April 2009
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David Bromwich in the Huffington Post writing about US torture etc. mentions, inter alia: Romans of the imperial age practiced torture against enemy combatants on an imposing scale of unrestraint. The gloves were really off. Any viewer of the final montage of Kubrick’s film of Spartacus will remember the captives of the slave rebellion nailed…
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Haven’t seen any more coverage of this other than from the Ma’an News Agency: Roman-era catacombs were unearthed in Bethlehem Saturday during construction in an empty lot beside Bethlehem University. The small underground cave system opens facing north, and held four stone coffins with engravings on each, housed in two separate dug out burial areas.…
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A ‘busy girl’ sent this one in (gratias tibi ago!): Mythtickle by Justin Thompson
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… or so it seemed when I read this headline a bit too quickly: Alexander on undercard as Latimore faces Spinks … could the wily translator match up to the inquisitive Egyptian beastie? The followup tells the tale: Spinks edges Latimore for IBF belt! … and in case you were wondering, Alexander enneagrammatically KOed Jesus…
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Getting a smattering of coverage this past week was the announcement that the Cleveland Museum of Art would be returning 14 items (13 from the period within our purview) to Italy which were considered to be of dubious origin. In return, the CMoA will be receiving a loan of items of similar value. There don’t…
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