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Open Access Journal: PAST: Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society
PAST: Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society PAST 70, April 2012 PAST 69, November 2011 PAST 68, July 2011 PAST 67, April 2011 past 66, November 2010 past 65, July 2010 past 64, April 2010 past 63,...
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Talk: Guerrilla Archaeologists and the Singapore Story
Readers in Singapore may be interested in this talk by Prof. John Miksic about the practice of archaeology in Singapore happening at the National University of Singapore Museum on Thursday. Prof John...
View ArticlePeschke in the Philadelphia Inquirer
The rediscovery of Georg von Peschke has been magical. The Philadelphia Inquirer has called my show "excellent and enterprising." I couldn't be prouder. Now that we've put Peschke back on the map, I...
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Thank’s to that guy’s advice, we need to do source criticism
Via Michele Stopera Freyhauf on Facebook. I have the sense that I may have seen this before, but if it has been so long that I am no longer sure, then it is worth sharing again!
View ArticleFree (and Massive) Hieroglyphic Dictionary Recently Updated
I’ve post a link to the hieroglyphic dictionary produced by Mark Vygus before. Egyptology News posted a heads-up a few days ago that the dictionary had been updated. It’s now a breathtaking 2,267 pages...
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Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire - Gibbon
Gibbon summarized his feelings on the fall of the Empire ina document titled General Observations On TheFall Of The Roman Empire In The West. This essay not only addresses the fall ofRome, but relates...
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#62 Valentinian III: Emperors of Rome
Emperors of Rome continues with Valentinian III, the great-grandson, the grandson, the son, cousin, and nephew of Roman Emperors, still an ineffectual ruler dominated first by his mother and then by...
View ArticleHave You Heard of These Greek Poets?
April is poetry month. There are many features on this site on the ancient Greco-Romans poets. These men and women experimented with music, meters, and words to create genres of ...Read Full Post
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More from Bauckham on the Talpiot Tomb inscription
RICHARD BAUCKHAM has published a roundup essay on the Talpiot (Talpiyot) Tomb inscription over at Larry Hurtado's Blog: Bauckham on the Talpiyot Tomb Inscription. Go there for a link to the pdf...
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Free chapter: Asprem, Arguing with Angels
FOR YOU, SPECIAL DEAL: The first chapter of Egil Asprem's forthcoming book, Arguing with Angels: Enochian Magic and Modern Occulture (SUNY, May 2012) is now available for free online. Asprem writes on...
View ArticleC. Compagno et U. Roth (éd.), Raimundi Lulli Opera latina (61-63)
Carla Compagno et Ulli Roth (éd.), Raimundi Lulli Opera latina (61-63) annis 1294-1295 composita, Turnhout, 2012. Éditeur : BrepolsCollection : CCCM 246XVIII+366 pagesISBN : 978-2-503-54140-2200 €...
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Wall Mile 14
Eppies Hill and the detour Continuing along the line of the ditch to the north of the Military Road, we start to climb again until the point where an elaborate set of steps warns us that we are about...
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Isometric Drawing in Archaeology
The Victoria and Albert museum in London was not of particular interest when I read the description. It sounded like lots of blingin’ artifacts without the context to make them interesting. But the...
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Cleanthes, Hymn to Zeus 15-17
οὐδέ τι γίγνεται ἔργον ἐπὶ χθονὶ σοῦ δίχα, δαῖμον, οὔτε κατ’ αἰθέριον θεῖον πόλον, οὔτ’ ἐνὶ πόντῳ, πλὴν ὁπόσα ῥέζουσι κακοὶ σφετέραισιν ἀνοίαις. And no deed happens on earth without you, god, nor in...
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Inuit drum history longer than realised
Drum Beater. Image: Quinn Dombrowski (Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC 3.0) By: Bjarne Grønnow, ScienceNordic Two deep-frozen settlements, Qeqertasussuk and Qajaa, were among the traces that some of the...
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Ancient Arabia: Languages and Cultures
Ancient Arabia: Languages and CulturesThe Arabian Peninsula lies at the heart of the Middle East and in antiquity it stood between the mighty civilizations of Egypt and Mesapotamia. Yet, our ignorance...
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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks: Thus far in the Sylvester McCoy era, this is the episode that has made me feel most like the show I am watching is still Doctor Who, and the character played by Sylvester...
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Blogosphere ~ CFP: Pagans and Christians in Late antique Rome: Interpreting...
Research News in Late Antiquity: CFP: Pagans and Christians in Late antique Rome: Interpreting the Evidence, Rome, 20-21 September 2012.
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Blogosphere ~ Frustrations about the fish
The Forbidden Gospels Blog: Frustrations about the fish.
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