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AWOL to go dark I/18/2012

AWOL will join the Internet Archive,  Wikipedia and others in going dark January 18th in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House...

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Latin Audio

Latinum has two stores: in one, you can buy a variety of audiobooks on DVD. In the other, our materials are available as digital downloads. DVD STORE                                      DIGITAL...

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My WSJ Piece on "Shapeshifting" at Peabody Essex: A Photo-and-Video Companion

You can now read online my piece that will be on tomorrow's "Leisure & Arts" page of the Wall Street Journal. Artifacts to Artworks is my take on the Peabody Essex Museum's Shapeshifting:...

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Ralentir Travaux

Titre: Ralentir TravauxLieu: Université Lyon II - Louis Lumière / LyonCatégorie: Colloques, journées d'étudesDate: 27.01.2012Heure: 09.15 h - 18.30 hDescription: Information signalée par Marie-Karine...

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Humans were skilled fishermen 42,000 years ago

Fish hooks and fish bones dating back 42,000 years found in a cave in East Timor suggest that humans were capable of skilled, deep-sea fishing 30,000 years earlier than previously...

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Indian megalithic sites project begins

'Discovering Idukki', a project to explore and document the rich heritage of the Kerala district in the very southern tip of India has begun. In the first phase, a heritage...

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Colloque international “Natur – Kult – Raum” (20-22/01/2012)

Das Kolloquium beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle der Natur im sakralen bzw. rituellen Raum in der griechischen und römischen sowie der altitalischen und vorrömischen Welt. Zahlreiche Naturmale bilden den...

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La campagne de fouilles du Cailar à la journée d’information de l’AFEAF...

La campagne de fouilles 2011 du site du Cailar sera présentée dans le cadre de la journée d’information de l’AFEAF. La communication, intitulée “Le dépôt d’armes et de têtes coupées de Le Cailar...

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MappaProject supports #SOPAblackout

We’ve joined thousands of other sites in protesting the SOPA… →

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Israel and the Palestinians: Reading Recommendations Sought

I’m hoping to read three books with students who will be participating in the trip to Israel/Palestine in May 2012.The first I’ve already decided on, and it is A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus: Reading...

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Blogging from Egypt: Richard Lobban, Jr.

In this blog, Professor Lobban, Jr. will be sharing with us updates from his current trip to Egypt. To begin, here are several images from his past trips to Egypt and his on-going work in Sudan....

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Images of Egypt and Sudan from Richard Lobban, Jr.

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Call for Papers: Religion and Doctor Who: Time, Space, and Faith

Doctor Who is a cultural phenomenon in both the UK and the United States, continuing to go from strength-to-strength as it approaches its 50th anniversary in 2013. Over the show’s long history on...

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Lectures du Timée de Guillaume de Conches à la fin de la Renaissance

Titre: Lectures du Timée de Guillaume de Conches à la fin de la RenaissanceLieu: Maison de la Recherche de Paris IV-Sorbonne / ParisCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 21.01.2012Heure: 17.30 h -...

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A day without the Wikipedia: Protesting threats to the Open Web

If you haven’t noticed yet, the Wikipedia is blacked out, Google has blacked out its logo, and thousands of other sites are taking similar action to protest SOPA and PIPA. These bills in the House and...

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Commercial Use of Iconic Sites in Greece

.Just for once, a more "hertitagey" issue. Greece's culture ministry said on Tuesday that it will do more to facilitate access to the country's ancient Greek ruins by opening up some of the...

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More Imaginary Bogeymen for the Coineys

.In an apparent effort to show his "Cultural Property Observer" blog to be wholly irrelevant to the current situation on the US no-questions-asked antiquities market, the dealers' paid lobbyist breaks...

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Ibn Abi Usaibia: an analysis of authority

Douglas Galbi has been working on the text of Ibn Abi Usaibia, and has come out with some interesting metrics on how the author sees the authority of various people mentioned in it. Galen of Pergamon...

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Stonehenge rocks Pembrokeshire link confirmed

BBC News - Stonehenge rocks Pembrokeshire link confirmed

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Finding Christians in your local town in the UK

I’ve been trying to connect with Christians in my local area.  It’s always a tiresome process, when you move to a new town, and a lot of people do not manage to make the transfer.  Traditionally you...

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