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Which Roman Leader Was the Worst?

The Tarpeian Rock was an ancient Roman place of execution. Those so executed were hurled from the cliff to their death. This is not a right or wrong question, and no one will actually be harmed, of...

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Open Access Journal: Ανάσκαμμα

[First posted in AWOL  8 July 2010. Updated 10 February, 2012]Ανάσκαμμα  [Served also from Wordpress]Το «Ανάσκαμμα» κυκλοφορεί, με τη φιλοδοξία να δώσει μια λύση στο πρόβλημα  των ανασκαφών που χάνουν...

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Bibleworks 9 Review 1

Jim Barr at Bibleworks (BW) was kind enough to send me a review copy of BW9. My plan is to post a few blog entries over the next week or so commenting on the main features of the software (primarily...

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Use of Drug Disturbingly Common

I debated whether this was something appropriate to mention on my blog or not, but in the end I have decided to do so.I was rather shocked by a recent instance of blatant, public drug use, without...

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A parable about open access to scholarly publications

Check out the nice piece in The Guardian today, "The parable of the farmers and the teleporting duplicator" by Mike Taylor in The Guardian, Feb 10, 2012.

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A Reflection On Written And Oral History

From Shakespeare’s Richard III, Act III, Scene 1: PRINCE EDWARD      I do not like the Tower, of any place.      Did Julius Caesar build that place, my lord? BUCKINGHAM      He did, my gracious lord,...

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A brief and non exhaustive introduction to Digital Archaeology

I’ve been asked by a colleague to speak to her class next week on ‘Digital Archaeology’. That’s a pretty big project, as it includes everything from tools, to perspectives, to publishing, to outreach,...

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L'invention d'exempla modernes aux XIVe et XVe siècles

Titre: L'invention d'exempla modernes aux XIVe et XVe sièclesLieu: Institut des Sciences de l'Homme / LyonCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 16.02.2012Heure: 09.30 h - 12.30 hDescription:...

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Meow! Ancient Peruvian Textile

As I mentioned in my staff introduction, I am working at the University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) on a IMLS funded post-graduate conservation fellowship....

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A Little Light Reading for the Troops

Jane Hickman, Editor of Expedition magazine and Maureen Goldsmith, from the Director’s Office at the Penn Museum, recently sent a stack of past issues of Expedition magazine to Staten Island Project...

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Can a Coin Save a Ship?

The Spanish-American War is often considered to mark the beginning of the ascent of the United States as a world power. Yet, that war is little remembered today, and now one of the few artifacts that...

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Bulgarian Metal Detectorist Shows His Finds

.On a Facebook page "metal detecting" a reader drew my attention to a series of posts by a Bulgarian "treasure hunter" going under the screen name "Imperator Caesar". I'll not post his photo here:...

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Metal Detectors for Sale, Legal and Undocumented.

.As of 7th February, a bloke in Minneapolis is advertising the following:Metal Detectors for Sale, Legal and Undocumented.For sale, good-as-new Minelab GPX 4500 metal detectors. These are top of the...

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Facial attractiveness and interracial marriage

The data: From the paper: The results of the experiment demonstrated that there are robust differences in the relative perceived attractiveness of different racial groups. Further, these differences...

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Journal of Art Crime 6 (2011)

I have now seen a copy of the fall number of the Journal of Art Crime 6 (2011). Readers of LM will be interested in the following: Derek Fincham, "The Empty Frame. Cerveteri: a vulnerable ancient...

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Give Me the Zotero Item Keys!

I fear and hope that this post will cause someone smarter than me to pipe up and say UR DOIN IT WRONG ITZ EZ LYK DIS ... Here's the use case: The Integrating Digital Papyrology project (and friends)...

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White House Honors: Barnet, Puryear to Receive National Medal of Arts

Will Barnet, "Self Portrait," 1981, National Academy MuseumMartin Puryear, "Bower," 1980, Smithsonian American Art MuseumPhotos by Lee RosenbaumTwo artists who couldn't be more different---Will Barnet...

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Guggenheim Helsinki Commentary: CultureGrrl (and Guggenheim’s Ari...

Lee Rosenbaum, kultuuritoimittaja ("cultural journalist" to you!)You can see me now on Finnish television---the online replay of yesterday's segment on Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE about the...

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The Year of Four Emperors

I don’t write a lot aboutthe Roman Empire, probably because there is so much to dislike about it. Unevengovernance, perpetual wars, and a progressive decay of the political system wouldbe some of my...

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Nero's Step-Brother's Birthday

On This Day in Ancient History - February 11 CC Flickr User HowardLakeOn this day in ancient history, Emperor Claudius' son Britannicus was born in 41 ...Read Full Post

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