2012.04.15: Hadrianus. P.Monts.Roca III. Orientalia Montserratensia, 5
Review of Juan Gil, Sofía Torallas Tovar, Hadrianus. P.Monts.Roca III. Orientalia Montserratensia, 5. Barcelona: 2010. Pp. 143; 11 p. of plates (pb). ISBN 9788498833263.
View Article2012.04.16: Plato and the Poets. Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek...
Review of Pierre Destrée, Fritz-Gregor Herrmann, Plato and the Poets. Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, 328. Leiden; Boston: 2011. Pp. xxii, 434. $217.00....
View ArticleSWBTS has new DSS fragments
MORE DEAD SEA SCROLLS FRAGMENTS at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary:Jordan- Southwestern Seminary to unveil Dead Sea Scroll fragmentsMENAFN - Jordan Times - 11/04/2012(MENAFN - Jordan Times)...
View ArticleDifferential Diagnosis of an Unusual Lower Leg Pathology in an Imperial Roman
This week, I'm in Portland, Oregon, at the annual meetings of the Paleopathology Association and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. So in this post, I'm presenting my PPA poster....
View ArticleIron Age hillfort in Wiltshire to undergo major repairs
Major repairs are to begin on a 2,000-year-old Iron Age hill fort in Wiltshire (England), damaged by off-road biking. Roddenbury Hillfort, on the Longleat Estate near Warminster, has been...
View ArticlePrehistoric monolith may be astronomically aligned
Researchers at the Nottingham Trent University have gathered new evidence that a 4000-year-old monolith was aligned to be an astronomical marker. The 2.2 meter high monument, located at a ridge...
View ArticleAncient skeleton found in Taiwan linked to Polynesia
A human skeleton formally buried almost 8000 years ago on a small strategic island off China's coast is creating excitement that it may represent a direct line to New Zealand's...
View ArticleAnacreon, Greek Anthology 11.47.9-10
τὸ σήμερον μέλει μοι, τὸ δ’ αὔριον τίς οἶδεν; Today is my concern; as for tomorrow – who knows? Filed under: Anacreon
View ArticleBering Strait and Climate Control
A paper published in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on April 9, 2012, reported the results of computer models on ocean currents affected by the closing and...
View ArticleProtecting Palaeolithic rock art in Egypt
Per Storemyr, Adel Kelany and Isabelle Therasse surveying the Late Palaeolithic rock art at Wadi Abu Subeira in Egypt. Photo: Dirk Huyge In 2007, a team led by Adel Kelany of the Supreme Council of...
View ArticleArchaeologist concerned by ITV1 history series
.Jake Kanter, 'Archaeologist concerned by ITV1 history series', 'Broadcast' magazine, 4 April, 2012 The president of the Roman Finds Group archaeologist forum has raised concerns that ITV’s new...
View ArticleThis Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus apriles
ante diem iii idus apriles 421 B.C. — Peace of Nikias brings the first phase of the Peloponnesian war (a.k.a. the Archidamian War) to an end (by one reckoning) 52 B.C. — trial of Milo – with Cicero on...
View ArticleRoman Imperial Coinage AD 268-276
Monnaies de l’Empire Romain AD 268-276 - Roman Imperial Coinage AD 268-276Ce site web constitue le préalable à la révision du volume V.1 du Roman Imperial Coinage. La base de données présentée ici...
View ArticleA Typology of North Dakota Work Camps 3
Over the last three days, I have offered a formal typology of work camps associated with the North Dakota oil boom. This is part of a larger project focusing on the archaeology of contemporary work...
View ArticleSawn Off Iraqi Antiquities and Legitimate Questions about Jerusalem Antiquity...
.Let's get this up front again. Here's a slightly edited version of an old post from Feb 2010 about ZZ Antiquities, whose proprietor imagines he can now threaten me by disrespectful, aggressive and...
View ArticleWhere are the US Federal Archaeology Jobs?
To go with my posts on US government pay and expereince for archaeologists here is a break down, by state, of where those jobs are: permanent temporary 01-ALABAMA 9 0 02-ALASKA 45 7 04-ARIZONA 67 4...
View ArticleCompact Memory Judaica Periodicals Online
Compact Memory Willkommen bei Compact Memory - dem Wissenschaftsportal für Jüdische Studien Besuchen Sie unsere Bibliothek, mit weit über 100 jüdischen Periodika zwischen 1806 und 1938.Jüdische...
View ArticleAPA Blog : In memoriam: Dirk Held
From The New York Times (April 6, 2012) HELD--Dirk tom Dieck, Of Westerly RI, was the Elizabeth S. Kruidenier '48 Professor of Classics at Connecticut College in New London, CT. He took his A.B. and...
View ArticleEdward Lear Exhibition in Corfu
31 Edward Lear Watercolors from the Gennadius Collections Travel to Corfu
View ArticleEuropean Commission Funded Campaign to Repatriate Nefertiti to Egypt?
This blog has expressed concern about the US State Department funding groups that support repatriation of artifacts to places like Cyprus and Cambodia. See...
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