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Auerberg

March 26, 2012, 7:27 am

Über den Auerberg, dessen Erforschung und Erschließung für interessiertes Publikum schreibt Merkur-Online. Auf der Internetseite des Auerbergmuseums findet sich auch ein Bericht von G. Ulbert über die...

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BlogBack: David Ross Applauds Elderfield’s Move to Gagosian

March 26, 2012, 7:53 am

David RossDavid Ross, chair of MFA Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and former director of the Boston ICA, Whitney Museum and SFMOMA, responds to Say it ain't so, John! Elderfield...

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Marine Isotope Stages

March 26, 2012, 8:18 am

I must admit that the article I wrote today comes out of my frustration about a piece of jargon that shows up in archaeological literature these days: the practice of referring to marine isotope stages...

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Sorry, I thought you were Muslim…

March 26, 2012, 8:47 am

This image has some quirks in its English – it was clearly created by a non-native speaker. But I think it does a decent job of highlighting a double standard people in the United States and Europe...

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Consommer dans les campagnes de la Gaule romaine

March 26, 2012, 8:56 am

4, 5 et 6 avril 2012 : Xe Congrès de l’Association Ager à Lille 3 Le congrès 2012 de l’Association d’étude du monde rural gallo-romain (Ager) se tient à l’université Lille 3 sous la coordination...

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Ancient Literacy and Graffiti

March 26, 2012, 8:59 am

(Larry Hurtado) One of the big issues in debate in recent scholarship on the ancient Roman world is the extent, nature and uses of literacy. Everyone agrees, it seems, that a majority of people of...

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas apriles

March 26, 2012, 9:21 am

ante diem vii kalendas apriles 1546 — death of Thomas Elyot (compiler of the first major (?) Latin-English dictionary) 1859 — birth of A.E. Housman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Image request

March 26, 2012, 9:24 am

A quick image request: I am looking for images of reconstructions of domestic interiors, ones which include wall paintings, but also furniture and, if at all possible, lighting.These images don't have...

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New Cookbook: from Stone Age to Vikings

March 26, 2012, 9:42 am

Prehistoric Diet. Image: Hans Splinter (Flickr, used under a CC BY-ND 3.0) By: Jeppe Wojcik, ScienceNordic Raw food. New Nordic food. Stone Age food. Today’s hottest culinary trends are inspired by the...

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d.m. Ross Kilpatrick

March 26, 2012, 10:25 am

From the Globe and Mail: Slide a garland across his crown, fluff up his hair a bit and stare boldly into his bold blue eyes. You’d swear Ross Kilpatrick was a Roman lyric poet circa 30 BC, but then...

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