Theodore of Mopsuestia and Those Heretics
Theodore is was the Bishop of Mopsuestia in the late 4th and early 5th centuries, a town in the vicinity of Antioch. He was a fellow student of the much more famous Chrysostom. He is a good...
View ArticleLICOSA.com — more thieving Italians
I don’t know why Italian booksellers are dishonest. But I have received precisely two orders for my book from them, and in both cases they did not feel any obligation to actually pay for the book....
View ArticleNEW: Tyche 26, 2011
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Wir freuen uns, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, daß Tyche 26 erschienen ist. Das Inhaltsverzeichnis finden Sie hier: Tyche-Inhalt26 Den Band können Sie entweder direkt beim...
View ArticleFavorite Science Fiction Music: Star Trek VI – The Undiscovered Country
There are a lot of soundtracks that I love – not only science fiction ones, I might add, and perhaps I will share some of my favorites non-sci-fi film music at some point. But there is a lot of science...
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Open Access Journal: The Bible and Critical Theory
[First posted in AWOL 28 April 2011, updated 27 February 2012]The Bible and Critical TheoryISSN : 1832-3391 Biblical studies is in an interesting state of flux. The various methods of critical theory...
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Open Access Journal: Hélade
[First posted in AWOL 3 November 2009. Updated 27 February 2012]HéladeISSN 1518-2541 HÉLADE é uma publicação eletrônica semestral voltadapara os estudos da Antigüidade Ocidental e Oriental, idealizada...
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas martias
ante diem iv kalendas martias 116 A.D. — supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 2) 1874 — birth of F.M. Cornford (author of Before and After Socrates, among several other works)
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More plaster crolla...
Today in the news--Domus della Venere in Conchiglia--http://www.ilmattino.it/articolo.php?id=183338&sez=ITALIAIt's the first article I've seen about it so don't know how verifiable it is but I'm...
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Open Access Journal: Armenian Egyptology Centre Newsletter
[First posted in AWOL 31 October 2001. Most recently updated 27 February 2012]Armenian Egyptology Centre Newsletter [AEC Newsletter] Read since October 2011 by 2000 readers from 50 nationsincluding...
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News article
Just came across this from yesterday--calling attention (again) to the need for immediate action onsite--http://www.ilmattino.it/articolo.php?id=183168&sez=ITALIA
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A COLORFUL PEBBLE WITH LINEAR INCISIONS MAY BE THE WORLD'S OLDEST ENGRAVING
The colorful pebble bearing a sequence of lines dates back 100,000 years and may be the first evidence of abstract art. The object, which will be described in the April issue of the Journal of...
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EUROPEAN NEANDERTHALS WERE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION EVEN BEFORE THE ARRIVAL...
New findings from an international team of researchers show that most Neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago. The previously held view of a Europe populated by a stable Neanderthal...
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HUNTER-GATHERERS BUILT LONG-TERM DWELLINGS 10,000 YEARS BEFORE FARMING...
Shelters date to Stone AgeHunter-gatherers hung out in huts long before farmers built villagesBy Bruce BowerWeb edition : Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012The remains of a couple of nearly 20,000-year-old...
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Egypt: Busted for Tourist Souvenirs?
.It was reported on Sunday that: Egyptian security officials say they have thwarted an attempt by a British man and his wife to smuggle 19 artifacts out of the country. Police say the couple were...
View ArticleJudicial Distemperament
Guest Blogger Lawrence Rafferty writes a very disturbing post on Jonathan Turley: Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks"). Here’s the first paragraph. There is a surprising story out of...
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The Amarnan Tomb of Ay
There is a great French site dedicated to the tomb of Ay at Amarna. It doesn't matter if you don't speak French because it doesn't have a great deal of text - just lots, and lots of photographs....
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Focus on Metal Detecting: Artefact Hunting on Environmental Stewardship Land
.Despite being Senior Countryside Officer at Sandwell MBC (Walsall, UK), metal detectorist John Stokes apparently does not really understand much about archaeological conservation. So much so that he...
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Sanctum Santorum
You gotta admire Rick Santorum’s honesty. I suspect that most politicians hope that the majority of voters will not have sufficient education to see through at least some of the things they claim....
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The Earliest Bit of Jesus’ Teaching to Get Omitted from the Gospels?
Shared at Scotteriology and Near Emmaus
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Open Access Journal: Egyptological
[First posted in AWOL 30 June 2011. Most recently updated 27 February 2012]Egyptological Egyptological is a free publication which offers papers, articles, brief items, reviews, and reports all...
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