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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: London Olympic Stadium holds 80,000 people. This blog was viewed about 310,000 times in 2011. If...
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Yet another Toselli Discovery
Richard Forster, the most prominent Antioch scholar between Muller and Downey, worte a small piece in the Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Volume 16 in 1901 highlighting...
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Does Looting Matter?
Those attending the AIA Conference in Philadelphia are warmly invited to attend the Roundtable Discussion Group, "Does Looting Matter?". Date: Saturday 7 January 2012. Time: 11.30 am - 1.00 pm....
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A Beautiful New Years Day to Thee
“It is Re who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. “It is Ptah who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. New Year's Jars Dynasty 26 664-525 BCE Faience Such flasks were traditionally...
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Turnabout is Fair Play
Archaeo-Blogger Paul Barford has sought to make sport of the heartfelt comments of ancient coin collectors opposed to the extension of the MOU with Cyprus. Accordingly, his own comments to CPAC deserve...
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More on the Afghan geniza report
MORE ON THE AFGHAN GENIZA REPORT:Scrolls raise questions as to Afghan Jewish historyBy GIL SHEFLER (Jerusalem Post)01/02/2012 21:49Scholar hopes findings might shed light on medieval merchants. An...
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Digital library of late-antique latin texts
DigilibLT: Biblioteca digitale di testi latini tardoantichi - Digital library of late-antique latin texts Il progetto digilibLT fornisce un canone degli autori e delle opere tardoantichi e un database...
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FELICES COMIENZOS
Ahora que empieza un nuevo año, he recordado una costumbre griega que me encanta y es la de felicitar todo tipo de comienzos.En la Grecia actual no sólo se desea un buen día al vecino y existe un tipo...
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Activity patterns of Garamantes
A different paper on cranial nonmetric traits from the same team and on the same population (Garamantes). From the current paper: The study of the activity patterns of the Garamantes, a population that...
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Relatives in HUGO Pan-Asian SNP data
I haven't used the Pan-Asian SNP data much since discovering them, because of the low number of common SNPs with all my main Illumina-based datasets, but this should be useful to anyone using this...
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My Cyprus MOU Comment: Have You Sent Yours?
.Although the State Department seems to be on a long holiday and is not posting up any new comments on the Regulations.gov website, it seems that unless there was a huge spurt over the Christmas break...
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FINALLY! STONEHENGE ANCIENT BLUESTONES MATCH OUTCROP IN WALES -- 160 MILES AWAY
Geologists announced this week: Some of the volcanic bluestones in the inner ring of Stonehenge officially match an outcrop in Wales that's 160 miles (257 kilometers) from the world-famous site. The...
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The blog Sacred Techs is now live, and will focus on the use of modern technology to study Biblical and other ancient texts. It has a corresponding podcast (also available via iTunes) as well. If you...
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Are YOU a Neandertal?
In 2010 the draft genome for Neandertals was released by Svante Pääbo and colleagues. It was reported that European and Asian populations are between 1-4% Neandertal—but what percentage Neandertal are...
View ArticleNew Boston Tea Party: MFA’s Malcolm Rogers vs. "Payment in Lieu of Taxes"
Malcolm Rogers, director, Boston Museum of Fine ArtsThere's a misleading, mistaken assumption in Judith Dobrzynski's Real Clear Arts blog yesterday that needs to be corrected. In her most recent post,...
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Hugoye call for papers
A CALL FOR PAPERS at the Hygoye list:The editors of Hugoye would like to issue a general call for papers for future volumes of Hugoye. Volume 15 (2012) is set, but there is still time to submit papers...
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Wall Mile 43
Wall Mile 43, looking towards Cockmount Hill Milestone at Cockmount Hill After Milecastle 44, the Wall turns to the south-east and begins to descend gently towards the plantation at Cockmount Hill. The...
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Hebrew papers on recent Temple Mount excavations
TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Those Hebrew conference papers on the new scientific excavations at the eastern slopes of the Temple Mount are now available online at the Temple Mount Sifting Project...
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