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The world's oldest "Yo mama" joke is 3,500 years old

The world's oldest "Yo mama" joke is 3,500 years old

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Oetzi the Iceman's nuclear genome gives new insights

BBC News - Oetzi the Iceman's nuclear genome gives new insights

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DNA reveals Neanderthal extinction clues

BBC News - DNA reveals Neanderthal extinction clues

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The Stunning Defeat of Maximinus the Giant

Our chronology of the empire now skips forward to 235 A.D.and we pass over Macrinius, Elagabalus, and Severus Alexander in the process. Macrinius, assassin of Caracalla,reigned for a year. His lack of...

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Consultancy Opportunity in Jordan- Petra Site Conservation Work Plan

Job opening at Petra Archaeological Park read more

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The Talpiyot Unguentarium

Dr. Joan E. Taylor, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London It is easy to feel in this quest to identify the picture of a ‘whale’ a sense that we are all staring at the same...

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An Engrossing Read?!

It has been a while since we looked in on the Roman Scotland web site (last visited in 2010). I'm afraid that, in the intervening eighteen months, it hasn't gotten any better.Flattery!The web site...

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Journal Nostalgia: First Five Issues of the Journal of Hellenic studies

Journal of Hellenic Studies, no. 1 Journal of Hellenic Studies, no. 2 Journal of Hellenic Studies, no. 3 Journal of Hellenic Studies, no. 4 Journal of Hellenic Studies, no. 5

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Tess Davis on Khmer "Blood Antiquities"

.There are many Khmer artefacts looted in the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge atrocities in the US. The audio clip 'Call to halt sale of 'blood antiques' on Australia Network News concerning the Koh Ker statues,...

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Université Paris 10 Nanterre : poste de maître de conférence en littératures...

Dossier de candidature : Galaxie.Profil : Enseignements sur les principaux auteurs de l’Antiquitétardive, dans la tradition rhétorique, polémique ou poétique, et sur lesmutations culturelles propres à...

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How to repair a Byzantine Manuscript

Byzantine Manuscripts Restoration project, The Library of Alexandria

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Byzantine books from Gorgias Press

Sherry, Kurt. Kassia the Nun in Context   Kassia the Nun offers a unique glimpse into ninth-century Byzantium as the only woman whose works were included in the corpus of liturgical hymns. Kassia the...

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Replica sculptures at Angkor

Perhaps one of the most photographed parts of Angkor is the south gate to Angkor Thom, where you cross a moat flanked by gods and demons depicting the Churning of the Sea of Milk. South gate of Angkor...

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Thoughts on the New “Talpiot B” Tomb

Just wanted to check in regarding the new Talpiot tomb discovery (referred to most often it seems as Talpiot B). I’m caught up with all the reading available online, beginning with James Tabor’s...

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Not Your Children's Greek Mythology

While discussing the topic of written-for-children books as opposed to books written without such a target audience that children, nonetheless, like, C.S. Lewis wrote "it certainly is my opinion that...

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More on the Enochic giants and LOTR

REMNANT OF GIANTS: Enochic Giants vs. Dr Who vs. Lord of the Rings, in which Tyrone Slothrop builds, inter alia, on my recent post, Doctor Who, the giants, and the demons.I didn't note it in that post,...

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«Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Διαχείριση του Αρχαιολογικού Υλικού»

March 09, 2012 - 12:22 PM - Ημερίδα

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The World’s Oldest Stone Artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their Implications...

The World’s Oldest Stone Artefacts from Gona, Ethiopia: Their Implications for Understanding Stone Technology and Patterns of Human Evolution Between 2·6–1·5 Million Years Age--Semaw: oldowan: Open...

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Photo for Today - the Ramesseum

Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

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Three day conference in Luxor

AllAfricaThe Ministry of Antiquities, in cooperation with the mission of the German Archaeological Institute, will organize a three-day international conference in Luxor on Saturday.The conference's...

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