July 7, 2009
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… seen on the Classicist list: Lucretius in the European Enlightenment A Conference hosted by the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology The University of Edinburgh 3 – 4 September 2009 For more information and registration details, see http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/conferences/lucretius09/index.html Programme: David Butterfield (W.H.D. Rouse Research Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge): ‘Lucretius’ De rerum natura and classical…
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One of the ongoing problems I have with this whole ‘tomb of Cleopatra’ thing is the assumption — it appears — that not just Cleopatra but also Antony will be found in Egyptian-style sarcophagi, all mummied up. But as with Arsinoe, I’m still not sure of what the burial practices of the Ptolemies were. Consider…
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That dig purportedly into the tomb of Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius is currently on hold, but there’s still some news kicking around. Dominican Today had this a few days ago: The attorney-turned-archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who’s proud to proclaim that her work is part of a larger effort by a Dominican-Egyptian team, today said that her…
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From the Detroit Free Press: Thousands of Latin students around the country learned the language from the voice of someone they never met: former educator Edith Kovach. Her enthusiasm and dedication in her Latin and Greek teachings endeared her in the hearts and minds of students and faculty alike. A onetime chairwoman of the University…
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… seen on the Classicists list SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS: 10TH UNISA CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM University of South Africa, Pretoria THEME: ‘Family as Strategy in the Roman Empire’ DATE: October 15 – 17, 2009 Papers are hereby invited on any aspect of the family in Greco-Roman antiquity and early Christianity that may be seen to further…
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