonde.fr/opinions/article/2009/09/12/le-parthenon-merite-ses-m arbres-par-henri-godard_1239568_3232.html OpEddish/reviewish sort of thing entitled 'Ovid Among the Anti-Communists': http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/ovid-among-the-anti-communists / Review of Anthony Everitt, *Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome*: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2009/09/14/090914crbn_br ieflynoted3 I think we've had this recreation-of-Orpheus's-lyre story before: http://www.littleabout.com/news/33212,orpheuss-mythical-lyre-recreated-bulg aria.html http://blog.taragana.com/n/orpheuss-mythical-lyre-recreated-in-bulgaria-162 298/ A possible big-screen sequel to HBO's Rome series: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/09/06/rome-2011-can-it- really-be-true/ ... and an I, Claudius remake: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/arti cle6827919.ece Paul Cartledge talks about his latest book: http://blog.oup.com/2009/09/ancient-greece/ Review of Robin Waterfield, *Why Socrates Died*: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/.artsmain/article/5/1032/1532241/Boo ks/Why.Socrates.Died./ Review of Frank McLynn, *Marcus Aurelius*: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/110562-marcus-aurelius-a-life-by-frank- mclynn/ More on that Roman 'mansion' from Jerusalem: http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/116208.html More on that colossal statue of Apollo from Turkey: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/08/apollo-statue.html ========================= ========================= ============== EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ========================= ========================= ============== Medieval remains near Brechin Cathedral: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/121269-significant-medieval-discoveries -in-angus/ Interesting finds from various periods during road construction in Co Meath: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0828/1224253402303.html Some finds made back in 2003 from various periods at a site in Ashwell are apparently 'significant': http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/content/crow/news/story.aspx?brand=ROYWestO nline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestROY&i temid=WEED11%20Sep%202009%2016%3A28%3A42%3A753 A 2000 years b.p. roundhouse from a Moray farm: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1391588?UserKey= Excavating an 'unflushed [medieval] loo' on the grounds of Paisley Abbey: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/loo-unflushed-for-500-years-is -archeologists-goldmine-1.919426 They've resumed work on an Elizabethan shipwreck off Alderney: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/8240648.stm Some Preston lawyers have come across some interesting legal documents: http://www.lep.co.uk/businessnews/Preston-law-firm-makes-ancient.5629650.jp Arguing over plans to restore the Lambert Hotel: http://www.france24.com/en/20090907-lambert-hotel-saint-louis-island-paris- renovation-history-buildings-hezieaux-czartoryski The conclusion to the Fromelles dig: http://www.smh.com.au/world/search-for-fromelles-soldiers-ends-20090910-fie w.html http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/4563273.Uncovering_the_real_betr ayal/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8247278.stm More on the antiquity of milk drinking in Europe: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/09/02/Europe-milk-drinking-began-7500- years-ago/UPI-97391251904557/ More on recent finds from Kents Cavern: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8253091.stm More on female hands on cave paintings: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article682 9451.ece Review of Veronica Buckley, *The Secret Wife of Louis XIV*: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/books/review/Weber-t.html ========================= ========================= ============== ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ========================= ========================= ============== Not sure whether this is a Europe or Asia story, but excavations in the Republic of Georgia have revealed flax fibres that are more than 34 000 years b.p.: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/hu-ado090809.php http://www.physorg.com/news171811682.html http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=112726804 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8249362.stm http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13320709?source=rss http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=colo rful-32000-year-old-fibers-prov-2009-09-10 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/science/15obfiber.html?em http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=6896575758371710 http://www.agencia.fapesp.br/materia/11049/divulgacao-cientifica/linhas-de- 30-mil-anos.htm A sixth-century stone Hindu goddess from Kashmir: http://blog.taragana.com/n/sixth-century-stone-sculpture-of-hindu-goddess-d iscovered-in-kashmir-159438/ Still looking for the 'sleeping Buddha' in Afghanistan: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8233849.stm Interesting feature on Mongolia's 'Olympics': http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112466787 What they're finding along the Silk Road: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22309407~menuPK :34457~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html They're using high tech methods to poke around the Sigiriya fortress (Sri Lanka): http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=607787299 Plans to preserve a 350 year old temple chariot in Mangalore: http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=144329 Followups to the dog-domestication-in-China story, emphasizing a possible 'food' motive: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/science/08dogs.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090904-dogs-tamed-china-foo d.html ========================= ========================= ============== NORTH AMERICA ========================= ========================= ============== Evidence of Paleo-Indians from an Ohio rock shelter: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/04/fluted_p oint.ART_ART_09-04-09_B1_F3EVFK9.html A flood control project near Houston has found a pile of interesting finds from various periods: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7004888 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6610887.html Digging for artifacts at (ghost town) Coloma: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090909/DC5/909090375 They're digging at Fort Edward: http://troyrecord.com/articles/2009/09/10/news/doc4aa871942b2ac400712293.tx t http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2009/09/09/news/doc4aa7a5c5a6e94222928055. txt http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=11098960 http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/experts-examining-ny-site-of-old-b ritish-fort-1.1432271 The dig at the Macon County Airport is winding down: http://www.thefranklinpress.com/articles/2009/09/09/news/22news.txt Plans are afoot to dig for North America's oldest church (in Newfoundland): http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1964688 http://www.canada.com/technology/Archeologist+plans+continent+first+church/ 1963777/story.html http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=1964688 Those bones found on the USouth Carolina campus last month likely came from the anatomy school in the 1800s ========================= ========================= ============== CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ========================= ========================= ============== Plenty of coverage of how the Moai received their red hats: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090907/wl_uk_afp/britainchilescienceresearch http://www.physorg.com/news171546695.html http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26042592-5005962,00.html?f rom=public_rss http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Tech+and+Science/Story/STIStory_4 26804.