February 4, 2010
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The incipit of a piece in the Telegraph: Clever children are almost four times more likely to suffer from the condition, which is also known as manic depression. The latest finding, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, supports a commonly held belief that exceptional intellectual ability is associated with the mental illness. Famous sufferers…
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Came across this one las week but couldn’t get it to post for some reason … it details the discovery via satellite imagery, off the shore of Baia, of what seems to be a Roman theatre: Era il lontano 1956, quando Raimondo Bucher – ufficiale pilota da caccia – scoprì durante una ricognizione aerea, giacere…
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Renowned archaeologist Franck Goddio talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky [below] about his efforts to recover artifacts from the ancient cities of Alexandria, Heracleion and Canopus, with special attention to discoveries related to Cleopatra and her reign. The exhibit Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt opens at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia…
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From the Emory Wheel: Renowned classicist and contemporary poet Anne Carson read her work at Emory last Wednesday as the 2010 Nix Mann lecturer. The Nix Mann lecture series features a distinguished lecturer on campus each year. Carson, who performed her poems “Cassandra Float Can” and “Bracko” in the Michael C. Carlos Museum, has received…
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