March 2010
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I was hoping we’d get more info on this one from the Barcelona Reporter (a few days old already): It seems the baths fell into disuse as the Roman city became busy and eventually became a habitat area, and a first dating points to the late start of V or VI century Archaeological find Roman…
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Over at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Rufus has some more thoughts for us: Aeschylus, “The Persians” & war and blasphemy | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen.
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Seen on Rome-arch (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Etruscan Literacy in its social context Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, 22-23 September 2010 The social impact of literacy in early societies is a topic which has been the subject of much recent research. In…
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From CAIS: Construction by local residents, ignored by the authority has imperiled an Achaemenid tomb, believed to be the tomb of Cyrus I, the Achaemenid king and son of Teispes and grandfather of Cyrus II the Great, near the village of Tang-e Eram in Bushehr Province. Experts have demarcated a 100-meter perimeter for the site,…
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I forgot they were building a new metro in Thessaloniki … I guess that explains why there seem to be so many antiquities smuggling cases there of late. Anyhoo … from the ANA: A large early Christian Basilica (1st to early 4th century AD) and an important late Byzantine period (1204-1430) building were unearthed at…
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