February 14, 2009
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From the ASCSA site (no … I do not understand why McMaster University has nothing mentioning this): With great sadness, the School reports that Daniel Joseph Geagan passed away at St. Joseph’s Villa, Dundas, Ontario, Canada on Friday, February 6, 2009, in his 72nd year. He is survived by his wife, Helen Augusta von Raits…
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My driving-to-work-and-back listening yesterday was a very interesting edition of In Our Time featuring Mary Beard, Jo Crawley-Quinn and Ellen O’Gorman. The topic of the conversation was the destruction of Carthage, but it went much beyond that and gave a very good overview of Rome’s dealings with Carthage in general, and there was much mention…
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Every now and then, this story about the purported Roman origins of hopscotch pops up … most recently in the East London Advertiser: The game involving hopping between squares on a chalk grid dates back to Roman times. It was used originally for military training when foot soldiers ran in full armour and field packs…
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Mark June 20 in your pda … that’s the date officially announced t’other day about the official opening date of the new Acropolis Museum … Grand opening in June (Kathimerini) Opening date set for long-delayed Acropolis Museum (CBC … nice photo of the museum) Greece to open new Acropolis museum in June (IHT) New Acropolis…
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Well now that we’re past that Lupercalia unpleasantness, we can concentrate on other aspects of this Valentine’s Day (or Valentines Day, if you prefer) … seems that amicus noster Don Lateiner was amongst a pile of folks from various disciplines holding press conferences/having interviews about the origins of kissing. Most of the coverage seems to…
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