June 1, 2010
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Saw this on the Classics list (tip o’ the pileus to Dennis Webb)… it’s an Australian radio interview with Roger Bagnall all about the Oxford Handbook of Papyrology and it’s actually a very nice intro to papyrology in general. If you don’t have time to listen, click the ‘transcript’ button: The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology…
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Potentially of interest to someone … here’s the abstract (the article itself is payfer, of course): Powdered pigments found in bowls from the Pompeii archaeological site and some wall-painting fragments from the Vesuvian area (conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples) were investigated by microscopic Raman and FTIR spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron…
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Hyping a tv show (with the usual Atlantis connection) presented by Bettany Hughes … Has the real Atlantis finally been found… under a modern holiday paradise? | Mail Online.
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Image via Wikipedia kalendas junias rites in honour of Carna, a nymph who was somehow associated with the health of bodily organs Saecular Games (day 1) — celebrating Rome’s thousand-year anniversary 388 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Mars (and associated rites thereafter) 344 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Juno Moneta (and associated rites…
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