April 10, 2010
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This must have been zombie Thucydides: In some animals, however, there seems to be a genuine ability to sense the changes that occur before earthquakes.Perhaps the first person to record this was the Greek historian Thucydides, in 373 B.C. Days before a massive earthquake hit the city of Helice, he says all manner of animals…
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From a press release: A DVD is now available that documents the Caryatid Hairstyling Project, directed by Dr. Katherine Schwab, associate professor of art history at Fairfield University, to show if the elaborate female coiffures seen among the Erechtheion marble Caryatids, or maidens, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens could actually be replicated on women…
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I forgot to mention this one last week … a nice article from al-Ahram: When Herodotus toured the known world during the fifth century BC to compile his international history, he did not forget his hometown Caria, now Bodrum in Turkey. Caria (the name means “the steep country”) stood in the western part of Anatolia,…
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Mary Beard comments on this dress which will no doubt show up at some meeting somewhere: A Don’s Life by Mary Beard – Times Online – WBLG: Jane Asher wears the Villa of the Mysteries. cf: Jane Asher: ‘I remember how wicked I felt the first time I wore red’ | Daily Mail
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Though Hollywood may lead us to believe that the only real question behind Troy is whether Brad Pitt or Orlando Bloom looks better in fighting gear (or without it), a greater controversy has been brewing among historians and archaeologists for the past century. Scholars have yet to reach a consensus about the historicity of Homer’s…
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