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From the ashes: A million year old fire

April 4, 2012, 4:31 am

Fire. Image: Lars Tinner (Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)Deep within the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa an international team led by the University of Toronto and Hebrew University has...

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This Day in Ancient History: pridie nonas apriles

April 4, 2012, 4:37 am

pridie nonas apriles 357 B.C. — Aristotle observes the transit of the moon past Mars (source?) ludi Megalesia (day 1 … associated with the next item, obviously) 204 B.C. — the image and cult of the...

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Layer of historical monuments in France

April 4, 2012, 5:00 am

A subset of the French database of historical monuments, Base Mérimée, has been integrated into RFO. It contains important monuments in archaeology, history and architecture constructed before the...

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Students Blog

April 4, 2012, 5:33 am

A public blog has been an integral part of how I teach my history of architecture at Lancaster. Rather than submitting material on paper, students post a weekly progress report on their research. I...

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Planning my First Trip Out West

April 4, 2012, 6:05 am

This weekend I’m going to make my first foray into the wilds of western North Dakota. Regular readers of my blog know that this trip is tied to my newest small research project which looks at...

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Woolly mammoth may have been killed by humans

April 4, 2012, 6:07 am

BBC Nature - Woolly mammoth may have been killed by humans

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Ancient Christian Artifacts in Rome: Origins of Scholarly Work

April 4, 2012, 6:20 am

(Larry Hurtado) By happy accident (often a feature of scholarly research!) yesterday, I ran across an article I would likely never have learned about otherwise: Ann Marie Yasin, “Displaying the Sacred...

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Birthday Party Speech

April 4, 2012, 6:20 am

For forty years I've been one of the most fortunate people I've ever heard of. Starting from the global perspective, there is of course hardly a single country on Earth where people live under such...

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Clash of the Spartans/Homerathon

April 4, 2012, 7:11 am

Brief notice of some interesting stuff going on at UNC Greensboro: When in Foust Park, do as the Romans do. And the Greeks, as well. Classics Day: Clash of the Spartans will be Saturday, April 14,...

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Prehistoric skeletal remains found in Taiwan

April 4, 2012, 7:18 am

Archaeologists in Taiwan are hoping to get independent reviews of skeletal remains found in Liang Island, about 200 miles west of Taiwan, which is thought to date to 7,900 years ago. Skeletal remains...

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Talpiot Tomb, Jesus Mythicism, and Related Round-Up

April 4, 2012, 7:36 am

Mark Goodacre had a busier blogging day than we’ve seen from him in a long time, discussing both the evidence that ossuaries in Talpiot tomb B (the “patio tomb”) had been moved around, and seeming...

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Nicholas of Myra Mythicism?

April 4, 2012, 7:55 am

Jesus mythicism is akin to someone saying that because there is no Santa Claus, it makes the most sense to say that there wasn’t a historical bishop Nicholas of Myra.It seems as though some are afraid...

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Iran Human Rights Documentation Center - Publications

April 4, 2012, 8:12 am

Publications of Iran Human Rights Documentation Center."The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center is an independent non-profit organization that was founded in 2004 by human rights scholars and...

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Save a British Film Icon!

April 4, 2012, 9:05 am

From: "MaggieWalsh - on behalf of Save Twickenham Film Studios"Twickenham Film Studios is a small, all-round film studio located in the outskirts of London. It has been a working Studio for 99 years,...

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News: Our City, Our Story: Pioneer of the Past

April 4, 2012, 10:06 am

Our City, Our Story: Pioneer of the PastThe story of a forgotten Rockford son, a collossal figure in his time. Still casting a shadow of his impact from the Oriental Institute to all textbooks of...

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