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Animal mummies, statue (of Hatshepsut?) and other objects found at Abydos
Live Science (Owen Jarus) Thanks to Owen Jarus for sending me the above link.A wealth of new discoveries, from animal mummies linked to the jackal god and human remains to an enigmatic statue, are...
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February 23, 2012 - 10:01 PM - Mycenaean Seminar Dr Maria Vlazaki
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SHORT FILM COMPETITION MOVE.TALK.PLAY.WORK
Open call to Cairo based students: SHORT FILM COMPETITION MOVE.TALK.PLAY.WORK The use of public space in revolutionary times The short film competition is open to Egyptian and international students...
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DSS and Hubble nuttiness
ROBERT CARGILL: no, no the dead sea scrolls do not ‘confirm’ the discoveries of the hubble telescope. Indeed.Personally, when I look up into the night sky without a telescope, I am filled with wonder...
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2012.02.28: Il lessico Suda e gli storici greci in frammenti. Atti...
Review of Gabriella Vanotti, Il lessico Suda e gli storici greci in frammenti. Atti dell’incontro internazionale, Vercelli, 6-7 novembre 2008. Themata 6. Tivoli: 2010. Pp. xiv, 498. €150.00. ISBN...
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2012.02.29: Writing Ancient Persia. Classical essays
Review of Thomas Harrison, Writing Ancient Persia. Classical essays. London; New York: 2011. Pp. 190. $24.00 (pb). ISBN 9780715639177.
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Wikipedia photographs and the Israel Museum
A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY PROBLEM:Wikipedia's archaeology editor slams Israel Museum for prohibiting photographyThe Israel Museum objects to giving Wikipedia unfettered access to the ivories, even though...
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New book: Obbink & Rutherford, Culture in Pieces
NEW BOOK: I Rutherford, D. Obbink, Culture In Pieces: Essays on Ancient Texts in Honour of Peter Parsons. Not directly relevant to ancient Judaism, but treats some of the philological and historical...
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Independent domestication of rice varieties
Mol Biol Evol (2011) doi: 10.1093/molbev/msr315 Independent Domestication of Asian Rice Followed by Gene Flow from japonica to indica Ching-chia Yang et al. Results from studies on the domestication...
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The birds in the Iliad strengthened warriors
Golden Eagle. Image: J. Glover - Atlanta, GeorgiaThe birds in the Iliad help warriors and kings make difficult decisions and satisfy the basic human need for self-esteem and security. This is the...
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Open Access Journal: Богословские труды
Богословские труды: Научно-богословский журнал РПЦ, выпускаемый Издательcтвом Московской Патриархии Сборник «Богословские труды» является ежегодным центральным научно-богословским рецензируемым...
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Albinus of Smyrna, Introduction to Plato’s Dialogues 1
τῶν κυριωτάτων Πλάτωνος δογμάτων τοιαύτη τις ἂν διδασκαλία γένοιτο. φιλοσοφία ἐστὶν ὄρεξις σοφίας, ἢ λύσις καὶ περιαγωγὴ ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος, ἐπὶ τὰ νοητὰ ἡμῶν τρεπομένων καὶ τὰ κατ’ ἀλήθειαν ὄντα. σοφία...
View ArticleQuote of the Day (Lee Bessette)
“One of my husband’s former professor’s used to tell her students that education is the only thing we’re generally happy getting less of for our money. We’re happy when the professor cancels class....
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Open Access Journal: TAARII Newsletter
[First posted in AWOL 10/25/09. Updated 7/26/11. Updated 2/24/12]TAARII Newsletter: The American Academic Research Institute in IraqThe American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII — formerly...
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Open Access Journal: Studia Historica. Historia Antigua
Studia Historica. Historia AntiguaISSN: 0213-2052STVDIA HISTORICA. HISTORIA ANTIGUA es una revista de Historia fundada en 1983 y cuyo objeto de estudio es la historia antigua romana e hispánica. Su...
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Open Access Journals: Newsletter of the American Philological Association
[First posted in AWOL 25 August 2009. Updated 15 February 2011] The Newsletter of the American Philological Association The American Philological Association Newsletter (ISSN 0569-6941) is published...
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas martias
ante diem xv kalendas martias Parentalia (Day 3) — the festival for appeasing the dead continues Lupercalia 44 B.C. — Julius Caesar is offered — and declines — the title of rex and the diadem to go...
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Further Thoughts on that Bulgarian Site Near Bourgas
It’s amazing how finally finishing report cards allows the rogueclassicist side of my brain to start working again. As I was drifting off to sleep last night, I realized that the ‘last page’ as it...
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Good-bye PhDiva, Hello Culture Concierge
About ten years ago, when I was writing a book about The Elgin Marbles, quite a few people at the British Museum tried to - and succeeded at - causing problems between William St Clair and I. The...
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