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Museum piece #14 – JE 30948
JE 30948 Ka-statue of Hor I (Source: The Global Egyptian Museum). Object JE 30948 is the beautiful wooden ka-statue of 13th Dynasty pharaoh, Hor I, which dates to the Middle Kingdom and now resides in...
View ArticleAPA Blog : Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program
The University of Cincinnati Classics Department is pleased to announce the Margo Tytus Visiting Scholars Program. Tytus Fellows, in the fields of philology, history and archaeology will ordinarily be...
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Correction – Groundhog!
I mentioned once before that I was pretty sure that I had spotted a beaver in my neighbor's yard, near the creek. Today the animal in question came into my yard and stayed long enough that I could get...
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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 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...
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La carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques,...
La carte nationale des sites archéologiques et des monuments historiques : feuilles 1/50 000Responsable Scientifique et Administratif : Mustapha KHANOUSSIResponsable NTIC : Ali DABBAGHI 1. Nature:...
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Photo - Stela Memorial of Teti and Merit
Between being away and a few days ill in bed, I have not have chance to post so I thought I would share now I am back one of the photos I took in Colmar of a stela which many people might not have...
View ArticleCat discovers 2,000-year-old Roman catacomb
Cat discovers 2,000-year-old Roman catacomb: This is apparently a true story.
View ArticleAPA Blog : CFP: Gods, Objects, and Ritual Practice in Ancient Mediterranean...
An Interdisciplinary Conference Sponsored by the Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions Emory University, March 22-24th, 2013 Ritual implements, votive gifts, cult statues, magical gems, and the...
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Cultural heritage online
Screenshot from UNESCO World Heritage Sites Recently a number of excellent online geographic compendia to archaeological sites have begun to appear on the web. These sites take advantage of the...
View ArticleAPA Blog : CFP: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society Conference
April 18-20, 2013, University of Helsinki, Finland Abstract deadline: December 15, 2012 E-mail: romanhouse2013@gmail.com Ancient Roman houses were designed to suit both the private life of its...
View ArticleExcellent Speech on Gay Rights
Via Gawker (HT Joel Watts on Facebook) I heard a brief speech before the Springfield City Council about homosexuality and gay rights, delivered by Rev. Phil Snider of Brentwood Christian Church in...
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Only this, and nothing more
Israeli soldier praying at the Western wall. Photo © Robert Lerich via Fotolia. At the risk of pouring vinegar on an open wound, there is something I must say about the controversy currently beclouding...
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History of the Aqueduct and general aspects of its preservation
History of the Aqueduct and general aspects of its preservation By Naïde Ferchiou and Slim Khosrof Africa: Revue des Études et Recherches préhistoriques, antiques, islamiques et ethnographiques,...
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Ghosts of history – Then & Now, combined photos
Dutch historian Jo Teeuwisse discovered 300 negatives in a flea market and began to research the sites of the photos Combined historical photos with photos showing as the same location is today. He...
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Channel 4 consigns Time Team to TV history
Tim Taylor has responded to the article – with his own statement :http://www.scribd.com/doc/110569680/Tim-s-Response-to-Guardian-Article-on-Time-Teams-Future This article titled “Channel 4 consigns...
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Up Yours Rome and CIL XIII 2363
CIL XIII 2363 has become my favourite inscription of late, predominantly because it is so sulky. From Lyon and dating to AD458, it is a gravestone and the text is straightforward: Hic requiescit...
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More on Frank Cross
THE NEW YORK TIMES has published an obituary for Frank Cross: Frank Moore Cross, Biblical Scholar, Dies at 91.“When you walked into his classes, you felt you were on the frontier of knowledge in the...
View ArticleAncient 'burnt mound' unearthed in Scotland
Gordon Sleight, projects leader for archaeology and history group Historic Assynt, in the north west Highlands, said: "Under a strange layer of clay, we came down to a 1.5 metre...
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