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The Portuguese in Southeast Asia
The Portuguese were one of the first European powers to enter Southeast Asia. In conjunction with a conference on Siamese relations with the west held in Ayutthaya this week, this story showcases the...
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Every Spring semester, I teach a hands-on architectural history seminar on the buildings of Lancaster. During the last couple of yeas, the subject of my course has been Lancaster: The Architecture of...
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Stone path excavated at Ho Citadel
Archaeologists working at the Ho Citadel in Thanh Hoa Province have discovered a stone path underneath the current road surface. Ho Citadel, Tuoi Tre News 20120121 Ho Dynasty Citadel excavations reveal...
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PR Newswire: 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: Renewal of Import Restrictions on Cypriot Coins Being Considered Gentle Reader,...
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More Antiquities Looted from Italy Leave the Hands of US Collectors and Dealers
.There seem to be huge quantities of looted Classical antiquities in US hands. A January 20 press announcement by Italian authorities summarises recent results in the fight with unlawfully exported...
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The Emperor Claudius
This Day in Ancient History - January 25 in A.D. 41. © Trustees of the British Museum, produced by Natalia Bauer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme....Read Full Post
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Guess Who
PD Courtesy of WikipediaHint:1. Not Romulus and Remus2. The topic comes from Greek tragedy. Answer
View ArticleWhat Do We Imagine Daily Life Was Like?
An occasional topic among fans of ancient Rome is "what would you bring with you on the time machine going back to ancient Rome?" For many years, my answer was ...Read Full Post
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Two travel stories on Angkor
Over the weekend newspapers from Malaysia and the Philippines featured travel stories on Angkor. photo credit: Kingdom of the Khmers The Star, 21 January 2012 The light of Angkor Wat The Philippine...
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Metal Detectorist Involved in Auschwitz Documents Theft
.We recall a Cheltenham artefact hunter who has very close relations with a group of Polish metal detectorists. For the past week or so there has been some talk in the Polish press and on the forums...
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Princeton maintains silence
Source: MiBAC Princeton University seems to be avoiding commenting on the fact that the Princeton University Art Museum has returned a major block of antiquities to Italy. Earlier in the week the...
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Lewis Defence Lawyers Urge Dismissal of Case Against Client in US v. Khouli...
.Rick St Hilaire has an interesting text about the court case ensuing from the New York antiquities bust ('Lewis Defense Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss in US v. Khouli et al.'). An indictment is not a...
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Errata list for Sokoloff's "A Syriac Lexicon"
THE NEW EDITION OF BROCKELMAN'S LEXICON SYRIACUM, edited by Michael Sokoloff and published by Gorgias press, has now produced a pdf document with corrections to first printing and orthographic...
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Some Coptic biblical fragments in Dublin
ALIN SUCIU: A Preliminary Report Concerning the Coptic Biblical Fragments in the Possession of the Trinity College in Dublin.
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2012.01.39: Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts. Mnemosyne supplements....
Review of Roy K. Gibson, Ruth Morello, Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts. Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman Language and Literature, 329. Leiden; Boston: 2011. Pp. xiv, 248....
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2012.01.40: Xenophontis imitator fidelissimus: studi su tradizione e fortuna...
Review of Eugenio Amato, Xenophontis imitator fidelissimus: studi su tradizione e fortuna erudite di Dione Crisostomo tra XVI e XIX secolo. Hellenica, 40. Alessandria: 2011. Pp. viii, 235. €20.00 (pb)....
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2012.01.41: Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium....
Review of Louise H. Pratt, Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium. Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture, 40. Norman: 2011. Pp. xxiii, 407. $29.95 (pb). ISBN 9780806141428.
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New book: Hovhanessian (ed.), "The Canon of the Bible and the Apocrypha in...
NEW BOOK on the Christian Orthodox biblical tradition from Peter Lang:Hovhanessian, Vahan S. (ed.)The Canon of the Bible and the Apocrypha in the Churches of the EastSeries: Bible in the Christian...
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Afghan manuscripts update
THE AFGHAN JEWISH MANUSCRIPTS are treated in a JTA article by Ben Harris: Mystery swirls around Judaic manuscripts discovered in Afghanistan. It has some new information, or at least new rumors:But...
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Les fouilles programmées de l’Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Éloi (Pas-de-Calais)
Conférence de Jean-Michel Willot Dans le cadre du Master Archéologie-Patrimoine-Archives (parcours archéologie), l’UFR des sciences historiques, artistiques et politiques de l’Université Lille 3...
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