November 6, 2010
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I keep coming across mention of matters Classical in ancient Jewish texts — in this case, the Talmud — which don’t sound quite ‘right’. Here’s one mentioned in the Jewish Journal: The ancient Romans were known for their wild and weird rituals, but one of them, recorded in the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 11b), is of…
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There was a pile of Italian coverage of this a few hours ago … now the English coverage is trickling in. So far Reuters seems to have the fullest coverage: The 2,000-year-old “House of the Gladiators” in the ruins of ancient Pompeii collapsed on Saturday, officials said. They said the stone house, on the main…
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A claim in an item in the Telegraph: Alexander the Great is known to have enjoyed fox-hunting, as did the Persians and the Romans. via The rise and fall of Mr Fox – Telegraph. … which possibly comes from Wikipedia: The earliest historical records of fox hunting come from the 4th century BC ; Alexander…
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From a press release: The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities, announces that from the 12th to the 31st August 2010 the French Archaeological Expedition at Pafos (dir. Dr Claire Balandier) and the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (Dr E. Raptou), worked together at the so-called sanctuary of Apollo Hylates of Nea Pafos…
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The inicipit of a piece from the East Bay Express: UC Berkeley classics professor Kim Shelton and her largely student crew are back from a summer spent excavating, researching, and conserving at Nemea, Greece. Ever since the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology was founded within UCB’s Classics department six years ago, UCB has maintained the…
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