October 19, 2011
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Tip o’ the pileus to the folks at Brainpickings for pointing out a series of animated shorts from the folks at the Open University illustrating some famous “thought experiments” … of interest to us, of course, is Zeno’s little mindbender:
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In the wake of the news from Chennai a few days ago (see: Romans in India Again), the Times of India has a nice little feature: The discovery of Roman pottery remains in Naduvirapattu, near Tambaram, last week has once again thrown light on the extensive trade between southern India and Rome more than 2,000…
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… oh wonderful, now I have that disco-era, mon-pays-c’est-l’hiver-inspired Patsy Gallant song stuck in my head. In any event, there are a couple of items up at museum sites which might be of interest, first, at the Getty: Welcoming the Berthouville Treasure to the Getty Villa … while the Met has added a very interesting…
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From an Open University press release: An archaeological excavation at Poggio Colla, the site of a 2,700-year-old Etruscan settlement in Italy’s Mugello Valley, has turned up a surprising and unique find: two images of a woman giving birth to a child. Researchers from the Mugello Valley Archaeological Project, which oversees the Poggio Colla excavation site…
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Some really interesting items yesterday: Scooby Doo: Pompeii and Circumstance October 18, 2011 (Jo Berry) Incitatus: Caligula’s Horse October 17, 2011 Beachcombing Round-Up: October 18 October 18, 2011 (Laura Gibbs) Rome: Heroes of the Republic October 18, 2011 (Juliette) Corinthiaka at the AIA / APA 2012 October 18, 2011 dpettegrew Romans Tore up the Hated…
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