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Rome and the Visigoths – Allies against the Huns
As I frequently note, real history is more interesting thanfiction so you’re better off with reality than a made up version. As this post willshow, you can’t make this stuff up.In the last post we...
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A rare look at the Y chromosomes of Afghanistan
I often bemoan the fact that some of the regions of the world that are most interesting to the student of prehistory (e.g., Mesopotamia and the Iranian Plateau) seem to also be the ones with more than...
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New Çatalhöyük Archive Report is out. Open Access (free to view...
New Çatalhöyük Archive Report is out. Open Access (free to view and download) http://www.catalhoyuk.com/archive_reports/
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Archaeological Blather Obscures Rational Approaches to Metal Detectors
The archaeological blogosphere has been filled with rather colorful denunciations of metal detecting in response to popular TV shows about the practice in both the US and the UK.Though metal detecting...
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Temples of the Bosporan Kingdom (In Russin)
ХРАМЫ И СВЯТИЛИЩА АНТИЧНОГО БОСПОРАПроект ориентирован на информационное обеспечение археологических исследований с применением новых информационных технологий. Работы проводятся при поддержке гранта...
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Open Access Journal: Çatalhöyük Archive Report
[First posted in AWOL 21 January 2010. Updated 28 March 2012]Çatalhöyük Archive Report Renewed work at the site began in 1993. Both the '93 and '94 seasons concentrated on surface survey and surface...
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Open Access Journal: Çatal Newsletters
Çatal Newsletters The Project issues annual Newslettters which are designed for the Friends of Çatalhöyük and aim to keep the Friends and inerested parties informed of the activities of the Project...
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Old shadow play puppets returned to Thailand
An American couple have donated a set of shadow play puppet skins to Thailand, thought to be at least 100 years old. Shadow play skins, The Nation 20120327 Shadow play treasures return to Thailand The...
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News from the Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)
The Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) was listed in AWOL 19 January 2012. It has recently been updated as indicated below [and see: See new texts since former update (July 2010)]:The Database of...
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Open Access Journal: Republics of Letters
[First posted in AWOL 18 December 2009. Updated 29 March 2012] Republics of LettersISSN 2159-1873 Republics of Letters is a peer-reviewed, digital journal dedicated to the study of knowledge, politics,...
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Formatting Poetry, v.2
I’ve worked out a new working standard for marking up verse through ordered lists in HTML using CSS. Special thanks go to Alun Salt for sharing my Google+ post on the subject and Markos Giannopoulos...
View ArticleGiuseppe Marcellino (ed.), Favonii Eulogii Disputatio de Somnio Scipionis
Giuseppe Marcellino (ed.), Favonii Eulogii Disputatio de Somnio Scipionis, Naples, 2012. Éditeur : M. D'AuriaCollection : Studi e Testi146 pagesISBN : 9788870923339 Nuova edizione critica con...
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Murder in the Agora: Presentation by Dr. Maria Liston
“For all the beauty and wonder of archaeology and the ancient world, there are dark undercurrents and real people who died”. Today , Dr. Maria Liston was visiting Michigan State University as part of...
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Sortes Virgilianae -- and the future of the book
Until last night, I had never experimented with the sortes Virgilianae. It's that do-it-yourself form of fortune-telling which involves opening a text of Virgil at random, plunging your finger in, and...
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India’s replica Angkor Wat, not just bigger, but much bigger
Some more news about the Bihar Angkor Wat that will probably unsettle many Cambodians, the Bihar Mahavir Mandir Trust, which is overseeing the project announced that the temple will be increased from...
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Leprosy in an Imperial Roman Child
There's an interesting article that's just been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology on possible leprosy in a 4- to 5-year-old child from the Imperial-era Roman...
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Administrative Note
AWOL has been experiencing some difficulties with its feed since Wednesday. I'm working on it. Apologies for any inconvenience.-CJ-
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Wisdom and Wonder by Abraham Kuyper
I am grateful to Patheos for giving me the opportunity to participate in the Patheos Book Club discussion of the translation of Abraham Kuyper’s book, released under the English title Wisdom &...
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Win a Free Copy of Abraham Kuyper, Wisdom and Wonder!
Patheos, in addition to hosting a book club discussion of the new translation of Abraham Kuyper’s treatment of science and art and their relation to Christianity, published under the title Wisdom &...
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“End to Antiquities Trafficking” Exhibition - Archaeological Museum of...
.In April, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki will host a temporary exhibition, open until September, entitled “End to Antiquities Trafficking”. The exhibition will highlight the sensitive issue...
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