The following lists, presented in reverse chronological order, provide links to interesting articles and discussions elsewhere on the web.
- Egyptian Rock Art
from Egyptology News on 3 June 2005http://travel.independent.co.uk/africa/northern/story.jsp?story=641863In an article entitled "In the footsteps of Count Laszlo" a trip into the Western (Libyan) Desert is described by writer and poet Robert Twigger ...
- Ancient Egyptian Ethnicity
from Egyptology News on 3 June 2005http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=1475 An article raising the subject of the ethnicity of the Ancient Egyptians, and supporting the view that they were of black African origins and culture ...
- Bomb Near Pompeii
from rogueclassicism on 2 June 2005From the Scotsman: Bomb disposal experts today detonated a 250lb World War II bomb unearthed near the ruins of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, a police official said ...
- Mnemosyne vol. 582
from rogueclassicism on 2 June 2005I'm still trying to figure out an efficient way to deal with these things [I know the Mnemosyne folks probably have no control over this, but would it really be difficult for Brill to put author, title, pages such as is demanded in Mnemosyne's own guidelines for contributors?] ...
- Cahokia USA
from About Archaeology on 2 June 2005Cahokia is a large Mississippian (AD 1000-1600) agricultural settlement located on the American Bottom of the Mississippi River in Illinois....
- Gallagh Man Ireland
from About Archaeology on 2 June 2005Gallagh Man is the name given to an Iron Age (ca 470 and 120 B.C.) bog body recovered from a peat bog in Castleblakeney, County Galway....
- Hisarlik Turkey
from About Archaeology on 2 June 2005Hisarlik is the modern name for the ancient site of Troy, located in what is now Turkey....
- Monte Grande Sicily
from About Archaeology on 2 June 2005The Monte Grande site is a Castelluccio culture site, located in the Agrigento region and consisting of an Early Bronze Age sanctuary and a sulfur extraction and processing site ...
- Plum Piece (Lesser Antilles
from About Archaeology on 2 June 2005The archaeological site called Plum Piece is an aceramic shell midden site on tiny Saba Island in the northern Lesser Antilles east of Puerto Rico....
- San Pedro de Atacama Chile
from About Archaeology on 2 June 2005The archaeological site of San Pedro de Atacama is a Tiwanaku culture outpost, located in a desert oasis some 800 kilometers from the capital of the Tiwanuku empire ...
- Taos Conference
from About Archaeology on 2 June 2005The Taos Conference is the name given to a 1988 committee meeting of the Society for American Archaeology where the Save the Future for the Past project was initiated ...
- Celebrating Diversity
from Egyptology News on 2 June 2005http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/745/fr1.htm "Egypt's Other Pasts: A Pilgrimage through the Splendors of Coptic, Greco-Roman and Islamic Legacies" opens next week in Washington DC ...
- Sailing to distant lands
from Egyptology News on 2 June 2005http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/745/hr1.htm "New finds are bringing added understanding to the way ancient communities in Upper Egypt functioned, and to the importance of commerce and cultural development ...
- Discoveries in falcon city
from Egyptology News on 2 June 2005http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/745/hr2.htm A summary of the excavations, in this and previous seasons, at Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) ...
- Fight Fight! Archaeologists clash with Câmara A
from ArchaeoBlog on 2 June 2005Fight! Fight! Archaeologists clash with CâmaraA RECENT archaeological dig, carried out in a protected area within Faro’s historic centre, has uncovered more remains dating back to the Iron Age and items from Islamic and Roman civilisations ...
- Talent - Weights - Ancient Money BellaOnline
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for ancient on 2 June 2005Note - The shekel is variously estimated at from 30 to 60 1/2 cents American coin. Talent - 654,000 grains or 93 pounds, 12 oz ...
