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Presentazione di "Archiviamo". Progetto di restauro dell'Archivio Storico fotografico di Faenza
Sabato 15 dicembre l’Associazione culturale Fototeca Manfrediana presenterà il progetto "Archiviamo" nei locali di Palazzo Naldi.
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Het zuidwestelijk grafveld van Tongeren-Paardsweidestraat
Op woensdag 18 december organiseert de Antwerpse Vereniging voor Romeinse Archeologie de lezing ‘Het zuidwestelijk grafveld van Tongeren-Paardsweidestraat’. Gastspreker is Annelies De Raymaeker (Studiebureau Archeologie).
De ontwikkeling van de laatste grote verkaveling aan de rand van de stad Tongeren was voor archeologen de laatste kans om er op zoek te gaan naar waardevolle vondsten. Het projectgebied op de Heufkensberg in Koninksem maakte in het verleden immers deel uit van het zuidwestelijke grafveld, dat een van de drie bekendste Romeinse grafvelden rond de stad is. Aangezien het zelden voorkomt dat dergelijke grote percelen samen in ontwikkeling gaan, was het een bijzondere kans voor Studiebureau Archeologie om het terrein te onderzoeken.
De experts legden een grafveld uit de 1ste tot 4de eeuw na Chr. bloot, met bijna 100 oude graven en een Gallo-Romeinse tumulus. Ze vonden 54 crematiegraven, 11 inhumatiegraven met skeletten en 17 rituele aardwerken. Verder werd een 30-tal greppels en grachten onderzocht, wat leidde tot de ontdekking van een ‘kringgreppel’, een restant van een grafheuvel. Projectontwikkelaar Kolmont zal alle vondsten schenken aan de stad Tongeren en aan het Gallo-Romeins Museum.
Praktisch: de lezing start om 20u in de UA-Stadscampus (Rodestraat 14, Antwerpen). De toegang is gratis. De lezing wordt georganiseerd i.s.m. de Vakgroep Geschiedenis van de Universiteit Antwerpen.
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Writing the Western Argolid
Over the last few days, I’ve been working on a preliminary report for the Western Argolid Regional Project. I mentioned on Monday how writing a preliminary report is always a bit of a fraught exercise, but when actually writing, it is easy enough to put that out of your head and focus on the words on the page.
As part of writing the report, I re-read some of the rather scant ancient sources on our survey area. Pausanias 2.25.4-6 discusses our survey area specifically and twice he notes that there isn’t much to see. In general, Pausanias sees the Inachos valley as an extension of Argive territory and a route between Argos and the neighboring city of Mantinea in Arcadia. This same lack of interest shaped how 19th century travelers treated the region with none that I have encountered venturing beyond the Venetian (?) period fort at the site of Skala where the Inachos valley widens out onto the Argive plain.
Later scholars – namely Kendrick Pritchett – attempted to reconcile Pausanias’s description of the site of Lyrkeia being 60 stades from Argos and Orneai being 60 stades from Lyrkeia. This involved him poking around the sites of Melissi where the French excavated some Mycenaean chamber tombs in the early 20th century and Chelmis, where there is a substantial scatter of Classical period material around a church dedicated to the Panayia. Since Pausanias’s notes that Lyrkeia was in ruins by his day and suggested that it was destroyed before the Trojan War, and hence, was left out of the the catalogue of ships in the Iliad, Pritchett is content to identify it with something in the vicinity of the Melissi tombs rather than in the neighborhood of Chelmis. More than that, he suggested that Chelmis does not seem to be on a major route through the area so seemed to be an unlike stop for Pausanias who seemed mostly concerned with sites along the Inachos river bottom. Greek scholars, Ioannis Pikoulas and Ioannis Peppas, have explored the region a bit more thoroughly but also tend to follow the routes along the valley bottom that Pausanias’s traced in his sojourns from Argos.
The entire effect of the tradition from antiquity to modern times is that this region is peripheral to Argos and a mostly a travel corridor from the Argive plain to points west and north. Our project essentially tested this hypothesis both by exploring intensively the valley bottom and surrounding region to determine whether Pausanias’s somewhat laconic description was justified, and by considering the region in its own right to understand whether networks of settlement and movement functioned independently of the “central places” of the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern world.
