September 2010
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Sarah Ruden: Guggenheim Fellow Translating Tragic Masterpiece at Wesleyan.
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From the Huffington Post: We probably don’t know exactly when a substance was first used on teeth. But research suggests that the Ancient Egyptians first developed a dental cream as far back as 3000-5000 BC. This dental cream was comprised of powdered ashes from oxen hooves, myrrh, egg shells, pumice, and water the actual “toothpaste”…
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Gizmodo notices the ancient world: Overwhelming Proof That The Romans Were Addicted To Facebook | Gizmodo. Since Gizmodo ties this image to Facebook, I guess the Greeks must have been addicted to MySpace: … and of course, the Greeks were already dealing with the problems of students texting in class:
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Hot on the heels of the most recent calling-attention-to-the-impending-flooding-of-Allianoi, come this bizarre cliam from Turkey’s environment minister via Hurriyet: Controversy over plans to bury an ancient city in western Turkey with sand ahead of a new dam project was overshadowed Wednesday by revelations from Turkey’s environment minister that the site did not, in fact, exist.…
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Gordon Willis Williams, Thacher Professor of Latin Literature Emeritus, has died aged 84. Born in Dublin in 1926, Professor Williams was educated at Trinity College Dublin and at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Yale, he enjoyed a distinguished career as Fellow and Tutor at Balliol College, Oxford and as Professor of Humanity at…
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