September 13, 2011
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Alas … from the Denver Post: In Laurie Lawless’ Latin class at Dakota Ridge High School, 18 eager students study the classics: works by Vergil, Ovid, Horace — and, of course, the timeless … Seuss? “Imber tortum diem fluit,” says 16-year-old Ryan Cutter, reading with earnest precision. “Urceatim semper pluit.” Lawless helps him through a…
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From Today’s Zaman … interesting as well for the info about the Oracle of Claros An archeological park exhibiting exact replicas of excavated pieces opened on Monday at Klaros, the site of an important ancient Greek shrine to Apollo, in Menderes, İzmir province. In a speech given at the opening ceremony, İzmir Governor Cahit Kıraç…
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We learn of an interesting undergrad course at Baylor (lucky kids) via a press release: Fragments of ancient, rare manuscripts of Greek classical poetry, Greek philosophy and Judeo-Christian Scriptures are being retrieved from papier-mâché-like mummy wrappings on loan to Baylor University — all part of an international project that will give undergraduate humanities students rare…
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From a Walters Museum press release: In 1999, the Walters Art Museum and a team of researchers began a project to read the erased texts of The Archimedes Palimpsest—the oldest surviving copy of works by the greatest mathematical genius of antiquity. Over 12 years, many techniques were employed by over 80 scientists and scholars in…
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… as they celebrate 65 years of digging there … from Hurriyet: Excavations at Perge, an ancient city in Antalya province, have entered their 65th year. The excavation leader believes the ancient city was an artisan workshop Archaeological work at the ancient city of Perge in southern Turkey passed the 65-year mark recently and is…
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