Can’t figure out why Biblical Archaeology Society tweets don’t work like other tweets … in any event, a couple of Ehud Netzer items of interest there (and apologies to those who dealt with previous versions of this post that didn’t work:

• EHUD NETZER SPECIAL COLLECTION

• In Search of Herod’s Tomb (article by Netzer in the most recent BAR)

An essay on what we owe “the audacious Athenians” … rather interesting if somewhat rambling:

• via: The Original Birth of Freedom by André Glucksmann, City Journal Autumn 2010.