Death by Powerpoint Rap
Click here to view the embedded video.Doug Chaplin shared the above video, and I think it might be useful viewing for those gearing up to present at SBL and/or AAR in November. Or any other conference,...
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Heaven is Hotter than Hell (a Cautionary Example)
I think the graphic above illustrates very well how approaching the Bible expecting scientifically factual information that is literally true leads to dubious conclusions. Thankfully, most so-called...
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Occasional Surveys in the History of Greek Grammar: G. B. Winer & William...
Despite the production of other New Testament grammars, Winer’s work continued to hold the greatest influence throughout the century and by 1882, it was in its ninth English edition.[1] William...
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Highlights from the Gallo-Roman Museum in Lyon, part 1
I was fortunate enough to spend last week in Lyon with its wonderful Gallo-Roman Museum. I will be posting some highlights this week. First, a legionary stone.
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Le « Dioscoride de Vienne » a 1500 ans
Une Antiquité vivante et colorée. On fête cette année les 1500 ans du prestigieux manuscrit du De materia medica de Dioscoride conservé à Vienne en Autriche. L’occasion pour nous de présenter ce...
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Bangladesh: First Came the Looters, then the Dealers
.There has long been ethnic conflict in eastern Bangladesh between a Muslim majority and the Buddhist minority, particulaly in the Chittagong Hills Tract (see, among others here, here,). Recently, as...
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NEWS: Penn Museum Unwraps Mystery of Mummy Conservation
“A museum in Philadelphia is unwrapping the mystery of mummy conservation. The newly installed Artifact Lab at the Penn Museum allows visitors to peek behind the scenes as staff members preserve relics...
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The Age of Titans: Great Ships of the Hellenistic Monarchs William Murray, University of South Florida
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Sky Caves of Nepal – Pictures, National Geographic Magazine
Cliffside caves in the former kingdom of Mustang are giving up their secrets. The skull, a human skull, was perched atop a crumbly boulder in the remote northern reaches of the Nepalese district of...
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Sky Caves of Nepal – Pictures, National Geographic Magazine
See on Scoop.it – Archaeology News Cliffside caves in the former kingdom of Mustang are giving up their secrets. The skull, a human skull, was perched atop a crumbly boulder in the remote northern...
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2012.10.42: Inscriptiones Graecae Graeciae septentrionalis, voluminibus VII...
Review of Daniela Summa, Inscriptiones Graecae Graeciae septentrionalis, voluminibus VII et VIII non comprehensae. Pars I. Inscriptiones Phocidis, Locridis, Aetoliae, Acarnaniae, insularum maris Ionii,...
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2012.10.43: Free at Last!: the Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire
Review of Sinclair Bell, Teresa Ramsby, Free at Last!: the Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire. London: 2012. Pp. 212. $80.00. ISBN 9781853997518.
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2012.10.44: Temi greci e citazioni da Erodoto nelle storie di Roma arcaica....
Review of Marianna Scapini, Temi greci e citazioni da Erodoto nelle storie di Roma arcaica. Studia Classica et Mediaevalia, 4. Nordhausen: 2011. Pp. 363. €40.00 (pb). ISBN 9783883096759.
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Review of Henze (ed.), A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism
H-JUDAIC BOOK REVIEW:Matthias Henze, ed. A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2012. 584 pp. $29.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8028-0388-7....
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Cross obituary in The Crimson
THE HARVARD CRIMSON:Hebrew Bible Scholar and Devoted Mentor Frank Moore Cross Passes Away at 91 By Michelle S. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Published: Monday, October 22, 2012 Friends and family mourned...
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Poems by Nizami from 1584 CE [Object of the Day #90]
Poems by the Persian Poet by Nizami ad-Din Abu Mohammedh, from 1584 CE Born in Modern-day Azerbaijan in the mid-12th Century, Nizami is often considered the most important medieval Persian poet and his...
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Bronze Plaque from Benin, Nigeria [Object of the Day #89]
Bronze Plaque from Benin, Nigeria One of the first projects I remember working on at the museum was briefly helping with was “Iyare!” – a fascinating exhibit of African material from Benin – and one...
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English Heritage to Heritage Action on Scheduling
.I was interested to read the response by English Heritage to the points recently raised by Heritage Action on the process of Scheduling and some of the aberrations and failures of the system. While...
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Blogosphere ~ Golden Sponge-Stick Comp 2012!
Roman Mysteries Blog: Golden Sponge-Stick Comp 2012!.
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