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Translating ancient Aramaic texts into Modern Aramaic
ARAMAIC WATCH: A project to translate ancient Aramaic texts into modern Aramaic.From the Old Written to the New SpokenPosted GMT 12-12-2011 19:41:12 (AINA)Sacramento -- In a small apartment in...
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Open Access Journal: Oriental Institute News & Notes
[First posted in AWOL 4/23/10. Updated 4/28/11. Most recently updated 12/12/11]Oriental Institute News & NotesNews & Notes is a Quarterly Publication of The Oriental Institute, printed for...
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Open Access Journal: Oracula - Revista Eletrônica de Pesquisas em...
[First posted in AWOL 5 November 2009. Updated 13 December 2011]Oracula - Revista Eletrônica de Pesquisas em Apocalíptica Judaica e CristãISSN: 1807-8222 O Grupo Oracula articula professores,...
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Open Access Journal: Global Heritage Review
Global Heritage Review Mission StatementGHF’s mission is to protect, preserve and sustain the most significant and endangered cultural heritage sites in the developing world.GHF VisionSince its...
View ArticleThe First Question is Doctor Who? What Do You Think The Answer Might Be?
As Doctor Who fans wait for the return of Doctor Who, perhaps now is a good time to revisit the ending of the finale from last season.Click here to view the embedded video.They kept us wondering what...
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Focus on CCPIA: Montana Dreams of European Antiquities Free-for-All?
.Warren Esty, "Professor, Montana State University" claims "I am the greatest expert in Montana on the scholarly use of ancient coins and I have published numerous professional articles in the most...
View ArticleEliot's Houses
Clearly not in the spirit of the Holidays, but T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets" helps me wrap up my "House-Home-Hood" capstone seminar.
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The Kinnardlys, "Easy Peasy"
This song is just irresistable. Check out The Kinnardlys' web site. Thanks to the Spiel gaming podcast for the tip-off. Always good tunes between segments there! Read the comments on this post...
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Ayutthaya’s lesser known sites may be lost in the flood triage
With limited funds to repair the flood damage, some of the lesser-known sites in Ayutthaya may be completely lost as funds for repair are prioritised to more prominent sites. photo credit: BernieCB...
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Barbarians at the Gate
One reason I love Corinthian Matters is that David Pettegrew’s loyal bots constantly crawl the web looking for new academic articles on Corinth. As anyone who attempts to keep abreast of new...
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Ran Zadok, "On the prebendal career of the descendants of Nabû-kin-zeri (NKZ) and other members of the Re?i-alpe clan (with a summary)", Nabu 2011/2, n. 29
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Yasuyuki Mitsuma, "'The Judges of the King' and 'the Judges of the Temples'?, Nabu 2011/2, n. 31
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Radoslaw Tarasewicz, "The syllabic writing of the month addaru", Nabu 2011/2, n. 32
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Nicla De Zorzi, Michael Jursa, "The Courtier in the Commentary", Nabu 2011/2, n. 33
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Jorrit M. Kelder, "A new reading of Lydian laqrisa as 'words' or 'inscriptions' (?)", Nabu 2011/2, n. 37
View ArticleLectures and seminars
Michael Jursa will give a series of four lectures at the Collège de France: Tuesdays, at 11:00 PM January 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2012 Free entrance
View ArticleThe notes to Lothar Kopf’s translation of Ibn Abi Usaibia
I’ve completed the OCR of a dozen pages of the notes. It is becoming clear to me that the notes are not by the translator, Lothar Kopf. There has always been rather a mystery about the history of the...
View ArticleAnother go at Severian of Gabala’s “De Pace”?
An email reached me today offering the chance to commission a translation of something from ancient or patristic Greek. My mind was rather a blank — or I might have suggested letters of Isidore of...
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MONGOLIA -- TEN PREHISTORIC SITES DISCOVERED
Archeologists have discovered 10 prehistoric sites in the Badain Jaran Desert, China's third largest desert located in northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. An archeological team composed of 11...
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ALTAMIRA CAVE IN SPAIN -- THREATENED!
Scientists and managers of the World Heritage Site of Altamira Cave in the Cantabria region of Spain are deeply concerned that recent calls to reopen the cave, closed to mass tourism since 1977, would...
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