October 30, 2011

  • I’ve been sitting on a pile of items on the state of antiquities in Libya of late, but this item from the Daily Mail which just came in easilty eclipses them all, despite the source: A gang of Libyan looters have raided a priceless collection of gold and silver coins that are believed to date…

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  • Circumundique ~ 10/27-28/11

    Kind of quiet these past few days: Round-Up: October 29 October 29, 2011 (Laura Gibbs) Getty Museum Announces Antiquity in the Twentieth Century. Modern Art and the Classical Vision Symposium October 28, 2011 Freaky Friday: King of the World: Pompey the Great vs James Cameron October 28, 2011  Battle at the Milvian Bridge October 28,…

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  • From BMCR: 2011.10.58: The Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum: Archaeology, Reception, and Digital Reconstruction. Sozomena: studies in the recovery of ancient texts: edited on behalf of the Herculaneum Society, 1 2011.10.57: Le syntagme nominal en Latin: nouvelles contributions. Actes de l’atelier du centre Alfred Ernout. Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), 11 octobre 2008. Kubaba.…

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  • Commodus’ Supernova?

    The Telegraph has an item which opens thusly: The Chinese were baffled by what they described as a “guest star”, which appeared in the night sky in 185AD and lingered for 8 months. Astronomers solve 2,000 year old supernova mystery (Telegraph) Similarly, the Guardian piece on the same subject opens: A puzzle that has baffled…

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