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Open Access Series: Ancient Near East Monographs
ANCIENT NEAR EAST MONOGRAPHS / MONOGRAFIAS SOBRE EL ANTIGUO CERCANO ORIENTE The focus of this ambitious series is on the ancient Near East, including ancient Israel and its literature, from the early...
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Talpiot Tomb/Good Friday-Easter/Passover Round-Up
Since the book and documentary promoting the view that Talpiot Tomb B is connected with the earliest Christians was timed to coincide with the Easter season, it is unsurprising that the attention to it...
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It’s a Trap, Jesus!
Eruesso shared this, and since it sits squarely at the intersection of religion and science fiction, here it is!
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SLAM Bumper Sticker
.The Malibu office of the Association for Museum Professional Excellence (AMPE) has brought out a bumper sticker to publicise the damaging effects of museums retaining artefacts which they know are...
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Focus on Metal Detecting: How simple logic exposes Britain’s portable...
.The underlying message of this blog is that various manifestations of artefact collecting cannot be treated in isolation, it is illogical (in fact a deceit) not to see artefact hunting with metal...
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St Louis Art Museum "Looking After" Ka Nefer Nefer?
.Just how well-looked after is the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask in St Louis Art Museum? I was struck by an old photo of the object, which gave the face a very apprehensive look. I then tried to find out...
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On This Day in Ancient History - Emperor Caracalla Was Assassinated
On This Day in Ancient History: Caracalla came to power honestly enough, but when he succeeded his father, Septimius Severus (of the Severan Dynasty), in A.D. 211, he was ...Read Full Post
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Phoenicia on display in London
THE GOOD SHIP PHOENICIA will be on display in London this summer:In summer 2012 there is a unique opportunity for members of the public, schools and corporates to visit Phoenicia in London, UK and...
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Focus on the Ka Nefer Nefer "Collection History" (1) ("Here Zakki, you can...
.The collection history of the mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer currently in the St Louis Art Museum is crucial to the SLAM claim to the object. The mask was excavated by Muhammed Zakaria Goneim in 1952 in a...
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Interview with Historic Scotland's Ruth Parsons in the Herald
It is a statement in itself that Ruth Parsons, chief executive of Historic Scotland, has given her first print interview since she took up her position in October 2009. More to the point she decided to...
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Happy Easter
HAPPY EASTER to all those celebrating.James McGrath has a roundup post on relevant topics: Talpiot Tomb/Good Friday-Easter/Passover Round-Up.The Jesus Discovery/Talpiot (Talpiyot) Tombs story has moved...
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2012.04.10: Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution: Readings in Ancient...
Review of Ann W. Astell, Sandor Goodhart, Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution: Readings in Ancient Judaism and Christianity. Christianity and Judaism in antiquity series, 18. Notre Dame: 2011. Pp....
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Juvenal, Satires 3.208-211
The perils of life in Rome: the block of flats where the pauper Cordus lived has just been burned down. nil habuit Cordus, quis enim negat? et tamen illud perdidit infelix totum nihil. ultimus autem...
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Video: Imaging the Iliad: A Digital Renaissance
Imaging the Iliad: A Digital RenaissanceThe Iliad, Homer’s epic poem about Achilles and The Trojan War, is the center of this story about an international team of Classicists and Scientists who work...
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Video: Imaging the Herculaneum Scrolls
EDUCE - Imaging the Herculaneum Scrolls EDUCE - Imaging the Herculaneum Scrolls from Vis Center on Vimeo.
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How Well Do You Remember Book II of the Odyssey?
What would you have done in Telemachus' place? Your father has been gone since before you can remember and your mother has been waging a losing battle against suitors who ...Read Full Post
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Transcending Death
A lot of discussion about Easter, the resurrection, and afterlife focuses on surviving death. Did Jesus return to life? What sort of life? Will other human being do the same? Where do we go when we...
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New Open Access Issue of PAST is...
New Open Access Issue of PAST is out http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/publications/publication/past_70_april_2012/
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Kimberly L. Alderman on Cultural Property Law
Selected Works of Kimberly L. AldermanKimberly Alderman is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Frank J. RemingtonCenter, supervising students in the Criminal Appeals Project (CAP) and the...
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