September 4, 2012
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I seem to have the ‘before’ and ‘after’ articles of this one, both from Hurriyet … first, the before … from August 30: Human bones and a skull have been discovered under the stage at the historical Ankara Opera House, home of the Ankara State Opera and Ballet (ADOB), during renovations, daily Hürriyet reported yesterday.…
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A while back we mentioned plans to hold a hockey game in the ancient Roman amphitheatre at Pula (Hockey in the Pula Amphitheatre!) … here’s an update with some photos of the ice surface in progress: Behold! Roman amphitheater begins transforming into hockey rink (Yahoo Sports) … I hope someone posts some video at Youtube…
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Seen on the Classicists list: CULTURAL F(R)ICTIONS IN HELLENISTIC LITERATURE (University of Exeter 27th-28th September 2012) On 27th-28th September, the Centre for Hellenistic and Roman-Greek Culture and Society, in the Department of Classics and Ancient History (Exeter), will host a conference to celebrate Hellenistic literature and raise provocative new questions about the interaction between Greek…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Session proposals are invited for the 23rd Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference which will take place on 5th-6th April 2013 at King’s College London (http://www.trac2013.org/). Proposals and any queries should be sent to the conference email address (trac AT kcl.ac.uk) and should comprise an abstract (max. 250 words) as well as…
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Seen on Aegeanet STAGING DEATH: FUNERARY PERFORMANCE, ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE IN THE AEGEAN 2nd circular and call for publication papers A recent colloquium at the 113th Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting (Philadelphia,January 5-8, 2012) explored the notion of funerary place as an intuitive concept with which to approach landscapes, buildings, bodies, societies and identities…
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