As a hint, we have found some evidence that this was, indeed, the case and the Pausanian landscape suffered from his general (and well-documented) lack of interest in post-Classical sites, but also the tendency of central places and their political and economic networks to overwrite and obscure patterns of settlement and movement in the landscape that reflect decentralized and more local traditions. As Tom Gallant noted 25 years ago, these decentralized networks of relations supported a kind of social insurance for communities by allowing them to diversify the risk that came with overly strong ties to central places. While these networks are pretty hard to see in archaeology, there are signs that they exist throughout our survey area and not only help us understand the presence of sites that don’t conform to the Pausanian itinerary but also reflect a dynamic countryside that was more than simply the productive coda to the consumer city.
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Monmouth College Archaeology Research Laboratory: Annual Report
Sponsoring Institution/Organization:
Sponsored by Monmouth College
Event Type (you may select more than one):
lecture
education
Start Date:
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 7:30pm
Dr. Alana Newman, Lecturer in Classics, Monmouth College, will discuss the Archaeology Lab on campus, and detail what the students have been involved with throughout the school year.
AIA Society:
Location
Name:
Sarah Dean
Email:
Telephone:
3094572149
Call for Papers:
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MEDIEVAL GREEK SUMMER SESSION AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY, SUMMER
2019
Via Alicia M. Dissinger:
*MEDIEVAL GREEK SUMMER SESSION AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY, SUMMER 2019*
*Deadline*: January 15, 2019
The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
announces the summer session focused on the teaching of Medieval
Greek, from June 30 to July 31, 2019.
Founded in 1881, the American School is the most significant resource in
Greece for American scholars in the fields of ancient and post-classical
studies. One of the two major research libraries of the School, the
Gennadius Library, which houses over 146,000 volumes and archives, is
devoted to post-classical Hellenic civilization.
The Library invites applications for a month-long Summer Session for
Medieval Greek at the Intermediate to Advanced Level. The objective is to
familiarize students who have a sound foundation in Classical Greek with
Medieval Greek language and philology by exposing them to primary sources,
different kinds of literary genres, paleography and epigraphy, drawing on
the resources of the Gennadius Library. The two Professors leading the
session are Professor Alexander Alexakis, University of Ioannina
and Professor Stratis Papaioannou, Brown University/University of Crete.
*Format*
The month-long full-time program will include daily translation of
Byzantine texts; introduction to Greek paleography and Byzantine book
culture; use of the collections of the Gennadius Library; visits to area
museums and libraries including the Byzantine, Benaki, and
Epigraphical Museums; and visits outside Athens including Corinth,
Mistra, Thessaloniki, and Hosios Loukas. Individual tutorials and
assignments for each student will be determined by specific needs and
field of study. The language of instruction is English. Participants should
plan to arrive on June 30 and depart on July 31.
*Eligibility*
The program is offered at the intermediate to advanced level for up to
twelve students enrolled in graduate programs in any field of late antique,
post-antique, Byzantine or medieval studies at any university worldwide;
preference may be given to students who have limited access to instruction
in Byzantine Greek at their home institutions. A minimum of two years of
college-level or post-doctoral Classical Greek (or the equivalent) is
required. If there are available slots, faculty or postdoctoral scholars
affiliated with any university worldwide may also be considered. *A
diagnostic test (available electronically) may be administered to finalists
before the final selection of students is made.*
*Academic Credit*
The American School is not a degree-granting institution. No grades are
given for its programs, nor are transcripts provided. Upon request, an
optional final exam at the end of the program may be provided and the
directors will write a letter to the participant's home institution,
recommending that credit be granted, provided that the student has
satisfactorily participated in the program and passed the final exam.
*Costs and Scholarships*
Twelve Leventis Foundation scholarships cover the costs of tuition, School
fees, housing, required travel within Greece, and museum and site
fees. International airfare to and from Greece, meals, and incidental
expenses are the participant's responsibility.
