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Zahi Hawass Breaks his Silence
.The last time Zahi Hawass blogged on his blog was 15th August, but he has just broken his silence with a post to which I will link for the moment without comment: December 17, 2011: A Sad Day in My...
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Merry Christmas!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all those celebrating!Posts of Christmas past are collected here.Some recent Christmas posts and links:Alin Suciu is Putting Together the Puzzle of a Christmas Story: A Coptic...
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Egypt: Antiquity Smuggling
.Al Ahram has a summary piece on the development of 'Illegal smuggling of antiquities' in relation to the upcoming launch later on next year of the Red List which has antiquity collectors of a certain...
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Temple-related epigraphic find
TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: The IAA has just announced an important scientifically-excavated epigraphic find that likely pertains directly to the ritual life of the Herodian Temple. The fact that it happens to...
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Christmas Update on Imprisoned Egyptian Bloggers
.Imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikal Saned is escalating his hunger-strike, he was imprisoned for three years at the end of March for "spreading false information" and behaviour "insulting the People’s...
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Perspectives on Ptolemaic Thebes
Andie Byrnes has details of a new book: http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-book-perspectives-on-ptolemaic.html This article from News from the Valley of the Kings © Kate Phizackerley is...
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Open Access Journal: Geochronometria
[First posted in AWOL 3 November 2009. Updated 28 December 2011]GeochronometriaISSN: 1733-8387 (print version)ISSN: 1897-1695 (electronic version) Geochronometria is aimed at integrating scientists...
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The American Institute for Roman Culture Summer Archaeological Field School 2012 June 18-July 27, 2012 Application deadline: March 30, 2012 Email inquiries: studyabroad[at]romanculture.org AND...
View ArticleAPA Blog : Engaging History Series Summer Programs
The American Institute for Roman Culture Engaging History Series Summer Programs June 11-July 6, 2012 Application Deadline: March 15, 2012 Email inquiries: studyabroad[at]romanculture.org Engaging...
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Ägypten im Museum
Ägypten im MuseumÄgypten im Museum ist ein Ratgeber für ägyptologische Erkundungen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.Im Magazin veröffentlichen wir Artikel hauptsächlich zum Thema “Ägypten im...
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From my diary
Lots of excitement on the Methodius manuscripts this morning — Adrian Tanasescu-Vlas has been through the STSL Ms. 40 and identified the works on Methodius in it. I’ll do some more on this after...
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Focus on the CCPIA: The Sorry Coiney Spectacle Blunders on...
.The evening of 27th Dec, six days before the closing of comments, there were just "65 Items in the Docket Folder", sixty three naysaying coin collectors from a community of - the ACCG estimates - 50...
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Open Access Journal: Vjesnik za arheologiju i povijest dalmatinsku (Journal...
[First posted in AWOL 22 January 2009. Updated 28 December 20011]Vjesnik za arheologiju i povijest dalmatinsku (Journal of Dalmatian archaeology and history)ISSN:1845-7789 Vjesnik za arheologiju i...
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Craniofacial Differences Between Modern and Archaeological Asian Skeletal...
From p. 169: Since physical changes have been documented in these Asian populations, principal components analyses were conducted for certain variable groupings in each population to understand how...
View ArticleMore Frankenthaler Tributes: Time for a Memorial Retrospective?
Installation view: "Frankenthaler at Eighty: Six Decades at Knoedler & Company," 2008In finding commonalities between two recently deceased artists whose work couldn't have been more...
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Case Closed? Columbus Introduced Syphilis to Europe: Scientific American
Case Closed? Columbus Introduced Syphilis to Europe: Scientific American
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Secret Agents Calvin and Hobbes
IO9 shared depictions (created by Coran Stone, also known as Kizer180) of a grown-up Calvin and Hobbes having become action heroes, fighting against a Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin who have...
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Origen project update
The translator sent me a bunch of Greek fragments with translation of the Homilies on Ezekiel today. That was very nice to receive. I’ve been gathering the latest version of the files together, and...
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First Circular: 27th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PAPYROLOGY
First Circular 27th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PAPYROLOGY 29 July ‐ 3 August 2013 Warsaw, Poland On behalf of the Organising Committee, we are pleased to invite you to take part in the 27th...
View ArticleWhen Was the First Appearance of Epiphany in Christian Writing?
A question was posed to this site: When was the first appearance of Epiphany in Christian writing? Epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning "appearance." It was used in Greek literature in many secular...
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