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Creating a turf roof on a 15th century Scottish castle
A new roof covering on Smailholm Tower. Image: Walter Baxter (Geograph, used under a CC BY-SA 3.0) A ground breaking project to create a turf roof on Smailholm Tower in the Scottish Borders has won...
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Blogosphere ~ “Jonah” Ossuary and its Decorative Markings Discussed in 1981...
PaleoBabble: “Jonah” Ossuary and its Decorative Markings Discussed in 1981 Publication.
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Blogosphere ~ Eroticism on “the Grecian Vases from Stamnos”
TeeGee: Eroticism on “the Grecian Vases from Stamnos”.
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Blogosphere ~ what handles? these handles. and fish don’t have handles
XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill: what handles? these handles. and fish don’t have handles.
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Blogosphere ~ “Jonah” Ossuary Discussed in Print in 1981
The ASOR Blog: “Jonah” Ossuary Discussed in Print in 1981.
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Blogosphere ~ APA Blog : Instructions for Submission of Individual Abstracts...
American Philological Association: APA Blog : Instructions for Submission of Individual Abstracts for 2013 Annual Meeting.
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Blogosphere ~ Roman Agricultural Magic
History of the Ancient World: Roman Agricultural Magic.
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Blogosphere ~ Umami in a Bottle: Homemade Garum
The Silk Road Gourmet: Umami in a Bottle: Homemade Garum.
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Blogosphere ~ Cookoff Challenge # 2 – Ancient Rome
The Silk Road Gourmet: Cookoff Challenge # 2 – Ancient Rome.
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Blogosphere ~ Ancient Roman Cookoff Entry 1: Pullus Frontonianus by Charles...
The Silk Road Gourmet: Ancient Roman Cookoff Entry 1: Pullus Frontonianus by Charles Perry.
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Greek Archaeologists Point Fingers
Here is more evidence the Greek archaeological community is seriously out of touch. See http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107369Expressions of international solidarity will do little to make up...
View ArticleA Class Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rachel Hallote Purchase College SUNY Next week I will be taking the students in my “Politics and Archaeology” course to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We’ll be going as part of our unit on...
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Tomb of Eurysaces
A bit of hype/an excerpt from MaryBeard’s Meet the Romans … interesting stuff:
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Focus on Metal Detecting: 2500 Holes a Year
. I would like to thank Paul Zoetbrood for drawing my attention to this text and spotting its significance. It starts off badly, with the word "GOLD ring" capitalised. Usual bla-bla, "dates back almost...
View ArticleContrived Truth is Still Truth: The Mind and Story of Erich von Daniken
Check out this fascinating post over at Forgetomori, complete with videos of von Daniken noting that he made up his ancient astronaut stuff, but still considers it true. It’s illustrative of why this...
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ESHG 2012 titles
The abstract text will be available only two weeks prior to the meeting in June, lest us mere mortals receive more hints about recent scientific progress than we deserve. The presentations/posters at...
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Biology of Genomes 2012 titles
Some interesting titles from the upcoming 2012 Biology of Genomes meeting. I put in bold the ones that I'm most looking forward to. Boerwinkle, E. Population genetics analysis of 1000 whole genome...
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Focus on Metal Detecting: Me and My Mate Dug it Out
.Continuing the series of "Focus on Metal Detecting" posts initiated by UK metal detectorist "Steve the Barford-Slayer's" attempts to silence this blog, and again drawing on a story sent to me by Paul...
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Focus on Metal Detecting: Nigel Talks Sense
.It strikes me that this is very well put, it is part of a letter which Nigel Swift (he of Heritage Action fame) sent me concerning my earlier post about Roy Friendship Taylor and touching on the...
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