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The War that Killed Achilles
Achilles’ heel, a Muse, a Nestor, a Trojan Horse: just some expressions we have borrowed from the Iliad and Odyssey, the great poems of the legendary Greek bard Homer. Their contents used to be common...
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Students and Violence in Late Antique Athens
It was a real pleasure to see Dallas DeForest‘s article in the most recent volume of the Journal of Late Antiquity: “Between Mysteries and Factions: Initiation Rituals, Student Groups, and Violence in...
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Study of palaeoenvironment from West Baray shows drought at time of Angkor’s...
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shed light on environmental factors that contributed to the collapse of Angkor in the 14th century. Periods of drought...
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Textes anciens, numérique et enseignement
Je vous souhaite la bienvenue sur ce carnet, que vous visitez peut-être pour la première fois, intrigué(e) par la lecture du message ci-dessous ! Voici de quoi il s’agit. Les mardi 31 janvier et...
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Hallaton helmet unveiled after nine-year restoration
BBC News - Hallaton helmet unveiled after nine-year restoration
View ArticleAPA Blog : Centre for the Greek Language Event
The Centre for the Greek Language is organizing a presentation of the forthcoming work, co-authored by Matthaios Bessios, Yannis Tzifopoulos and Antonis Kotsonas: Methone I: inscriptions, graffiti and...
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Talk by Dr Kathy Ehrensperger
We’re very pleased to welcome Dr Kathy Ehrensperger (Trinity St David’s, University of Wales) who will talk to us on the topic of: Speaking Greek under Rome: Paul a hybrid Jew? Friday 20th January,...
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Open Access Journal: Plato
[First posted in AWOL 31 May 2010. Updated 11 January 2012] PLATO: The Internet Journal of the International Plato Society - Le Journal Internet de la Société Platonicienne InternationaleISSN 2079-7567...
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Open Access Journal: Papers from the Institute of Archaeology
[First posted in AWOL 13 November 2009. Updated 11 January 2012]Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, University College LondonISSN (print) 0965-9315ISSN (online) 2041-9015 Papers from the...
View ArticleHip Hop Artists Draw Inspiration from Penn Museum
On Monday, January 9th, local hip hop artists visited the African, Egyptian, and Imagine Africa galleries. The artists, selected by local hip hop radio DJ, Zachariah Hardin, were at the Penn Museum to...
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Open Access Journal: Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies
The Journal of Conservation and Museum StudiesISSN: 1364-0429 The Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies is fully peer reviewed and Open Access. It contains research on conservation science,...
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Neo Tebowing
Neo tebowing after shooting his way past 316 guards. After realizing that there is no football, and throwing a ball 316 yards in a single throw, such feats seemed surprisingly easy.(Thanks to Brad...
View ArticleMethone inscriptions (Athens, January 19)
Methone I: inscriptions, graffiti and trade marks in geometric and archaic pottery from the ‘Ypogeio’. The event will be held on Thursday 19 January, 19:00 at the Megaron (Concert Hall) of Athens,...
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Promenade dendro-archéologique en sous-bois médiéval
Vincent Bernard donnera la première conférence 2012 du Learning center archéologie/égyptologie de Lille 3 : « Dans la forêt profonde…? », promenade dendro-archéologique en sous-bois médiéval, le 18...
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Jesus Have I Loved, But Paul? Chapter 3: Christianity as Community
With his new book Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul?: A Narrative Approach to the Problem of Pauline Christianity, Daniel Kirk attempts to mediate between Paul and those who view him with some degree of...
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Lactase persistence in Neolithic Iberia
This is an extremely important study as it establishes the occurrence of lactase persistence in Neolithic Europe. This invalidates the idea proposed by some about a very late (post-Neolithic)...
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Boatwright, Gargola, Lenski, Talbert, The Romans: From Village to Empire:...
The Romans: From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire (2nd edition; 2011)A second edition of Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski,...
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Rewriting History on the Twinstead Hoard Theft: It Never Happened?
.The events on last year's Twinstead commercial artefwct hunting rally where a whole load of people made of with gold coins some of which seem to have been offered on eBay within hours of coming out of...
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New Discovery in the Valley of the Kings to be Announed
The generally reliable Luxor Times Magazine is reporting that "The Minister state of Antiquities, Mohamed Ibrahim said that a new discovery in the Valley of the Kings will be announced within few...
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How people get blue eyes
Genome-wide association studies can uncover links between genetic variants and phenotypes, even in the absence of any knowledge of how these links come about. All it takes is to make a statistical case...
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