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Minufiyeh update - inspecting drill core samples
EES Minufiyeh Survey (Joanne Rowland)On Saturday we welcomed Angus Graham to the site for the first time and gave him a tour around before he started work on the drill core samples. As mentioned on...
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New Book: From the Ptolemies to the Romans Political and Economic Change in...
What's New in PapyrologyA. Monson, From the Ptolemies to the Romans Political and Economic Change in EgyptFrom the Ptolemies to the Romans. Political and Economic Change in EgyptAndrew Monson, New York...
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Arqueólogos españoles rescatan del olvido la figura del Visir egipcio...
Cadena SER Madrid Sur With video interview. I may translate later if I get some time, but the subject matter is the vizier Amen-Hotep Huy, who held office under the reign of Amenhotep III. The...
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Book Review: Egypte, Grèce, Rome: les différents visages des femmes antiques
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Carlos Sánchez-Moreno Ellart)Florence Bertholet, Anne Bielman Sanchez, Regula Frei-Stolba (ed.), Egypte, Grèce, Rome: les différents visages des femmes antiques:...
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New tech to reveal old secrets
In the news recently there have been a flurry of mortuary related articles discussing the application of new technology. What we can learn from bones and artifacts changes drastically over time as...
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Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
The episode The Ice Warriors from the Patrick Troughton era is particularly interesting to watch today, because it is set in a time in Earth’s future when humanity faces a crisis as a result of...
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Teaching Thursday: MOOCs and Collaborative Writing
There has been a ton of buzz lately about Udacity. Udacity is a company developed by Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig two other robicists, David Stavins and Mike Sokolsky. They...
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xii kalendas apriles
ante diem xii kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 21) Quinquatrus continues (day 3) — originally a one-day festival with rites in honour of Minerva, by Ovid’s day it had been increased to...
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Article: Sant’Antonio Abate (Na). Rivive la villa romana di località Casa...
From ArcheoRivista:Sant’Antonio Abate (Na). Rivive la villa romana di località Casa Salese Tra la primavera e l’estate del 1974, fu intercettata ed esplorata solo in parte per la presenza di terreni...
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Self-Referential Ethan Miller
I've been following Californian rock singer and guitarist Ethan Miller off and on since Comets on Fire's 2002 album Field Recordings from the Sun. I love his singing and psychedelic song writing. And...
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Darth Vader Reading The Only True God
I am grateful to Keika, a regular reader of and commenter on this blog, for sharing a photo of Darth Vader reading what apparently is one of his favorite books. I’m honored, both by the sharing of the...
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New USM archaeology website
The website of the Centre for Global Archaeology Research at Universiti Sains Malaysia has been given a revamp. Check out it out here. 5.361919015164175 100.3062764973755
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A Glossary of Old Syrian [GlOS], I
A Glossary of Old Syrian [GlOS], I. Mapping of C1:ʔ BasesaJoaquín SanmartínIPOA, Universidad de Barcelona„Old Syrian‟ is the linguistic continuum of local dialects spoken in both the Syrian-Levantine...
View ArticleSupport CultureGrrl: Buy My Book, "The Complete Guide to Collecting Art"
Yesterday, in my post about the latest skirmish in the cultural-property wars, I reproduced a passage from my book, The Complete Guide to Collecting Art (Knopf, 1982), which contained some revealing...
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PLA Poly's Long March to NY
This invitation was forwarded to me:You are cordially invited to join us in celebrating the opening ofPoly International Auction’s New York OfficeMonday, March 19th, 20124:30 - 6:30 pmatThe Harvard...
View ArticleAPA Blog : Site: The Classical Reception Studies Network
The Classical Reception Studies Network was formed in early 2004 as a collaboration between six universities with research specialisms in various aspects of Classical Reception Studies. The aims of...
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Skulls on stakes in Sweden date to the Mesolithic
Archaeologists at work at Kanaljorden, Motala. Image: Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård Archaeological excavations in 2009–2011 at Kanaljorden in the town of Motala, Östergötland in central Sweden unearthed a...
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Moebius – A Sketch What the shales have taught us The Jimmy McNulty Gambit This American Lie How One Response to a Reddit Query Became a Big Budget Flick Shelf Life Confessions of an Opium-Seeker Out...
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News article: Pompei: Soprintendenza, biblioteca aperta e funzionante
Good news from La Repubblica: Pompei: Soprintendenza, biblioteca aperta e funzionante Pompei, 22 mar. (Adnkronos) - La biblioteca di Pompei non e' chiusa. Lo afferma la Soprintendenza Speciale per i...
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