*Applications*
Submit online application, curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation
(one from the academic advisor and one from a Greek language
teacher). Direct link to application:
https://ascsa.submittable.com/submit/116263/ascsa-gennadius-library-summer-session-application
Applicants are required to submit scans of academic transcripts as part of
the online application. Application fee is US$25.
Web site: www.ascsa.edu.gr or
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/gennadius-library-medieval-greek-summer-session
E-mail: application@ascsa.org
The selection results will be announced March 15.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on
the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic
origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership
or application for employment.
2019
Via Alicia M. Dissinger:
*MEDIEVAL GREEK SUMMER SESSION AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY, SUMMER 2019*
*Deadline*: January 15, 2019
The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
announces the summer session focused on the teaching of Medieval
Greek, from June 30 to July 31, 2019.
Founded in 1881, the American School is the most significant resource in
Greece for American scholars in the fields of ancient and post-classical
studies. One of the two major research libraries of the School, the
Gennadius Library, which houses over 146,000 volumes and archives, is
devoted to post-classical Hellenic civilization.
The Library invites applications for a month-long Summer Session for
Medieval Greek at the Intermediate to Advanced Level. The objective is to
familiarize students who have a sound foundation in Classical Greek with
Medieval Greek language and philology by exposing them to primary sources,
different kinds of literary genres, paleography and epigraphy, drawing on
the resources of the Gennadius Library. The two Professors leading the
session are Professor Alexander Alexakis, University of Ioannina
and Professor Stratis Papaioannou, Brown University/University of Crete.
*Format*
The month-long full-time program will include daily translation of
Byzantine texts; introduction to Greek paleography and Byzantine book
culture; use of the collections of the Gennadius Library; visits to area
museums and libraries including the Byzantine, Benaki, and
Epigraphical Museums; and visits outside Athens including Corinth,
Mistra, Thessaloniki, and Hosios Loukas. Individual tutorials and
assignments for each student will be determined by specific needs and
field of study. The language of instruction is English. Participants should
plan to arrive on June 30 and depart on July 31.
*Eligibility*
The program is offered at the intermediate to advanced level for up to
twelve students enrolled in graduate programs in any field of late antique,
post-antique, Byzantine or medieval studies at any university worldwide;
preference may be given to students who have limited access to instruction
in Byzantine Greek at their home institutions. A minimum of two years of
college-level or post-doctoral Classical Greek (or the equivalent) is
required. If there are available slots, faculty or postdoctoral scholars
affiliated with any university worldwide may also be considered. *A
diagnostic test (available electronically) may be administered to finalists
before the final selection of students is made.*
*Academic Credit*
The American School is not a degree-granting institution. No grades are
given for its programs, nor are transcripts provided. Upon request, an
optional final exam at the end of the program may be provided and the
directors will write a letter to the participant's home institution,
recommending that credit be granted, provided that the student has
satisfactorily participated in the program and passed the final exam.
*Costs and Scholarships*
Twelve Leventis Foundation scholarships cover the costs of tuition, School
fees, housing, required travel within Greece, and museum and site
fees. International airfare to and from Greece, meals, and incidental
expenses are the participant's responsibility.
*Applications*
Submit online application, curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation
(one from the academic advisor and one from a Greek language
teacher). Direct link to application:
https://ascsa.submittable.com/submit/116263/ascsa-gennadius-library-summer-session-application
Applicants are required to submit scans of academic transcripts as part of
the online application. Application fee is US$25.
Web site: www.ascsa.edu.gr or
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/gennadius-library-medieval-greek-summer-session
E-mail: application@ascsa.org
The selection results will be announced March 15.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on
the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic
origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership
or application for employment.
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Earliest discovery of clove and pepper from ancient south Asia
Sri Lanka has been at the centre of the spice trade for millennia and is today one of the biggest suppliers of clove to Europe, where it has become synonymous with Christmas and winter treats such as mulled wine.
A team of archaeologists from UCL have discovered the first empirical evidence of cloves and black pepper
to have been found in Sri Lanka, suggesting that exotic spice trade in the region dates
back to as early as 600...
