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Classics Confidential: Edith Hall on Tony Harrison’s Iphigenia in Tauris
The Classics Confidential folks are back! (Yay!):
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Books for review in AJA
American Journal of Archaeology Updated Books Received (January 2012) Of the titles published in the January 2012 list of books received, those below are still available for review. The AJA Book Review...
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Excavations of Burial Sites at Vietnamese Re-Education Camps by The Returning...
And now, for archaeology of a more recent time. The Returning Casualty is a American-Vietnamese charity whose work involves the excavation of camp cemeteries so the remains of the soldiers can be...
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Monumentality in Early Christian Architecture
In May, I am going to a conference on the topic of monumentality in archaeology. When invited, I fired off a rather superficial abstract that talked about how Early Christian church architecture in...
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Jesus Discovery latest at ASOR blog
THE ASOR BLOG: Comments from Prof. Steven Fine on the “Jesus Discovery”. In short, the Jonah "icon" is a drawing of a tomb.Professor Fine concludes:I, for one, am wearied by the almost yearly “teaching...
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Retro Mashup International
In which Penn Museum’s Film Archives announces a new occasional series: Live from the Archives! One great pleasure of archival work is to see what creativity researchers bring to interpreting the...
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National Geographic and Bozo Archaeological Site Emptying
.John Doershuk (State Archaeologist, University of Iowa) prepared a report on one of the two TV "metal detecting series" for the membership of the National Association of State Archaeologists. His text...
View ArticleDésert et ville dans la Correspondance de Saint-Jérôme
Titre: Désert et ville dans la Correspondance de Saint-JérômeLieu: Université Lyon III / LyonCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 07.03.2012Heure: 16.00 h - 18.00 hDescription: Information signalée...
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Why We Need a New Book on Alexander the Great
Eyewitnesses in his own day and historians for centuries thereafter, have written about Alexander the Great. So the question of whether we need a new book on Alexander the Great ...Read Full Post
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ASOR Fellow Explores Ashkelon
Thanks to the generous funding from an ASOR Platt Excavation Fellowship, I was able to join the The Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon for the 2011 excavation season under the direction of Dr. Daniel...
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John Roby: "Putting the hurt on heritage"
John Roby ('Putting the hurt on heritage', Digsanddocs Blog February 28, 2012) discusses "the latest offering coming to your TV screen: “American Digger,” on the Spike network (the folks who also bring...
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Lives of the Saints To Know, but Not Understand: David Weinberger on Science and Big Data – Dav Pvt. Danny Chen, 1992–2011 Minds Meet on Shale Gas, Fracking — A blog on Environmental Happenings by D...
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Robot at Prayer
Thanks to Jeff Carter for drawing to my attention the Korean science fiction film “Doomsday Book” which apparently features a robot praying and in other ways explores the intersection of religion and...
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Painting Depicting Manichaean Cosmology Discovered
Timothy Michael Law shared the news that a painting depicting Manichaean cosmology has turned up in Japan. Manichaeism is familiar to most who study ancient religion, but it survived in the Far East...
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Blogosphere ~ Fasti Online: Via consolare Project – 2011 campaign
Blogging Pompeii: Fasti Online: Via consolare Project – 2011 campaign.
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Blogosphere ~ Colchester Before the Romans or Who Were Our Belgae?
History of the Ancient World: Colchester Before the Romans or Who Were Our Belgae?.
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APA Blog : King’s College London Intensive Courses in Ancient Greek and Latin
American Philological Association: APA Blog : King’s College London Intensive Courses in Ancient Greek and Latin.
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Blogosphere ~ Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
History of the Ancient World: Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned.
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Blogosphere ~ Blended Cuisine in Ancient Rome
History of the Ancient World: Blended Cuisine in Ancient Rome.
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Blogosphere ~ Lucretia: An Ancient Example of Honor
History of the Ancient World: Lucretia: An Ancient Example of Honor.
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