July 25, 2009
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This is one I remember … the whole thing is interesting, but there is some good Latin stuff just after the seven minute mark:
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Amicus noster Tim Parkin posted the Yes Minister thing from yesterday and a comment therefrom suggested tracking down another episode with a bit of ClassCon … ecce: … the discussion of “meta” is just after the six minute mark … if you don’t want the ‘context’, this one’s a bit shorter …
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Technically, this one’s a bit out of our purview date-wise, but I just learned a few weeks ago that there were mosaics being revealed at Hagia Sophia. According to various reports, one of the angel mosaics from Hagia Sophia has been revealed again, a century-and-a-half after it had been plastered over. Here’s the coverage from…
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I was having problems understanding the Italian coverage on this one yesterday (specifically, the architect’s description, which is also in Il Quotidiano), but thankfully it’s appeared in the English press this a.m. … here’s the ANSA coverage: An amateur scuba diver has discovered what may be the ruins of an ancient city off the coast…
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From the New York Times: Lionel Casson, who melded his mastery of classical literature with the findings of underwater archaeology in scholarly but accessible books about the history of ancient seafaring, from the primitive dory to the vast armadas of the Roman Empire, died July 18 in Manhattan. He was 94. The cause was pneumonia,…
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