August 18, 2010
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Image via Wikipedia An uncharacteristically-not-sensational item from the Daily Mail: Historians are becoming increasingly convinced that a villa uncovered 20 miles from London was once home to Britain’s Roman Governor. Since Lullingstone Roman Villa was first uncovered in the 1930s experts believed it was once the home of a leading Roman or wealthy Briton, but…
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This is potentially very exciting and I’m surprised it hasn’t been picked up by more English press coverage … the conclusion to a Rossella Lorenzi piece at Discovery News: The centerpiece of the Forum of Peace was indeed the temple. Built in 71-75 A.D by Vespasian, the Temple of Peace celebrated the brutal pacification of…
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From the New York Times: Bernard M. W. Knox, an authority on the works of Sophocles, a prolific scholar and the founding director of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, died July 22 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 95. The cause was a heart attack, said his son, MacGregor. An American born and…
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None of you classically-inked types have taken up my request for submissions of your bodyart yet, so we’ll post one that showed up in another blog (tip o’ the pileus to Francesca Tronchin via Twitter for this one): That one is from Archaeopop, which is always worth a look … As long as we’re talking…
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An account of the opening of a new high school in Fontana, California includes the following excerpt: “This will have a positive impact across the district,” said Fontana Unified Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks. “It will relieve overcrowding at Fontana High and benefit students instructionally.” The mostly indoor campus is organized under a Greek theme. Teachers will…
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