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Newsletter 7 Now Available
The Fall 2012 issue of ISAW’s newsletter is now available. Issue 7 includes alumni news, an exploration of our Echoes of the Past exhibition, research updates from the ISAW community, and event...
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Massive Mesopotamia exhibition coming to Toronto
By Owen Jarus A major international exhibit on ancient Mesopotamia will be coming to Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum next year. The exhibit, called “The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia” will feature...
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The tangled web of humanity
Indian populations are composed of two ancestral components: Ancestral North Indians (ANI) and Ancestral South Indians (ASI), discovered by Reich et al. (2009). In that paper, it was also shown that...
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Potential downtime due to network maintenance
This site and its services may experience some downtime on October 18 and 19 due to UNC ITS network maintenance; similarly, network issues took the site offline for part of October 16. UNC ITS plans...
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The Future of Our Past: New Technologies for New Audiences
By Catherine Foster and Brian Brown Certain images from the ancient past stand out in popular imagination: the “Hanging Gardens of Babylon,” Moses, David, Goliath and other characters from the Hebrew...
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Ancient mtDNA haplogroup X2 from Central Europe
Davidski reminds me of a paper by Lee et al. I had posted the abstract of, but did not comment on. He highlights the fact that mtDNA haplogroup X2 has been detected at this site (3.6-2.8ky cal BC) but...
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A nuanced reading of Earnest Hooton
AJPA DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22162 Two faces of Earnest A. Hooton Eugene Giles The American Anthropological Association's multimedia project, “Race: Are We So Different?” alleges that Earnest A. Hooton...
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Click here to view the embedded video.Featuring members of the WDR Radio Orchestra. HT Nancy French
View ArticleKunsthal Rotterdam Theft: Where Were the Guards? (plus director’s...
Among the Missing: Matisse, "La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune" ("The Reader in White and Yellow"), 1919, Triton FoundationWhere were the guards? Apparently there weren't any.By now you've no doubt seen...
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Open Access Article- Flexibility and Creativity in Microblade...
Open Access Article- Flexibility and Creativity in Microblade Core Manufacture in Southern Primorye, Far East Russia https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/16612
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University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Archaeological Institute of America, Boulder Chapter, Archaeological Institute of America, Denver Chapter, University of Colorado Anthropology,...
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Penn Museum, Arden Theatre Company, and Freud’s obsession with antiquities
The Arden Theatre Company, in Old City Philadelphia, is setting the stage for a unique new production… with some help from the Penn Museum. The Arden’s upcoming show, Freud’s Last Session, is set in...
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Finding a Job in Archaeology
David gave a very good talk yesterday about getting a job in archaeology. I have embedded it below. The first few minutes are probably the best explanation about why we do what we do e.g. bad pay, hard...
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Mysteries of Eleusis. Images of inscriptions
Mysteries of Eleusis. Images of inscriptions This database consists of images of ancient inscriptions on stone from Eleusis. The images currently available are derived from photographs copyrighted by...
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Stories of Rescue: Niels Bohr
Stories of Rescue: Niels Bohr If you’re interested in reading something slightly different, take a look at this short blog I wrote for the Wiener Library on Niels Bohr’s efforts as a rescuer during the...
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Somehow the people responsible for this found a way in and a way out and they found time to take seven paintings. Roland Ekkers, a spokesman for Rotterdam police, on the recent theft of seven paintings...
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Sauromney
A friend of mine made the the above Lord of the Rings/Binders full of Women Romney-Sauron meme mash up. I thought it was awesome, and still do – but I am not sure whether it outdoes what another friend...
View ArticleNew URL for Knowledge and Power
The Knowledge and Power website is one of the most helpful ANE resources on the web. It is a treasure trove of texts, bibliographies, teaching resources, etc. on the Neo-Assyrian royal court. If you...
View ArticleSad News: Frank Cross Died Today
Frank Moore Cross was a giant in the field of Hebrew Bible studies in general and Northwest Semitic epigraphy and the Dead Sea Scrolls in particular. Cross was 92. I doubt there is anyone in the field...
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