February 18, 2012

  • Also Seen: Ancient Dog Food

    Adrienne Mayor ponders the question over at Wonders and Marvels: Ancient Puppy Chow: Dog Food in Classical Greece

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  • Barbara Gold considers what an ancient Valentine card would have been (un)like: Dr. Barbara Gold, Hamilton College – Love in Ancient Rome

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  • Glossing “Age of Bronze”

    Interesting item from Yale Daily News: With the help of one Yale alum, a ’90s historical comic book series is gaining a new, educational edge. Thomas Beasley GRD ’09 said in a Tuesday talk at Sterling Memorial Library that he hopes to put a modern twist on the study of ancient Greek history with the…

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  • Temple of Quirinus Found?

    Assorted outlets in the Italian press are mentioning the excavation of a sculpture, identified as a maenad, from a depth of 27 metres, on the Quirinal. It is thought to date from the third century A.D. and archaeologists involved in the dig think they have found the site of the Temple of Quirinus and are…

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  • Seen on the Classicists list: The British School at Athens, an institute for advanced research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, seeks a fixed term (5 year), full-time Curator to manage its research centre at Knossos and to conduct original research. You will be capable of combining academic and managerial tasks in a flexible manner,…

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