October 15, 2011
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Interesting item from the Times of India: Ancient Romans did not restrict themselves to coastal Tamil Nadu; they set up trading centres even far inland. A team of archaeologists exploring a dry lake bed in Naduvirapattu village, some 12km from Tambaram, unearthed a few days ago some artefacts, including broken pieces of amphorae (jars used…
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This is what we need more of … Classicists taking the time to write letters to the editor when the paper doesn’t quite get it. In this case, David Blank (UCLA) comments on a recent review of Greenblatt’s The Swerve in the New York Times: Sarah Bakewell, reviewing “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,”…
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I’m sure I’m not the only one who was disappointed to go to the Vatican and then find that I couldn’t get to the swell stuff beneath it (not all of it, anyway) … here’s some useful deets from the Irish Times (blame Virgin Mobile for getting that word ‘deets’ into my vocabulary): NO TRIP…
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Seen on the Classicists list: British Epigraphy Society Autumn Colloquium 2011: REMINDER The British Epigraphy Society will hold its Autumn Colloquium on 19 November 2011 in the Institute of Classical Studies in London. Speakers at the Colloquium include Profs. Thomas Corsten, Michael Crawford, Silvia Orlandi and Robin Osborne. The full programme and a registration form…
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