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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...

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CFP: 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...

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Religious 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

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Pompeji - 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...

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2012.03.14: 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....

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2012.03.15: 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.

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Press 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,...

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Jesus 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...

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Temple 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...

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Huaca 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...

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Postdoc 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...

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Hurtado on The Zealots

LARRY HURTADO has a reviewlet of the third edition of Martin Hengel's The Zealots.

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Philly 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...

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Phil 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!

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Slave 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...

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Friday 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...

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assessing 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...

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Why imposters love the church

An excellent article here.

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Splitting 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...

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VOA 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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