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Provincie Vlaams-Brabant zoekt bestuurssecretaris erfgoed
De provincie Vlaams-Brabant zoekt momenteel een voltijdse, tijdelijke bestuurssecretaris erfgoed (m/v) via een vervangingsovereenkomst. Hij/zij zal instaan voor de ondersteuning van (nieuwe) intergemeentelijke onroerend-erfgoeddiensten (IOED’s) in Vlaams-Brabant en voor de ondersteuning van IOED De Merode in het bijzonder. Solliciteren voor deze functie kan nog tot en met 19 december.
Je vindt de volledige vacature op vacatures.vlaamsbrabant.be.
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Open Access Journal: Gephyra: Journal for the Ancient History and Cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean
[First posted in AWOL 13 April 2015, updated 13 December 2018]
Gephyra: Journal for the Ancient History and Cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean
ISSN: 1309-3924
e-ISSN: 2651-5059
Gephyra: Journal for the Ancient History and Cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean
ISSN: 1309-3924
e-ISSN: 2651-5059
GEPHYRA is an open access online journal compiled by the Research Centre for Mediterranean Languages and Cultures of Akdeniz University to publish contributions from all fields of research into Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean, insofar as they shed new light on the history and culture of this geographical and historical region. Epigraphic, archaeological, numismatic and art historical contributions, commented and evaluated material presentations, as well as historical reflections and essays are all equally welcome.
The content of this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Please contact the publisher to purchase print volumes of Gephyra before No.15 via http://www.arkeolojisanat.com/
GEPHYRA 16 (2018)Last IssueVolume 16 - Issue - Nov 2018
- The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I
Pages 1 - 12
Trevor R. Bryce- Anmerkungen zum Namen der Karer
Pages 13 - 17
Diether Schürr- Δημήτριος…ἀργυροκόπος ποιῶν ναοὺς ἀργυροῦς Ἀρτέμιδος: Die Silbertempel des Demetrios und die „Kistophoren“ des Claudius I (Ein Vorschlag)
Pages 19 - 36
Stefan Karwiese- Countermarks in the Name “Galba” on Roman Imperial and Provincial Coinages: Considerations on the Countermarks and the Circulation of Local Bronze Coins in Pannonia (?), Moesia, Thrace and Asia Minor (?)
Pages 37 - 73
Rodolfo Martini- Reconstructing the Past in a changing Landscape. Reflections on the Area of Ephesus and other Sites in Western Asia Minor
Pages 75 - 90
Andreas Külzer- The Andriake Marbles: record of “a small ruined temple of very white marble” -a Roman 1st-2nd century hilltop mausoleum and coastal navigational marker at Andriake, Lycia, that disappeared in the early 19th c.
Pages 91 - 142
Terrance Michael Patrick Duggan- Eine neue Inschrift der dionysischen Speira von Histria
Pages 143 - 154
Alexandru Avram- Timbriada et son Territoire
Pages 155 - 166
Guy Labarre- Crops and Envy in Cilicia
Pages 167 - 172
Robert Parker- The Late Milestones of Asia Minor
Pages 173 - 183
Sylvain Destephen- Germanen in frühbyzantinischen Inschriften: Vom Namen der Person zur Identität der Gruppe
Pages 185 - 204
Ulrich Huttner- Nicht hinter jeder griechischen Signatur muss ein Grieche stecken. Pseudonyme unter Bildenden Künstlern des antiken Italien
Pages 205 - 227
Michael Donderer
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Saruca Pasha Mosque in Edirne and its peculiar graveyard
![Kara Mustafa Pasha's strangulation by a silk cord on 25 December 1683 [Public Domain]](http://turkisharchaeonews.net/sites/tan/files/styles/large/public/pictures/objects/saruca-pasha-mosque-edirne-and-its-peculiar-graveyard/kara_mustafa_strangulation.jpg?itok=PGr_d26L "Kara Mustafa Pasha's strangulation by a silk cord on 25 December 1683 [Public Domain]")
Nothing is stunning about the building of Saruca Pasha Mosque, and not much can be written about the structure. However, the small graveyard situated next to the mosque, on its north-eastern side, is quite another matter. We may begin by noting that the alternative name of the mosque is Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Mosque because of the person buried in the graveyard. In order to understand the importance of this grave, it is necessary to move forward in time, from the era of Mehmed II to the end of the 17th century, when the Ottoman Empire made the last attempts at expansion into Central and Eastern Europe.
