May 2010
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Image by xiquinhosilva via Flickr A brief AP report is making the rounds detailing something of concern about the Colosseum. Here’s the incipit of a representative piece from the Globe: Rome archaeology officials say three chunks of mortar have fallen off from the Colosseum but that no one was hurt and tourist visits will go…
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… in Classical Greek: Immense cave found in Pascua Island / Pakistan launches two missiles / Elections in the UK .
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Mostly about student involvement in the dig: The Lantern – OSU students excavate in ancient Greece.
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Culling some items from an AIA newsletter: From Paris to Pompeii: French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology By Göran Blix Reviewed by Walter Berry http://www.ajaonline.org/pdfs/book_reviews/114.2/01_Berry.pdf Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology By Rosemary A. Joyce Reviewed by Karina Croucher http://www.ajaonline.org/pdfs/book_reviews/114.2/02_Croucher.pdf New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece Edited by Lynne…
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An excerpt from a nice little essay/reviewish sort of thing on the whole ‘plundering antiquities for museums’ issue: For as long as these questions have been debated, it’s unlikely we’ll find an answer any time soon. In 70 B.C., Cicero condemned Gaius Verres, the Roman governor of Sicily, for his voracious appetite for artwork and…
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