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The underwater archaeology of Ayutthaya
No, not a reference to the recent floodinf of Ayutthaya, but to the shipwrecks of vessels carrying cargo from Ayutthaya now mainly resting in the Gulf of Siam. The Nation interviews Erbprem...
View ArticleConservation plan in place for Guernsey Neolithic site
As part of the final phase of the project to conserve a Neolithic gallery grave in Delancey Park (in Guernsey, a British Crown dependency located in the English Channel), archaeologist...
View ArticleAPA Blog : Topics in the Digital Humanities
A contemporary series from the University of Illinois Press SERIES EDITORS: Susan Schreibman and Raymond G. Siemens Humanities computing is undergoing a redefinition of basic principles by a...
View ArticleAPA Blog : CFP: Collecting and Displaying Ancient Near Eastern Materials in...
Past, Present, Future. Session at the American Schools of Oriental Studies 2012 Annual Meeting Please consider sending in a title and abstract for *Collecting and Displaying Ancient Near Eastern...
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Heritage Crime: Glasgow team gets £1m grant to study illegal trade in...
.This looks like a useful project. It is about time we had some properly collected data.Every year, artefacts and antiquities of cultural significance are looted and smuggled around the world, often...
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Maev Kennedy on illegal metal detecting for antiquities
.Audio file: 'Maev Kennedy on illegal metal detecting for antiquities', Guardian.co.uk, Monday 16 February 2009The interviewer sounds like a female Peter Tompa ("who is doing this, is it moonlighting...
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Ken Ham Finally Confesses His Heresy!
Thanks to a commenter for pointing out that Ken Ham, in a post on his blog yesterday, finally confessed his unbiblical heretical teachings in unambiguous terms.Ham wrote, “God’s people need to repent...
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Open Access Journal: Kentro
Kentro: The Newsletter of the INSTAP Study Center for East CreteThe INSTAP-SCEC Newsletter, published annually, is a marvelous way to keep up with events and happenings at the Center. This newsletter...
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Open Access Journal: Old Testament Essays
[First posted in AWOL 10 November 2010. Updated 13 February 2012] Old Testament Essays Old Testament Essays (New Series) is the academic journal of the Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA)...
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This Day in Ancient History: idus februariae
idus februariae Parentalia (day 1) — a festival for honouring/appeasing the dead began on this day with a number of signs: temples were closed, altars did not have fires burn on them, people were...
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Emperors of Rome: Jovian
Adrian Murdoch continues the series with the I-guess-he’ll-have-to-do-guy who came after that Apostate guy: #55 Jovian: Emperors of Rome
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Reviews from BMCR
2012.02.25: Kristine Louise Haugen, Richard Bentley: Poetry and Enlightenment. 2012.02.24: Lâtife Summerer, Alexander von Kienlin, Tatarlı: renklerin dönüşü / The return of colours / Rückkehr der...
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Open Access Journal: Ovid, Myth and (Literary) Exile
[First posted in AWOL 7 April 2011. Updated 13 February 2012]Ovid, Myth and (Literary) ExileISSN 2069-4288Ovid, Myth and (Literary) Exile, edited by Adina Ciugureanu, Ludmila Martanovschi and Nicoleta...
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Classics Threatened …. at Oxford?
Just saw this in the Australian (originally in the Sunday Times) … I think we need a few more details, but here’s the plan, apparently: OXFORD UNIVERSITY has turned to wealthy philanthropists to raise...
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Open Access Journal: Bysantinska sällskapet Bulletin
Bysantinska sällskapet BulletinNr 20 (2002)Nr 21 (2003) Nr 22 (2004) Nr 23 (2005) List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies
View ArticleMeroe, in Ancient Africa
Meroe was the second capital of the Kushite kingdom (750 BC - AD 350), located in what is now the Sudan, Africa. It is gaining fame for its matrilinear ruling ...Read Full Post
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Conservation of Masks for Maya 2012: Lords of Time
One of the projects that we’re working on in the conservation lab right now is preparations for the Maya 2012: Lords of Time exhibition (opening on May 5th!). We’re currently examining and treating...
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Some Initial Musings on the Workshop at the Lorentz Center
There were a number of major themes that were regularly touched on, including the issue of open source (or at least open access) for data sets and materials for linguistic, text critical, and other...
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Employee of the Month, Kevin Schott
Our reigning Employee of the Month is Kevin Schott, Exhibit Developer. I felt compelled to write a blog post about Kevin because he is one of those rare people who seems to come from another planet –...
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record of unprecedented damage and destruction in protests, riots in Greece,...
Media and crisis manager Stratos Safioleas judged last night’s destruction ‘unprecedented‘. Here, I have gathered together as many of the events as I could, listed in order of place: so far, Agrinio,...
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