APA Blog : Meaning, Metaphysics, and Inference in Aristotle and Aristotelianism
Meaning, Metaphysics, and Inference in Aristotle and Aristotelianism, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 20-22, 2012. This conference is intended to provide a formal occasion and...
View ArticleAPA Blog : Syllabus: Call for Submissions
Syllabus, a new peer-refereed journal, intends to provide an outlet for recognition and support to faculty who excel in teaching. It publishes original course syllabi, essays, and shorter “tool box”...
View ArticleAPA Blog : James H. Tatum Wins Book Award
James H. Tatum, Dartmouth College, has won the American Book Award for 2011 for his book African American Writers and Classical Tradition, Chicago, 2010, co-authored with William Cook. The American...
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DOG LOVERS! DOMESTICATION GOES BACK TO 33,000 YEARS!
A dog skull unearthed in a Siberian cave presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and suggests modern dogs may be descended from multiple ancestorsAn ancient dog skull, preserved...
View ArticleAPA Blog : In Memoriam Valerie French
Valerie French, Associate Professor Emerita of History in American University, Washington, D.C., died suddenly in her home in Washington, Dec. 8, 2011, in her 71st year. She was born in Toledo, Ohio,...
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Partially Open Access Journal: Materiale şi Cercetări Arheologice
Materiale şi Cercetări Arheologice (MCA) Despre MCA. Scurt istoric (1952-1999)Despre proiectul de indexare a revistei Materiale şi Cercetări ArheologiceIndicele complet MCAFacsimil digital volumele: IV...
View ArticleTechniques de l’épigraphiste : le pense-bête de Prosper.
Si Prosper Mérimée fait porter à sa Vénus d’Ille deux inscriptions latines et cueille ainsi l’occasion de croquer une scène hilarante de « conférence scientifique » menée par M. de Peyreorade,...
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Open Access Journal: Cronica cercetărilor arheologice din România
[First posted in AWOL 25 January 2010. Updated 29 January 2012]Cronica cercetărilor arheologice din România, 1983 - 2010. Rapoarte preliminare de cercetare arheologicăArchaeological Excavations in...
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“Digital natives”
I recently attended a workshop at my home institution where I heard teachers confidently assert that today’s students are so adept at technological tasks that we can rely on them to help their older...
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¿Habrías sobrevivido a la erupción del Vesubio?
... puedes descubrirlo respondiendo a las preguntas de este curioso test del Discovery Channel. ¿Quieres saber más sobre Historia Clásica y Antigua? Puedes subscribirte al feed RSS de...
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Mamma mea...
Exceso de tiempo libre... nulo sentido del ridículo... espíritu lúdico/ didáctico... ... interprétalo como quieras. Versión (en latín) del clásico de Abba, Mamma Mia, a cargo de Tyrannosaurus Grex....
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Sapa’s petroglyphs risk getting erased
The picture says it all. The engraved boulders of Sapa are slowly being eroded – naturally from the environment, but at an accelerated rate from tourists clambering onto the rocks. I visited the site...
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Why Doesn’t the Bible Contain Superior Medical Advice?
Many will consider the answer to the question posed in the title of this post obvious, as indeed do I: The Bible does not contain superior medical knowledge, or indeed anything that we might consider...
View ArticleMythicism as Selectively Critical: The Example of Couchoud’s Treatment of...
That mythicism is selectively critical, and selectively applies rigorous skepticism to sources, is easy to illustrate. Take Couchoud’s treatment of John the Baptist as summarized in a recent post on...
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News from the CDLI: Mellon-funded digitization of the Geneva cuneiform...
Mellon-funded digitization of the Geneva cuneiform collectionWe are delighted to announce a successful digitization collaboration between the Musées d’Art et d’Histoire of Geneva (MAH) and the Andrew...
View ArticleNew Images of Cuneiform Tablets
One of the most welcome trends of the last decade or two has been the acceleration in the availability of good quality photographs of tablets and inscriptions. With an increasing number of...
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STOP Restarts: About Time Too!
.A British Heritage organization is taking up the call which shirking British archaeologists shrank away from nearly two decades ago. They have started up "A NEW “Stop Taking Our Past” campaign – this...
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#53 Constantius II: Emperors of Rome
Emperors of Rome continues with Constantius II, a much more able and credible emperor than history suggests. Download #53 Constantius II
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January 18th CPAC Meeting on the Cyprus MOU extension
.Nathan Elkins gives an interesting account of part of the proceedings at the public meeting with the CPAC where somebody coming out of the State Department building talked of the coineys getting their...
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Making Faience
For some mysterious reason, faience--that striking turquoise colored stuff used as fake precious stones in Mesopotamia and Egypt beginning some 5500 years ago or so--has always fascinated me. Read Full...
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