Translating (Away) The Son of God
I’ve been meaning for some time to come back to a topic that has been garnering attention, the news that some Bible translations aimed at predominantly Islamic contexts were not using the phrase “son...
View ArticleThe Germans – Rome Greatest Adversary
The German people of antiquity stand out as Rome’s greatestadversary. Caesar never tried to conquer them, content to have them on theother side of the Rhine from his Gaul. Augustus designed a boundary...
View ArticleNovenson’s New Book on Paul
(Larry Hurtado): Our new colleague, Dr. Matt Novenson, has just shown me the author’s copy of his first book, which looks like a noteworthy contribution to our understanding of Paul: Matthew V....
View ArticleTechnical and legal issues related to apps and widgets
I said in my last post that I'd report on technical and legal issues raised by repsondents to our questionnaire. I'm going to delay reporting on requirements for apps because I've still got a couple...
View Article3,000-year-old logboat goes on show
A Bronze Age logboat, rescued from the River Tay (Scotland) 6 years ago, is about to go on show to the public. Originally identified over 11 years ago, the 'Carpow'...
View ArticleEvidence of early human activity in Ohio
A combined team of researchers from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the National Park Service and the University of Manitoba (USA) have been examining the boners of an early...
View ArticleThis Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii idus martias
ante diem vii idus martias Festival of Mars (day 9) which included another procession of the Salian priests around the city 320 A.D. — martyrdom of Candidus and the other “Forty Armenian Martyrs”
View ArticleOpen Access (limited time) Issue of NEA examining the hypothesis that a...
Announced yesterday on the ASOR BlogASOR is pleased to announce that it has made an issue of Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA 69:3/4 [2006]) available for free on JSTOR for the next month. This issue of...
View Article4e réunion d’étape du projet PRISME (Ampurias, 13/03/2012)
4e réunion du projet PRISME Date : Mardi 13 mars 2012, 12h30-13h30 Lieu : Ampurias 4° reunión del proyecto PRISME Fecha: Martes 13 de marzo 2012, 12h30-13h30 Lugar: Ampurias 4° reunió del projecte...
View ArticlePreservationist Alert: Important Paul Rudolph Building in Goshen May Be...
Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center, Goshen, completed in 1970It's on the World Monuments Fund's 2012 Watch List of endangered cultural-heritage sites.But what the WMF may soon "watch" is...
View ArticleAPA Blog : Be Counted As We Near the Gateway Campaign Deadline
Our tireless Gateway Campaign Committee is leading the APA down the home stretch as we approach our July 31st deadline for completing our NEH Challenge Grant match. Nearly 1,000 APA members and...
View ArticleNew York, 12th March - Display of the project plan for a new park north of...
Sorry for the short notice, next Monday, the 12th of March, at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center in New York (7.30pm) the Mayor of Pompeii Claudio D'Alessio will illustrate the preliminary...
View ArticleSEEING BENEATH STONEHENGE--TWO NEW 21ST CENTURY INVENTIONS HELP US UNDERSTAND...
I found this rather confusing when I went to these sites but possibly some of you may enjoy it:Two new 21st Century inventions are helping us to understand and visit the wonders of Stonehenge from the...
View ArticleJournée d’étude “Dépôts domestiques et rôle de la faune dans les pratiques...
Programa Reunió EMPÚRIES, 12-13 març 2012 Programme Réunion AMPURIAS, 12-13 mars 2012 Els dipòsits domèstics i el paper de la fauna en les pràctiques rituals Dépôts domestiques et rôle de la faune dans...
View ArticleNews article: Pompeii's baths show that the Romans were obsessive gym bunnies
Oh, the headline of the year! And in The Telegraph too! Amazing.Pompeii's baths show that the Romans were obsessive gym bunnies After three years, the Stabian Baths in Pompeii were reopened to the...
View ArticleMarch Fellowship Madness Update!
We’re a week and a half into March Fellowship Madness and we’re making great progress! So far 39 generous donors have given a total of $5,055 for fellowships! We have raised money for 5 additional...
View ArticleBlogging In Munich
Greetings from an hotel room in Munich. I cant not blog from here: I was hear to talk about this very blog at Weblogs in den Geisteswissenschaften at Die Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften,...
View ArticleReports of Looting in El Hibeh
Update: Excavator of the site Carol Redmount is posting to a newly founded Facebook group ‘Save El Hibeh Egypt’ This Egyptian news video (click here to view) reports on looting in El Hibeh....
View Article2008 Issue of Utah Archaeology Now Open...
2008 Issue of Utah Archaeology Now Open Access...
View ArticleNews Flash: Hispanic Societys Collection of 37,895 Spanish Coins Finds...
15th-century Fifty Excelentes, struck under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, perhaps the most important coin in the Hispanic Society of America's trove, sold through Sotheby'sThis just in from...
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