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/easter-island-statues-reveal- red-hat-secret-study-20090908-ffvt.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/8236349.stm http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/where-did-you-get-that-hat-sec rets-of-the-easter-island-statues-1782913.html A pre-Inca female sacrifice from Peru: http://www.physorg.com/news171782046.html http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090910/world/peru_japan_archaeology_1 A pair of teen burials from Sacsayhuaman: http://www.livinginperu.com/news/10052 Pondering/solving some mysterious burials from a Chilean cemetery: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/910/1 A preHispanic citadel at Limon: http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=HLK1a7ortFk= ... and a preInca citadel in the Zana river area: http://www.livinginperu.com/news/10075 They've restored the Zapoteca ball court at Mount Alban: http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=33163& b=monte%20alban Plans to explore the Maya pools of Belize: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1750332/scientists_to_explore_sacred_m aya_pools/index.html?source=r_science http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/uoia-rte090909.php http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/09/09/Scientists-to-explore-sacred-May a-pools/UPI-72131252517078/ http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=40918526731 Nice slideshow of items from a Teotihuacan exhibit at Quai Branly: http://www.lemonde.fr/a-la-une/portfolio/2009/09/11/mexique-les-tresors-de- teotihuacan-au-quai-branly_1237870_3208.html On on the El Mirador pyramid battle evidence (video): http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=110859&feedType=VideoRSS&feed Name=TopNews&rpc=81&videoChannel=1 More on the reasons for the Monte Alban collapse: http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=33115& b=monte%20alban ========================= ========================= ============== OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST ========================= ========================= ============== The University of Nottingham has a new CT scanner which, it appears, will be used much for archaeological purposes (and others): http://www.physorg.com/news171802859.html http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/News/Article/Superscanner-helps-scie ntists-see-into-the-unknown.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090910091631.htm http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1751215/scientists_see_into_the_unknow n_with_the_help_of_superscanner/index.html?source=r_science Fairy tales are even older than previously thought: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6142964/Fairy-tales-have-an cient-origin.html Fears that port construction will lead to the sinking of Venice: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32718844/ns/world_news-europe/ On the environmental/health tolls of millennia of salt production in the Seille valley: http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2009/09/11/pollutions-antiques_123909 7_3244.html#ens_id=1239189 How Odyssey finds all those shipwrecks: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/11/how-does-odyssey-find-all-sunken-tr easure/ This week's DNA story is a bit different ... they've figured out the genome of the pathogen which caused the Potato Famine: http://www.physorg.com/news171720802.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8246944.stm Nice clean up of a Velazquez: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/arts/design/10velazquez.html Giving credit to Arabic chemists: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090816211841.htm On the Scapigliatura: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/arts/12iht-conway.html A 'penniless tramp' left behind millions of pounds worth of artwork: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?%91Penniless%92_tramp_artist_leave s_%A36.5m_paintings&in_article_id=733178&in_page_id=34 Interesting lecture by Eric Cline: http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2009/09/08/News/ last-Lecture.Series.Returns-3765050.shtml Is Oxfam putting second-hand bookstores out of business?: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/books/03abroad.html Really tangential to our purview, but interesting, is a report that an extinct eagle may have chowed down on humans: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/11/extinct-eagle.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,549441,00.html http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/09/11/10845306.html http://www.physorg.com/news171900306.html Review of Frances Osborne, *The Bolter*: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/books/11book.html ========================= ========================= ============== DIG DIARIES/BLOGS ========================= ========================= ============== Taygete Atlantis Excavations Blogs Aggregator: http://planet.atlantides.org/taygete/ Here are the blogs that have been mentioned to us specifically: Culver Archaeological Project: http://www.culverproject.com/indexfirefox.htm Ongoing: Skagafjordur Archaeological Settlement Survey: http://blogs.umb.edu/sass/ SHARP weblog (dig concluded): http://ccgi.sedgeford.plus.com/blog/ Apollonia Arsuf (Israel): http://apollonia-arsuf.blogspot.com/ Dhiban (Jordan): http://dhiban.wordpress.com/ Whitehall Roman Villa (dig just concluded): http://www.whitehallvilla.co.uk/ Mount Lykaion: http://mountlykaion.wordpress.com/ Roman Binchester: http://binchester.blogspot.com/ Gabii Project: http://lapisgabinus.blogspot.com/ Tel Kabri: http://digkabri.wordpress.com/2009-dig-blog/ Pyla-Koutsopetria (three blogs in one! twitter too!): http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/wcaraher/PKAPBlogAggregator.html Grand Pre: http://grandpre2009.wordpress.com/ Norton Community Archaeological Group: http://nortoncommarch.wordpress.com/ Tel Dan: http://teldan.wordpress.com/ Hopkins in Egypt