December 6, 2010

Greece Gives Up Ownership Claim of Elgin Marbles?!

Really? Bloomberg reporting on something in the (now behind a payfer wall) Times: Greece offered to end the long- running dispute with Britain over the Elgin Marbles by saying it would forgo its claim in return for a long-term loan of the artefacts, once a frieze on the Parthenon, the London-based Times reported, citing Greek…

Rethinking Naukratis

Interesting item from EurekAlert which will likely be picked up by a few sources: Naukrtis, a Greek trade emporium on Egyptian soil, has long captured the imagination of archaeologists and historians. Not only is the presence of a Greek trading settlement in Egypt during the 7th and 6th century B.C.E. surprising, but the Greeks that…

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii idus decembres

Image via Wikipedia ante diem viii idus decembres 346 A.D. — a bit out of our period, but today is the feast day of St. Nicholas of Myra (yes, ‘the’ Saint Nick) …