Ancient jade tool baffles scientists
Some time ago, researchers discovered a 3,300-year-old on Emirau Island in the Bismark Archipelago (a group of islands off the coast of New Guinea). The 2-inch (5-centimeters) stone tool was...
View ArticlePrehistoric stone row discovered in Wales
Sandy Gerrard, a former English Heritage designation officer for 20 years, reported the discovery of an ancient stone row on the site of a proposed wind farm in Wales. It...
View ArticleEstonian students find Iron Age life smoky and cold
Five students in the small Baltic state of Estonia, who have abandoned modern conveniences for a week in a replica wooden hut built on the site of an ancient hill...
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Every Archaeological Site Needs a Cartoonist.
That’s my conclusion after checking out My Cartoon Version of Reality, Conor McHale’s brilliant blog. He had a lovely series on the Meeting House Square Excavations, showing some behind-the-scenes...
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Bad news for Classicists
CONSTANTINA KATSARI: Redundancies at the Foundation of the Hellenic World.Possibly cross-post under "Higher Education Bubble," although this sounds more like a side effect of the Greek economic...
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New book: Greengus, "Laws in the Bible and in Early Rabbinic Collections"
NEW BOOK from Wipf and Stock:Laws in the Bible and in Early Rabbinic CollectionsThe Legal Legacy of the Ancient Near EastBy Samuel Greengus-Book DescriptionThe remarkable discovery of ancient Near...
View ArticleArticle: Modeling Hypotheses in Pompeian Archaeology: The House of the Faun
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2012.02.03: Homer and the Odyssey (originally published 1998)
Review of Suzanne Saïd, Homer and the Odyssey (originally published 1998). Oxford; New York: 2011. Pp. vi, 420. $45.00 (pb). ISBN 9780199542857.
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2012.02.02: Götter, Mythen, Philosophen: Lukian und die paganen...
Review of Fabio Berdozzo, Götter, Mythen, Philosophen: Lukian und die paganen Göttervorstellungen seiner Zeit. Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, Bd 106. Berlin; Boston: 2011. Pp. x,...
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2012.02.04: Severus Pius Augustus: Studien zur sakralen Repräsentation und...
Review of Achim Lichtenberger, Severus Pius Augustus: Studien zur sakralen Repräsentation und Rezeption der Herrschaft des Septimius Severus und seiner Familie (193-211 n. chr.). Impact of empire, 14....
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CSSS Symposium XII November 10, 2012, plus Syriac SBL
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:The Canadian Society for Syriac Studies (CSSS) will hold its annual Symposium XII entitled Studies on Syriac Manuscripts: Texts, Illuminations, and Collections, on Saturday...
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Biblioblog Carnival for February
THE BIBLIOBLOG CARNIVAL FEBRUARY 2012 has been posted by Amanda MacInnis at the Cheese-Wearing Theology blog.
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Golden Jubilee for Vermes, Dead Sea Scrolls in English
CONGRATULATIONS TO GEZA VERMES:Emeritus Fellow Geza Vermes celebrates Dead Sea Scrolls golden jubilee2 February 2012Professor Geza Vermes Wolfson College was honoured to welcome Emeritus Fellow Geza...
View Article« Restituer » l'Antiquité à la Renaissance
Titre: « Restituer » l'Antiquité à la RenaissanceLieu: Université Toulouse II - Le Mirail / ToulouseCatégorie: Colloques, journées d'étudesDate: 10.02.2012Heure: 09.00 h - 17.00 hDescription:...
View ArticleTypologie des rêves dans les manuels de divination antiques
Titre: Typologie des rêves dans les manuels de divination antiquesLieu: Université Toulouse II - Le Mirail / ToulouseCatégorie: Séminaires, conférencesDate: 09.02.2012Heure: 10.30 h - 12.30...
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Jade mask found inside Pyramid of the Sun
Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan. Image: David Hamill (Flickr, Creative commons Licence)Archaeologists discovered a series of deposits in the interior of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan in Mexico....
View ArticleΑΣΤΙΚΟ ΚΙΒΩΤΙΟ
February 07, 2012 - 1:01 AM - Exhibition opening - 8 February - 24 March, 2012
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas februarias
ante diem iii nonas februarias 316 a.d. — martyrdom of St. Blaise 1995 — death of John Pinsent (classicist and founder of Liverpool Classical Monthly)
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Luca Grillo, The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile
Luca Grillo, The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile , Cambridge, 2012. Éditeur : Cambridge University Press234 pagesISBN : 9781107009493£55.00 Traditional approaches have reduced Caesar's Bellum Civile to...
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Lauren Hackworth Petersen, The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History
Lauren Hackworth Petersen, The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History, Cambridge, 2012. Éditeur : Cambridge University Press312 pagesISBN : 9781107603592£30.00 From monumental tombs and domestic...
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