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Writer’s Block
It has been a while since I posted, and while I’m probably the only person bothered by that, I thought I ought to put an update together! The blog has been going for over 5 years now, and in that...
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From the ancient to the modern. Here’s one of today’s great choral composers, Eric Whitacre, for your enjoyment. The choice of Biblical text for setting is interesting – I’m not sure I’ve ever heard...
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Thinking about Teaching History in a Scale-Up Classroom
I was pretty excited when I received word that the University of North Dakota’s Scale-Up classroom is almost ready and accepting applications for classes in the Spring of 2013. The Scale-Up classroom...
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Cirebon wreck treasures on sale again
Artefacts from the Cirebon shipwreck, which were unsuccessfully put up for sale in 2010, is once again put up for sale. The haul is worth approximately USD $80 million. Cirebon shipwreck treasures on...
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This Day in Ancient History: nonae martiae
nonae martiae Festival of Mars continues (day 7) rites at the temple of Vediovis on the Capitoline 322 B.C. — death of Aristotle (maybe) Perpetua and Felicity (Photo credit: Nick in exsilio) 149 A.D. —...
View ArticleAncient Greek cave speaks of Hades myth
Overlooking a quiet Greek bay far from Athens, Alepotrypa Cave contains the remains of a Stone Age village, burials, a lake and an amphitheater-sized final chamber in which blazing rituals...
View ArticleASCSA Member Named AIA’s Gold Medal Recipient for 2013
Last week, the Archaeological Institute of America announced that Jeremy Bentham Rutter will receive its Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Archaeology.
View ArticleASCSA Member Receives AIA’s Gold Medal ... Again!
Last week it was announced by the Archaeological Institute of America that Jeremy Bentham Rutter will receive its Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Archaeology.
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The Sanctity of Marriage and the Unconstitutionality of Prohibiting Gay...
Via Joel Watts.It might not take more than a challenge to a state law prohibiting gay marriage, from a member of the clergy in a denomination that allows gay marriage, saying that the state is...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Carry On
I was struck when a friend on Facebook shared this video, which explains how the currently popular “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster was rediscovered in Barter Books, a bookstore that I used to love to...
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The Future of Recording the Past in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the...
On October 12, 2011, the American Bar Association International Law Section and its Art and Cultural Heritage Law Committee sponsored a panel about the law of finds in England and Wales, Ireland,...
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TreeMix: fitting trees in the presence of admixture
Pickrell and Pritchard have made available a preprint of a new paper that shows how to fit a graph model to a set of populations. Tree models are commonly used to infer the relationship between...
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Ancient graffiti records the tweets of antiquity
Karen Stern, One of the archaeologists studying tomb graffiti in Israel [Credit: W. O'Leary] An international project is gaining invaluable insights into the history of ancient Israel through the...
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New Open Access Journal: Sociedades Precapitalistas
Sociedades Precapitalistas: Revista de Historia SocialISSN: 2250-5121 Sociedades Precapitalistas es una publicación científico-académica, electrónica, cuyo objetivo es difundir estudios...
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Open Access Journal: Mediaevalia – електронно списание за средновековна,...
Mediaevalia – електронно списание за средновековна, история и изкуствоISSN : 1314-275 La revue est éditée par la Faculté d’Histoire de l’Université Saint-Clément d’Ohrid de Sofia en Bulgarie. Elle est...
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CFP: Römische Sarkophage
Seen on the Classicists list: CFP: International Workshop „Roman Sarcophagi“ October 10-13, 2012, Graz (Austria) The Department of Archaeology & Numismatics of the Universalmnuseum Joanneum and the...
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CFP: New Perspectives on locatio conductio in Roman law
Seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS New Perspectives on locatio conductio in Roman law 6 – 8 June 2012, Edinburgh In the nearly 100 years since the publication of Emilio Costa’s La locazione...
View ArticleThe Talpiot Tomb and the Beatles
By: Mark Goodacre, Dept of Religion, Duke University The current discussion of Talpiot Tomb B, the “patio tomb”, has largely centered on the interpretation of the picture on one of the ossuaries. But...
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I’ve corrected Rachel Donadio and New York Times but they’ve not corrected...
The New York Times‘ eyewitness reporter Rachel Donadio inaccurately described, Feb. 12, a wild night when marauding bands of arsonists with Molotov cocktails targeted shops and buildings, most of them...
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Syrian Army Attacks Palmyra
Reported by Agence France-Presse. Translated by Now Lebanon. Only now making its way into the world news* Wednesday, March 7, 2012 | 18:16 Beirut TOP OF THE NEWS Syria's ancient desert city of Palmyra...
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