To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.Keith DeVries, scholar, curatorKeith R. DeVries, 69, curator of the Mediterranean section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and a professor at Penn, died of cancer Sunday at the Fountains at Logan Square, where he had been for four days. He lived in Center City. Dr. DeVries' career at Penn and the museum spanned more than 35 years... He began a scholarly interest in Greece, especially the city of Corinth, that continued throughout his life... Dr. DeVries' study of Corinthian pottery led him to propose a chronological adjustment for the Greek colonization in the central Mediterranean. Previously, King Midas was thought to be buried in Gordion, in central Turkey. That tomb is now believed to be of an earlier ruler, perhaps Midas' father, Gordias... He also was writing a book titled Homosexuality and the Athenian Democracy. Dr. DeVries is survived by two brothers, Roger and David.
by Gayle Ronan Sims
Philadelphia Inquirer
7/20/2006
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Archaeologists Rewrite Timeline Of Bronze And Iron Ages, Alphabet
Cornell University | 12-19-2001 | Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.
Posted on 12/24/2001 8:04:31 AM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/596279/posts
Archaeologists Find Celts in Unlikely Spot: Central Turkey (Ellas Go Bragh!?)
The New York Times | December 25, 2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 12/25/2001 3:06:25 PM EST by Pericles
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/596739/posts
Archaeologists Find Celts in Unlikely Spot: Central Turkey
NY Times | December 25, 2001 | JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Posted on 12/27/2001 2:45:39 PM EST by Apollo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/597641/posts
Chemistry Used to Unlock Secrets in Archeological Remains
VOA News | 27 Apr 2002 12:35 UTC | Written by Laszlo Dosa , Voiced by Faith Lapidus
Posted on 04/30/2002 9:10:04 PM EDT by vannrox
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/675661/posts
King Midas' Modern Mourners
Science News | Nov. 4, 2000; Vol. 158, No. 19 , p. 296 | Jessica Gorman
Posted on 11/28/2004 9:23:26 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1290040/posts
Thank you for the ping. I agree with others that the news isn't surprising. Many civilizations were adventurers and driven by curiosity to see what's over the next hill; others followed their religious drives.
