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Open Access Journal: Forum Archaeologiae

[First posted in AWOL 18 July 2010. Updated 16 January 2012]Forum Archaeologiae - Zeitschrift für klassische Archäologie (FARCH)ISSN: 1605-4636 Das Forum Archaeologiae versteht sich als Plattform, die...

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Introducing the archaeograph

I mentioned working on another web project. Over the past couple of years I’ve been thinking more and more about the craft of photography in the practice of archaeology. Mostly because I work with rock...

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KV64 Announced

.It has been announced today what the rumours were suggesting a while back, a KV64 has been found in the valley of Kings near the tomb of Siptah. It is Third Intermediate Period which is nice, as that...

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Bibliographie: Sinuhe

(Hat-tip to AWOL.) The following has been added to the Zotero Group for Ancient World Open Bibliographies and the Ancient World Open Bibliographies Wiki. Egypt, Language and Literature...

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More Mythicist Misrepresentation

I sometimes wonder if mythicists realize when they are making fools of themselves. If they do, then they are presumably akin to clowns and comedians who provide a useful service in providing us with...

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Open Access Journal: Circe

 [First posted in AWOL 11 November 2009. Updated 16 January 2012]Circe de Clásicos y Modernos On-line ISSN 1851-1724 Circe de Clásicos y Modernos is an annual publication by the Instituto de Estudios...

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J. Scheid, Pouvoir et religion à Rome

John Scheid, Pouvoir et religion à Rome, Paris, 2011. Éditeur : Librairie Arthème FayardCollection : Pluriel218 pagesISBN : 978-2-8185-0184-98 € Avec la collaboration de Jean-Maurice de Montremy La...

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Byzantine Archaeology: A Marginal Practice

I returned yesterday from an interesting meeting on the future of Byzantine archaeology (mostly in the US) hosted by Dumbarton Oaks and the Council for American Overseas Research Centers. The meeting...

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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at Reading

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, 2012 The Department of Classics at the University of Reading invites applications for this fellowship from qualified early career scholars in all areas of classical...

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Leverhulme early career fellowships at Oxford

The Faculty of Classics welcomes applications for the Leverhulme Early Career  Fellowships in all areas of Classical scholarship.   Full details of the Faculty’s application process can be found at...

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A Brief History of Bioarchaeological Ethics - Part I: America

Given that the subject matter of many biological anthropologists is the human skeleton, it is not surprising that ethical concerns have arisen over the years about bioarchaeological research in...

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Follow Me on Twitter!

If you are on Twitter, please do follow me there! It’s a convenient way of keeping up with the latest blog posts here, and also sharing with me things that you find interesting that might provide...

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Biblical Breakfast?

I just saw this on Jesus Needs New PR:It definitely cries out for someone to photoshop it so that it mentions Ezekiel 4:12 and is proudly said to have been baked over excrement!

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FASTI Online - New Project Partner

As Fasti Online is one of the newest Pelagios partners, I thought it was about time we introduced ourselves to the project and let everyone know why we have joined and what we are hoping to bring to...

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Phased Omni haplotypes with ShapeIT

The working directory of the 1000 Genomes ftp site contains phased haplotypes for 2,123 individuals from the 1000 Genomes Project (US/Europe). The data were phased with ShapeIT, which I've recently...

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5,000-year-old pottery found on Scottish island

Last year, fishermen, beachcombers, divers and islanders in the Western Isles of Scotland were asked for information on where archaeologists might find ancient sites along shorelines. The project...

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Ancient bones discovered on Milton Keynes building site

A set of bones which could be thousands of years old has been discovered on a building site in Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire, England). The human remains were uncovered by a...

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Achill-Henge may be built over prehistoric site

Theresa McDonald, Managing Director of the Achill Archaeological Field School, voiced her objections over the Achill-Henge structure which was built at Pollagh (Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland) in...

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Open Access Journal: Present Pasts

[First posted in AWOL 13 November 2009. Updated 16 January 2012] Present PastsISSN (online) 1759-2941 As the journal of the UCL Institute of Archaeology Heritage Studies Section, Present Pasts contains...

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What kind of Thule am I?

I’m off to Iceland soon, a trip booked early this year.  I hope to see the Northern Lights.  Considering the cost, I really hope to see the Northern Lights.  But man proposes, and God disposes, and it...

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