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Όστρακα and Οστρακισμός: New Discoveries in the Athenian Agora
December 13, 2018 19:00 - LECTURE James Sickinger
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Open Access Journal: Newsletter of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities
[First posted in AWOL 23 November 2017, updated 13 December 2018]
Newsletter of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities
Editor-in-Chief: Mennat-Allah El Dorry
Co-Editor: Maather Ibrahim Aboueich
This web page is hosted by the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum.
Newsletter of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities
Editor-in-Chief: Mennat-Allah El Dorry
Co-Editor: Maather Ibrahim Aboueich
This web page is hosted by the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum.
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 1 (April - June 2016), English version (PDF-file, 6.6 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 1 (April - June 2016), Arabic version (PDF-file, 3.2 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 2 (July 2016), English version (PDF-file, 9.14 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 2 (July 2016), Arabic version (PDF-file, 10.5 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 3 (August 2016), English version (PDF-file, 4.6 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 3 (August 2016), Arabic version (PDF-file, 6.2 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 4 (September 2016), English version (PDF-file, 4.3 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 4 (September 2016), Arabic version (PDF-file, 4.4 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 5 (October 2016), English version (PDF-file, 6.9 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 5 (October 2016), Arabic version (PDF-file, 6.6 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 6 (November 2016), English version (PDF-file, 7.0 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 6 (November 2016), Arabic version (PDF-file, 6.8 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 7 (December 2016), English version (PDF-file, 672 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 7 (December 2016), Arabic version (PDF-file, 3.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 8 (January 2017), English version (PDF-file, 7.2 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 8 (January 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 6.9 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 9 (February 2017), English version (PDF-file, 7.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 9 (February 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 3.2 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 10 (March 2017), English version (PDF-file, 785 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 10 (March 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 844 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 11 (April 2017), English version (PDF-file, 7.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 11 (April 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 3.6 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 12 (May 2017), English version (PDF-file)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 12 (May 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 2.8 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 13 (June 2017), English version (PDF-file, 1.7 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 13 (June 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.7 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 14 (July 2017), English version (PDF-file, 667 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 14 (July 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 755 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 15 (August 2017), English version (PDF-file, 4.4 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 15 (August 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 5.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 16 (September 2017), English version (PDF-file, 2.6 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 16 (September 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 2.4 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 17 (October 2017), English version (PDF-file, 2.9 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 17 (October 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 18 (November 2017), English version (PDF-file, 2.2 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 18 (November 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 2.3 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities - Special Edition 2017 (December 2017), English version (PDF-file, 8.4 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities - Special Edition 2017 (December 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 2.2 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 19 (December 2017), English version (PDF-file, 940 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 19 (December 2017), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.0 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 20 (January 2018), English version (PDF-file, 830 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 20 (January 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.0 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 21 (February 2018), English version (PDF-file, 860 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 21 (February 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 22 (March 2018), English version (PDF-file, 955 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 22 (March 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 23 (April 2018), English version (PDF-file, 632 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 23 (April 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 889 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 24 (May 2018), English version (PDF-file, 880 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 24 (May 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.0 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 25 (June 2018), English version (PDF-file, 956 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 25 (June 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 26 (July 2018), English version (PDF-file, 963 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 26 (July 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.0 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 27 (August 2018), English version (PDF-file, 3.4 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 27 (August 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.2 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 28 (September 2018), English version (PDF-file, 930 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 28 (September 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 1.1 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 29 (October 2018), English version (PDF-file, 785 kB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 29 (October 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 0.97 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 30 (November 2018), English version (PDF-file, 1.9 MB)
- Newsletter Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities no. 30 (November 2018), Arabic version (PDF-file, 895 kB)
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18th Dynasty Tomb Discovered in Aswan
ASWAN, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that an undecorated tomb dating to between 1550 and 1295 B.C. has been discovered in the Kom Ombo area of Upper Egypt. Three limestone sarcophagi, scarabs, amulets, and the remains of about 50 people were recovered from the tomb. About half of the remains belonged to children. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the burial chamber and the tomb’s two side rooms had been damaged by ground water. To read about another recent discovery in Egypt, go to “Let Them Eat Soup.”
