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Mary Beard: Mistaken Identities: How to Identify a Roman Emperor
Not sure how I missed this one … Mary Beard talks at Stanford on the difficulties identifying the subjects of Roman sculptures and the cultural implications thereof: cf: Caesar in the Rhone...
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A visit to National Trust fake kitchens
We loaded up a few students and motored off to Ickworth this afternoon -- a National Trust property in Suffolk, where we intended to do some country-house creeping and to have a look at the late...
View ArticleWanna See Matisse’s "Dance" Mural Installed at the Philly Barnes?
Now, alas, you can. The video below will also give you a glimpse of what the main gallery will look like in the new Barnes Foundation, which opens to the public on May 19, after it completes the move...
View ArticleWatch Some Joker Take Plastic Weapons Through Security At The Wailing Wall
Click here to view the embedded video.It’s exactly what I said it was, but not what you expected, right?HT IO9
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Patrimoine archéologique en danger
Actualité de l’Antiquité / 10. Le patrimoine est en danger. Crise économique, troubles, guerres, négligences : petit tour d’un sombre horizon. Des « trésors » convoités Des trésors, « il n’y en a pas...
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Open Access Journals: Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary...
[Originally posted 9/21/09. Updated 3/11/2012]Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary ArchaeologyISSN 1824-1670JIIA 'Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology' è una testata...
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M. Teeuwen et S. O'Sullivan (éd.), Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus...
Mariken Teeuwen et Sinéad O'Sullivan (éd.), Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus Capella. Ninth-Century Commentary Traditions on 'De nuptiis' in Context, Turnhout, 2012. Éditeur : BrepolsCollection :...
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Church bells returned to the Philippines
A pair of church bells, war booty from the Philippine-American war at the turn of the 20th century, have finally been returned to the Philippines. Meycauyan Bells, Philippine Inquirer 20120309 2 church...
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Muaro Jambi complex at risk from development
The Muaro Jambi complex is a cluster of Buddhist ruins dating to the 7th century, a major site of Buddhist scholarship in its day. Today, the surrounding region is being developed for heavy industry...
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Dorothy J. Thompson, Memphis Under the Ptolemies (2nd edition)
Memphis Under the Ptolemies(Second Edition)Dorothy J. ThompsonDrawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life...
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Talpiot Tombs Latest Round-Up (with fish handles)
Here’s a round-up of posts on the Talpiot tombs that have appeared since my last round-up:The Jesus Discovery web site now seems to be working, and has press releases, photos, and other interesting...
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Fred Clark Highlights the Ridiculousness of Left Behind
Fred Clark has been blogging about the Left Behind books and movies, lately focusing on the second movie, Left Behind II: Tribulation Force. His comment about Rabbi Tsion Ben-Judah’s “research” which...
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Doctor Who: Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe
The fourth and final section of “The Trial of a Time Lord,” encompassing the last two parts, is known as “The Ultimate Foe.” . In it, the Master appears as a sort of diabolus ex machina, not to reveal...
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Facebook: Save El Hibeh Egypt
.. .A few days ago I expressed caution about unconfirmed reports that appeared about looting and destruction at El Hibeh in Egypt. A Facebook page has been set up by American archaeologists which...
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My Son Sanctuary facing pressure from increased visitor numbers
In the last 12 years visitors to the My Son Sanctuary have increased tenfold, adding a tremendous strain from the increased tourist numbers. The pressure is compounded by the fact that most tourists...
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John Winter has Problems with US Metal Detectorist
.John Winter ('Why we Should Hug and Kiss the Yanks', March 10th) is discovering that the fellowship of detectorists is not so strong when stereotypical redneck nationalism intrudes. Who said artefact...
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Egypt: Excavations Suspended at Some Sites to Allow Robbing to go on?
.This undated letter to foreign archaeologists is from the website of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities: The SCA are not intended to stop any excavation work in Egypt, except for some sites...
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Moving house
I am in the middle of moving house. Emperors of Rome will return on March 19 with Valentinian II.
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CFP: International Workshop Roman Sarcophagi, University of...
Source: Rogueclassicism.The Department of Archaeology & Numismatics of theUniversalmnuseum Joanneum and the Institute of Archaeology of the University ofGraz will host a conference on Roman...
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