Quotation Of The Day
“[I]n a sane world, a public intellectual (even a low-level one like a newspaper writer) would be as ashamed to admit to innumeracy as to illiteracy.” - Chad Orzel at Uncertain Principles
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Drugstore Misunderstanding About Saltpetre
Saltpetre, potassium nitrate, is added to food to give meat products a nicer colour. One winter in the 70s when we were living in Connecticut, my dad went to a New York drug store to buy saltpetre for...
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"Ancient Adornment" Webpage Spammers: A Supplier to be Trusted?
.For the past few days almost every other webpage I open has a persistent advert embedded in it for an outfit called "Ancient Adornment" ("the Worlds Source for Ancient Jewelry and Rare Beads....
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Calls for Papers and a Blog Tour
Three calls for papers/proposals and a blog tour that is coming soon:Tufts University will be holding an NEH workshop in the summer, “Working with Text in a Digital Age“ (HT Fragmentary Texts)The...
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Coin Elves
.I have just spent a bit of time trying to find one of my old posts to put a hyperlink to it in a current post (to explain my use of the term "coin elves" and the ideas behind it). It has slipped well...
View ArticleRecommendations to the Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) welcoming comments and recommendations for ensuring long-term stewardship of, and broad public access...
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Quote of the Day (Matthew R. Schlimm)
“No reader of Genesis has literally been expelled from the Garden of Eden. No reader has seen firsthand the cherubim and whirling, flaming sword east of the tree of life. And yet, Genesis clearly...
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Epistasis and phantom heritability
A few years ago, I proposed the "lego-block" model of genetic variation. The main idea of this model is that the search for genes that "do" something is often misguided, because most genes don't...
View ArticleFrom my diary
I learned today of the death of a Christian girl who was dearer to me than life. Worse, I only discovered the fact today. Apparently she is “long dead”, and I never knew. She died suddenly, I am...
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Photo Link: “Bucket boys passing the spoil up and out of the tomb of Senusret...
http://instagr.am/p/e5n9z/ Not great on archaeological detail but actually a really lovely photo and thoroughly recommended. For those interested, I found it via Chris Naunton's Twitter feed. PS I...
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Jesus on the Mayan Calendar, 2012, and (not) living every day as though it...
HT Prophets and Pop StarsAnd in case you’re wondering if Jesus had a sense of humor…
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AIA Award: Does Looting Matter?
Photo: © Neil Salter AIA Outstanding Public Service Award AIA President, AIA Members, I am immensely grateful to receive this award with its emphasis on public service. Archaeology is not a private...
View ArticleTel public, tel commentaire ? L'ambiguité du Commentaire du Psaume 118...
Titre: Tel public, tel commentaire ? L'ambiguité du Commentaire du Psaume 118 d'AugustinLieu: / Catégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 10.01.2012Heure: 16.00 h - 18.00 hDescription: Information...
View ArticleQuel est le verset biblique le plus cité chez les Pères ?
Titre: Quel est le verset biblique le plus cité chez les Pères ?Lieu: Institut des Sources Chrétiennes / LyonCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 09.01.2012Heure: Description: Information signalée...
View ArticleL’aparté dans le théâtre antique : formes et fonctions d’un procédé...
Titre: L’aparté dans le théâtre antique : formes et fonctions d’un procédé dramatique en devenirLieu: Université Lyon III / LyonCatégorie: Colloques, journées d'étudesDate: 12.01.2012 -...
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Diving Into Noah's Flood
A new National Geographic documentary featuring Jeffrey Rose and the Gulf Oasis hypothesis. I wish that Noah would be left out of it -he was also featured in a recent talk about the flooding of the...
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The Takeaway Rembrandt
This small painting is one of two facing portraits painted by Rembrandt unfortunately this painting holds the dubious distinction of being known as "the takeaway Rembrandt" as it is the most stolen...
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Where the Dugup Artefacts are Going Now
.In the context of the "Prospero" sale (see above), the Financial Times quotes Ian Goldbart, Baldwin’s managing director, as indicating that coin collecting has become an increasingly popular pastime...
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Dugup Coins a Nice Little Earner: 642 "Prospero" Coins make Record $25m
.It certainly seems one can "Prosper" selling dugup coins of uncertain origins these days. The collection of 642 rare ancient Greek coins accumulated over three decades by "a British collector" sold by...
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