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Fringe is Back (to Where It’s Never Been)
Fringe returned last night with the episode “Back To Where You’ve Never Been.” It featured all the surprises, twists and turns we have come to love from the show, and from J. J. Abrams shows in...
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Roman Villa from Peterborough
No … not the Canadian one around the lake from me (which would be REALLY interesting) … from Peterborough Today/Evening Telegraph: PETERBOROUGH’S history books are set to be rewritten after a stunning...
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More on the Afghanistan Jewish manuscript cache
MORE ON THE AFGHANISTAN CACHE OF JEWISH MANUSCRIPTS, which it turns out may not be a geniza. The Toronto Star has an article that contains new details:Medieval Jewish manuscripts discovered in...
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Greek Coins Seized from CNG Auction
Ancient Coins Seized from New York Auction - Numismatic News:Amid the excitement at this year’s New York International Coin Convention (NYINC), an unsettling chord was struck with the surprise...
View ArticleJSTOR Turns Away 150 Million Attempts to Read Journal Articles
“Is JSTOR tiptoeing gingerly toward public access, or making a meaningless gesture to ward off critics? Take your pick.” via Every Year, JSTOR Turns Away 150 Million Attempts to Read Journal Articles –...
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Roman Texting
Meant to mention this one last week … the Daily Mail had a sort of reviewish/excerptish thing about Mark Forsyth’s The Etymologicon (which I might pick up some day) which included the following: How...
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Blogosphere ~ A Greek obol modified in antiquity
A Gift For Polydektes: A Greek obol modified in antiquity.
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Quis Custodiet
The American Numismatic Association Money Museum in Colorado Springs . This Museum opened in 1967, is the USA's largest museum dedicated exclusively to numismatics. Its collection of 275,000 numismatic...
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Blogosphere ~ The Brygos Painter’s Troy Cup
TeeGee: Opera Nobilia et al. : The Brygos Painters Troy Cup.
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Blogosphere ~ The Earliest Roman Ghost in Britain
Beachcombings Bizarre History Blog: The Earliest Roman Ghost in Britain.
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Blogosphere ~ The influence of Hannibal of Carthage on the art of war and how...
History of the Ancient World: The influence of Hannibal of Carthage on the art of war and how his legacy has been interpreted.
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Podcast: Actium Preliminaries Part 1
History According to Bob: Actium Preliminaries Part 1
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Blogosphere ~ In search of Xerxes: images of the Persian king
History of the Ancient World: In search of Xerxes: images of the Persian king.
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"They Can Freely Buy This Stuff in Europe": Can "They"?
.One of the little fallacies collectors of dugup ancient coins in the US like to perpetuate is that allegedly in Europe collectors are not subject to the same restraints as US collectors over the...
View ArticleFree Dan Fleming Course on Ancient Israel
NYU is offering Dan Fleming‘s course on Ancient Israel for free viewing via YouTube. Dan, in addition to being a mensch and all around really great guy, is one of the best Bible and ancient Near...
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V.S.L.M. celebrates 4th birthday!
Hurray for the blog The most visited post in the last 4 years was the one on rare tombs discovered in Machu Picchu. Tagged: anniversary, birthday, V.S.L.M.
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Rue Poirier de Narcay
When I was 16 in 1988 I spent a couple of days in Paris with a language school. I brought the address for a game store, one that advertised in White Dwarf magazine. It was on Rue Poirier de Narcay,...
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Coin talk on the sidewalk
Word in Manhattan is that one of the seized coins may indeed be more interesting than first realized. The present proprietor and his partner will have to make some difficult decisions. more soon ... | |
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The church that Constantine built over the grave of St. Peters, 1450
We all know that during the 4th century the emperor Constantine constructed a Roman basilica over the grave of St. Peter. This was replaced during the renaissance with the current structure, as the...
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