- AEL Glyphstudy Group - Starts Today
from Egyptology News on 2 June 2005http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlyphStudy/ I have already posted about a new study group, affiliated to the Ancient Egyptian Language group, whose purpose is to provide a study forum for those interested in learning ancient Eygptian hieroglyphs from stage 1 ...
- RIOTING OVER SUPPOSED GRAVES AT HIGHWAY 6: Haredim
from PaleoJudaica.com on 2 June 2005RIOTING OVER SUPPOSED GRAVES AT HIGHWAY 6:Haredim riot in renewed grave protestBy ETGAR LEFKOVITS (Jerusalem Post)Several dozen haredim pelted motorists, buses and police with stones Wednesday night at a central Jerusalem thoroughfare in renewed protest over what they believe is the desecration of ancient graves during construction of the trans-Israel highway, police said ...
- Books explore geography of countries, continents (Island Packet
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for geography on 2 June 2005The study of geography is both fascinating and significant. It can be defined as the study of the earth and its peoples.
- Review from RBL
from rogueclassicism on 1 June 2005Erich S. Gruen, Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans, Review of Biblical Literature (pdf)
- Classical Review 551
from rogueclassicism on 1 June 2005There's a new issue of Classical Review out ... tocs available here (too many to include at rc!); full text too if you have an online subscription (grumble-in-passing: does OUP really think someone will pay 15 ...
- Lactose Intolerance Linked To Ancestral Environment
from ScienceDaily Headlines on 1 June 2005People whose ancestors came from where dairy herds could be raised safely can digest milk as adults ...
- A race against time to dig up Sudans past
from Egyptology News on 1 June 2005http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/05/30/news/sudan.php A Herald Tribute item: "Sudan is preparing to build a giant dam at the Nile's fourth cataract, a point where rocks interrupt the river's flow, and white water swirls ...
- Ancient Egypt Magazine June/July Issue
from Egyptology News on 1 June 2005http://www.ancientegyptmagazine.com/index.shtml Ancient Egypt Magazine's new edition will be out soon ...
- CAG Annual Meeting 2005
from Graduate Association of Geography Students on 1 June 2005The Canadian Association of Geographers will meet for their annual conference at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario from May 31 to June 4 ...
- FIRE IN EIN GEDI: Fire Destroys Part of Dead Sea R
from PaleoJudaica.com on 1 June 2005FIRE IN EIN GEDI:Fire Destroys Part of Dead Sea ReserveTuesday May 31, 2005 9:31 PMJERUSALEM (AP) - Two-thirds of Israel's Ein Gedi nature reserve was destroyed by fire Tuesday, causing considerable damage to animal and plant life in the lush oasis sandwiched between the harsh Judean Desert and the Dead Sea ...
- Lafourak Male Skeleton Wears Gold and Silver Earrings
from Payvand Iran News on 1 June 2005Lafourak graveyard is a historical graveyard dating to 2800 years ago located in the northern province of Mazandaran.
- Parthian and Sassanid Inscribed Vocabulary Collected in a Dictionary
from Payvand Iran News on 1 June 2005All the vocabulary of the Sassanid and Parthian inscriptions, seals, papyri, and pottery are collected and are to be published in a comprehensive dictionary by end of September ...
- From tools, shells and bones, a culture emerges (Kansas City Star
from Yahoo! News - Search Results for archaeology on 1 June 2005PORT ANGELES, Wash. - (KRT) - Down on his hands and knees, he swept the trowel back and forth across the dirt, led only by intuition.
- GRAVE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: The construction of
from PaleoJudaica.com on 1 June 2005GRAVE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: The construction of Highway 6 near Kibbutz Regavim is proceeding again, despite Hareidi Orthodox protests, but the Israeli Transportation Minister has promised to stop it if any ancient graves are actually found ...
- Reviews from BMCR
from rogueclassicism on 1 June 2005C. Bearzot, F. Landucci Gattinoni, Contro le 'leggi immutabili'. Gli Spartani fra tradizione e innovazione ...
