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Festival of British Archaeology and Non-Archaeology
.You might think the fact that you get some hits if you search here for "metal detecting" is indicative of British Archaeology having lost track of what archaeology is about. But then when you...
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Focus on Treasure Hunting: Call us "Metal Detector Enthusiasts"
The British media seem a bit confused about who is finding what. This effusive press report speaks of treasure having been found by "a metal detector enthusiast group". That's like an ornithological...
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Focus on Metal Detecting: "Haul Sounds like Theft"
.Ambers Digs, the organized gang of artefact hunting "enthusiasts", seem to be doing well for publicity. Another journalist reports how they have found a "haul of coins dating back to the 13th Century"...
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"Even Though... I Think We Can Get Away With This": Other Commentators
.With regard to the post above about the reported correspondence of Dr Emma Bunker with Sotheby's over a statue taken from a Cambodian temple, others have picked up the controversy and presented their...
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Even Though... I Think We Can Get Away With This
.The New York Times has identified the expert who was initially consulted by Sotheby's about the Koh Ker statue they had agreed to sell as Emma Cadwalader Bunker. She is quoted in the Government's...
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Poetry Month - Aristophanes
There are 3 major Greek poets whose tragedies we have (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides), but we haven't been so lucky with Greek comedy. Aristophanes is the only representative of ...Read Full Post
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Focus on Metal Detecting: Selling Finds OK Now
.Some time ago a leading UK metal detecting forum banned any mention of selling finds on its pages. This was a bit odd as we all know that in all hobbies people who have duplicate items in their...
View ArticleLatinum items only $1 each
Since setting up the site at Payloads, a few new exciting things have happened: Latinum now has over 30 audio products available - including a selection that would be suitable to use for AP Latin for...
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Setback for Mel Gibson's Maccabees project
THE SCRIPT FOR MEL GIBSON'S JUDAH THE MACCABEE MOVIE has been rejected by Warner Bros: Warner Bros. Shelves Mel Gibson Maccabee Movie (Exclusive) (The Wrap).The script writer has responded in a long...
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Jesus Discovery documentary
THE JESUS DISCOVERY documentary showed in North America last night. That's the Canadian title. In the USA it was called The Resurrection Tomb Mystery. As far as I know it hasn't been shown yet in in...
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Wall Mile 13
As we leave the milecastle and the change of course for the Wall, we come down to the March Burn, crossed with the aid of a dinky yet serviceable bridge. Now we have a slight climb up towards...
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DSS doctoral scholarship at Groningen
MLADEN POPOVIC, DIRECTOR OF THE QUMRAN INSTITUTE e-mails the following:PhD position Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and Dead Sea ScrollsThe Qumran Institute of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies...
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Predatory Open Access Publisher OMICS Publishing Group: Now Blog Spamming
Not all Open Access publications are good. Some are basic Nigerian scams, and I don’t mean that as a figment of speech, some literally are scams run out of Nigeria. They ask for money and will publish...
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N. Catellani-Dufrêne, M. J.-L. Perrin, La lyre et la pourpre
Nathalie Catellani-Dufrêne, Michel Jean-Louis Perrin (dir.), La lyre et la pourpre. Poésie latine et politique de l'Antiquité tardive à la Renaissance, Rennes, 2012. Éditeur : Presses Universitaires...
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This Day in Ancient History: idus apriles
idus apriles ludi Cereri (day 2)– games in honour of the grain goddess Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C. rites in honour of Jupiter Victor and Jupiter Liber 150 A.D. — martyrdom of Carpus and...
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Pindar, fr.110
γλυκὺ δὲ πόλεμος ἀπείροισιν, ἐμπείρων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς. A sweet thing is war to the inexperienced, but one who has experience feels a deep fear in his heart when it...
View ArticlePalaeolithic rock art at risk in Egypt
In 2007, one of the most important recent archaeological discoveries in Egypt was made in Wadi Abu Subeira, near Aswan: A team led by Adel Kelany of the Supreme Council...
View ArticleAncient buildings and fields found on Welsh island
A team of archaeologists have found remains of prehistoric buildings and fields on Skomer Island - a nature reserve off the Pembrokeshire coast of southwest Wales - finding buried ditches...
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Friday Varia and Quick Hits
The rain scheduled for Saturday will arrive today making it an idea day for some serious writing in the New Archaeology of the Mediterranean World Panoptic Think-Tank. But before I start my day under...
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Platsr – web toy or web tool?
Heard om platsr (in Swedish playing with the word plats=place and r, or rather the rune R =used to mark ancient monuments on Sweish maps), its a webpage or rather a web toy or web tool that I think...
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