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Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean Podcast
Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean Podcast The Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast (by Philip A. Harland, York University) explores social and religious life in the Greco-Roman world,...
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Los monumentos no tienen voz, préstales la tuya
Con este lema la Asociación de Arqueólogos Griegos ha lanzado una campaña contra los recortes en el terreno cultural provocados por las exigencias del Fondo Monetario Internacional, que están poniendo...
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A US "Coin Elf Law" in the Offing?
.There are strange rumours floating around the portable antiquities blogosphere. I have heard it alleged that the dealers' lobby group, the ACCG had been discovered lobbying a congressman to introduce...
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Lebanon gives back 78 stolen relics to Iraq
.On Saturday, in a ceremony held for the occasion at Beirut's National Museum, the Lebanese government returned 78 confiscated Mesopotamian artefacts smuggled into Lebanon from Iraq. The usual speeches...
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What do you do when you leave the PAS?
.Something I spotted in the news made me realise that many of the PAS staff whose names were familiar from various matters on their (now defunct) forum and requests for information are no longer with...
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Metal Detectorist Engaged in "Heartbreaking Destruction" of Civil War Site
.An unemployed Virginia metal detectorist was convicted on Wednesday of taking more than 9,000 artifacts from the (Civil War period) Petersburg National Battlefield. They included bullets, buckles,...
View ArticleTalpiot Photos and a Video that may Change your Perspective
A round up of the latest blogging on the Talpiot tombs and James ossuary.James Tabor has provided more photos of the most discussed inscription from Talpiot tomb B. He also offers additional photos of...
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Building a medieval monastery the old-fashioned way
From Spiegel: What did a medieval stonemason do when heavy rainfall interrupted his work? Umbrellas are impractical at construction sites. Gore-Tex jackets weren’t yet invented, nor were plastic rain...
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Trabalhos de Arqueologia 51 - O concheiro de Toledo no contexto...
Trabalhos de Arqueologia 51 - O concheiro de Toledo no contexto do Mesolítico Inicial do litoral da Estremadura Archaeological Work 51 - in the context of the Mesolithic (Open Access)...
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damage to political, and politicised, buildings in Greece on 24th March 2012
Kathimerini has reported ‘minor damage’ to the Information Society Department of the Interior Ministry in Athens; unknown persons exploded camping gas canisters outside the building early in the...
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Open Access Journal: Biblical Research Bulletin: The Academic Journal of...
Biblical Research Bulletin: The Academic Journal of Trinity Southwest UniversityISSN 1938-694XWelcome...to the Biblical Research Bulletin. BRB is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Trinity...
View ArticleLearning, the unending battle against paradox
I use my own personal models in order to understand things rather than merely adopting the exact model of another (ie. blind rote learning). I believe it's only by allowing oneself to freely explore...
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Augustin d'Hippone, Les commentaires des Psaumes, Ps 26-31
Augustin d'Hippone, Les commentaires des Psaumes, Ps 26-31, sous la direction de M. Dulaey, avec I. Bochet, A.-I. Bouton-Touboulic, P.-M. Hombert et E. Rebillard, Turnhout, 2012. Éditeur :...
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Alcohol abuse, the imperfect subjunctive and a sense of history
One of the advantages of giving up alcohol for Lent is that is gives you carte blanche to sound off about the government's fixation with the demon drink, without feeling that you are being merely...
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Reviving the pottery industry in Nakhon Ratchasima
A feature on the revived pottery industry in Nakhon Ratchasima province in Northeast Thailand, where a centuries-old pottery tradition is being adapted to new products and tastes. Thai potters work to...
View ArticleMelammu, the Mandaeans and other Mesopotamians
Charles Jones posted at Ancient World Online about the Melammu project, which has a digital library dedicated to “The Intellectual Heritage of Assyria and Babylonia in East and West.”The site contains...
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On Homer the Classic
Nagy, Gregory, Homer the Classic.This 2008 "born digital" text is an online edition of a 2009 work published by the Trustees for Harvard University. Copyright, Center for Hellenic Studies. The 2009...
View ArticleMythicism and James the Brother of the Lord (A Reply to Richard Carrier)
Richard Carrier has a lengthy response to my response to his response to Bart Ehrman’s Huffington Post piece on mythicism and why it is viewed as bunk by historians and other scholars.Let me tackle one...
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The AAN has repeated its allegations of Frankfurt archaeologists looting in...
I have the AAN’s response to the Frankfurt archaeologists’ defence. Recently, the President of the Archaeological Association of Nigeria, Dr. Zacharys Anger Gundu, accused German archaeologists of...
View ArticleConference Announcement: “Aspects of Ancient Greek Cult II”
Aspects of Ancient Greek Cult II: Architecture – Context – Music An International Colloquium in Honor of Erik Hansen 4-6 May 2012, Copenhagen Abstracts and other information can be found here:...
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