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Why Be an Atheist Rather Than a Pantheist?
I keep coming back to this question. Richard Dawkins, in his book The God Delusion, says that pantheism is just “sexed-up atheism” (p.40).I have never been able to grasp why someone who believes this...
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Nuns and Princesses (Middle Saxon Edition)
Catching up with reading recent archaeology news, I am coming late to the Cambridge Archaeological Unit’s report that they titled Mystery of Anglo-Saxon teen buried in bed with gold cross. Great...
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Issue 21 of Post Hole is Out and Open...
Issue 21 of Post Hole is Out and Open Access http://www.theposthole.org/read/issue/21/
View ArticleBibliothèques de la France du Nord ...
Titre: Bibliothèques de la France du Nord ...Lieu: Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne / ParisCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 22.03.2012Heure: 17.00 h - 19.00 hDescription: Information...
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Dammit, Jim, I’m the Doctor
In thinking about a talk I’m going to be giving on religion and sci-fi, in which I’m planning on comparing the treatment of religion in Star Trek and Doctor Who, I found myself brainstorming about...
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Harvard Protects its Own?
This is how the AIA has described the public testimony of Prof. Carmen Arnold-Biucchi of Harvard at January's CPAC meeting:"Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, representing the Harvard Art Museums, noted that she...
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Selective Memory
Months after the fact, the AIA has produced this highly selective and rather condescending account of what happened at the CPAC meeting to discuss the renewal of the current MOU with Cyprus....
View ArticleBlogBack: More on Romney’s Proposed Cultural Cuts (including PBS)
Margy Waller, and arts researcher and advisor who was a senior White House advisor on domestic policy under President Clinton, responds to Mitt Snit: Romney Would Ax National Endowments for the Arts...
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de Chelly
de Chelly is showing at Wide Open 3 in Brooklyn. The show opens today, so if you’re in the NYC area and want to see some interesting art, I think there’s a lot of nice work in this show. About 130...
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de Chelly
de Chelly is showing at Wide Open 3 in Brooklyn. The show opens today, so if you’re in the NYC area and want to see some interesting art, I think there’s a lot of nice work in this show. About 130...
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Egypt: Minister of Antiquities Discusses Looting on TV
.The Egyptian Minister of antiquities appeared on TV to discuss the looting that is taking place there with the breakdown of law and order in the provinces. There is a rough translation here. Here is a...
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Looting at El Hibeh, Update
.News from El Hibeh in Egypt is not good. The active destruction of the site continues. It would seem that it is being done by invisible men which the police cannot quite seem to see at work. An...
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#59 Valentinian II: Emperors of Rome
Emperors of Rome continues with Valentinian II, the younger son of Valentinian who was marginalised after the death of his brother and committed suicide. Download #59 Valentinian II
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German archaeologists refute allegations of looting Nok culture in Nigeria
In my last post, I queried recent claims of German archaeologists looting Nigerian archaeological sites. One of those archaeologists, Prof. Peter Breunig, was kind enough to send me their letter to the...
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Dealers Eyeing Syrian Antiquities
.A “Le Patrimoine Archéologique Syrien en Danger [الآثار السورية في خطر]” Facebook page has been set up and has leaked a copy of a letter sent from Syrian Prime Minister Adel Safar to the ministers of...
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Le Patrimoine Archéologique Syrien en Danger
.Link to a Facebook group created 26th July 2011 with some informative material on the threat to Syrian archaeological heritage during the present crisis: “Le Patrimoine Archéologique Syrien en Danger...
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Broomcorn Millet and the Origins of Farming
Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) was domesticated in China, at least 1000 years before it became a substantial portion of the Middle Neolithic Yangshao diet. Read Full Post
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XX Giornata FAI di Primavera - open archaeological sites in Campania
Next weekend (24-25 March), the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) will open 670 heritage sites in Italy; this is a great occasion to visit archaeological sites which are usually closed to the public. A...
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Another Footnote review
FOOTNOTE is still getting a lot of reviews. This one is from HollywoodChicago.com:‘Footnote’ Deserves Prominence as Great StorytellingSubmitted by PatrickMcD on March 16, 2012 -...
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ANOTHER DRAMA INVOLVING THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF THE TALMUD, only this one is in real life:New Bar-Ilan Talmud program was not approved, says Israeli higher education bodyCouncil for Higher Education in...
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