August 22, 2009
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Among assorted recipients of NEA grants for translation projects is Charlotte Mandell … here’s her project: To support the translation from French of the novel Zone by Mathias Énard. Written in a single sentence and based on the structure of The Iliad, Zone is more than 500 pages long, and was a critical success in…
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Some interesting finds from a Roman-era Thracian tomb … the first report (August 16) from Novinite: Bulgarian archeologists have found a unique golden wreath in an unnamed mound near the South-East village of Krushare, Sliven District. This has been announced Sunday by the archeologist Diana Dimitrova, who was wife of the late great Bulgarian archeologist,…
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From the BBC: Archaeological excavations at the site of a former plant nursery, set to be developed for housing, have found evidence of Iron Age and Roman use. The dig at the former Unwins Nursery at Impington, Cambridgeshire, found occupation dating from about 100BC with evidence of an Iron Age roundhouse. The site was developed…
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Brief item from Bloomberg: Archaeologists in Cyprus found evidence that an island off the Mediterranean country’s south- west coast was the site of a temple for worshiping Apollo, the ancient Greek god of light, prophecy, music and healing. Excavations led by New York University on Geronisos unearthed fragments of pithoi, or storage vessels probably used…
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Tacked on to the end of a semi (very semi)-related piece in Portugal News: Meanwhile, in related news, another archeological team has confirmed that remnants of artifacts unearthed in the furnaces of Morraçal da Ajuda, Peniche, are in fact the first examples of Lusitanian pottery and are believed to have been used for storing fish…
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