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Two recent books from La Pomme d'Or Publishing
Tonia Kiousopoulou, Emperor or Manager: Power and Political Ideology in Byzantium before 1453 Byzantium in the 15th century is too easily dismissed as the anachronistic tail end of an ancient...
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A video from the British Library on the Project of Greek Manuscript...
The British Library has digitised over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts thanks to a generous grant from...
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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 like, anyway), C.S. Lewis wrote "it certainly is my opinion that...
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Khirbet Midras update
MORE ON KIRBET MIDRAS, the supposed site of the tomb of a prophet Zechariah:More on Discoveries at Horbat Midras in IsraelA team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have published a...
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2012.03.02: An Archaeological Guide to Bahrain
Review of Rachel Maclean, Timothy Insoll, An Archaeological Guide to Bahrain. Oxford: 2011. Pp. 162. £13.99. ISBN 9781905739363.
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2012.03.04: Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments and Excerpts....
Review of Ilaria Ramelli, Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments and Excerpts. Writings from the Greco-Roman World. Atlanta: 2009. Pp. ixxxix, 179. $32.95 (pb). ISBN 9781589834187.
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2012.03.03: Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times / Regards sur...
Review of Thomas Schmidt, Pascale Fleury, Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times / Regards sur la Seconde Sophistique et son époque. Phoenix supplementary volumes, 49. Toronto; Buffalo:...
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Gravestones at Zoar
BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Ancient Gravestone Epitaphs Give Insight into Early Jews and Christians: Understanding Christian and Jewish tombstones from ancient Zoora.Summarizes and links to a couple of BAR...
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Lecture notes: Loose blocks from Osirian chapels
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar)Thanks to Jane for sharing another set of lecture notes. Great début lecture from Jeremy Hourdin (more info here http://www.theses.fr/s70325). He used French translations...
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Exhibition: Gardens of the Pharaohs
Rijksmuseum Van OudhedenThanks to Paula Veiga's Facebook post for this link. With five photos.27 April - 2 September 2012 The exhibition Gardens of the Pharaohs will showcase the flora of ancient...
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Nubian skeletons reveal secrets of ancient times
The State News (Caleb Hordgren)Nubia was a kingdom just south of Egypt, and in medieval times, it was very influential in trade from the Mediterranean to sub-Saharan Africa because it controlled a...
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Egyptian Scientific Institute in danger from botched restoration, says minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo...
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EES Delta Survey 2012
EES Delta Survey (Patricia Spencer) The EES Delta Survey is ready to kick off for the new 2012 seasonWe’re just about all ready for our flight tomorrow to Cairo to collect our documentation from the...
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Minufiyeh survey 2012
EES Minufiyeh Survey (Jo Rowland)Jo Rowland and her team are back in Minufiyeh in the Delta and are already hard at work excavating where they left off last year.Today was the start of the excavation...
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Revealing the statue of Amenhotep III, the third colossus of Memnon
Luxor TimesWith an accompanying photo essay on the unveiling of the statue. The raising operation started on 6th February 2012, and was successfully achieved on 13th February. After that first step of...
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A New 17th Dynasty Pharaoh was discovered
Luxor TimesDuring his visit yesterday to Karnak temple, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim (Minister state of Antiquities) announced the discovery of a new pharaoh’s name from the 17th dynasty that was not known to...
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Programa de las III Jornadas de Lenguas y Cultura Clásicas en Huesca
Os pasamos el programa de las III Jornadas de Lenguas y Cultura Clásicas en Huesca.27 de marzo, martes- 14,30 horas: COMIDA GRIEGA, por la Escuela de Hostelería de Huesca. Dedicado a docentes. Con la...
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44 arrested in Greece for illegal comerce of antiquities
Investigations continue in the regions of Macedonia, Thessaly, and Central Greece concerning a large illegal antiquities commerce circuit.Up to now 44 people have been arrested, and more than 8000 gold...
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New Open Access Journal: Aegean Studies
Aegean Studies Aegean Studies accepts papers which present new theoretical approaches and innovative means of data analysis with the aim of illuminating and explaining the prehistory and early Iron Age...
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