May 30, 2010
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Interesting … Demonstrating that chemistry sometimes can inform history, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Colorado College and Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md., have shown that sensitive nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques can be used to determine the elemental composition of ancient coins, even coins that generally have been considered…
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Kudos accrues to Ian Shuttleworth in the Financial Times! The Old Market is not as accommodating a theatre space as it appears: playing on three sides like this puts the performers some distance away from the main bank of audience. However, director Jo McInnes counteracts this by smart use of vomitorium aisles for entrances, exits…
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Not sure why these weren’t showing up before, but it is clear the OUP blog’s Cleopatra Podcast, which we mentioned last week, has had two further installments (as you recall, these are connected to Duane Roller’s recent biography of the queen) … all three installments are available at: Cleopatra Podcast: OUPblog.
rogue classicism 