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...
View ArticleOpen 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...
View ArticleBibleworks 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...
View ArticleUse 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...
View ArticleA 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.
View ArticleA 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,...
View ArticleA 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,...
View ArticleL'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:...
View ArticleMeow! 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....
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleBulgarian 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:...
View ArticleMetal 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...
View ArticleFacial 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...
View ArticleJournal 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...
View ArticleGive 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)...
View ArticleWhite 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...
View ArticleGuggenheim Helsinki Commentary: CultureGrrl (and Guggenheims 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleNero'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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