January 17, 2010
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… in the courtyard of a condominium development in the Fuorigrotta neighbourhood of Naples! The carabinieri were in a ‘race against time’ to find the item, apparently originally found in the 1930s and destined for the black market, of course. Here’s the coverage from Libero: Una statua in marmo bianco raffigurante un imperatore di epoca…
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Not sure why this hasn’t appeared in an English source yet … apparently the site of Sigeum (mentioned in the Iliad) has been located some six km. from Troy. Sono tornati alla luce i resti di Sigeo o Sigeion (Sigeum in latino), cantata da Omero nell’Iliade, una delle mitiche citta’ dell’antica Turchia, a circa 6…
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Interesting find near Basilicata — a sixth-century B.C. ‘palace’ (for want of a better word) of a local ruler. The region was known as ‘Lucania’ in ancient times, but I think this predates the Lucanians arrival in the area (I might be wrong in that): Una scoperta davvero importante per l’archeologia della Basilicata. La Scuola…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Leeds Classics Department Research Seminar Wednesdays at 3pm Room 101, Parkinson Building University of Leeds 2010 Semester 2 February 17th Jamie Dow University of Leeds Proof-Reading Aristotle’s Rhetoric February 24th George Boys-Stones University of Durham Socrates Dissected:…
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Seen on eClassics (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): The Second Annual Terence Awards for Classics Student Films (aka the "Terrys") is currently accepting video submissions. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2010. This year there are cash and book prizes to be awarded to…
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