Puddle Question: What Killed Alexander the Great?
Image by brewbooks via Flickr Those who teach grade-school level math or science are familiar with the concept of a ‘puddle question’. These are usually word problems of some sort which have more than one possible answer. From a teacher point of view, they are designed to assess how a student approaches a problem, comes [...]
Paris (?) Sarcophagus … and Biblical Archaeology Review
I don’t know why this happens to me so often … I take a break from my news feed to run some errands and then I get a notice via Twitter from the folks at Biblical Archaeology Review pointing me to an article with the headline screaming: Has the Sarcophagus of Paris, Prince of Troy, [...]
Chasing Mummies: A Cleopatra Update?
Image via Wikipedia As I sit here rethinking my Ancient World on Television listings because there seem to be so few ‘new’ items worth watching coming out (more on this later) I wandered over to the History Channel’s website and they have a pile of preview videos from Zahi Hawass’ new series called Chasing Mummies. [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvii kalendas sextilias
ante diem xvii kalendas sextilias Mercatus — as is often the case in the Roman calendar, a lengthy festival is followed by an opportunity to restock the cupboards (or cash in on the tourist traffic?) 217 B.C. — birth of the philosopher Carneades (by one reckoning)
