Scary WTF Incipits
There have been a couple this week … check this thing out from the Telegraph: Patrick White is one of the great novelists of the 20th century, on a par with his fellow Nobel laureates William Faulkner,...
View ArticlePodcast: De Re Publica Romana et Re Publica Americana: Some Surprising...
This looks interesting: Dr. Dwight Castro, Westminster professor of classics, presented “De Re Publica Romana et Re Publica Americana: Some Surprising Discoveries” at the Faires Faculty Forum on Oct....
View ArticleArchaeology/Archaeology Related Blogs to Read XX
Already at number 20 and there still probably 100+ blogs to go. Well I better get moving then. Full list can be seen here and this weeks blogs are: Castles and Coprolites-...
View ArticleIf Leading Museums Won’t Buy These Antiquities – Why Would You?
.Nord Wennerstrom asks, probably rhetorically:"If leading museums won’t buy these antiquities – why would you?" The answer is of course that those who buy such things, for various reasons consider...
View ArticleNeandertals and modern humans may not have met in the southern Caucasus
There have been some recent indications that modern West Eurasians might not have precisely equal amounts of Neandertal ancestry, and that these differences may have been accented during prehistory....
View ArticleFriday Varia and Quick Hits
It’s a windy and damp fall day here in North Dakotaland. Perfect of hunkering down over a hot cup of coffee and ruminating over some quick hits and varia. Ottoman History Podcasts. How cool is that? I...
View ArticleThe Complete Guide to Herodotus of Halicarnassus
URL: The Complete Guide to Herodotus of Halicarnassus Format: Website Publisher: The Open University Date: 2011
View ArticleHerodotus on the Web: The complete guide to Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Author(s): Spalding, Tim URL: Herodotus on the Web: The complete guide to Herodotus of Halicarnassus Format: Website
View ArticleConference Report: Innovations in Archaeology in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Post reports on recent discoveries made in connection with development projects in the Jerusalem area. (Emphasis added.) In order to secure the necessary construction permits from the...
View ArticleBulgarian Archaeologists Rescue Thracian Treasure from Hwy Construction:...
See on Scoop.it – Archaeology News A real archaeological treasure has popped out underneath the “Struma” highway construction works in western Bulgaria. Archaeologists at the site have managed a...
View ArticleFrank Moore Cross: An Appreciation
By Jonathan Rosenbaum Frank Moore Cross, a giant in the field of biblical studies and the ancient Near East, passed away at the age of 91 on October 17,2012. In a field rich with polymaths, Professor...
View ArticleOttoman History Podcast
Ottoman History Podcast A history podcast dedicated to presenting accessible and relevant information about the Ottoman Empire, the Mediterranean and Middle East. If you would like to come on the...
View ArticleNew Open Access Article- Las puntas de proyectil en...
New Open Access Article- Las puntas de proyectil en “mandorla” de Inca Cueva 7: Caracterización tipológica e historia de vida (Puna de Jujuy, Argentina)...
View ArticleSociété, économie, administration dans le “Code Théodosien”
Un nouveau livre des Presses universitaires du Septentrion. En 2005, le Centre de recherche Halma-Ipel organisait son XXIXe Colloque international en le consacrant aux deuxièmes journées d’études sur...
View ArticleSome Antiquities Without Collecting Histories Difficult to Fence
.Italy is one of the countries whose archaeological heritage is at risk from commercial artefact hunting. The country has an uphill battle to protect its wealth of archaeological sites from...
View ArticleMore Protests over British Museum Hoarding Knocked-off Bits of the Parthenon
.As reported on the Elginism blog (Protest outside British Museum this Saturday with Cypriot Students Union) there is going to be a protest meeting calling for the return of the Parthenon...
View ArticleArchaeology Weekly Roundup! 10-19-12
Archaeologists working in northern Iraq have discovered a new Assyrian site in the vicinity of the historic Arbil city center, the head of the antiquities office in the Kurdish Province of Arbil,...
View ArticleA 1932 Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Roofs
From architect John Jager . Image courtesy the Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota.
View ArticleOpen Access Journal: ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology
[First posted in AWOL 6 July 2009, updated 19 October 2012]ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and ArchaeologyISSN: 2110-6118 The Achemenet project aims to provide a platform for the much needed...
View ArticleNew Open Access Article- Gloucester Lock - Opened 200 Years...
New Open Access Article- Gloucester Lock - Opened 200 Years Ago http://www.gsia.org.uk/reprints/#2011
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