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Profs H. A. A. Kennedy and David Wright
(Helen Bond) At the start of our lecture last week (see earlier post), two colleagues offered short reflections on the lives of our two honorees - Profs Kennedy and Wright. Both did an excellent job...
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New Resource: Israel Topographical Relief Map
I’ve been asked many times over the years if I know of a place where one can purchase a 3-D relief map of Israel. The first one I ever saw was hand-crafted and not for sale. Some years later I found a...
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Ro Ngao woman preserves gongs
Southeast Asian Archaeology mentioned. A feature on a Ro Ngao woman in Vietnam who has spent her life preserving ancient gongs from the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Y Geu and her gongs. Tuoi Tre...
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Bibliography: Corinthian Studies (Archaeology, History, and Early Christianity)
The following has been added to the Zotero Group for Ancient World Open Bibliographies and the Ancient World Open Bibliographies Wiki. Classical Archaeology; Biblical Studies Corinthian Studies Library...
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A builders’ heritage at Umm el-Jimal
Photo 1: Double Window at Umm el-Jimal By: Bert de Vries (Calvin College) and Muaffaq Hazza (Umm el-Jimal) In 2012 the Umm el-Jimal (UJ) Project received a grant from the Ambassador Fund for Cultural...
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New Open Access Article- El legado onomástico puquina: a...
New Open Access Article- El legado onomástico puquina: a propósito de “Capac” y “Yupanqui” http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/src/inicio/IndArtRev.jsp?iCveNumRev=23173&iCveEntRev=315&institucion=
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Three Ways to Look at the E.F2 area at Polis-Chrysochous on Cyprus
For the last week, I’ve been working on a grant application for study work next year at the site of Polis-Chrysochous on Cyprus. It’s timely not only because the grant application is due on November...
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Rollston update
INSIDE HIGHER ED at the Chronicle of Higher Education has more information about the current situation with Christopher Rollston at Emmanuel Christian College. PaleoJudaica is also quoted. I have...
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Fähnrich’s recent book on Georgian
While (Old) Georgian is generally thought of as one of the big six languages of eastern Christianity — considered, that is, apart from Greek and Old Church Slavonic — it seems to have fewer researchers...
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Undergraduate New Testament Theology Textbooks
I teaching NT theology next semester, and it’s that time of year to order textbooks around here. I’ve been going through various texts that people here have used and that I’ve got on my shelf, but...
View ArticleAnimated Crash Course in Evolution
Click here to view the embedded video.By QualiaSoup HT Hemant Mehta
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Göbekli Tepe: feasting, beer, and the emergence of the Neolithic
This is a very interesting paper which suggests that collective work accompanied by feasting played an important role in the creation of Göbekli Tepe. The site taxed hunter-gatherer resources, since...
View ArticleTour of Selected Archaeological Sites in Downtown Nanaimo
Archaeological Society of BC - Nanaimo Branch National Archaeology Day Saturday, October 20, 2012 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
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The Theban Necropolis Database
The Theban Necropolis DatabaseCompiled by Jiro Kondo Introduction There is a vast mortuary area on the West Bank of Thebes (the ancient city of Waset) in the 4th nome of the Upper Egypt. Over 400...
View ArticleAcademic integrity 3 – the Rollston saga continues
I learn today from Paleojudaica that Christopher Rollston, who works for Emmanuel Christian Seminary but published an article attacking biblical values, is now under investigation by the college. The...
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Open Access Journal- Revista...
Open Access Journal- Revista Haucaypata https://sites.google.com/site/revistahaucaypata/home/revista-haucaypata-nro-4-2012
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Current Corinthian Scholarship
[First posted in AWOL 2 December 2011. Updated 15 October 212] Corinthian Matters David Pettegrew's excellent blog Corinthian Matters has since the beginning of 2011 had a monthly feature...
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On-line Geographical Information System for the Theban Necropolis (OLGIS-TN)
On-line Geographical Information System for the Theban Necropolis (OLGIS-TN)The Theban Necropolis Geological Mapping Project of the University of Charleston and the Serapis Research Institute announces...
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The winding road to agriculture
Antiquity Volume: 86 Number: 333 Page: 707–722 Did Neolithic farming fail? The case for a Bronze Age agricultural revolution in the British Isles Chris J. Stevens1 and Dorian Q Fuller2 This paper...
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Differences and similarities between Greek and European HapMap populations
Not surprisingly, TSI captued Greek genomic structure better than CEU did, although not always: The TSI outperform the CEU as reference for the Greek population in 10 regions. However, there are four...
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