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The accessories of travel
I am in Brussels for a week, grading ERC fellowship applications. Do not for a minute imagine that this is a glamorous jaunt, enlivened by evenings of moules frites and Belgian beer. The working day...
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The Em Hotep blog has done us all a service by sifting through Facebook in search of pages devoted to Egyptology. The list and categorization can be found here. A great idea! Technorati Tags: Egypt,...
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Birth of the Future Flavian Emperor Domitian
Domitian © Trustees of the British Museum, produced by Natalia Bauer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme On This Day in Ancient History - October 24: In A.D. 51, the future emperor T. Flavius...
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Kings and regime change in the Roman Republic
Kings and regime change in the Roman Republic By Olivier Hekster Imperialism, Cultural Politics, and Polybius, edited by Christopher Smith and Liv Mariah Yarrow (Oxford University Press, 2012)...
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City courthouse dig tells Civil War story
Call it “Building X.” What remains of it lay, buried and long forgotten until now, beside today’s Fredericksburg City Hall where a new courthouse will soon rise. Now, thanks to intense scrutiny by...
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E-PIGRAPHIA
[Recreación infantil, a cargo de la joven dibujante Marta Guijarro -ver sus creaciones aquí- del recinto dedicado a la Victoria Augusta por M. Fabius Nouus y Porcia Fauentina descubierto recientemente...
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2012.10.47: Tragic Pathos: Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy
Review of Dana LaCourse Munteanu, Tragic Pathos: Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy. Cambridge; New York: 2012. Pp. xiii, 278. $99.00. ISBN 9780521765107.
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2012.10.48: Plato, Aristotle and the Purpose of Politics
Review of Kevin M. Cherry, Plato, Aristotle and the Purpose of Politics. Cambridge; New York: 2012. Pp. xiii, 232. $95.00. ISBN 9781107021679.
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2012.10.49: Homer's Odyssey: a reading guide. Reading guides to long poems.
Review of Henry Power, Homer's Odyssey: a reading guide. Reading guides to long poems.. Edinburgh: 2011. Pp. ix, 150 p.. $27.00 (pb). ISBN 9780748641093.
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Fragmented pots and the role of the academic
My regular column, "Context Matters", in the Journal of Art Crime considers the fragments ("orphans") of Greek pottery returned from the collection of a deceased North American collector (via New...
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New book on Philo of Alexandria
NEW BOOK FROM BRILL:Philo of Alexandria A Thinker in the Jewish Diaspora By Mireille Hadas-Lebel, Professor emeritus at Paris-Sorbonne Philo (20BCE?-45CE?) is the most illustrious son of Alexandrian...
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Wiesel lecture
ELIE WIESEL has given a lecture at BU on martyrdom in the Talmud:Martyrdom, suicide, sins spark Elie Wiesel lecture Written by Regine Sarah Capungan (The Daily Free Press) Published Oct 23, 2012 Boston...
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Cross SBL session
A SPECIAL SESSION in honor of Frank Moore Cross has been arranged for the Chicago meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature next month:There will be a special session at SBL honoring the memory of...
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Canals transported stone blocks for construction at Angkor
The monuments of Angkor in Cambodia are constructed of sandstone, laterite and brick. Three types of sandstone are recognised, but a grey to yellowish brown type is the most common. Researchers...
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Blogosphere ~ McGill Summer Institute
Classical Association of New England: McGill Summer Institute.
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Golfus Hispanicus con Moncho Borrajo
Este otoño, concretamente en Diciembre, visitará el Teatro Principal Moncho Borrajo con su espectáculo Golfus Hispánicus. Os pasamos la información por si os interesa:"El carismático actor y showman...
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