Let us praise God for the persecution of Christians on campus
I’ve mentioned a number of cases where Christian groups are being banned by universities on one pretext or another. Of course, in a secular way, such persecution is disgusting. But if we look at it...
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Wednesday Roundup
SourceFlix has just released a new video short, “Follow Me,” with some great footage of sheep and shepherds. Hezekiah’s Pool (aka Patriarch’s Pool) in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem has long been a...
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Excavating a Lake Babine Nation longhouse
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Northern British Columbia recently finished excavating the remains of an ancient fishing village on the Babine river 100km northeast of Smithers. The...
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A Forbidding Post
interdīco, interdīcere, interdīxī, interdīxus: forbid Interdīco (forbid) gets a note of it’s own in A&G because it’s case constructions have varied over time. Earlier writers present interdīco +...
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Cyprus Research Fund Lecture: In Person or Live Stream
As loyal readers of this blog know, tomorrow is the fourth annual Cyprus Research Fund Lecture. The arrival of Dimitri Nakassis from the Department of Classic at the University of Toronto in the great...
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Richard Mourdock and “Gifts from God”
Richard Mourdock, a Republican candidate running to represent Indiana in the Senate, has caused a great deal of controversy with a remark he made in the context of a discussion of whether abortion...
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Google Chrome’s Advanced Settings are a Threat to the Universe
If you don’t think so, you’ve clearly never looked at them carefully:No human being should have the power to obliterate anything from the beginning of time…
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Banned from calling Homo Floresiensis the ‘Hobbit’
We’ve been referring to the Homo floresiensis as the ‘Hobbit’ since its discovery, but now it seems that the estate of J. R. R. Tolkien is legally blocking the use of the term – by preventing a public...
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Contested Heritage and the New Museum(s) in Diyarbakır
By Laurent Dissard The southeastern provinces of Turkey will soon be home to a series of new, state-of-the-art, archaeology museums. Such buildings are being (or have already been) planned,...
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the antiquities trade in Nigeria: looting in the midst of economic,...
African nations’ cultural objects have been harvested by foreign powers; attacked by religious movements and political factions; and, sometimes under duress, reduced to commodities and sacrificed for...
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Egyptian Sleeve Band [Object of the Day #92]
Sleeve Band While this sleeve band is made from a linen material, it was created in imitation of Sassanian silk or Byzantine design. The iconography is that of a “Propitious Portrait” or “Wealthy...
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University of Utah - Marriott Library Arabic Papyrus, Parchment, and Paper
University of Utah - Marriott Library Arabic Papyrus, Parchment, and PaperThe Arabic Papyrus, Parchment & Paper Collection at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah is the largest of...
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New Open Access Article- Ofrendas atacameñas en la Colección de...
New Open Access Article- Ofrendas atacameñas en la Colección de Monseñor Campagner (Treviso, Italia)...
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THE SCHOOL VISIT
If it has not already happened during your star spangled career, you can be assured that eventually your phone will ring… …(making a sound akin to a swan gargling rusty coins) and at the end of the...
View ArticleA Curated, Open Access Course on Ancient Near Eastern Culture
Here on awilum.com I am putting together a curated collection of open-access resources to supplement my course on Ancient Near Eastern Culture that I am teaching as part of the Master of Liberal Arts...
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Skopje Antiquity Case - Dunlap Sentenced
.The verdict in the case of an American woman caught trying to leave Macedonia with a bunch of dugup antiquities in her luggage:A judge in Skopje, Macedonia ruled early today that Dunlap, accused of...
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Callimachus, Iambus 13, fr. 203.30-33 (Pf.)
τίς εἶπεν αυτ̣[....]λ̣ε..ρ.[....]. “σὺ πεντάμετρα συντίθει, σὺ δ̣’ ἡ̣[ρῷο]ν, σὺ δὲ τραγῳδε̣[ῖν] ἐκ θεῶν ἐκληρώσω̣”; δοκέω μὲν οὐδείς. Who said [...], ‘You – compose elegiac verses; you – heroic verse;...
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King-Crane Commission Digital Archival Collection
King-Crane Commission Digital Archival CollectionOberlin College Archives "During the summer of 1919, a delegation under the leadership of Oberlin College President Henry Churchill King and Chicago...
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University of Utah - Marriott Library Arabic Papyrus, Parchment, and Paper
University of Utah - Marriott Library Arabic Papyrus, Parchment, and PaperThe Arabic Papyrus, Parchment & Paper Collection at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah is the largest of...
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Discovery Times Square Interview
Temple Scroll When the Discovery Times Square Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit was running, I was asked some personal and scholarly questions about the Dead Sea Scrolls for the museum’s blog: When did you...
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