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2012: How to deal with cranks
Crank handle. Image: De Shark(Flickr, Creative Commons license) by Johan Normark (Archaeological Haecceities) Johan Normark I have read two contrasting texts this weekend. The first one is related to...
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The Sealands Archaeology and Environment Program Online
The Sealands Archaeology and Environment Program: Connecting viable pasts to sustainable futuresThe Sealands Archaeology and Environment Program conducts archaeological, geoarchaeological, and...
View ArticleDigital Classicist London 2012: Call for Papers
The annual Digital Classicist London seminar series on the subject of research into the ancient world that has an innovative digital component will run again in Summer 2012. We warmly welcome...
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Hima Mesopotamia "Protecting the Land Between Two Rivers"
Hima Mesopotamia "Protecting the Land Between Two Rivers" Hima Mesopotamia is an international NGO dedicated to the health of the people and ecosystems of the Mesopotamian Marshes through the promotion...
View ArticleChurch Professional Blurb Appeal for The Burial of Jesus
Yesterday I issued an appeal for scholars who are willing and able to provide a blurb about my book, written for a general audience, The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith, which will be coming out in...
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Hima Mesopotamia "Protecting the Land Between Two Rivers"
Hima Mesopotamia "Protecting the Land Between Two Rivers" Hima Mesopotamia is an international NGO dedicated to the health of the people and ecosystems of the Mesopotamian Marshes through the promotion...
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Collectors' Solidarity
.Following the theft of ancient dugup silver coins from a British museum, PC Fingle, a coin collecting police officer in charge of the case might have said last night: "All I want is a sensible...
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We discard the classics at our peril
Classics graduates know that the best Greek and Roman literature was written at … and Rome in the classical periods and those which face the world today. Read on >>>
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¿Lord Elgin, protector del arte o saqueador?
During the first decade of the 19th century the agents of Lord Thomas Elgin (British Ambassador to Constantinople 1799-1803) removed whole boatloads of ancient sculpture from Greece's capital city of...
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SEAFARING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN GOES BACK TO THE MESOLITHIC -- NEW INFORMATION
Seafaring before the Neolithic - circa 7th millennium BCE - is a controversial issue in the Mediterranean. However, evidence from different parts of the Aegean is gradually changing this, revealing the...
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AMAZON'S LOST WORLD -- CARVINGS AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF BRAZILIAN PREHISTORY
The deforestation that has stripped the Amazon since the 1970s has also exposed a long-hidden secret lurking underneath thick rain forest: flawlessly designed geometric shapes spanning hundreds of...
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Philosophy In Brazil: An Experiment In Democracy
While we in the US are cutting back on the humanities including philosophy at all levels, philosophy is a requited subject in Brazil’s high schools. The official rationale for the 2008 law is that...
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NO DEJEN A NUESTRA ISLA SIN ARQUEÓLOGO
figura de mujer en lámina de bronce encontrada en el santurio minoico de Citera(foto de Diffendale en FLICKR)En medio del tráfago de malas noticias y pronósticos apocalípticos sin fin que llenan...
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Mythicism as Conspiracy Theory
That’s the title of an article in Slate by Evgeny Morozov, and there are a couple of quotes in which a simple substitution can be made so that they apply equally well to creationists, mythicists, and...
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TÃRTÃRIA AND THE SACRED TABLETS--FREE DOWNLOAD
During September of 1961, three famous inscribed tablets were unearthed during Nicolae Vlassa’s excavation of the archaeological site of Tãrtãria. Since their discovery, these Transylvanian artifacts...
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Newly Online from the Oriental Institute's Backlist: Excavations in the Plain...
OIP 95. Excavations in the Plain of Antioch, Vol. II: The Structural Remains of the Later Phases: Chatal Hüyük, Tell Al-Judaidah, and Tell Tayinat. R. C. Haines. 1970. For an up to date list of all...
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The Youlus (Save-a-Torah) Fraud Case
.The court case against Washington-based (Save a Torah) Rabbi Menachem Youlus has several times been postponed, the latest was due to expire 17th January. As yet, there is no news about what is happening.
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Renewal of Import Restrictions on Cypriot Coins Being Considered
The ACCG has issued this press release about the recent CPAC hearing about the potential renewal of the Cypriot MOU: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/24/4210900/renewal-of-us-import-restrictions.htmlI...
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What's the price of cheap filming in Greece?
One piece of apparently good news is that the Greek authorities intend to reduce the price of filming on major Greek archaeological sites. You'll now be able to film on the Acropolis for a mere €1600...
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Open Access Journal: Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent
Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent (RAP)ISSN: 1131-883-X La Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent (RAP) és la publicació anual de la Unitat d’Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga del Departament...
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