March 2011
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This one’s been bouncing around Facebook for the past little while (tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch and Dorothy King for beating my spiders to this one … they still haven’t found it). From the Times of India: A gold coin said to be belonging to the Roman era and issued by the VIIth…
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Interesting digital model of Rome from the folks at Reading: University of Reading students, schoolchildren, and members of the public have been enjoying learning about Rome’s history through a new digital model of the ancient city. The new 3D fly-through digital model, the only of its kind developed in the UK and due for completion…
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Lengthy coverage from Stanford about another exhibition about the original colors of Greek and Roman statuary and the like (tip o’ the pileus to John McMahon): With the silent attentiveness of a physician, Ivy Nguyen passes her hands over the recumbent white lady in the darkened lab. She cradles a handheld black light in her…
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After a brief hiatus, Romm and Cartledge are back and are talking with Oliver Stone about Alexander: Oliver Stone Talks Alexander The Great With Historians – Booked – Reading unbound – Forbes. Also of note in the above, is the notice of a reading group for the Landmark Arrian starting April 11 (for free, via…
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This item from the times includes the excuse I keep hearing — ‘no demand’ (a.k.a. “no expressed interest”) — and I always wonder how one can say there is no demand, if the product isn’t offered in the firs place? Anyhoo: Today marks the Ides of March, when Adams County high schools once observed the…
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