June 2010
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Very interesting feature on the work of conservators at the Walters Museum: Walters staff restores the 2,000-year-old Garland Sarcophagus | Baltimore Sun.
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Image via Wikipedia Not sure if we’ve ever mentioned this site before: The archaeological excavations of the Roman fortress Sexaginta Prista, located near the city of Ruse in north-central Bulgaria, will continue during the summer of 2010 into previously unexplored parts. The archaeologists Varbin Varbanov and Deyan Dragoev this summer will study the area to…
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Interesting opeddish sort of thing from the Times … sort of in the Jonathan Shay category: A Crack in the Stoic’s Armor | NYTimes.com. Tip o’ the pileus to Arthur Shippee and Diana Wright for passing this along …
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Seen on various lists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Digital Classicist 2010 summer seminar programme Institute of Classical Studies Meetings are on Fridays at 16:30 in room STB9 (Stewart House) Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU *ALL WELCOME* Seminars will be followed by refreshments *…
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And again, alas, a Canadian company is behind it … here’s the incipit with the salient bits: A Transylvanian gold mine project which critics say threatens the environment and an ancient Roman temple was approved for development by the Romanian government on Friday. Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said his ministry will clear the construction of…
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