March 17, 2011
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The folks who run the Ostia Antica Field school write to say they still have a few spots open and are extending their deadline to April 30th … See the original ad here: 2011 Ostia Marina Summer Field School
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As long-time readers of rogueclassicism know, I always get bugged when newspaper types try to hammer a Roman origin onto anything, most egregiously, trying to tie Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day. But as I was sitting here grumbling about this wonky internet connection, it occurred to me that it seems very strange that same newspaper types…
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A while ago we grumbled about an at-the-time forthcoming ‘documentary’ making the usual silly claims of evidence for Atlantis and we noted all sorts of problems with National Geographic linking itself to the program (which was shown this past weekend … I missed it, alas). Turns out the whole thing is an even stranger story…
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The first segment of this always-interesting podcast compares evidence from Bronze Age Archaeology to the film Troy (among other things): NakedArchaeology > 11.03.17-Warrior Art, Fire and Throwing Spears: This month: Aegean warriors in art; the most … http://bit.ly/ettj2s — david meadows (@exploratorraw) March 17, 2011
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Tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch (via twitter) for this one … seems fitting to announce it on the anniversary of the emperor’s death … from a French press release (I think): Cette tête de marbre blanc fut mise au jour en avril 2004 au centre de Pétra, dans les fouilles menées par la…
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