A Unique Hoard From Iron Age 1
The Megiddo website reports the discovery of a hoard of gold, silver and bronze jewelry, wrapped in fabric from the Iron 1 period. They have pictures. Archaeologists found the hoard in a vessel. Via...
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Book on China-Pyu relations published
The late historian’s U Yi Sein’s writing on China-Pyu relations has been published in Myanmar. U Yi Sein essays published Myanmar Times, 27 Feb – 4 Mar 2012 A book of articles about Myanmar-China...
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Television shows celebrate looting
This is an excerpt from an email sent to SAA members by President Fred Limp:"Late last week the SAA Board wasinformed that there are two TV series planned that promote and glorify thelooting and...
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International Donatist Studies Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 17-18 May 2012
Source: Oxford Patristics Conference Blog.On Thursday and Friday, 17-18 MAY 2012, the Research Unit-History of Church and Theology of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculty of Theology will...
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Exhibition: A Day in Pompeii opens March 2, 2012
The A Day in Pompeii exhibition is still making the rounds, opening tomorrow at the Cincinnati Museum Centre and running until 12th August. See here for details. This is a nice exhibition - I...
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The Afghan manuscripts again
THE AFGHAN MANUSCRIPTS are covered in an article in Tablet Magazine:War PapersA trove of medieval scrolls, smuggled out of Afghanistan into the hands of London art dealers, could shed new light on a...
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Newspaper articles
A couple of articles today: Pompei/ Ornaghi: Danni da sempre, mai esistita una 'età felice' Pompei: Ornaghi, presto tavolo interministeriale per salvaguardia And an interview with the Minister:...
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More on that Turkish Aramaic "Bible"
THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT ARAMAIC APOCRYPHAL GOSPEL supposedly recovered from smugglers in Turkey is taken up and taken apart by Peter BetBasoo and Ashur Giwargis in AINA, based on their knowledge of...
View ArticleLes oppida celtiques
Titre: Les oppida celtiquesLieu: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée / LyonCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 06.03.2012Heure: 14.00 h - 18.00 hDescription: Information signalée par...
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The million dollar shekel
A SLIVER SHEKEL FROM THE GREAT REVOLT OF 66 CE is profiled in a press release taken up by Art Daily, along with a nice close-up photo:Million dollar ancient silver shekel highlights world's greatest...
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Archaeology at Flag Fen enters exciting new phase
Posts of the Bronze Age causeway running through the Mere lake. Image: VivacityA new and exciting opportunity has arisen to participate in proposed archaeological excavations at the internationally...
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Villains of History – Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla
The past century provides us with three of the greatestvillains of all time based on the number of human beings killed. Mao, Stalin,and Hitler used modern technology to murder millions and protect...
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New study on Sardinian Y-chromosomes/mtDNA/Y chromosomes
Quite topical, given the recent publication of the genome of the Tyrolean Iceman and his unexpected relationship with present-day Sardinians. European Journal of Human Genetics advance online...
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Crowd-sourced Archaeology!
The iconic Bronze Age site of Flag Fen is coming back to life.From 23rd July – 12th August, DigVentures (www.digventures.com)are working with Vivacity to create an incredible opportunity for the public...
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Genetic affinities of Central Indian tribals
PLoS ONE 7(2): e32546. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032546 Genetic Affinities of the Central Indian Tribal Populations Gunjan Sharma et al. Abstract Background The central Indian state Madhya Pradesh is...
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New Developments in Crowd-sourced funding of Archaeology
Update- a heritage only crowd-sourced funding website has just launched as well as this project. DigVentures launched yesterday, “With the Flag Fen Lives project, DigVentures is launching Europe’s...
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More "Holy Land" Antiquities Surfacing
.Earlier this week, Monday, Israeli authorities arrested five would-be antiquities thieves searching with a metal detector in a cave at an ancient site between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, near the city of...
View ArticleComments from Prof. Steven Fine on the “Jesus Discovery”
I was a member of a team assembled last summer by a major media outlet to evaluate this project. Sitting in a stately conference room, Mr. Jacobovici, Professor Tabor and Professor Charlesworth...
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This Day in Ancient History: kalendae martiae
kalendae martiae This was originally the beginning of the New Year for the ancient Romans (and the consuls would probably enter office on this date prior to 153 B.C.) Festival of Mars, which included a...
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Theodore Memeson?
Since y’all seemed to enjoy the Classics Ryan Gosling a while ago, I present to you: Theodore Mommsen Wants to Know What Up Girl
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