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Abu Simbel Celebrations on Tomorrow
Every year on 22nd February, and again in October, the sun reaches through the interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel to illuminate the rear wall. There was some doubt whether the temple was going to...
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Olympic Museum robbery: a professional heist for stuff that was not in the...
The story is everywhere – TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, NGOs, blogs… – and this blog is getting even more hits for the objects’ descriptions and photographs than it is for the account of their...
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Genizah: Cairo Genizah Collection of the Bodleian libraries
Genizah: Cairo Genizah Collection of the Bodleian librariesThe collection of Cairo Genizah fragments held at the Bodleian Libraries is one of major collections of its kind. Acquired over the years...
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Blogosphere ~ Sexual innuendo and character assassination in the ancient world
Roman Times: Sexual innuendo and character assassination in the ancient world.
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Blogosphere ~ Stolen antiquities from the Olympia museum
Love of History Blog: Stolen antiquities from the Olympia museum. [another source for the photos of the 77 items stolen]
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Blogosphere ~ The Day the Roman Empire was Auctioned – March 28, 193 A.D.
Mike Anderson’s Ancient History: The Day the Roman Empire was Auctioned – March 28, 193 A.D..
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Blogosphere ~ Wheels stolen from Olympia
Love of History Blog: Wheels stolen from Olympia.
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Blogosphere ~ Animal figurines from Olympia
Love of History Blog: Animal figurines from Olympia.
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Blogosphere ~ Getting the most out of the CA conference
Classical Association Blog: Getting the most out of the CA conference. [good advice here for any conference tyro ...]
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Blogosphere ~ Athens, Sparta, and Corinth in Western Civilization Texts
Corinthian Matters: Athens, Sparta, and Corinth in Western Civilization Texts.
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Intact Cargo in Shipwrecks off Zannone
From the Daily Star: Marine archaeologists have discovered four ancient shipwrecks off the tiny Italian island of Zannone, with their cargoes of wine and oil intact. The remains of the vessels, dating...
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The Beginnings of Doctor Who – and of Christianity
The sci-fi website IO9 had an article on Doctor Who’s scandalous and troubled beginnings. It seems that the show was not expected to do very well. As the article says early on,The show had a tiny...
View ArticlePlagiarism versus the new online reality
Memiwanzi recently touches on the origin of the word plagiarism but in this one case, the meaning is far more interesting than the etymology to me. Ah plagiarism and its related demon, intellectual...
View ArticleCuneiform Writing And Scribal Values
The other day I mentioned a fairly recent paper by Eckart Frahm. Despite what one might have gleaned from my discussion in that post, Frahm’s main focus is on various schemata in writing that go well...
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Treasure Headed Back to Spain, Underwater Treasure Hunters "Driven...
.The decision that Odyssey Marine Exploration has to surrender the cargo of the Spanish ship Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes to its owners, Spain by February 24 was slammed by the salvage companies...
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Salvaged Treasure Headed Back to Spain
.In the US, a federal judge has ordered deep sea salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX.O) to turn over to the Spanish government within a week the $500 million worth of Spanish coins it...
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Minelab Against Protection of the US Archaeological Resource
.Minelab, the firm that creates metal detectors allowing artefact hunters to mine the archaeological record for collectables for personal entertainment and profit, has become a supporter of the US...
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Indonesian pyramids – just a pyramid scheme?
A column in the Jakarta Globe rounds up the current opinions about the supposed pyramids in Java, and points out the lack of evidence to support the theory and the lack of qualifications behind...
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