Blockbuster filmmaker Steven Spielberg has finally confirmed that he is set to begin filming the anticipated fourth 'Indiana Jones' film later this year.
The Oscar-winning director has kept fans of the action epic waiting for months while he finished work on his acclaimed motion picture 'Munich', but has now given the green light for the sequel.
Well, maybe it's really gonna happen this time. For years we've been treated to the "We've got some scripts we're working on" routine, which essentially translates to "Eh."
Let's hope it's more Last Crusade than Temple of Doom.
Interesting trivia: The same guy played to Big Bad Dude in the first two. The bald guy Indy fights at the funky airplane is also the bearded dude who gets squished in the rock crusher. Can't find his credit on IMDB though.
News from the EEF
Digitized books from the Digital General Collection, University of
Michigan
-- Georges Perrot, A history of art in ancient Egypt, from the French
of Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez, vols. I-II, Chapman and Hall,
London, 1883
vol. I: LXIV, 444 pp., 255 figs., 7 col. pls. (the images are in b/w only)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;idno=ABF8654.0001.001
vol. II: XIV, 434 pp., 336 figs., 8 col. pls. (b/w only)
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;idno=ABF8654.0002.001
"These volumes are the first instalment of an undertaking which has for its
aim the history and critical analysis of that great organic growth which,
beginning with the Pharaohs and ending with the Roman Emperors,
forms what is called Antique Art."
Digitized images from the "The New York Public Library" [NYPL] Digital Gallery
-- David Roberts, The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia, 6
vols., F.G. Moon, London, 1842-1849 [252 images, including front matters] -
vols. 4-6 also published separately [see below]
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org//nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=108750&word=
-- David Roberts, Egypt and Nubia, 3 vols., F.G. Moon, London, 1846-1849
[127 images, including front matters]
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org//nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=618648&word=
The Proceedings of the Working Week 2005 of the International Federation
of Surveyors (FIG) are available online. Two papers deal with Ancient Egypt:
-- John F. Brock, "Four Surveyors of the Gods: In the XVIII Dynasty
of Egypt - New Kingdom c. 1400 B.C." [a version in advance of the
Proceedings was mentioned in EEFNEWS (346).]
abstract (14 kB, PDF):
http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/abstracts/wshs_02/wshs02_01_brock_abs.pdf
paper (271 kB, PDF):
http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/papers/wshs_02/wshs02_01_brock.pdf
-- Joel Paulson, "Surveying in Ancient Egypt"
abstract (10 kB, PDF):
http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/abstracts/wshs_02/wshs02_02_paulson_abs.pdf
paper (425 kB, PDF):a href="http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/papers/wshs_02/wshs02_02_paulson.pdf">http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/papers/wshs_02/wshs02_02_paulson.pdf
slides (255 kB, PDF):
http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/ppt/wshs_02/wshs02_02_paulson_ppt.pdf
End of EEF news
Interesting non-archaeological (but still old) news Jurassic beaver find stuns experts
The discovery of a new, remarkably preserved fossil of a beaver-like mammal that lived 164 million years ago is shaking palaeontologists’ understanding of early mammals.
Looking as if it was put together from pieces of platypus, river otter, and beaver, the creature was nearly half a metre long and weighed about half a kilogram. This makes it the largest mammal ever found in the Jurassic Period, from 200 million to 145 million years ago.
The fossil of the semi-aquatic mammal Castorocauda lutrasimilis was discovered in the middle Jurassic Jiulongshan formation in Inner Mongolia, China, by Qiang Ji at Nanjing University, and colleagues. It boasts the oldest fossil fur ever found.
Palaeontologists had long thought the mammals living under the feet of the dinosaurs were tiny shrew-like animals. But recent discoveries have challenged this notion.
Probably the biggest impact overall will be in the last quoted paragraph. The idea that mammals were tiny little insignificant critters skittering around underfoot is one of those oft-repeated phrases on par with 'nothing -- not even light -- can escape a black hole' in terms of standards in any piece. Almost like no evolution occurred before the dinosaurs got whacked. This should start to change that. One suspects this idea is largely based on lack of evidence rather than evidence per se.
Also check this story: New evidence that natural selection is a general driving force behind the origin of species