August 9, 2011

  • My spiders may have been slacking earlier today, but one of them just brought back something very interesting from the Wikimedia Boston list: Hello Bostonians, Prof. Gregory Crane (Head of Classics Department) from Tufts University is looking for a ‘Classics’ experienced Wikimedian to assist on a new project. The premise of the collaboration is to…

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  • I used to love reading the Weekly World News and its occasional strange reportage about the ancient world (and no, I didn’t believe a word of it) … what follows is a long-time-coming list of pages from the WWN (via Google Books) of items pertaining to Cleopatra: Cleopatra’s Beauty Secrets Discovered (these reappeared in various…

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  • … someone arrived at rogueclassicism while searching for this: Check out the DC Database for a synopsis and other info …

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  • With school about to start, it might be salutary to remind folks of the existence of this interesting little high tech toy: Google Earth Ancient Rome 3d layer.

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  • It’s Grim Up North

    From the Chronicle: A NEW comedy called It’s Grim Up North follows the exploits of dodgy Roman auxiliary soldiers building Hadrian’s Wall in AD126, and listeners wanting a good laugh can tune in via the internet to hear the world premiere of the radio sitcom pilot. It’s Grim Up North has been penned by Ed…

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