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“Romanization”? or, why flog a dead horse?
“Romanization”? or, why flog a dead horse? By Andrew Merryweather and Jonathan Prag Digressus, Vol 2 (2002) Introduction: ‘I admit that I have come to detest the word “Romanization”…’. Nonetheless the...
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Test Case
The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed Judge Blake’s decision dismissing ACCG’s test case on Cypriot and Chinese import restrictions on coins. Although the Court conceded that the...
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New life to the study of diseases in old bones
Professor Terry Brown, working in partnership with Professor Charlotte Roberts from Durham University, used a next generation sequencing approach, including hybridization capture technology, to...
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“She is a mass of riddles”: Julia Augusta Agrippina and the sources
“She is a mass of riddles”: Julia Augusta Agrippina and the sources By Peter Keegan Ancient history: resources for teachers, Vol. 37, No. 2, (2007) Introduction: Agrippina the Younger fascinated...
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New Excavation Planned for City of David
Israel’s left-wing newspaper, Haaretz, reports on an agreement between Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority for a new excavation in the City of David. A right-wing organization...
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‘Largest’ Hindu temple discovered in Bali
Archaeologists in Bali report the discovery of the remains of the largest Hindu temple, dating to the 13-15th centuries. Bali’s ‘largest’ ancient Hindu temple discovered AFP via The Star, 25 October...
View ArticleAPA Blog : CFP: Graduate Conference at Cornell University
Uti Tabes Invaserat Decay, Disintegration, and Aftermath in the Ancient Mediterranean World Graduate Conference Sponsored by the departments of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, History, the Archaeology...
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What kind of journal should you publish in?
You have a great paper to submit to a journal for publication. What journal should you pick? Should you aim high, at a top-tier journal, or try for a lower-ranking journal? Your chances are better at...
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SBL Room?
I’ve got a friend of a friend looking for a room to share with a couple of other people for SBL to help keep costs down. If you are looking for someone to add or would be willing to have someone else,...
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New Open Access Article- Creating a Successful Archaeology Month...
New Open Access Article- Creating a Successful Archaeology Month Poster http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Publications/TheSAAArchaeologicalRecord/tabid/64/Default.aspx
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Do You Think You Know All the Reasons for Rome's Fall?
© Sack of Rome in 410 by Alaric the King of the Goths. Miniature from 15th Century.Courtesy of Wikipedia German scholarship in the area of Classics has been notoriously thorough. Even if you thought...
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Looting on Demand, Shipping Included!
ICE announces the return to Mexico of more than 4,000 antiquities. While it is not clear from the press release what the time frame is within which these pieces were seized, the dates indicated imply...
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So here’s how the Classroom Unconference Went Down
Yesterday I described how I was going to do an unconference in my Historian’s Craft class. I’ve storified the results here: http://storify.com/electricarchaeo/the-classroom-unconference-in-hist2809
View ArticleMandaean Baptism in Liverpool
Click here to view the embedded video.I was telling a colleague about the fact that there are Mandaean baptisms on YouTube, and she did a search and found this really nice video I had not seen before,...
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Open Access Journal: Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception Studies
[First posted in AWOL 1 June 2010. Updated 26 October 2012] Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception StudiesISSN: 1756-5049PVCRS is very much a companion publication to our ejournal New Voices in...
View ArticleVandal Vanity: Art Crime Pays for Alleged Attacker of Menil’s Picasso
Screenshot from a visitor's video showing last June's defacement of the Menil Collection's Picasso, "Woman in a Red Armchair," 1929, still in conservationIf he wanted to encourage copycat vandalism,...
View ArticleSavoirs, pratiques et transmissions du Moyen Âge à nos jours
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Titre: Homère épigrammatiqueLieu: Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme / Aix-en-ProvenceCatégorie: Colloques, journées d'étudesDate: 07.11.2012 - 09.11.2012Heure: 19.00 hDescription:...
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Open Access Journal: Etudes massaliètes
[First posted in AWOL 11 July 2011. Updated 26 October 2012]Etudes massaliètesISSN : 0986-3974La collection "Etudes massaliètes" compte 9 volumes parus entre 1986 et 2007. Les 5 premiers sont numérotés...
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Open Access Journal: Journal des Savants
[First posted in AWOL 23 Febuary 2011. Updated 26 October 2012]Journal des SavantseISSN: 1775-383X 152 Issues 1100 Articles Le Journal des Savants est le plus ancien journal littéraire d'Europe. Fondé...
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