Farmer’s field yields its 2,000-year-old secret
The remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman burial casket discovered near Whitchurch are now on display at...
View ArticleISIL and its oil sales
A recent WSJ article raises the question of how much ISIL is raising from sales of looted cultural property and how much it is getting from oil. This can be seen to have been related to the UNSC debate...
View ArticleVikingen in de Lage Landen
Op woensdag 18 februari organiseert de Antwerpse Vereniging voor Romeinse Archeologie (AVRA) een lezing over de Vikingen in de Lage Landen. Gastspreker is prof. Dries Tys (VUB). Op basis van geschreven...
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Which Biblical Couple Are You And Your Significant Other?
If you thought the Bible wasn’t sexy, you thought wrong!More fun with the Bible:What Is Your Biblical Profession?Which Biblical Badass Are You?How well do you know the Bible?The post Which Biblical...
View ArticleAgade List Archive at the SBL
Agade List Archive at the SBLAbout the Agade Mailing List Jack M. Sasson, the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies at Vanderbilt University, has been collecting and distributing...
View ArticleHampton Court's lost apartment foundations uncovered
A routine maintenance job at Hampton Court palace has uncovered the lost foundations of the splendid...
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The GISt of things, 6/2/14: Dirce’s Punishment and Lucian’s Octopus
Greetings postgrads all, merry purveyors of the arts arcane and esoteric! In another fine week in the grand story of the GIS, last Friday saw us turn away from the fresh-faced naivety of first year...
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Dr Tiziana D’Angelo at the Queens’ Classics Society: Silent Mourners in...
Dr Tiziana D’AngeloWhile snow settled around the magisterial courts of Queens’ College on Monday night, inside Dr Tiziana D’Angelo treated the Classics society to a sunnier Mediterranean experience, as...
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Rocker and Docker and Daemons …. oh my!
I’m teaching a course at the moment on data mining, visualization, and other sundry topics. Right now, the course takes place in the physical world but this time next year, it will be a completely...
View ArticleOpen Access Archaeology Digest #692
Open Access (free to read) articles:Notices of some recently-discovered Inscribed and Sculptured Stones.http://bit.ly/12sdZSK 'Auld Lang Syne' - its Origin, Poetry, and Music.http://bit.ly/YVVjXX...
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The Vicarello GobletRomanc. Late 1st Century B.C. - Early 1st...
The Vicarello GobletRomanc. Late 1st Century B.C. - Early 1st Century A.D.This masterpiece of the Roman silversmith’s art was found north of Rome at Vicarello, the ancient Aquae Apollinares (the...
View ArticleStorm uncovers massive Byzantine pot on beach
An emergency excavation was underway Thursday to save a giant earthenware pot dating back to...
View ArticleAdjunct-adviseur collectieregistratie gezocht in Raversyde
De provincie West-Vlaanderen is momenteel op zoek naar een adjunct-adviseur collectieregistratie (m/v) voor het provinciedomein Raversyde in Oostende. Hij/zij zal onder meer instaan voor het volledig...
View ArticleNomisma.org News
New Nomisma.org framework has been releasedAfter much work, the new Nomisma.org framework has been launched into production. Not only is this a major architecture migration (moving the public UI from...
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“Wine of the Negev” Grape Seeds Found
HAIFA, ISRAEL—The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced that charred grape seeds dating to the Byzantine era could help scientists learn about “the Wine of the Negev,” noted in historical sources...
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Mycenae - the Indefensible
'Sergeants all over the world, what?'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyJohn Le CarreMycenae the IndefensibleThe position of the citadel of Mycenae, along with the Cyclopean walls at both Mycenae and Tiryns,...
View ArticleGreek archaeologists find remains of embracing couple in Neolithic tomb
The remains of a man and woman locked in an embrace, which were found at an archaeological site near...
View ArticleNieuwe JCW-archeologiekampen
Zoals ieder jaar organiseert Jeugd, Cultuur & Wetenschap (JCW) deze zomer weer enkele archeologiekampen voor jongeren met een passie voor het verleden. In augustus is er een archeologiekamp...
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More images of then-surviving Roman monuments from “Speculum Romanae...
Following my post yesterday, Ste Trombetti has found that the prints by Lafrerie / Lafrery are to be located in the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (1593). Happily this is online in high resolution,...
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Foundations of Tudor Apartments Seen at Hampton Court
MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND—The removal of squeaky floorboards from a room used by the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court palace revealed the foundations of the royal apartments built for Anne Boleyn...
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