A Passover furlough at Elephantine?
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Weekend Roundup, Part 1
In the ANE Today, Alex Joffe looks at pandemics in ancient and modern times.The Museum of the Bible has begun a video podcast series entitled the “Lonesome Curator.” Episode 8 is on Lachish.The...
View ArticleShort Report of the Epigraphy.info Workshop IV
Epigraphy.info is an international open community pursuing a collaborative environment for digital epigraphy, which facilitates scholarly communication and interaction. We apply FAIR principles to...
View ArticleIDEA small grants 2020: new deadline
In light of the complex situation that we all are living, IDEA’s Board has decided to modify the deadlines for the 2020 small grants calls. Instead of having two deadlines, one in spring and one in...
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Open Access Journal: Canadian Classical Bulletin = Bulletin canadien des...
[First posted in AWOL 1 November 2009. Updated 4 April 2020] Canadian Classical Bulletin =Bulletin canadien des études anciennes (CCB)ISSN: 1198-9149The Canadian Classical Bulletin (CCB) is the...
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Tanagra Figurines: From Elegant to Whimsical
Tanagra Figurines: From Elegant to Whimsical.Note: This is a crosspost from my blog "Antiquities Exhibits."Tanagra figurines are mold-cast Greek terracotta figurines produced from the later fourth...
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Fourth Style Frescos of the Casa del Principe di Napoli, Regio VI, 7,8 in...
Fourth Style Frescos of the Casa del Principe di Napoli, Regio VI, 7,8 in Pompeii.Note: This is a crosspost from my blog "Antiquities Exhibits."I am working on the illustrations for my translation of...
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Two new volumes from études d’égyptologie at éditions Soleb
Two new volumes from études d’égyptologie at éditions Soleb Leadership under fire: the pressures of warfare in Ancient Egypt Anthony Spalinger The investigation of the personal aspects of ancient...
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Digital Tabula Imperii Byzantini (Dig-TIB)
Digital Tabula Imperii Byzantini (Dig-TIB)The initiatives in the field of Digital Humanities at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and also the related developments in Byzantine Studies in the last...
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Digital Giza: The Giza Project at Harvard University
[First posted in AWOL 27 February 2017, updated 4 April 2020]Digital Giza: The Giza Project at Harvard UniversityThe Giza Project began in 2000 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with the goal of...
View ArticleElephantine, Leontopolis, and Gnosticism
There’s so much that deserves to be said, and deserves to be better known, about ancient Israel’s religious traditions prior to the monotheistic revolution that gave birth to Deuteronomy and the Torah,...
View ArticleBiblical epic films for the holidays
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View Article"Three Ways to Look at the Ten Plagues"
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View ArticleThe world's holy days in April are upended.
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View ArticleMcGrath minute on Mandaeism and more!
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Weekend Roundup, Part 2
“Scientists at the University of Chicago are developing a machine learning system that can automatically transcribe text found on ancient clay tablets.”The Unionville Times offers a guide to virtual...
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Open Access Journal: U Schyłku Starożytności - Late Antiquity
U Schyłku Starożytności - Late AntiquityISSN: 2080-8097The journal Late Antiquity. Studies in Source Criticism stems from the book series initiated and edited since 1999 by the community of researchers...
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TEN PÓLIN PHYLÁSEIN
[Perikles hält die Leichenrede, cuadro historicista de Philipp von Foltz (1852)]Hace unos días, nuestro buen amigo Ángel Ventura, del Departamento de Arqueología de la Universidad de Córdoba, nos hacía...
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EIDOS TÉS NÓSOU
[Cuadro historicista Plague in an ancient city, del pintor flamenco Michiel Sweerts, siglo XVII]En uno de nuestros primeros posts de este año en Oppida Imperii Romani hablábamos de la validez, y de la...
View ArticleOil Lamps: Bringing Light To The Ancient World
Oil Lamps: Bringing Light To The Ancient WorldNote: Cross post from my blog "Antiquities Exhibits."The first manufactured red pottery oil lamps appeared during the Chalcolithic Age (4500-3300 BCE....
View Article#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for the Weekend of April 4-5, 2020
Hodie est Non. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 13 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th OlympiadIn the NewsWoman seeks man in ancient Egyptian ‘erotic binding spell’ | Live ScienceWorld heritage in Turkey: Troy,...
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Once a great and glorious battle took place!
Has anyone read The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice? Tell us what you thought of the book. Leave a comment below or call 855-209-6230.
View ArticleThe Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities “Experience Egypt from Home....
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities “Experience Egypt from Home. Stay Home. Stay Safe” seriesof virtual video tours:Tomb of Mena in the Theban Necropolis (In cooperation with ARCE).Tomb of...
View ArticleUniversität Wien: Theses and Dissertations on Antiquity
Universität Wien: Theses and Dissertations on AntiquityMost are available for download.Ägyptische Sprache und LiteraturBBrein, Georg (2008) Wurzelinkompatibilitäten im Wortschatz der...
View ArticleLes relations entre Scythes et Grecs (VIIe-IVe siècles av. J.-C.)
