May 2010
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Most of the press coverage this week comprised of variations on an AP piece on Franck Goddio’s explorations of the underwater ruins of Alexandria, with a special focus on Cleopatra’s palace (to coincide with the exhibition in Philadelphia). Here’s the incipit of a representative item: Plunging into the waters off Alexandria Tuesday, divers explored the…
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Nice feature in Smithsonian Magazine about Imperial villas outside the big city: Home Away From Rome | Smithsonian Magazine.
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In Classical Greek: Maoists in India kill 73 / Bomb of WWII in Berlin / Kremlin wants again old soviet limousines
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A rather ‘inaspicious’ typo in that headline … Roman Food at the British Museum – Cooking the Aspicius Recipes | Heritage Key.
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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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