October 3, 2011

  • Mindy Kaling Does Latin!

    https://twitter.com/#!/WorstProfEver/status/120981662602493952 [Kelly Kapoor on The Office … if you were wondering]

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  • From Euro Weekly: A UNIQUE Roman villa dating back 17 centuries is threatened by the AVE High Speed Train in Barcelona. Archaeologists and residents in La Sagrera are protesting in support of the only Roman villa found in Barcelona which was uncovered a month ago and could end up as little more than a reconstructed…

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  • From the Ithacan: Jonathan Shay, one of this year’s First-Year Experience featured speakers, linked classical literature and war during his campus lecture Sept. 21. Shay discussed David Malouf’s novel “Ransom,” the First-Year Reading Initiative book, and Homer’s epic work, “The Iliad.” Shay worked for 20 years in the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in…

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  • A letter from the AIA’s Lauren Fragoza: National Archaeology Day Celebrations 22 October 2011- The Archaeological Institute of America and several leading archaeological organizations are hosting events in over 100 cities across the United States and Canada for people of all ages and interests as part of the first annual National Archaeology Day on October…

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  • This one is really difficult to piece together as much seems to have been lost in translation and/or editing. Here are two versions of the same story (tip o’ the pileus to Explorator reader Richard Griffiths for these) … first, from National Turk: A group of scientists and archeologists from Canakkale (Dardanelles) University have found…

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