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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.

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2012.04.16: 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....

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SWBTS 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)...

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Differential 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....

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Iron 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...

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Prehistoric 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...

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Ancient 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...

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Anacreon, 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

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Bering 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...

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Protecting 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...

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Archaeologist 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...

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This 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...

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Roman 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...

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A 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...

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Sawn 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...

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Where 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...

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Compact 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...

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APA 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...

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Edward Lear Exhibition in Corfu

31 Edward Lear Watercolors from the Gennadius Collections Travel to Corfu

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European 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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