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More Stolen Antiquities on Show in US
.If Zahi Hawass is found guilty of allowing illegal movement of antiquities out of Egypt for exhibitions in the US and Australia, it follows that the organizations currently in custody of such objects...
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Public Forum: The Cost and Value of Heritage in Singapore: The Belitung...
The Singapore Heritage Society is organising a public forum on April 14 to discuss several heritage-related issues that have become hot topics over the past few months – the partial destruction of a...
View ArticleApril Theme: Fakes, Looting, and Artifacts Lacking Context
The ASOR Blog (asorblog.org) is pleased to announce a new “theme” for the month of April—Unprovenanced Artifacts and Possible Forgeries. The ASOR Blog will continue to post other items of interest that...
View ArticleKorngold – Passover Psalm
Click here to view the embedded video.Erich Wolfgang Korngold is one of my favorite composers. Here is a piece that is rare inasmuch as he wrote little choral music and little religious music: his...
View ArticleThe Hebrew Scriptures in Judaism and Christianity
A free course taught by Shaye Cohen. Here’s the description: In 70CE the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem. Second Temple Judaism, whose worship consisted of animal sacrifice permitted by...
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DNA reveals that cows were almost impossible to domesticate
http://m.io9.com/5897169/dna-reveals-that-cows-were-almost-impossible-to-domesticateNot Egypt as such but very interesting, as is the date of domestication, and unless cattle were shipped by sea,...
View ArticleRepose for the Mummy: St. Louis Art Museum Wins Ka-Nefer-Nefer Court Case
Mummy Mask of the Lady Ka-nefer-nefer, Egyptian, Dynasty 19 (1295-1186 BC), St. Louis Art MuseumU.S. District Court Judge Henry Autry has just dealt the U.S. Government a serious blow [via] in its...
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Realistic Biblical Precious Moments
Rachel Held Evans shared these on her blog. The graphic details of the Bible meet the cute figurines that have become so famous…And let’s not forget the Precious Moments Akedah which I’ve shared here...
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Bones - Season 7, Episode 7 (Review)
Welcome back, everyone! Season 7 of Bones has returned following Emily Deschanel's real-life maternity leave. She's noticeably fake-pregnant in this episode, and the birth scene is utterly...
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Papers on Coins and the Balkan Armies
Last September I visited Rumania and participated in a conference on The Book. Our panel presented papers on the Balkan armies and coins, most of them in relation to Rumania. If you wantto watch any of...
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Forfeiture Claim on Ka Nefer Nefer Mask Dismissed?
.This is like a bad dream. Peter Tompa is gleefully reporting (no link given, Google search at present fails to locate the document he quotes - where does this come from?) that a US District Court has...
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"Repose for the Mummy"?
.CultureGrrl Lee Rosenbaum has a brief piece on the Ka Nefer Nefer fiasco. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Autry has just dealt the U.S. Government a serious blow in its increasingly aggressive legal...
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Gove's "new" A' level scheme?
Now we shouldn't make too much of this as yet. So far, all that's happened is that Michael Gove has sent a letter to "Ofqual" suggesting (according to the reports) that Russell Group Universities...
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Biblical Studies Carnival
THE MARCH (OR IS IT APRIL?) BIBLICAL STUDIES CARNIVAL has been posted by Jim West at Zwinglius Redivivus.
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2012.04.03: Έλαιον ευώδες, τεθυωμένον: Τα αρωματικά έλαια και οι πρακτικές...
Review of Ioannis Fappas, Έλαιον ευώδες, τεθυωμένον: Τα αρωματικά έλαια και οι πρακτικές χρήσης τους στη μυκηναϊκή Ελλάδα και την αρχαία Εγγύς Ανατολή (14ος -13ος αι. π.Χ.). Κρητική Εστία, 13...
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2012.04.05: Gli arcani dell'oratore: alcuni appunti sull'actio dei romani....
Review of Alberto Cavarzere, Gli arcani dell'oratore: alcuni appunti sull'actio dei romani. Agones. Studi, 2. Roma; Padova: 2011. Pp. 241. €22.00 (pb). ISBN 9788884556554.
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2012.04.04: Culture et mobilité dans le Pont-Euxin. Scripta antiqua, 37
Review of Madalina Dana, Culture et mobilité dans le Pont-Euxin. Scripta antiqua, 37. Bordeaux: 2011. Pp. 608. €25.00 (pb). ISBN 97823561304952.
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More on the Talmud in Arabic
THE TALMUD BLOG: The Babylonian Talmud, Now in Arabic (Yitz Landes). "Stay tuned for a full review of the edition in the coming months."I will look forward to it.Background here.
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FOR YOU, SPECIAL DEAL: ASOR Journals’ Current Content Now Available for Free on JSTOR! Limited-time offer.
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B. Pouderon, La genèse du Roman pseudo-clémentin. Études littéraires et...
Bernard Pouderon, La genèse du Roman pseudo-clémentin. Études littéraires et historiques, Leuven, 2012. Éditeur : PeetersCollection : Collection de la Revue des Études Juives, 53XXXVI-345 pagesISBN :...
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