July 6, 2009
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From an IAA press release: An ancient quarry, c. 1 dunam in area and dating to the end of the Second Temple period (c. 2,030 years old), was uncovered in excavations being conducted on Shmuel HaNavi Street in Jerusalem, under the direction of Dr. Ofer Sion and Yehuda Rapuano of the Israel Antiquities Authority, prior…
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The New York Times reports that a number of usually-closed-to-the-public monuments in Rome will be open for the next little while. An excerpt: “The shortage of guards is a huge problem that really must be resolved,” said Maria Antonietta Tomei, director of the Palatine and Roman Forum, as she strode purposefully around the site. On…
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From a press release: Neko Entertainment an independent premier video game developer and publisher announced today the upcoming release of Heracles Chariot Racing on WiiWare™, a racer that will drive players new and old to distraction. Featuring ten circuits in five mythological fantasy settings, players take control of one of eight gods or legendary creatures…
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… seen on the Classicists list: Dining Divinely: Banqueting in Honour of the Gods July 7-9, 2010 The Department of Classics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Commensality marked a range of public and private occasions in the ancient Mediterranean world. This colloquium will explore the evidence for banquets and feasts held in…
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… seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS ‘HINDSIGHT, or THE IMPORTANCE OF UNFULFILLED EXPECTATIONS IN GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY’ Chairs: Kai Brodersen (Erfurt) and Anton Powell (Classical Press of Wales) To form a conference panel at the sixth Celtic Conference in Classics, Edinburgh, 28-31 July 2010. If, as a historical magazine puts it,…
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