October 13, 2012

  • Latest from Rosia Montana

    The controversial mining site is the subject of a  Euronews extended video report … starting at 1:18 we hear of plans from Gold Corp. to turn the Roman galleries (or at least part of them) into an underground museum. They talk to some archaeologists too … then talk about other controversial aspects of the venture…

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  • Some excerpts from the Sydney Morning Herald: LATIN is up. So is legal studies. Visual arts and studies of religion have dropped slightly in the rankings but remain in the top 15 most popular courses for students undertaking this year’s Higher School Certificate, with exams to begin on Monday. […] Latin is slightly up on…

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  • Met Museum Publications

    The incipit of a Met Museum press release: The Metropolitan Museum of Art today launched MetPublications, a major online resource that offers unparalleled in-depth access to the Museum’s renowned print and online publications, covering art, art history, archaeology, conservation, and collecting. Beginning with nearly 650 titles published from 1964 to the present, this new addition…

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  • Zeugma After the Flood

    Nice update on the happenings around Zeugma in the latest (November/December 2012) issue of Archaeology: Zeugma After the Flood

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  • Wow … here’s what the Cambridge Journals folks say: We are delighted to announce the completion of The Journal of Roman Studies (JRS) digital archive. JRS has published leading articles in Roman history, archaeology, literature and art for over a century. To celebrate the digitisation we are offering complimentary access to a key paper from…

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