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Open Access Journal: Paléo: Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique
[First posted in AWOL 3 September 2009. Update 21 October 2012]Paléo: Revue d'Archéologie PréhistoriqueISSN: 2101-0420 Paléo accueille, sans limitation de champ géographique, toute contribution...
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Possible Shrine of Juno Sospita Found
From the English version of Gazzetta del Sud: Investigations into the activities of four tomb raiders in the Alban hills near Rome have led to the discovery of a previously unknown site containing...
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Roman Orchids
From Science Now: Turns out the early Romans were wild about orchids. A careful study of ancient artifacts in Italy has pushed back the earliest documented appearance of the showy and highly symbolic...
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Also Seen: Unlocking the Mysteries of Petra
Extensive article from Der Spiegel (in English) as Petra’s heritage status is apparently in jeopardy: Unlocking the Mysteries of Petra
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The First Principles of Latin Neoplatonism: Augustine, Macrobius, Boethius
The First Principles of Latin Neoplatonism: Augustine, Macrobius, Boethius By Stephen Gersh Vivarium, Volume 50, Number 2 (2012) Abstract: This essay attempts to provide more evidence for the notions...
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Cat Finds ‘Catacomb’
… but given that it was associated with a cliff, it seems more likely (and appropriate?) that it might be a columbarium of some sort … from the Guardian: Rome may not exactly be short of catacombs, but...
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Dendara XIII-XV Online
Sylvie Cauville, Dendara XIII, Pronaos G’ (Façade), 2007 Sylvie Cauville, Dendara XIV,1, Pronaos G’ (Parois intéreures), 2007 Sylvie Cauville, Dendara XV,1, Pronaos G’ & I’, 2008Dendara in Pleiades
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Post-LGM expansion of mtDNA?
This issue keeps appearing and re-appearing. It is perhaps due to a tendency of conflating spatial population expansions with the proliferation of descendants within a lineage. The two are not...
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New Open Access Article- BANDING, CABLE, AND CAT’S-EYE: AN...
New Open Access Article- BANDING, CABLE, AND CAT’S-EYE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF NINETEENTH CENTURY FACTORY-MADE CINCINNATI-AREA YELLOW WARE...
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Online Exhibition: Roads of Arabia
Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Over the last forty years... archaeologists working in Saudi Arabia have been uncovering sites across the peninsula, revealing an...
View ArticleChange of Location for 2013 ARAM Conference on Mandaeism and CFP
I received this today via e-mail from the ARAM Society:ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Thirty Sixth International Conference on the theme of Mandaeism, to be held at the...
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Focus on UK Metal Detecting: Rejoicing Heard in the Hills and Valleys!
.This is pretty unbelievable, but in a thread called End Of Time Team the metal detectorists of Wales are applauding the announced demise of the TV programme. You know, all those blokes out there who...
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Some More Nails for the Ossuary of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
The excitement/brouhaha over the purported Gospel of Jesus’ Wife thing has died down a bit, but over the past couple of weeks there have been a couple of developments which are probably of great...
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Classics Ancient World Podcasts (Cincinnati)
UC Classics Ancient World PodcastsWelcome to the home for UC Classics Ancient World Podcasts, produced by the faculty and graduate students of the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Classics....
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Zoroastrianism and Biblical Religion
Zoroastrianism and Biblical Religion By Charles David Isbell Jewish Bible Quarterly, Vol. 34:3 (2006) Introduction: In two previous articles, I have addressed the current debate among biblical...
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Empress Zenobia and Gender Bias Among the Romans
Empress Zenobia and Gender Bias Among the Romans By Francesca Spolidoro UCR Undergraduate Research Review, Vol.5 (2011) Abstract: During the tumultuous third century, Roman hegemony was challenged in...
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French Documentary film: LE MYSTèRE DES MOMIES COPTES D’ANTINOÉ
LE MYSTÈRE DES MOMIES COPTES D’ANTINOÉUn documentaire de Jackie Bastide (France, 2012, 52mn) d’aPrès Une idée originale de Gail de courcy-ireland Produit Par Jean-Jacques Beineix et carine le Blanc...
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Pyrrhus – The Underrated Military Mind of Antiquity
King Pyrrhus of Epirus is best known to us for his “Pyrrhic” victory over the Romans at the Battle of Asculum, but that single event does not begin to characterize the life and the skill of this great...
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Should archaeologists worry about attacks from politicians?
Last May, the U.S. House of Representative passed an amendment that would allow Congress to interfere with the peer review process at the National Science Foundation. Specifically, the bill would...
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Various ceramics found in northern Vietnam
Southeast Asian Archaeology mentioned. Ceramics from several dynasties were discovered during construction of a wall in Ha Tinh Province. Ceramics discovered in Hong Linh Town. Tuoi Tre News, 20121018...
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