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Nabia Abbott's OIPs are now online
The Oriental Institute announces four older titles now available for free download at the Oriental Institute website: Oriental Institute Publications 50: The Rise of the North Arabic Script and Its...
View ArticleHebrew Bible and Ancient Israel
Many people are glowingly describing the new journal, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (HeBAI) and rightly so since it has a stellar editorial board and an impressive list of scholars contributing to...
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'ZZ' Dealer Brandon Leon Lets his Feelings get the Better of Him
.I guess if you were Brandon Leon, Jerusalem-based exporter of antiquities in bulk, you might have reason to be apprehensive about the potential effects of Israel's modified antiquity laws (April 20th)...
View Article“Jonah” Ossuary and its Decorative Markings Discussed in 1981 Publication
The ASOR blog has a short, interesting post about an article in Hebrew that appeared in 1981 about what is now known as the Talpiot B tomb. As readers know, this tomb is home to the “Jonah” ossuary,...
View ArticleCambodian Battle: Feds’ Second Antiquities-Seizure Attempt Aborted (for...
Object of Contention: 10th-Century Khmer "Athlete," held by Sotheby'sThe Feds are doing it again---trying to intervene in a cultural-property ownership dispute by seeking to seize an antiquity thought...
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"Ancient Coin Market" Sides with Jerusalem Dealer?
.I joined the "Ancient Coin Market" (ACM) discussion list not so much to have my mornings spoilt by yet another nonchalant advert of dugup artefacts of unstated origin on sale by grabby dealers appear...
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"Ancient Coin Market" and its Disclaimer
.In the post above I mention my recent adventures with the "Ancient Coin Market" (ACM) discussion list. This list was founded by Thom Bray and Kevin Barry in the framework of the yahoo discussion lists...
View ArticleA Very Neanderthal Easter
The thing I love the most about Easter? Chocolate. The thing I love the most about paleoanthropology? Neanderthals. So this past weekend, I decided to combine the two! From left to right:...
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What do they Know in St Louis?
.It would appear that Stltoday.com employs morally-challenged typing chimpanzees to write their news:For the time being, and perhaps permanently, the funeral mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer remains the property...
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L’économie des bains : l’exemple d’Ostie
Le mercredi 11 avril 2012, Grégoire Poccardi donne une conférence à l’université Lille 3 consacrée à l’économie des bains : l’exemple d’Ostie. Bains de Neptune à Ostie par archer10 (Dennis) OFF...
View ArticleNegotiating Cross-Sex Friendships: Caring, Commitment and Pleasure between...
April 19, 2012 - 1:01 AM - Lecture William Rawlins
View Article«Δύο νέες πινακίδες Γραμμικής Β από τον οικισμό της Ύστερης Εποχής Χαλκού στο...
April 25, 2012 - 8:33 AM - διάλεξη Ευαγγελία Σκαφιδά, Jean-Pierre Olivier, Άρτεμις Καρναβά
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Ka Nefer Nefer and the SLAM-Promoted Collecting History (II) The Mysterious...
.St. Louis Art Museum attorney David Linenbroker said the museum does not "have any interest in possessing a stolen object" and "We're confident we're the rightful owner". He adds: "We've been facing...
View ArticlePoetry Month: A Brave Poet May Have Armed the Argive Women
Are you familiar with the ancient Greek poet who is said to have armed the women of Argos against Cleomenes of Sparta? Today we have only hard-to-evaluate fragments, but the ...Read Full Post
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Poetry Month - Sappho
Lesbian originally referred to something or someone from the Greek island of Lesbos. The Online Etymology Dictionary says the term was used by the philosopher Aristotle to refer to a type of pliant...
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Who Is It?
CC Flickr User Ai@ce Hint: This mosaic comes from Syria, from the home town of the Roman emperor known as Philip the Arab. Answer. Sign up for my free, weekly Ancient/Classical History newsletter
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Ka Nefer Nefer and the SLAM-Promoted Collecting (III) The Kaloterma Collection
.In the 2006 article "Out of Egypt", Malcolm Gay tells us that the next step in the SLAM-promoted collecting history of this object is: According to the museum's provenance, the mask next surfaced in...
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Rollston on forgery
ASOR BLOG: FORGING HISTORY: MOTIVES, METHODS, AND EXEMPLARS OF FORGED TEXTS [1] (Christopher Rollston)I didn't know that the quotation about the teeth was a forgery.
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DJD 1
DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDAEAN DESERT, volume 1, is back in print: Qumran Cave 1. Edited by D. Barthélemy and J. T. Milik."Originally published in 1955, this volume is being reissued to make the entire...
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2012.04.14: Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered
Review of Richard J. A. Talbert, Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered. Cambridge; New York: 2010. Pp. xviii, 357. $90.00. ISBN 9780521764803.
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