March 2010
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From Novinite: A commission of archaeologists and architects is set on securing a National Monument status for the temple of Greek goddess Cybele in Bulgaria’s Balchik. The absolutely unique Cybele temple was uncovered by accident in April 2007 at the construction site of a hotel owned by a local entrepreneur. The special commission has been…
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Mary Beard was talking at the University of Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Department of Classics hosted a distinguished professor of classics for a lecture about the ancient Roman city of Pompeii at the Chazen Museum of Art Thursday night as part of the Year in Humanities. Mary Beard, a professor of classics from Cambridge…
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Not sure if we’ve mentioned this one before; it seems to have been found a year or so ago: Historians investigating a hoard of Roman coins unearthed in south Warwickshire are hoping to ensure they remain in the county – and to solve the mystery of who buried them. The cache of 1,146 silver denarii…
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Seen on Aegeanet (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS The Classics Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appointment to this position will be for a term of one…
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Seen on Aegeanet (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Visiting Assistant Professor Roman Archaeology The Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Missouri seeks a visiting assistant professor to teach courses in Roman art and archaeology. This is a fulltime,non-tenure track position from…
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