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The Date of the Olive Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane
The olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane are about 900 years old and were all shoots of a single tree, according to a three-year study by the National Research Council announced last week in Rome....
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Emerging Open Access Journal: Gaia : revue interdisciplinaire sur la Grèce...
Gaia: revue interdisciplinaire sur la Grèce ArchaïqueISSN: 1262-3717 GAIA est une revue interdisciplinaire sur la Grèce ancienne fondée en 1997. Conçue comme un carrefour de discussions portant sur la...
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What is a Library?
I spent a day during Butler’s Fall break at a strategic planning retreat for the Butler University libraries. Being rather philosophically minded, I asked a small group I was in “What is a library?”...
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Lecture: Angkor Wat: Unravelling the Oracle of Stone
Southeast Asian Archaeology mentioned. From the Asia Research Institute, a lecture by A/P Dinah Roma Sianturi about travel writing and Angkor Wat. Name of Event : Cultural Studies Informal Seminar...
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Book: Ercolano, colori da una città sepolta
Congratulations to Maria Paola Guidobaldi and Domenico Esposito on the publication of their new book on Herculaneum: Ercolano Colori da una città sepolta Maria Paola Guidobaldi, Domenico Esposito ISBN:...
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New Open Access Article-Digitizing the Archives of Archaeology...
New Open Access Article-Digitizing the Archives of Archaeology Series http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Publications/TheSAAArchaeologicalRecord/tabid/64/Default.aspx
View ArticleAPA Blog : CFP: Ephemeral Relics: Approaches to the Five Senses in the...
Deadline, December 15, 2012 The Center for Ancient Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invites submissions for its 2013 Graduate Conference. Scheduled for March 2, 2013, the conference will...
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Outrage and the Plight of Cultural Heritage: an Outsider’s Perspective
By Elena Corbett While this blog post is addressed to ASOR’s archaeological community, I am not an archaeologist, nor do I specialize in the ancient. And I find the “oriental” in ASOR cringe-worthy....
View ArticleLecture on Prophets and Prophecy in Ancient Israel
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Andrew Becker Latin performance workshop
Dickinson Latin Workshop Saturday, March 23, 2013 Prof. Andrew Becker (Virginia Tech) Sound (and Sometimes Sense) in Latin Verses: Accents, Rhythms, Meters, Poems Place: Dickinson College, Tome 115,...
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New Open Access Article (German): Konsum und...
New Open Access Article (German): Konsum und Archäologie http://www.histarch.uni-kiel.de/Artikel.htm
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Hieroglyphic Spelling Bee?
This is today’s Bizarro comic:As a Biblical studies professor, the question I find myself asking is why an ancient Egyptian would be using a much later Hebrew “spelling” of “plague”… :-)
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AJA Editor's Picks (Open Access)
The American Journal of Archaeology Editor's Picks The Editor-in-Chief invites you to read these free print-published articles. You can also tell us your favorite articles. The Problem with Dexileos:...
View ArticleFrom my diary
This weekend was the end of another job, and gives me a chance for a break for a couple of weeks. I wonder what the Lord has in store for me next, for I feel His hand in the choice of my next...
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New Blog: School of Christian Thought
Let me take the opportunity to let you know of the new blog of the School of Christian Thought at Houston Baptist University: christianthought.hbu.edu. It’s a great place to hear about Theology,...
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Ancient mtDNA of first New Zealanders
PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1209896109 Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences from the first New Zealanders Michael Knapp et al. The dispersal of modern humans across the globe began ∼65,000 y ago when...
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Cunliffe, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect is now linked to the TLG texts
R.J.CUNLIFFE: A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect R. J. Cunliffe, A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect was published by Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow, and Bombay in 1924. Compared to the lexicon by...
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Iraqi Maqam المقام العراقي
Iraqi Maqam المقام العراقيClassical Music of Iraq. "An intangible heritage of humanity" - UNESCOClassical and Traditional Music of Iraq. This educational, non-profit blog is exclusively dedicated to...
View ArticleProphets and Prophecy in Ancient Israel, Take Two
Click here to view the embedded video.Steve Douglas spotted that something went awry with the version of the lecture I uploaded earlier today, and so I’ve uploaded a revised version. The image quality...
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