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"It's Your own Fault": Chasing Aphrodite on the Significance of the Weiss...
.The "Chasing Aphrodite" has some details of the allegations against Arnold-Peter C. Weiss in relation to transactions involving two Greek coins from Sicily. After noting that the investigation was in...
View ArticleThe Rabbis On מנחש
The other day I asked, among other things, about the meaning of מְנַחֵשׁ in Deuteronomy 18:10 and I threaten you with a post on the Rabbinic understanding of that word. So here goes. In B. Talmud...
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The Disappearing ANS Weiss Collection
.I see, despite all his current worries, Arnold-Peter Weiss has been nominated for the Board of Trustees of the American Numismatic Society. Good for him. "A donor to the Society, he is a generous...
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Apply now for linked ancient world data institute
ISAW will host the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) from May 31st to June 2nd, 2012 in New York City. Applications are due 17 February 2012. LAWDI, funded by the Office of Digital Humanities...
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Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI)
Apply now for linked ancient world data institute ISAW will host the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) from May 31st to June 2nd, 2012 in New York City. Applications are due 17 February 2012....
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ISAW Makes New Faculty Appointment
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert G. Hoyland as Professor of Late Antique and Early Islamic Middle Eastern...
View ArticleFrom my diary
Proofing of the Latin text of Origen’s Homilies on Ezekiel 8-10 has completed, and I have been sent a revised text of these, plus some tweaks to the English. Tommy Heyne has kindly sent me a copy of...
View ArticleCould God Get Tenure?
I came across a bit of educational humor which I thought might be worth sharing, and reflecting on:Publish or Perish :Ever wonder why God never received a permanent job at a good university?The Reasons...
View ArticleLinked Ancient World Data Institute at NYU (Spring 2012)
New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) will host the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) from May 31st to June 2nd, 2012 in New York City. “Linked Open Data”...
View ArticleFurther Interaction About the Talpiot Tomb
There have been some further posts around the blogosphere about the Talpiot tomb and related matters featured in a recent Bible and Interpretation article, which I blogged about here.James Tabor offers...
View ArticleJames McCredie Receives Aristeia Award
For those who could not attend the AIA meetings in Philadelphia, we include here the text of Professor Jim Wright's introduction and presentation of the Aristeia Award to James McCredie.
View ArticleEvangelizing for the LAWDI: Linked Ancient World Data Insitute
I’m happy to join with a fantastic team, led by Tom Eliot, Sebstian Heath, and John Muccigrosso on an NEH-funded “institute” called LAWDI (Linked Ancient World Data Institute). I promise it will have...
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Teaching Thursday Redirect
For those of you wondering where my blog post is today, I am traveling to Washington, D.C. for a conference. But don’t be too disappointed, follow this link to the first Teaching Thursday of the new...
View ArticleWatching us watching this thing
I am becoming mildly horrified at how much personal information can be found on the web about people who want to be private. You know how you write on a Christmas card to someone for 20 years, “I hope...
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US diving crew finds wreck of British submarine used in second world war
HMS Olympus By Russell, J E (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer (Public domain), via Wikimedia CommonsThis article titled “US diving crew finds wreck of British submarine used in second world war”...
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Swiss confiscation of rare Greek coin
Greece secures Swiss confiscation of rare ancient coin that was allegedly illegally excavated - The Washington Post:The high-denomination octadrachm — or eight-drachma — coin was struck by a...
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Back to (North) Africa (Henn et al. 2012)
A great new paper has just appeared, presenting new data, new conclusions about African prehistory, and new methodologies. I'll have to read it before I comment on it, but since it's open access you...
View ArticleA camel for your thoughts, my dear
In certain societies, in order for a marriage to take place, the groom must purchase the bride from her father, in return for a certain number of camels. (I vaguely remember reading this somewhere, or...
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Kabul: "Who is the Museum Director?"
This short, but fascinating video is the first of a series produced by Kabul at Work and Untold Stories: the Oral Histories of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage funded by the Hollings Center for...
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Napoleon Bonaparte belonged to haplogroup E1b1b1c1* (E-M34*)
A previous paper on his mtDNA which was H. A previous study found that Hitler also belonged to haplogroup E1b1b. So, expect plenty of war and mayhem if a new European leader emerges with a haplogroup...
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