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X-Men First Class: Never Again, Ever Again
I finally got around to watching X-Men First Class, and found it not only an enjoyable superhero action movie and a satisfying prequel exploring the earlier lives of the X-Men, but also a challenging...
View ArticleSandrine Coin-Longeray, L'amour et la haine. Etudes littéraires et lexicales
Sandrine Coin-Longeray (éd.), L'amour et la haine. Etudes littéraires et lexicales, Paris, 2011. Éditeur : Chemins de tr@verseCollection : Tr@boules434 pagesISBN : 978-2-313-00310-738€ Lien vers le...
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Tell Halaf Ausgrabungsprojekt Online
Tell Halaf AusgrabungsprojektHOME DER TELLFORSCHUNGGRABUNGSBERICHTEPUBLIKATIONENKONTAKTPDF-Dokumente HOME - Einführung (Dr. Lutz Martin / Prof. Dr. Mirko Novák) DEU | ENG | ARA DER TELL - Lage des...
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Open Access Journal: Kubaba
[First posted in AWOL 7 July 2010. Updated 30 December 2011]Kubaba ISSN: 1647-7642 Kubaba is a journal which specializes in the Pre-Classical world, namely the Ancient Near East and Eastern...
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Open Access Journal: Reports in Digital Archaeology: a Digital Antiquity...
Reports in Digital Archaeology: a Digital Antiquity Publication Series Digital Antiquity announces Reports in Digital Archaeology, a series devoted to issues related to archaeological information,...
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Also Seen: Interviews with APA Award Winners
Via the APA blog … interesting (I didn’t know about the Aquila Theater Company’s Page and Stage project, e.g.): Questions for the APA Award Winners, 2010
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Classical Banksy?
Saw this mentioned somewhere over the past couple of days (of intermittent internet) … dare one say it is an allegory for the state of Classics in some places? via Banksy
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Dial-a-Bishop Redux
Rome Reports has a very nice presentation of that ‘Catholic Latin help line’ story we mentioned a few days ago:
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Best Reads of 2011
Here are my best reads in English during 2011. I only read 38 books this year (blame the Internet), which is why the really good ones are fewer than usual.Bonk. The curious coupling of sex and science....
View ArticleAPA Blog : Papers for Apollo Augustus and the Poets
APA Annual Meeting Session 35 (Saturday, January 7, 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Marriott Grand Ballroom I), is a discussion of the literary, historical, art historical, religious, and political...
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Secondo Campo Internazionale di Ricerca Archeologica a Policastro Bussentino
Nelle terre di Palinurus: alla scoperta di un antico centro della Magna Grecia PROGETTO ARCHEOLOGICO BASSA VALLE DEL BUSSENTO 1 Aprile – 27 Maggio 2012, Policastro Bussentino, Salerno L’Associazione...
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Pyramid of Cestius to be Restored
The incipit of an item from the Telegraph: The marble pyramid, which dates from 12BC and adds an incongruous touch of ancient Egypt to the Italian capital, is grimy from traffic fumes and festooned...
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The War on New Year
Apparently the forces of darkness are mounting an attack, this time on the Christian holiday of New Year’s Day, which commemorates and worshipfully celebrates the anniversary of the day on which a...
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Is It About Conservation or Control?
The PAS is a popular program in England and Wales. As I understand it, the Welsh Government is now expected to pay the modest amount necessary to maintain it as part of a general devolvement of central...
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Classical Tebowing?
Now that all the media attention is fading from Tim Tebow and his meme-generating pose, we probably can start safely posting the Classical origins of the pose without fear of causing offense … e.g.: …...
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Ancient curse deciphered
From LiveScience: A fiery ancient curse inscribed on two sides of a thin lead tablet was meant to afflict, not a king or pharaoh, but a simple greengrocer selling fruits and vegetables some 1,700 years...
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NEANDERTHALS BUILT HOMES!
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 44,000 year old Neanderthal building that was constructed using the bones from mammoths. The circular building, which was up to 26 feet across at its...
View ArticleThe Role of Academic Theology for the Life of Faith
On the advice of Joseph Kelly I purchased Feldmeier and Spieckermann’s God of the Living: A Biblical Theology and so far I’m glad I did. I’ve barely cracked the spine but on page eight they make a...
View ArticleLiquid Altar
The Drinker block discussed earlier was discovered at the ancient Asclepeion on the South slopes of the Acropolis in Athens. Excavated by the Greek Archaeological Society in 1877, the few surviving...
View ArticleCreationist Legislation in Indiana
I often try to do what I can to help support those in other states who try to defend science education against those who seek to undermine it, even though state legislators are largely deaf to anyone...
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