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My Son Sanctuary deteriorating rapidly
The management board of the World Heritage-listed My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam say that the ruins are deteriorating rapidly, despite the presence of a long-term management plan. My Son Sanctuary, Tuoi...
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Camps Ancient and Modern
I just finished Charlie Hailey’s book called Camps. It’s an architectural study of camps and consists of examples of camps from around the world and through history. The study divides camps into three...
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Bibliography: Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast)
The following has been added to the Zotero Group for Ancient World Open Bibliographies and the Ancient World Open Bibliographies Wiki. Egyptian Archaeology Berenike: Publications...
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Jesus, Voldemort and Everyone Else Parodies Rick Perry
There are lots of parodies of and responses to Rick Perry’s “Strong” ad. The one by Jesus himself is probably the best so far:Click here to view the embedded video.See too Bob Cargill’s post, which not...
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Open Access Journal: SALON
[First posted in AWOL 11 February 2010. Updated 12 December 2011] SALON - the Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter SALON began in October 2001 as a way of engaging with Fellows who were...
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Library hours over the Christmas period
The Library will close at 5:30pm on Friday 23rd December 2011 and reopen on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. The last Saturday opening will be on the 17th of December 2011. Saturday openings will recommence...
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Me under the spotlight at DISH
Here I am, giving my pitch for Transcribe Bentham in the opening session of DISH. Thanks to Inge Angevaare, of the digitaalduurzaam blog, for sending this, and others, onto me. You can see the size of...
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Up to page 840 with correcting the OCR of Ibn Abi Usaibia. I also got my Christmas cards done and posted today, complete with financial enclosures for teenage nephews. The latter is important — an...
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Interactive maps reveal London's history in unprecedented detail
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/uos-imr121211.php
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Anglo-Saxons at NATGEO
The National Geographic Society is hosting a fantastic exhibit about the Staffordshire Hoard. See http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/exhibits/2011/10/29/anglo-saxon-hoard/ and...
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Review of John Walton, Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology
I am grateful to Eisenbrauns for sending me a free review copy of John H. Walton’s book Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology. This is the most recent of several books Walton has written which relate in some...
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Archaeology in the News!
Here are some links to recent news from the world of archaeology! Archaeologists have discovered mysterious stone carvings at an excavation site in Jerusalem. The carvings – which were engraved...
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The womb of nations: how West Eurasians came to be
One of the most interesting observations about the genetic structure of the Old World, is the fact that distantly located populations are often more similar to each other than to their more immediate...
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Journée d’études sur les Nerviens
Le territoire de la Civitas Nerviorum et ses abords : le monde rural Le 15 décembre 2011, Bavay accueille la journée d’études consacrée au territoire de la Civitas Nerviorum et ses abords. Journée...
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What's In A Name?
O you who carries off the souls of the living, O you who cuts off shadows, O all you gods who are over the living, come, bring you Osiris-Nesmin's soul to him* This prayer was written in Egyptian...
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Weekend Fun
Been a while since I wrote one of these. Here's what I did for fun this past weekend.Attended an afternoon scifi mini-convention at the Tech Museum, organised by my dear old Tolkien Society buddy and...
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EBay: Lip service is not enough!
As the holiday shopping season goes into full force, eBay - the leading online auction and shopping site – once again offers a dizzying array of objects listed under “antiquities.” Described as “early...
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Bugno's Memorie del Grand Tour nel Golfo di Napoli
Sorry for the very short notice, I would like to draw your attention to the Neapolitan seminars on Greek History and especially to tomorrow's talk by Maurizio Bugno "Memorie del Grand Tour nel Golfo...
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