January 9, 2011
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Some gleanings from today’s newsletter … as always, some repeats, some alternate versions, some things I hope I’ll get to blog: ================================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================ Finds from various periods at Medinet al-Far (Syria): http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201101058547/Related-news-from-Syria/ar\ chaeologists-head-statue-mosque-walls-islamic-coins-discovered-in-syria.html All sorts of translation/transcription problems with this Byzantine (?) mosaic (?) find from Kfamboda, Hama (Syria): http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201101068555/Related-news-from-Syria/ar\…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): Dear all, A new e-journal called "Electra" is about to be launched by the Centre for the Study of Myth and Religion in Greek and Roman Antiquity, founded by the Department of Philology of the…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): CALL FOR PAPERS: Irony and Humour as Imperial Greek Literary Strategies: The Playful Plutarch IOANNOU CENTRE FOR CLASSICAL AND BYZANTINE STUDIES, (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ,12-13 July 2011) Plutarch of Chaeronea is always taken very seriously.…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): This is to let you know that Iota, a new magazine for primary school children, will be out this month and you can now purchase a copy or subscription online in advance on our website…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): CFP: APPROACHES TO ANCIENT MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF EXETER 22-23 August 2011 Continuing the annual series held at Newcastle, Reading and Cardiff since 2000, the 2011 "Approaches to Ancient Medicine" conference will be held at…
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