July 18, 2012
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posted with permission: C. P. Cavafy, Selected Prose Works. Translated and annotated by Peter Jeffreys. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2010. Pp. xix + 163. Paperback, $24.95. ISBN 978-0-472-05095-6. Reviewed by James Nikopoulos, Rutgers University Despite the numerous translations into English of C.P. Cavafy’s poetry that have appeared in recent years—no less than…
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This appears to be the big news of the past few days, and all the coverage seems to stem from the MFA coverage, so ecce: In archaeological excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting at the foot of Akko’s southern seawall, installations were exposed that belong to a harbor that was operating in the city…
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This one’s interesting, given that we were pondering the origins of that sarcophagus in the sea near Antalya t’other day … from the Local: A Roman sarcophagus, believed to have been excavated illegally from an archaeological site close to Turkey’s Antalya, has been seized by authorities from a Swiss warehouse, a customs official said on…
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Scouring my email box still … from the BBC a couple of weeks ago: Archaeologists have discovered 85 Roman graves in what has been hailed as the largest and best preserved cemetery of that period found in Norfolk. The site at Great Ellingham, near Attleborough, has been excavated over the last four months and the…
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Just came across the series this is a part of … I’ll post others from time to time:
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