March 18, 2011
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Lengthy coverage from Stanford about another exhibition about the original colors of Greek and Roman statuary and the like (tip o’ the pileus to John McMahon): With the silent attentiveness of a physician, Ivy Nguyen passes her hands over the recumbent white lady in the darkened lab. She cradles a handheld black light in her…
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After a brief hiatus, Romm and Cartledge are back and are talking with Oliver Stone about Alexander: Oliver Stone Talks Alexander The Great With Historians – Booked – Reading unbound – Forbes. Also of note in the above, is the notice of a reading group for the Landmark Arrian starting April 11 (for free, via…
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This item from the times includes the excuse I keep hearing — ‘no demand’ (a.k.a. “no expressed interest”) — and I always wonder how one can say there is no demand, if the product isn’t offered in the firs place? Anyhoo: Today marks the Ides of March, when Adams County high schools once observed the…
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Charlotte Higgins picks up on some big ones: Five historical clangers in Kevin Macdonald’s The Eagle | Guardian.
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Excerpt from an item in the Tufts Daily: Rather than submitting an application, prospective students came to campus and completed an entrance examination the June before their first year. The exam covered a wide range of subjects — if “wide” can be taken to mean classical history, languages and literature. Students taking this exam in…
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