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Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Sense and Word-Choice in Aeneid 1.483-7
As Aeneas inspects the pictures in Juno’s temple, he sees Hector dragged three times around the walls of Troy by Achilles: Ter circum Iliacos raptaverat Hectora muros exanimumque auro corpus vendebat...
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Classical Fancy Dress ...
I've only just seen this rare colour footage of the Nazi's "Nächte der Amazonen" in 1938 - it's fascinating, with Roman Gladiators at the start and naked Amazons clutching bows near the end. We're all...
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Notes on the Water in Antiquity Conference
(by Chris McKinny) Today, I was able to make it over to the Cura Aquarum conference on Water in Antiquity that was mentioned previously here. The first session of lectures dealt with several topics of...
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Nubian Complex reduction strategies in Dhofar, southern Oman (Usik et al. 2012)
From the paper: If there was no Nubian Complex occupation in Egypt during the MIS 5de5b hiatus, from where did the Egyptian Late Nubian, dating no earlier than MIS 5a, come? Did it spread north from...
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Images uploaded to InscriptiFact
InscriptiFact has recently uploaded another set of images of Persepolis Fortification Tablets. They were all of uninscribed (anepigraphic) tablets. Of 319 tablets there are 2360 PTMs and 202...
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Augustus Caesar and the Exile of Ovid: a Mystery Revisited
Augustus Caesar and the Exile of Ovid: a Mystery Revisited By Christopher Villeseche Published Online (2012) Abstract The history of Western civilization is almost entirely a story about Rome. An...
View ArticleCécilia Suzzoni (dir.), Erasme dans le XXIème siècle. Séductions d'une écriture
Cécilia Suzzoni (dir.), Erasme dans le XXIème siècle. Séductions d'une écriture, Paris, 2012. Éditeur : KiméCollection : "Détours littéraires"124 pagesISBN : :978-2-84174-602-615 euros C'est dans le...
View ArticleMore Online Resources for Vaccination Against PaleoBabble
There’s been a spate of resources that have popped up online in recent days for excellent resources to study the ancient world. Some of these resources have been around a while, but have gotten some...
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Sts. Leia and Luke, Shmi and Anakin
IO9 has another set of Star Wars religious iconography, of which the above is but one example. Click through to see more. And despite what you’ll read there, Jar Jar Binks is not included in the ranks...
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Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror - The Video
For anyone in the US or who can fake a US IP address, you can watch the entire show of Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror online.
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Texts and Artifacts: A Spatial Analysis of Papyri at Karanis
Texts and Artifacts: A Spatial Analysis of Papyri at Karanis By Robert P Stephan Past Imperfect, Vol 16 (2010) Abstract: This paper takes a quantitative and spatial analytical approach to the papyri...
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The Archaeology of the Holy Land (Cambridge)
Jodi Magness’ The Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest (2012; ISBN: 9780521124133) has appeared from Cambridge University Press and includes a...
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Strategy, Strategic Leadership and Strategic Control in Ancient Greece
Strategy, Strategic Leadership and Strategic Control in Ancient Greece By Burkhard Meissner Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Vol 13: No 1 (2010) Introduction: The purpose of the following...
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"Free Tarby" Case Advances
.The attempty to get a Tarbosaurus Bataar skeleton back to Mongolia seems to be making some headway (Rick St Hilaire Bataar Forfeiture Case Intensifies as Motion to Dismiss is Filed and a Second...
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November 28, 2012 - 8:32 AM - FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR Dr Georgia Kotzamani (Ephoreia of Palaioanthropology and Speleology, Fitch Bursary Holder)
View ArticleRed Polished Philia pottery from Cyprus
October 24, 2012 - 9:14 AM - FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR Dr. Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou (University of Cyprus, Fitch Bursary Holder)
View ArticleRed Polished Philia pottery from Cyprus
October 24, 2012 - 9:14 AM - FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR Dr. Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou (University of Cyprus, Fitch Bursary Holder)
View ArticleBirth of an Eminent Historian and Philologist
On This Day in History - October 16: On this day in 1861, John Bagnell Bury was born in Ireland. He is best known for his 2-volume History of the Later Roman Empire, 395‑565, and also for his History...
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Exposición Una visión sobre el mundo de Al Fayum
El Servicio de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza organiza para este otoño la exposición "Una visión sobre el mundo de Al Fayum". Os pasamos la información:Exposición de diferentes manifestaciones...
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Curso La cerámica romana. Criterios básicos de clasificación y valor...
La Cátedra Galiay de la Institución Fernando el Católico (C.S.I.C.) de la Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza organiza el curso "La cerámica romana. Criterios básicos de clasificación y valor histórico....
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