January 2013
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From Hurriyet: Denizli Municipality has submitted documents to UNESCO for the inclusion of the ancient city of Laodicea on the agency’s World Heritage List. The ancient city is one of the strongest candidates for the list, Denizli Mayor Osman Zolan said in a written statement. “Work has begun to include the ancient city, which is…
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posted with permission: Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander to Cleopatra. By James Allan Evans. Revised edition. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. Pp. xli + 196. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-8061-4255-5. Reviewed by Thomas R. Keith, Loyola University Chicago Those who are charged with teaching undergraduate-level courses on Hellenistic history will appreciate the…
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I think this is the one they’ve been arguing about for four or five years … from ANSA: The long-awaited restoration of the Pompeii archaeological site will begin on February 6, the authorities said Wednesday. An agreement on how to proceed at the UNESCO World Heritage site has been finalized and more details will be…
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pridie kalendas februarias 1000 B.C. — temple of Hercules at Tyre completed (according to one ‘traditional’ reckoning) 817 B.C. — death of Anchises (according to the same reckoning) 36 B.C. — birth of Antonia (“Minor”), daughter of Marcus Antonius and Octavia and future mother of hope-to-be-emperor Germanicus and emperor-to-be Claudius c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom…
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PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Golb case.
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