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2012.01.21: Homer. The Iliad

Review of Stephen Mitchell, Homer. The Iliad. New York: 2011. Pp. lxv, 466. $35.00. ISBN 9781439163375.

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2012.01.20: Greenwood on DiCesare on Vandiver, Stand in the Trench

Response , Greenwood on DiCesare on Vandiver, Stand in the Trench.

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Talya Fishman wins National Jewish Book Award

CONGRATULATIONS TO TALYA FISHMAN:Religious studies professor wins national book awardTalya Fishman was awarded the 2011 National Jewish Book Award for her book on medieval Jewish cultures.By Ella...

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The Hebrew Bible translated into ... Hebrew

PHILOLOGOS: From Hebrew to... Hebrew. The Bible, that is.For a while now I’ve been hearing about a new translation of the Hebrew Bible, called Tanach Ram. (Tanakh, of course, is Hebrew for “Bible,” an...

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Mansour Boraik

I had an email asking me for details about Mansour Boraik and his role in Luxor. Readers of Jane Akshar's Luxor blog will be very familiar with him, of course, but for those wondering about his...

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More re Nehmes Bastet

BBC NewsNothing much new here, apart from the confirmation that an intact mummy was found within the coffin as predicted. A useful round-up.Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered the tomb of a...

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“ΣΜΥΡΝΗ, Η ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΗ ΜΙΑΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΟΛΗΣ, 1900-1922”

January 24, 2012 - 11:55 AM - ΠΡΕΜΙΕΡΑ ΝΤΟΚΙΜΑΝΤΕΡ & ΕΓΚΑΙΝΙΑ ΕΚΘΕΣΗΣ

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“Καρυάτιδες στην Αναγέννηση και η εικονογραφική σχέση τους με το Ερέχθειο”

January 19, 2012 - 11:59 AM - διάλεξη Δρ. Θοδωρή Κουτσογιάννη

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas februarias

ante diem xvi kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 1) 86 B.C. — death of Marius (or possibly on the 13th) 38 B.C. — Octavian marries Livia 6 B.C. — dedication of the ara Numinis Augusti in Rome 42...

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Reviews from BMCR

2012.01.21:  Stephen Mitchell, Homer. The Iliad. 2012.01.20:  Greenwood on DiCesare on Vandiver, Stand in the Trench. Response by Emily Greenwood. 2012.01.19:  Adam Rogers, Late Roman Towns in Britain...

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Open Access Studien zu den Boğazköy-Texten

[First posted in AWOL 2 September 2010.  Updated 28 July 2011. Updated 17 January 2012]Studien zu den Boğazköy-TextenHerausgegeben von der Kommission für den Alten Orientder Akademie der Wissenschaften...

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Rites of Passage and Mortuary Archaeology

One important part of making sense of mortuary archaeology sites is having an understanding of the funeral rituals and practices that occurred there. If we want to interpret the meanings behind...

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Fabric-ating a peak sanctuary and a survey: The Vrysinas Project (Rethymnon,...

January 24, 2012 - 2:38 PM - FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR Dr. Georgia Kordatzaki

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Program for the Conversations on Byzantine Archaeology II

A few people privately and publicly have asked that I post the program for the Conversations on Byzantine Archaeology meeting this past weekend. I hadn’t realized that the program was not public, but...

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Doctor Who: The King’s Demons

The Doctor Who episode “The King’s Demons” is a short (two-part) and fairly entertaining tale about the Doctor and his companions arriving in the time of King John and the Crusade, shortly before the...

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Public Lecture: The Site of Koh Ker and the reign of Jayavarman IV

There will be a public lecture on the Angkoran site of Koh Ker by Dr Chen Chanratana at the Royal University of Fine Arts in February. (via the CANCAMBODIA group) The Site of Koh Ker and the reign of...

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University of Basel Kings' Valley Project

University of Basel Kings' Valley ProjectShort Preliminary Report January 2012 [Discovery of a new tomb in the Valley of the Kings, KV 64]Preliminary Report on the Work Performed During the Season...

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Online Guide to Evagrius Ponticus

Guide to Evagrius Ponticusedited by Joel KalvesmakiEvagrius Ponticus (b. 345 in Ibora; d. 399 in Egypt), a monastic theologian, was one of the most talented intellects of the fourth century....

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Moses and the Screenwriter

Non Sequitur HT Kristian Petersen

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Open Access Journal: Polymnia. Studi di filologia classica

Polymnia. Studi di filologia classicaISSN : 1827-4854 Incontri e materiali per lo studio delle letterature classiche e della continuità dell’antico Polymnia. Studi di Filologia Classica n.01 [9]...

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