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2012.01.42: Sacred and Civic Stone Monuments of the Northwest Roman...
Review of S. L. McGowen, Sacred and Civic Stone Monuments of the Northwest Roman Provinces. BAR international series 2109. Oxford: 2010. Pp. vii, 159. £35.00 (pb). ISBN 9781407306506.
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fineStructure paper (Lawson et al. (2012)
Related: ChromoPainter and fineSTRUCTURE Comparison of MCLUST with fineSTRUCTURE PLoS Genet 8(1): e1002453. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002453 Inference of Population Structure using Dense Haplotype Data...
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More murder at Nag Hammadi
NAG HAMMADI is back in the news; not, alas, for any new discoveries of Gnostic manuscripts: Two Copts Killed in Egypt For Refusing to Pay Extortion Money (AINA).It seems that this is getting to be a...
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"Footnote" nominated for an Oscar
FOOTNOTE has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Background on the film is here and links.
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Ancient Wine
ANOTHER CRUCIAL CONTRIBUTION of ancient Israel to modern civilization: Ancient Wine.Fun fact (unverified): "The Talmud describes 60 types of wines."
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas februarias
ante diem vi kalendas februarias 6 A.D. — dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux by the future emperor Tiberius 98 A.D. — death of Nerva (?) ca. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Devota 1887 — birth of...
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Fish Traps and Archaeology
Fish traps, which go by an astounding array of terms, are at least 8,000 years old, and were invented by complex hunter-gatherers all over the world. Read Full Post
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Reviews from BMCR
2012.01.44: Laurianne Martinez-Sève, Atlas du monde hellénistique (336-31 av. J.-C.): pouvoirs et territoires après Alexandre le Grand. Atlas. Mémoires. 2012.01.43: Marie-Joséphine Werlings, Le...
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d.m. Helen North
From the Inquirer: Helen F. North, 90, professor emerita of classics at Swarthmore College, died Saturday, Jan. 21, at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. In a tribute to Dr. North, Swarthmore College...
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A Robert Graves Tidbit
The Independent has an article on folks who turned down Royal honours, among whom was Robert Graves: War poet and classicist Robert Graves rejected a CBE in 1957, and would go on to reject the...
View ArticleCall for papers: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society
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Recital de poesía sobre Helena de Troya y otras actividades de la Asociación...
Desde la Asociación Cultural Heleno-Aragonesa Pansélinos nos han pasado esta oinformación de la celebración de un recital de poesía sobre Helena de Troya con motivo de la celebración del Año Nuevo con...
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Opening the coffin of KV64
SF Video Portal Video of the newly discovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings showing the opening of the 22nd Dynasty coffin. It is in German but there are some good shots even if you don't understand...
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Friday Varia and Quick Hits
A few varia on a snowy Friday morning in North Dakotaland. The snow must have come just a few hours ago because the roads were not clear and neither was campus. This is pretty unusual. The American...
View ArticleEpiDoc training workshop, Calabria, June 4-7, 2012
EpiDoc and TEI / XML training workshop Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Giuridiche, Economiche e Sociali dell’Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria BILG Project 4 – 7 giugno 2012 The Department...
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EpiDoc and TEI-XML training workshop – Università Mediterranea di Reggio...
EpiDoc and TEI-XML training workshop Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Giuridiche, Economiche e Sociali dell’Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria – BILG Project June 4-7, 2012 The Department of...
View ArticleAPA Blog : CFP: Ancient Literary and Visual Representations of the Roman...
Over recent years there has been a gradual renewal of interest in the events that led to the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Principate. This interest has involved not only...
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Paul Was Not A Biblicist
Biblicism - the view that one should adhere strictly to what the Bible says, word for word and letter for letter – is the stance adopted (at least theoretically) by many Christians today.It was not the...
View ArticleWho Invented the Stirrup?
Do you think you know who invented the stirrup, when, and where? It turns out there is some controversy, although it appears to have its origin in Asia. The About.com ...Read Full Post
View Article7,500-year-old fishing village found in Russia
A team of Spanish and Russian archeologists has documented a series of seines and fish traps - on the banks of the River Dubna, 100 kilometres north of Moscow -...
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