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Does Chicken Consumption Signal New Human Epoch?
LEICESTER, ENGLAND—According to a Live Science report, geologist Carys Bennett of the University of Leicester led a study of chicken bones unearthed at archaeological sites around London, in order to investigate how chickens have changed over time at the hands of humans. Bennett says these differences can be seen in the bones of the small chickens raised in Roman-era London, the slightly heftier domestic chickens bred during the medieval period, and the chickens now raised on modern factory farms—which are four or five times larger than those that lived as recently as the 1950s. “It’s astonishing,” Bennett said. Modern domesticated chickens grow so rapidly, she added, that their bones are more porous than those of wild chickens. Future archaeologists, she claims, will be able to interpret chicken fossils in the archaeological record as a telltale sign of industrialized society, along with traces of plastics, fertilizers, and the byproducts of burning fossil fuels. For more on the domestication of chickens, go to “Fast Food.”
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3D-printed reconstructions provide clues to ancient Bolivian site
Part of the ancient archaeological site of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, believed by Incans to be where the world was created has been reconstructed using 3D printed models of fragments of an ancient building. The results are presented in a study published in the open access journal Heritage Science.
3D printed model of the ancient site of Tiwanaku [Credit: Dr Alexei Vranich, 2018]Researchers at UC Berkeley, USA, created accurate,...
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Cattle pulled loads 2,000 years earlier than previously thought
In the study, published in Antiquity, archaeologists discovered that the bones in the feet of Neolithic cattle demonstrated distinctive wear patterns, indicative of exploitation as ‘animal engines’. If these practices can be proven elsewhere, it is expected to have major ramifications on our understanding of animal use in the Neolithic.
Cattle were being used to pull loads as early as 6,000 BC according to new research led by...
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2018 excavations at Katalymata ton Plakoton on west coastline of Akrotiri Peninsula concluded
The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Communications and Works announced the end of the 12th excavation season at the site of Katalymata ton Plakoton, which lies on the western coastline of the Akrotiri Peninsula.
Remains Church B [Credit: Department of Antiquities,
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I libri che ho letto nel 2017
Quest’anno mi porto avanti di qualche settimana rispetto al ritardo astronomico maturato negli anni e pubblico la lista dei pochi libri che ho letto nel 2017.
Il 2017 è stato l’anno in cui sono diventato papà, in cui ho traslocato dalla città dove è nato mio figlio a quella dove sono nato io ma dove non avevo quasi mai abitato, in cui ho cambiato lavoro per poter finalmente continuare a fare il mio mestiere. Quindi, scusate se ho letto troppo poco. Anche nel 2017 non ho letto nessun libro che non fosse scritto in italiano (mica intenzionalmente).
Ho anche iniziato a tenere traccia dei libri su inventaire.io.
Piero Colaprico, Trilogia della città di M.
Questo libro mi è stato donato da Stefano R., nativo della città di M., quando ho iniziato a lavorare nella città di M. il 13 dicembre 2017. L’ho consumato nei vagoni ferroviari prima dell’alba e dopo il tramonto viaggiando quotidianamente da Genova.
Le tre storie in cui si muove l’ispettore Bagni sono ambientate in una città di mezzo, tra quella vecchia che sta scomparendo e lascia il tempo ad una nuova. Muovendomi nella zona del Ticinese più volte ho provato la sensazione di essere stato in quei luoghi. Non sono un assiduo frequentatore della letteratura di genere, ma se leggo un poliziottesco, ora preferisco Bagni ai suoi colleghi più televisivi.
