Mars Festival
On this day in ancient history - March 9: On this day, the ancient Romans continued to celebrate the Festival of Mars. As part of the occasion, the priests of Mars known as salii (from the verb salire...
View ArticleCFP: Boethius als Paradigma spätantiken Denkens/Boethius as a Paradigm of...
Source: H-Net Discussion Networks.Graduiertenschule "Theology and Religious StudiesFreiburg"18.10.2012-20.10.2012, Freiburg im Breisgau,Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitätDeadline: 30.04.2012- English version...
View ArticleReligious Activity in the Palatial and Postpalatial Greek Mainland
March 15, 2012 - 3:01 AM - Aigeiros lecture series Dimitra Rousioti, Aristoteles Universität Thessaloniki with responses by Vassilis Aravantinos & Melissa Vetters
View ArticlePompeji - Nola - Herculaneum at Halles exhibition extended until 26th August
Verlängerung der Landesausstellung "Pompeji - Nola - Herculaneum" Neues Enddatum: 26. August 2012 Die Landesausstellung "Pompeji - Nola - Herculaneum. Katastrophen am Vesuv" stößt in der breiten...
View Article2012.03.14: The Early Black-figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630-570...
Review of Alexandra Alexandridou, The Early Black-figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630-570 BCE). Monumenta Graeca et Romana, 17. Leiden; Boston: 2011. Pp. xlii, 252; 36 p. of plates. $212.00....
View Article2012.03.15: Les antiquaires du Midi: savoirs et mémoires, XVIe-XIXe siècle
Review of Véronique Krings, Catherine Valenti, Les antiquaires du Midi: savoirs et mémoires, XVIe-XIXe siècle. Paris: 2011. Pp. 192. €29.00 (pb). ISBN 9782877724432.
View ArticlePress Release: RIAPRONO AL PUBBLICO LE TERME STABIANE, CON LA INEDITA SEZIONE...
The Stabian Baths reopened to the public yesterday after restorations were completed. SCAVI di POMPEI 8 marzo Festa della Donna, ingresso gratuito per le donne RIAPRONO AL PUBBLICO LE TERME STABIANE,...
View ArticleJesus Discovery/Talpiyot tombs latest
FOR YOU, SPECIAL DEAL! NEA issue (from 2006) that discusses Talpiot Tomb available for free for a limited time (ASOR Blog).ASOR is pleased to announce that it has made an issue of Near Eastern...
View ArticleTemple Studies Group meeting
FROM THE SOTS LIST:Temple Studies GroupSixth Annual SyposiumThe Temple in the Johannine WritingsSaturday June 16th 2012.10.00 am- 4.00 pmTemple Church, London EC4Y 7BBConfirmed speakers:Prof Robert...
View ArticleHuaca Prieta
Over the last 20 years or so, information about the pre-ceramic cultures of South America, particularly monumental earthen mounds located near Peru's arid coasts such as Caral and Huaca Prieta, have...
View ArticlePostdoc research fellowships
Six five-year postdoctoral research fellowshipsThe European Research Council funded projectThe Bible and Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Culture[...]Applications are encouraged with regard to any...
View ArticleHurtado on The Zealots
LARRY HURTADO has a reviewlet of the third edition of Martin Hengel's The Zealots.
View ArticlePhilly DSS exhibit, plus replicas in Colorado
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE has issued a press release about its upcoming Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition (which is moving from Discovery Times Square): Turbulent and Inspiring Period of History that Determined...
View ArticlePhil Long Reviews The Burial of Jesus
Over on his blog Reading Acts, Phil Long has posted a review of my book, The Burial of Jesus. Thanks, Phil, for taking the time to read the book and to blog about it!
View ArticleSlave burial ground excavated on St Helena
St Helena - Rupert's Valley The tiny island of St Helena, 1,000 miles off the coast of south-west Africa, is best known for being the place of Napoleon’s exile after his defeat at Waterloo in 1815...
View ArticleFriday Varia Quick Hits
It’s a grey, but clearing Friday Morning here at New Archaeology of the Mediterranean World Global Headquarters. They say that spring is right around the corner here in North Dakotaland. So it’s no...
View Articleassessing the @athenscci (ΕΒΕΑ/ΕΣΕΕ) assessment of destruction on #12fgr in...
Immediately after the 12th February protests and riots, I collected evidence of as many specific incidents of property damage/destruction as possible. Here, I want to query the standard account of the...
View ArticleSplitting Architectural Time
During the last couple of days, I've been working on an essay for Philagrafika on Patricia Gómez and María Jesús González's installation Doing Time / Depth of Surface at the Moore College of Art...
View ArticleVOA story of the Koh Ker warrior
A video story on the Koh Ker warrior that has been in the news of late. The text in the story is the transcript of the video. Koh Ker warrior, VOA 20120306 Cambodians Work to Recover Priceless...
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