January 2010
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CAPN –CACW joint meeting 2010 program and registration info: 2010 meeting of the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest.
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From AFP: Cyprus authorities said on Monday they had uncovered the island’s largest ever antiquities smuggling ring trying to sell stolen artefacts for 11.5 million euros (S$22.8 million). Ten Cypriots have been detained in custody while authorities have issued arrest warrants against five other suspects – including a Syrian – in connection with the case,…
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Seen on Classics (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY – WASHINGTON, DC The Georgetown University Department of Classics invites applications for an approved one-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2010-11 academic year. The teaching load will be three courses…
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The incipit of an item (with not much more information) from AP via CP: Greek police say they have seized ancient statuettes and an engraved tombstone after a sting operation foiled an attempt to smuggle antiquities. Authorities arrested three Greeks who allegedly negotiated the sale of the items to an undercover officer from the police’s…
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At the Athens Museum of Cycladic Art: Eros: From Hesiod’s Theogeny to Late Antiquity | Independent