February 6, 2013
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And we might as well include official descriptions of these UPenn videos too: When one visualizes the Roman Republic, the first image that usually comes to mind is that of a male aristocrat whose portrait bears the signs of advanced age: incised lines on or around the forehead, eyes, and mouth, and short, closely cropped…
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I think I’ll include the original description with these Classics Confidential posts … This week’s interview features Professor Daniela Manetti from the University of Florence, who at the time of filming was visiting the Humboldt University in Berlin as part of the research programme ‘Medicine of the Mind, Philosophy of the Body: Discourses of Health…
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This one’s snaking through the various British papers … the Guardian seems to have the most details: Italian police have arrested a former restorer of Pompeii on corruption charges and are investigating five others, including the former commissioner appointed to deal with the increasing degradation of the historic site. Italy declared a state of emergency…
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Kenneth Atkinson. Queen Salome: Jerusalem’s Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C.E. Jefferson McFarland and Company, 2012. 296 pp. $45.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7864-7002-0. Reviewed by Karl C. Randall Published on H-War (February, 2013) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey Queen Salome is an interesting but long-overlooked figure in ancient history. Kenneth Atkinson has finally redressed this oversight…
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The incipit of a piece in the Londonist: British archaeology has enjoyed a surge of interest of late, with the recent unearthing of Richard III in a certain Leicester car park. However, one London archaeological site remains in limbo: the Temple of Mithras is still waiting for its new home, as one of the City’s…
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