July 12, 2012

  • via: Recreating Music of the Ancient World ~ THE URBAN MYTH OF THE MONOTONY OF MONOPHONY IN ANTIQUITY?

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  • Interesting press release from Southampton which has been making the rounds of the news outlets in various forms … here’s the first three-quarters or so: Archaeologists and engineers from the University of Southampton are collaborating with the British Museum to examine buried Roman coins using the latest X-ray imaging technology. Originally designed for the analysis…

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  • I know … I know … I just blogged about it a couple hours ago, but Tom Elliott and I have been trying to figure out how they get a connection to Justinianopolis (and we still haven’t come up with an association), but while I was poking around, I happened upon some touristy page which…

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  • via: Translating Fragments I: Sappho « The Paths of Survival.

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  • Artemis from Parion

    Another one from Hurriyet: A sculpture depicting the goddess Artemis and estimated to be about 1800 years old has been discovered at an excavation site at the ancient city of Parion, near the village of Kemer in the Biga district of the northwestern province of Çannakale. The excavation is being conducted by Professor Cevat Başaran,…

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