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To coincide with a Biblical Archaeology Society tour to Cyprus and Crete, we have gathered a half dozen articles from the pages of Archaeology Odyssey and Biblical Archaeology Review on these history-laden lands in the Mediterranean. But you don't have to be a tour participant to enjoy this special e-book; an interest in these fascinating islands is reason enough to dip into this collection. Island Jewels: Understanding Ancient Cyprus and Crete will take you to several key sites on both islands and will describe many of the great objects that have been unearthed at each. Get your copy of this free e-book when you sign up for our FREE weekly newsletters with breaking news, features, contests and more.

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Thanks DavemiesterP for the mail. Nothing yet in the news.

Thermoluminescence Dating Chris Espenshade

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This is one of those unusual off-day pings to both the Digest and GGG regular lists.

I wrote this:

National Geographic is coming off my list of GGG sources, and I won't be buying anything further from their line of products. [*]

Is that an overreaction? NG is doubtless not the only publication riddled with partisan bias, even on the short list used in my standard ping message links. Please weigh in with your advice and opinions.

Reminder: the “news” search engine at Google includes the World Socialist Web Site as a source.

While foolin' around at work, this one turned up in my standard archaeology news search on G. Somehow it didn't when I reproduced the search just now. But I found it, nonetheless. Loads of classic, rare, hard-to-find, older titles:

[snip] We thank all the attendees for your patience. After a long wait, the conference DVDs are nearing completion. We should be able to start shipping them by the 30th of April. Alternatively the videos can be downloaded from our website starting April 20th . The cost of the 6-DVD box set is USD 60 plus shipment. The download (25GB) is priced at USD 15. Major credit cards and PayPal will be accepted.

The keywords "origin" and "origins", sorted chrono, duplicates removed, formatted, no deletions:

anthropology and Homo Erectus keywords, combined, chrono sort, duplicates removed, also deleted some I consider to be bogus additions.

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bump

Archaeologica again wows me with a very strong selection of links to stories. A good number of the interesting topics have already been posted (mostly by decimon, BGHater, and others). Here are some that are coming soon to GGG, and even sooner if you pick one, copy it into a Notepad window (or some such), edit it a little, and post it. (hint, hint) ;')

Click here to Post a GGG topic

Dock made from ancient ruins? Times of Malta (this rates a "wow")
Ancient Theater Masks Rediscovered in Pompeii Discovery
Ancient Silla armor comes to light: The recent discovery of the armor of Silla Dynasty cavalrymen has provided proof of the existence of these mythical men JoongAng Daily
Amateur scuba diver has discovered what may be the ruins of an ancient city off the coast of Calabria ANSA
Ancient Substructure Discovered in Chichen Itza Art Daily
Ancient Inca Road Still Links Latin American Countries Art Daily
Sun Pyramid was the Axis Mundi for Teotihuacan Culture Art Daily
Evidence of Stone Age man found in Digbeth Birmingham Post
Cyprus Digs Reveal First Settlements May Be Older Than Thought Bloomberg (oops, can't use BB)
Recently Destroyed Archaeological Site in Khuzestan Province, Believed to be the Lost Partho-Sasanian City of Azem Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies
4000-year-old paraplegic found Canberra Times
Stone inscription on solar eclipse found in Tamil Nadu Tamilan Express
Goguryeo Kingdom remnants found in east Russia Korea Herald
Pre-Incan mummy dug up in center of Lima Reuters
When and wear: the prehistory of clothing Science Alert
Prehistoric hut gives clues to ancient Alp life SwissInfo
Business Models in Antiquity The Globalist
Not just another brick in the wall: saving Hadrian's legacy The Herald
Dorset Ridgeway's killing field: were victims Vikings or local heroes? Times UK

thanks as always for the pings, i love the articles, they are always very good.

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My apologies, I was going to attempt to do the Digest from out here in the country, but didn’t anticipate one kinda big non-FR problem which basically kiboshed the idea. I made a beginning, before midnight on Saturday, but ran into a barrier (not to mention the dialup speed, ick) so please accept my apologies, and look for it sometime during the afternoon or evening tomorrow.

Wow, great link rface, and thanks!

Greek & Roman Provincial Coin Identification

bookmarked

For those in or near Chicago:

http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoodstar/homewood-flossmoor/2045065,021410HFdontmiss.article

‘Phrygian Footsteps’ lecture Thursday

February 14, 2010

Scott Branting will give a free slide lecture titled “Walking in Phrygian Footsteps: Using Green Technology to Excavate a City from the Time of King Midas” during a meeting of the South Suburban Archaeological Society at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Marie Irwin Community Center, 18120 S. Highland Ave., Homewood [Illinois].

Branting, director of the Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes and a research assistant professor at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, will discuss the ongoing archaeological work at a Phrygian city at Kerkenes Dag in Turkey that dates to about 610 B.C.

“(It) illustrates some of the many ways that green technologies can be applied within archaeology,” Branting said. “Simulations developed here, based on physiological models of people walking, provide an intriguing tool that can be used both to understand ancient cities and to assist modern city planners in designing cities that require less automobile traffic.”

For more information, call Helen or Ira Hardman at (708) 748-7806.

I’d been having some 503 (?) errors when I’ve pinged everyone, these past few months, and it had been two years (as it turned out) since the last inspection, so I’ve just cleaned up the GGG list. The Digest group was fine, but I’m going to send out a test ping to the slightly reduced regular ping list.

This is only a test.