2012.01.21: Homer. The Iliad
Review of Stephen Mitchell, Homer. The Iliad. New York: 2011. Pp. lxv, 466. $35.00. ISBN 9781439163375.
View Article2012.01.20: Greenwood on DiCesare on Vandiver, Stand in the Trench
Response , Greenwood on DiCesare on Vandiver, Stand in the Trench.
View ArticleTalya 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMansour 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View Article“ΣΜΥΡΝΗ, Η ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΗ ΜΙΑΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΟΛΗΣ, 1900-1922”
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View Article“Καρυάτιδες στην Αναγέννηση και η εικονογραφική σχέση τους με το Ερέχθειο”
January 19, 2012 - 11:59 AM - διάλεξη Δρ. Θοδωρή Κουτσογιάννη
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleReviews 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...
View ArticleOpen 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...
View ArticleRites 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...
View ArticleFabric-ating a peak sanctuary and a survey: The Vrysinas Project (Rethymnon,...
January 24, 2012 - 2:38 PM - FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR Dr. Georgia Kordatzaki
View ArticleProgram 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...
View ArticleDoctor 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...
View ArticlePublic 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...
View ArticleUniversity 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...
View ArticleOnline 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....
View ArticleOpen 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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