Today: http://www.jhu.edu/egypttoday/index.html ========================= ========================= ============== TOURISTY THINGS ========================= ========================= ============== Pompeii (Mary Beard): http://www.theage.com.au/travel/private-lives-of-romans-20090904-fb3u.html Kawagoe: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/travel/06dayout.html Ancient Peru: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/travel/13surfacing.html Charleston: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/travel/13culture.html Cumberland Gap: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/travel/13journeys.html ========================= ========================= ============== CRIME BEAT ========================= ========================= ============== A large column fragment was stolen from Olympia this week: http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1748730/column_piece_stolen_from_arch aeology_site/index.html?source=r_oddities http://news.scotsman.com/world/Column-capital-theft-at-Ancient.5622239.jp http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/284532,greek-column-capital-stolen- from-ancient-olympia.html http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100012_07/09/2009_11 0478 http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-107299.html http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-eu-greece-antiquity-the ft,0,492651.story On the problems with security of antiquities in Palestine: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=224757 Robin Symes is in more hot water, it seems: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/sep/13/antiques-art-business-ro bin-symes Stolen Afghan art is turning up in Belgian antique shops: http://www.expatica.com/be/news/belgian-news/Taliban-making-profit-from-Bel gian-antiques-dealers-_56076.html Interesting development in the 'forgery trial' this week with the revelation that some well-known scholars were suspected of being involved in the creation of some of the fakes: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804522111&pagename=JPost %2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Indian authorities are setting up a 'database of idols' in order to prevent the theft of idols from sites and temples: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Antiques-database-soon-to-che ck-theft-of-idols/articleshow/4980023.cms ========================= ========================= ============== NUMISMATICA ========================= ========================= ============== Two big coin finds this week ... the first, a large cache from the Bar Kokhba Revolt: http://www.physorg.com/news171711638.html http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/10/1007765/bar-kochba-era-coin-cache-di scovered http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133354 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j5YJFaWhCBGt6eY6-T6LOIO9 gPPw http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090909095100.htm> http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804529782&pagename=JPost %2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mDS6HAnvZk http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1113473 ... and 10 000 (no, that's not a typo) 4th century Roman coins found by a metal detectorist in Shropshire: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iiTIRR2ApKzQ0RMn0UJ6 BKW95mdA http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/09/07/10000-roman-coins-unearthed/ http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/09/08/roman-coins-could-go-on-display/ http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Coin-haul-treasure-Bristol-pensione r/article-1330812-detail/article.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212031/10-000-Roman-coins-unearthe d-amateur-metal-detector-enthusiast--treasure-hunt.html Matters historical on the latest set of US quarters: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=840137 ========================= ========================= ============== EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED ========================= ========================= ============== Legacy of the Roman Empire: http://culturekiosque.com/travel/item15687.htm Mouse House: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/arts/design/04mouse.html The Muhheakantuck in Focus: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/nyregion/06artwe.html The Milkmaid: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/arts/design/11vermeer.html Arts of Ancient Vietnam: http://www.thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=35272b8d0fb52839 Ming: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/arts/design/04ming.html Monet: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/arts/design/11monet.html Manichean Texts: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/secrets-of-ancient-lost-religion-re vealed-for-first-time-1882402.html William Blake's World: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/arts/design/11blake.html Atlantic Codex: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090910/ap_en_ot/eu_italy_leonardo_atlantic_cod ex Hildreth Meiere: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/arts/design/04antiques.html Darwin's 'cocoon': http://www.physorg.com/news171634973.html Roberto Gagliardi's collection has a new home: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/travel/13headsup.html Assorted coverage of New Amsterdam festivities: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/arts/design/11island.html http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112566469 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/nyregion/09names.html Opining 'blockbuster' art exhibitions: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/arts/design/13cott.html Some new appointments at the Met: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/32538/met-appoints-four-senior-staffers/ Some acquisitions by Carlisle's Tullie House Museum: http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/carlisle_s_tullie_house_museum_acquir es_bronze_age_treasure_1_610448?referrerPath=home Assorted antiques items of interest: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/arts/design/11antiques.html On the dilemmas faced by conservators: http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/art-news/2009/09/08/art-review-tough-choi ces-arts-future/ A 14th century Hebrew prayer book is going on display: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1113467 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izeGPsC8UgEa5DP1LaEF2k-Uc eHQD9AJSO8O0 Jewellery auctions don't seem to be affected by the economic times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/arts/05iht-melik5.html ... so the Lion of Punjab will likely fetch a nice price: http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=27920 ========================= ========================= ============== PERFORMANCES AND THEATRE-RELATED ========================= ========================= ============== Red 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