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Dick Stout...
.Despite certain differences of opinion, it is gratifying to be able to put on record that Dick Stout is a decent bloke. Your health Sir.
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upcoming book chat: plutarch's 'moralia'
First my apologies: I never got around to posting selections, so the last chat was poorly attended and we called it a night soon. Between sciatic pain, physical therapy, and home renovation, some...
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My days have been busy with personal business, but I did manage to get back to OCR’ing Theodoret’s Commentary on Romans. It’s rather anaemic, tho. I reached the portion where Paul advises submission...
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Hot Conversation on Jason Felch's new Wikiloot Facebook site
There is a very interesting set of discussions unfolding now on the Wikiloot Facebook group that Jason Felch has started to get input into a new project. David Gill, Fabio Isman, Stefano Allesandrini,...
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Dear fellow APA members, Hadrian's Villa, the UNESCO World Heritage Site near Tivoli, is at risk. The City of Rome is under orders from the EU to close its biggest garbage dump at a place called...
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Aoidoi: Delectus Indelectatus updated
I've added six new poemlets to the Delectus Indelectatus, a collection of Greek poets being cranky, vulgar or mean. I resisted the urge to just add the totality of Palladas' output.
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Interregnum
Interregnum is a word that refers to the period when thestate has no leader – the previous leader has died or lost an election and thenew leader has not taken office. In Roman law, interregnumwas...
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Neandertal/Denisovan admixture using PCA and ADMIXTURE (and another African...
I have repeated the previous experiment, but this time I created K=5 synthetic populations from the components inferred by ADMIXTURE in the Harvard HGDP set. At K=5, the five inferred components...
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Comment From Thinking Collector
.A collector who has his own mind sent a comment to an earlier post (since I suspect that not everybody reads the comments here), I'd like to draw attention to two portions: I let my membership in the...
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Greek Archaeologists Plead for Help to Save Historical Monuments
.Greece's archaeological service budget was reduced by 35 per cent, to 12 million euros ($16 million) in 2011 and will be cut further this year. Greek archaeologists appealed to Europeans to help...
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End of the Severans
On this day in ancient history- March 18:On this day in A.D. 235, the last of the Severan emperors was assassinated. He was Alexander Severus (r. A.D. 222-235; born 208), ...Read Full Post
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Pope Shenouda III, R.I.P.
SAD NEWS for Egyptian Copts: Egypt’s Coptic Pope Shenouda III dies at 88 years old (AP). He led them through many difficult times, not least during the past year.
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2012.03.29: Vom Melos zum Stichos: il verso melico greco nella filologia...
Review of Andrea Tessier, Vom Melos zum Stichos: il verso melico greco nella filologia tedesca d'inizio Ottocento. Trieste: 2011. Pp. 157. €14.00 (pb). ISBN 9788883033056.
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Mysticism and the senses
JARED CALAWAY at Antiquitopia: God and the Senses (1): Acts of Thomas. All five senses are important in mystical visions; a point worthy of further exploration.
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AIA take on what happened at the CPAC meeting
.Christina Luke and numismatist Jane Evans have published an account on the 'CPAC Public Hearing January 18, 2012' (March 9, 2012). This concentrates mainly on the US-Cyprus MoU. Over a dozen experts –...
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Online journal on Classical and Byzantine studies
AWOL: Open Access Journal: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies.GRBS is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to the culture and history of Greece from Antiquity to the Renaissance, featuring...
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Footnote director interviewed again
JOSEPH CEDAR is interviewed about his film Footnote by Angela Dawson for The Examiner: Cedar's Film is More Than a 'Footnote' to the Talmud. Excerpt:Q: These men are caught up in their academic study,...
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Focus on "Metal Detecting": Bitter and Stout (1)
.Texas metal detectorist Dick Stout over on his own blog comments on 'Portable Antiquities Collecting and Heritage Issues' ('Paul Barford...One Bitter Individual', Stout Standards March 14, 2012)....
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Focus on Metal Detecting: Bitter and Stout (2)
.Texas detectorist Dick Stout persists in not understanding what this blog is about. He challenges his readers "see if you are able to find one post where Mr. Barford does not refer to us as something...
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Roman glass informs radioactive future
Vitrification technology -- immobilizing material in glass. Image courtesy of PNNL A new investment at the Department of Energy’s EMSL is now being used in an international effort to study...
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