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Egypt Looters Ransack Archaeological Sites
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View ArticleAPA Blog : Integrating Gendered Perspectives
and the Study of Ancient Roman Women into the Latin Classroom and Curriculum Honoring the work of Barbara McManus, College of New Rochelle Sponsored by the Department of Classics, University of...
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Excavation of Human Skeletal Remains Botched in Mexico Cave
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas apriles
ante diem v kalendas apriles 37 A.D. — arrival of Gaius (Caligula) in Rome 193 A.D. — murder of the emperor Pertinax; recognition of Didius Julianus as Augustus 364 A.D. — elevation of Valens to the...
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Do Professors Work Enough?
There is so much chatter about this article in the Washington Post over the weekend, I feel compelled to offer at least a few words. In the article David Levy argues that faculty do not work enough...
View ArticleTexas Christians raise money to pay medical bill for atheist protestor
I was impressed by this: A Texas atheist who earlier this year fought to ban religious symbols on government property in his town is reportedly “flabbergasted” that Christians have offered to help him...
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German murder mystery set in Angkor
German crime series ‘Tourists in Danger’ is currently filming an episode in Angkor, with the Bayon and Ta Nei as backdrops. Filming Tourists in Danger at Angkor, Phnom Penh Post 20120323 German...
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Bauckham: The Caiaphas Family
(Larry Hurtado) The latest issue of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (vol. 10, 2012) leads with a large article by Richard Bauckham on evidence from ossuaries and inscriptions about...
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Who needs an osteologist?
One of the stocks-in-trade over here at Powered by Osteons is featuring photographs of skeletons laid out incorrectly. Since this isn't just a one-off event, I'm going to rechristen the series with...
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El-Mag Crank Gets Galileo Argument Wrong
I got a letter with criticism from a man who believes in electromagnetic hypersensitivity and thinks I should too. Most of the letter is the Galileo argument, where the letter writer refers to an...
View ArticleFrom my diary
I’ve spent some time messing around with perl yesterday and today. I’ve been trying to find a way that I can edit a page using FrontPage — my usual HTML editor — and do footnotes inline, using...
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Re-Sculpting Our Planet: Megafaunal extinctions
Archaeologists and paleontologists examining the historical pathways of modern humans as they left Africa and colonize the remainder of the planet have discovered a disturbing combination of effects....
View ArticleFree Hip Hop Concert Tonight! [audio]
Back in January 2012, local hip hop artists visited the African, Egyptian, and Imagine Africa galleries at the Penn Museum to draw musical (and lyrical) inspiration from the African art and artifacts....
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Bryn Mawr Reviews
… I seem to have fallen behind: 2012.03.50: Heinz Heinen, Handwörterbuch der antiken Sklaverei (HAS). Lieferung I-III (2010). Forschungen zur antiken Sklaverei, Beiheft 5. 2012.03.49: Myrto...
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L’économie des bains : l’exemple d’Ostie
Conférence de Grégoire Poccardi (Maître de conférences à l’université de Lille 3) Dans le cadre de l’Atelier “Archéologie des espaces économiques” (org. G. Sanidas, A. Esposito, Chr. Aubry, univ. Lille...
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mtDNA links between Africa and Europe, old and new (Cerezo et al. 2012)
Link to open access supplementary material. Genome Research DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22052 Reconstructing ancient mitochondrial DNA links between Africa and Europe María Cerezo et al. Abstract Mitochondrial...
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A Kore Hidden in a Goat-Farm
A statue of the peplophoros type of the archaïc period (c. 520 B.C.), measuring 1.20 m, of important historical and archaeological value was discovered in the possetion of two men, on a goat-farm in...
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High mtDNA mutation rate from deep-rooted Costa Rican pedigrees
American Journal of Physical Anthropology DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22052 High mitochondrial mutation rates estimated from deep-rooting costa rican pedigrees Lorena Madrigal et al. Abstract Estimates of...
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Improved eigenanalysis with Minimum Average Partial test (Shriner 2012)
I had mentioned a previous article by the same author on the topic of how many PCA dimensions to retain. I had identified this problem in the context of my "Clusters Galore" analysis, and the topic has...
View ArticleAnything but a Fish with Love Handles Talpiot Round-Up
Here’s a round-up of the latest on the Talpiot tombs and related matters.James Tabor blogged that some seem inclined to say that the image on the ossuary is “anything but a fish.” Bob Cargill agrees....
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