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ANA "Ancient Coins fall From Trees"
.It has been widely reported over the past few days that on the American Numismatic Association website appeared an appeal to coin collectors to oppose US moves to renew an agreement with Cyprus to...
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New acting director for the Institute of Classical Studies
Professor Mike Edwards has now taken up the Chair of Classics at Trinity St David’s, University of Wales, and has therefore given up the post of Director of the Institute of Classical Studies in...
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Friday Varia and Quick HIts
After a balmy early spring day here in North Dakotaland, we look forward to more nice weather and some harmless flurries today. Most of my archaeological friends are in Philadelphia at the...
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The Potential Legal Significance of the Mary Brogan Museum Seizure for US...
.The legal situation concerning the Mary Brogan Museum Loan seizure of Italian cultural property in Florida is interesting. The US Attorney’s Office filed an in rem ("against the thing") lawsuit, in...
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Regnum Francorum Online on Facebook
This website has a new account on Facebook, www.facebook.com/Regnum.Francorum.Online.
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Crimes of expression in France and Turkey
In Turkey, it is illegal to recognise the Armenian Genocide; and, in France, it may soon be illegal to deny the Armenian Genocide. I believe it is possible, in law, to balance the right to freedom of...
View ArticleWhat’s Jewish About Sweeney’s Intro to the Jewish Bible?
Not a lot. And that is what disappointed me. I’m reviewing Marvin A. Sweeney‘s TANAK: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible (Fortress, 2012) for BBR so my full reflection will...
View ArticleWhat Did Noah Do With The Hermaphrodite, Transsexual and Other Such Animals?
Isabella Rossini asks:Click here to view the embedded video.Or perhaps one could say that if Noah only took heterosexual organisms on his ark, then evolution has done some interesting things with them...
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"Brothel Token" from London?
.The Telegraph calls it a "brothel token", the PAS call it (like eBay) a "spintria" LON-E98F21, and its getting a lot of news coverage (Daily Mail, Grauniad). These stories all have the same...
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Legion IIII present at battlefield at Kalefeld
The inscription LEGIIII on a dolabra found at the third century battlefield of Kalefeld in Germany is the first positive indication of a unit that took part in the battle, likely in c235AD. There were...
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Presenting the Past in the 21st Century
I attended the session on Presenting the Past in the 21st century. The moderator introduced the session by saying that ethical issues should not be aired at the session. There was an interesting...
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Η Οδύσσεια του Αστερίξ
Hmmm … via Langues et Cultures de l’Antiquité : Actualités & références classiques comes notice of this Scribd site which appears o have a pile of Asterix comics in Greek (not sure if it’s...
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Blogosphere ~ Socrates, Sneezing and Daemons
Beachcombings Bizarre History Blog: Socrates, Sneezing and Daemons.
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Claymation “Allegory of the Cave”
This has been mentioned a few times in various streams of mine these past few days (including, inter alia, by Terrence Lockyer, who first brought it to my attention) … it’s incredibly good: … there’s a...
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Twitters and research paths
Happy New Year, folks!Right, lets resume my posting about previous research. I have only 5 more projects to write about, (well, that had papers emanating from them, I'll do book chapters after that)...
View ArticleNewspaper article: Mezza Pompei sta per crollare
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De Kooning, Degas, Donatello (to Bellini): Ambitious Loan Shows that Bucked...
Entrance to Boston Museum of Fine Arts' current hit show [Part I is here; Part II is here.]Degas and the Nude at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (to Feb. 5) is one of the most perfectly realized...
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