Wu Ming 1, Un viaggio che non promettiamo breve
Ho iniziato a leggere questo libro verso fine anno, proprio come la Trilogia ad inizio articolo, viaggiando in treno lungo uno dei percorsi che dovrebbero essere toccati dalle Grandi Opere. E poiché il libro racconta con estrema precisione la realtà, ho faticato ad ogni pagina a reggere il peso di tutte le nefandezze, e per adesso non ho letto che un terzo del libro, forse un po’ meno.
È un libro che deve essere letto, perché è una storia che non è ancora conclusa e da queste parti oltre alla inutile e dannosa TAV abbiamo un altrettanto inutile terzo valico ferroviario, mentre le linee ferroviarie già esistenti del pendolarismo quotidiano sono in frantumi.
Edmund De Waal, La strada bianca
Questo è un libro di cui mi sono innamorato vedendo la copertina in vetrina nella mia libreria. A me piacciono le copertine che raccontano qualcosa del libro, e questa era già di per sé meritevole di essere portata a casa, anche se non ci fosse stato il libro dentro.
Ho letto il primo capitolo con l’emozione di chi scopre un tesoro. L’ho dovuto persino rileggere a voce alta, per poterlo capire in tutta la sua poesia. Questo libro è stato compagno di viaggio tra la fine del 2016 e l’inizio del 2017.}
Non ho mai letto Un’eredità di avorio e ambra, che pure è sulla libreria di casa da anni. Non avevo capito bene di cosa si trattasse, potrei dire.
Per me la ceramica, e quindi anche la porcellana, è un elemento primordiale a cui ho dedicato moltissima parte della mia vita adulta, soprattutto manipolando, guardando, osservando migliaia di vasi rotti. Leggerne una storia raccontata in prima persona è stato un percorso di ricucitura, una forma di kintsugi letterario.
Marco Danielli, Uscita di sicurezza
Marco è prima di tutto un collega, che potrebbe sembrare molto versatile, vista la varietà di ruoli che ha rivestito nella vita in situazioni molto diverse. È stata una grande sorpresa scoprire che è anche un abile scrittore.
Un romanzo d’esordio finemente costruito che combina realtà autobiografica e finzione letteraria.
Igiaba Scego, Adua
Non so se i quattro lettori assidui di questa rubrica ci hanno fatto caso, ma da qualche anno leggo sempre almeno un libro di Africa. Quest’anno, addirittura due.
Leggere di Africa è inevitabilmente una seduta di colonialismo, di post-colonialismo, oltre che di un continente non misurabile, privo di significato a meno di non essere distorto da una proiezione geografica sbagliata. Nel caso clinico italiano credo si possa parlare a buon diritto di post-colonialismo assente – autrici come Igiaba Scego sono ogni giorno lì a smontare il buonismo, soprattutto con storie come quella di Adua, ben più di un romanzo storico.
Chinua Achebe, Le cose crollano
Ricevuto in dono e letto con gusto, questo primo libro della trilogia è un gioiello di grande profondità storica e soprattutto epica. Achebe muove e colpisce i suoi personaggi con l’eleganza di un vero classico. Leggendo è stato impossibile non rispecchiarsi nelle pagine di Congo, così totalmente diverso eppure intrecciato nelle stesse vicende storiche.
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Open Access Publications from The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
Open Access Publications from The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
Valley of the Sun Kings new explorations in the tombs of the pharaohs: Papers from the University of Arizona International Conference on the Valley of the Kings Edited by Richard H. Wilkinson
Copyright © 2013 by the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
The temple of Tausret the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition Tausret Temple Project, 2004-2011 Edited by Richard H. Wilkinson
Copyright © 2013 by the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS AND ANCIENT THEBES:Papers Presented in Honor of Richard H. WilkinsonEdited by Pearce Paul Creasman
Wilkinson Egyptology Series, volume I
Copyright © 2013 by the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
Image and voice in Saite Egypt : Self-presentations of Neshor named Psamtikmenkhib and Payeftjauemawyneith By Hussair Bassir
Wilkinson Egyptology Series, volume 2
Copyright © 2014 by the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
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