March 2009
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I always find it interesting that newspapers even cover this at all … some excerpts from assorted reports … From the Nevada coverage: Not only is Latin not dead, it’s making a comeback, said Sherry Jankowski, Meadows Latin teacher and league state chairwoman. Some teachers believe that as the basis for western European languages and…
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Assorted tidbits that have accumulated over the past while … Timothy Howe is amongst a handful who were granted tenure at St. Olaf: St. Olaf announces faculty promotions, tenure Peter Struck was talking about ‘Ancient Heroes and Superheroes’ in an appropriate venue: Batman, Superman leap off the page at Penn Museum superhero event Marie Bolchazy…
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Carvers and Collectors: The Lasting Allure of Ancient Gems March 19-September 7, 2009 Getty Villa The official webpage includes several nice photos (with descriptions) of assorted items from the exhibition and there’s a short little video demonstrating gem-carving techniques (I’ve always wondered about that). There are some audio commentaries which require you to have RealPlayer…
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On the National Geographic Channel tonight is a potentially interesting show about the Druids and evidence of human sacrifice by them in Roman times. They’ve got a video teaser of Caesar meeting the Druids… There’s also a lengthy text accompanying that (and another video) which starts with the evidence from Lindow Man and then goes…
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This is another one of those weird claims … according to a brief item in Standart: The countless treasures of Persia seized by Alexander the Great, are buried at the bottom of the Black Sea at Kaliakra Cape, said oceanographer from the city of Varna Trayan Trayanov yesterday. Recently the Space Research Institute in Moscow confirmed…
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