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CPAC To Meet
The Federal Register reports that the Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet to discuss renewals of current MOU's with Guatemala and Mali, and to conduct further discussion in secret about a...
View ArticleThe Meaning and Purpose of Life – or Swill Stroganoff?
Steve Douglas shared this clip of Pigs in Space. It had been way too long since I had seen any of these.Click here to view the embedded video.
View ArticleEusebius of Emesa, Commentary on Genesis, reviewed at Bryn Mawr
A correspondent writes to tell me about a new publication, the Commentary on Genesis by Eusebius of Emesa. It’s reviewed by Mark DelCogliano at Bryn Mawr here. The present volume reassembles the four...
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Further information on accessing the library during the Olympics
Image via Flickr user Peter Schauer As Russell Square will be made into the Media Transport Hub for the Olympics, there will be some access restrictions throughout July and August. Half of the square...
View ArticleOpen Context Data in GitHub
We’ve recently completed exporting the majority of the data from Open Context to GitHub. For most data in Open Context, we link directly into the GitHub repository where the version history of the XML...
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How Would You Say It in Latin?
© NYPL Digital Gallery Ever since finishing Master and God, which comes out in the UK this week (on the Ides of March), I have been thinking about the footwear and feet of a soldier. (You'll have to...
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Daylight Savings Time Viewed From Above
Via 9laughs.com, which has a whole selection of cartoons specifically for those still feeling the effects of losing an hour.
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Networks from artefacts …and a way to reanimate the same
[below is the draft text of a talk I will be delivering on March 16th, 2012, at Dumbarton Oaks. Usual caveats apply. If you spot anything odd, please let me know.] Networks from Artefacts Trevor...
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The Tenure System Protects Predatory Behaviour Against Students
Kate Clancy has raised the very important issue of sexual harassment of female anthropologists (seems to be archaeology mainly) students in both the field and in class by professors....
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New Digital Publication from ISAW: AMHEIDA I: OSTRAKA FROM TRIMITHIS VOLUME 1...
AMHEIDA I:OSTRAKA FROM TRIMITHISVOLUME 1Texts from the 2004–2007 SeasonsbyRoger S. Bagnall and Giovanni R. Ruffiniwith contributions byRaffaella Cribiore and Günter Vittmann© Roger S. Bagnall and...
View ArticleAPA Blog : Support for National Endowment for the Humanities
The APA is a member of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), a consortium of organizations concerned about funding and policies that affect the humanities in the United States. The NHA has sent us...
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The writing on the wall: Symbols from the Palaeolithic
Ideographs. By Hugo Obermaier (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons In 2009, a ground-breaking study by Genevieve von Petzinger revealed that dots, lines and other geometric signs found in prehistoric...
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Words With Spouse
Rumors are circulating that Zynga is planning on releasing a new game, “Words With Spouse,” which will allow married couples to enjoy a version of the popular game “Words With Friends.”Until now,...
View ArticleCan A Writing System Influence Meaning?
I’ve noted before that cuneiform writing sometimes influenced, in surprising ways, how ancient scholars saw meaning in their language. But does our use of a QWERTY keyboard also subtly influence the...
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A lawyer, a shrink & a Men of the cloth
They all get confidentially with people, and that's what we need with www.LootBusters.com ...Although many amazing lawyers have provided a wealth of advice, joining a firm does not appeal to me....
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Monuments have no voice. They must have yours!
Source: Association of Greek ArchaeologistsINVITATION TO PRESS CONFERENCE, INTERNATIONAL APPEAL SUPPORT GREEK CULTURAL HERITAGE, WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH 2012 AT 13.30PM Athens, 12/03/2012 Invitation...
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Issue 11 of Rosetta: Papers of the Institute of Archaeology and...
Issue 11 of Rosetta: Papers of the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity is Open Access http://www.rosetta.bham.ac.uk/
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Massive looting at El Hibeh, Egypt
A looted mummy pulled from a tomb. Image: provided by Dr. Carol Redmount El Hibeh archaeological site on the east bank of the Nile lies in a particularly impoverished area of Egypt, three hour’s drive...
View ArticleGoshen Commotion: Local Preservationists Rally to Save Endangered Paul...
The Sublime to the Ridiculous: Orange County's Paul Rudolph building and the "Proposed Concept Building Design" for its replacementChris Mckenna of the the Times Record-Herald, the go-to person for...
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