Robineau, R. (2004) : Les relations entre Scythes et Grecs (VIIe-IVe siècles av. J.-C.) Chronologie et typologie des interactions, Orléans. Ce mémoire de maîtrise traite de trois grandes thématiques...
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Two priceless statues from the 10th and 11th century, seized in United Stated...
via Khmer Times, 04 April 2020: Repatriation of two Khmer statues to Cambodia.
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Excavations at Ak Yum temple
via Cen.com.kh, 02 April 2020 - Article in Khmer about the excavations at Ak Yum temple, one of the oldest temples in the Siem Reap area.
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Virtual tours of the Bangkok National Museum, the Sangiran Museum and the...
If you've finished visiting all the sites in my Virtual Southeast Asian Archaeology list, here are a couple new additions: tours of the National Museum in Bangkok and the Sangiran Museum in Central Java.
View ArticleDealers are using German auction houses to whitewash relic trade
David Crossland, Dealers are using German auction houses to whitewash relic trade, top art investigator says, Times April 06 2020. Dealers are using auction houses in Germany — one of the largest...
View ArticleEconomic Slump Will Hit UK Heritage
The coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global slump bigger than the Great Depression of the 1930s, a closely watched international survey suggests (BBC 'Coronavirus: UK among economies risking record...
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Detectival
Detectival After a lot of criticism by us (but apparently not the PAS) of the organisers of the (very) commercial 'Detectival' artefact hunting rally, the fields of Henley on Thames, where it was due...
View ArticleIraqi Antiquities and Organized Crime
Tom Westcott 'Destruction or theft? Islamic State, Iraqi antiquities and organized crime' This report examines evidence of looting by IS in and around northern Iraq’s Nineveh governorate. Considering...
View Article"ISIL Looting": Can we Stick to Facts, Abandon Myths and not Create Propoganda?
Tess Davis is interviewed by John Beck for the blog of the ESRI software firm (Antiquities Trafficking: Maps Take Aim at Looters and Buyers. ESRI Blog March 31, 2020) which is ostensibly about "mapping...
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G. Kelly et J. van Waarden, The Edinburgh Companion to Sidonius Apollinaris
Gavin Kelly et Joop van Waarden (éd.), The Edinburgh Companion to Sidonius Apollinaris, Édimbourg, 2020.Éditeur : Edinburgh University Pressxviii, 838 pagesISBN : 978 1 4744 6169 6GBP 195A...
View ArticleDoes Paul “Split the Shema”?
Mike Kok blogged recently about some of my academic work on Christology and monotheism. He writes: The majority view is that Paul has “split the Shema”, so the divine identity includes the one God...
View ArticleThe Assyrian New Year has been canceled in Syria.
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View ArticleConference on Faith, Heresy, Magic
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View ArticleMOTB seeks to repair its reputation
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View ArticleGnosticism and those other Judean temples?
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View Article#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for April 6, 2020
Hodie est a.d. VIII Id. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 14 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th OlympiadIn the NewsBible Museum, Admitting Mistakes, Tries to Convert Its Critics – The New York TimesDealers are...
View ArticleMedia Archaeology and Archaeologies of Media
There’s will be a little delay in todays post as I spend the morning writing the final couple of paragraphs in a section on media archaeology and the archaeologies of media for my short book on the...
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Satyrs in early mythology.
Satyrs in early mythology. In Greek mythology, a satyr, also known as a silenos is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse. Early artistic representations sometimes...
View ArticleACOR Online Resources
ACOR Online ResourcesAs many are shifting to remote working and online classes, the need for greater access to digital resources is more important than ever. ACOR has many online resources available.
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L’identification des personnes dans les mondes grecs
L’identification des personnes dans les mondes grecsRomain Guicharrousse, Paulin Ismard, Matthieu Vallet et Anne-Emmanuelle Veïsse (dir.)Histoire ancienne et médiévale… Cet ouvrage, qui réunit des...
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Once upon a time
A long time ago, a poem was written about a great battle between the Frogs and the Mice. Some have said it was written by Homer, but this has been disputed. Some say it is just a humorous tale to tell...
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Open Access Journal: Kentron: Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde antique
[First posted in AWOL 1 January 2011. Updated 6 April 2020]Kentron: Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde antiqueISSN: 0765-0590ISSN électronique: 2264-1459 Kentron est une revue pluridisciplinaire du...
View ArticleOpen Access Monograph Series: Yale Oriental Series (YOS)
Yale Oriental Series (YOS)Miscellaneous Inscriptions in the Yale Babylonian Collection, by Albert T. Clay. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, vol. 1. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1915.Early...
View ArticleOpen Access Monograph Series: Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of...
Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies (BIN)Letters and Contracts from Erech Written in the Neo-Babylonian Period, by Clarence Elwood Keiser. Babylonian Inscriptions in the...
View ArticleOpen Access Monograph Series: Babylonian Records in the Library of J....
Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan (BRM)Babylonian Business Transactions of the First Millennium B.C., by Albert T. Clay. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan,...
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