July 2012
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Last week we mentioned a find of some Roman burials which were found when a truck broke through the pavement near Debelt (ancient Dueltum): Roman Tombs from Debelt. Today we get a followup, with a slightly different version of the circumstances of discovery … from the Sofia Globe: Golden medallions featuring inscriptions and images found…
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… after 30 years!! Tip o’ the pileus to Diana Wright for passing on the Kathimerini coverage: For the first time in 30 years, the first floor of the Stoa of Attalos in the Ancient Agora next to the Acropolis in Athens, has opened to the public The Stoa of Attalos is among Athens’s finest…
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posted with permission: Edith Hall, Richard Alston, and Justine McConnell, eds., Ancient Slavery and Abolition: From Hobbes to Hollywood. Classical Presences. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii + 509. Hardcover, £90.00/$150.00. ISBN 978-0-19-957467-4. Reviewed by Fábio Duarte Joly, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto The reception of ancient slavery in modern culture…
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posted with permission: C. P. Cavafy, Selected Prose Works. Translated and annotated by Peter Jeffreys. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2010. Pp. xix + 163. Paperback, $24.95. ISBN 978-0-472-05095-6. Reviewed by James Nikopoulos, Rutgers University Despite the numerous translations into English of C.P. Cavafy’s poetry that have appeared in recent years—no less than…
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This appears to be the big news of the past few days, and all the coverage seems to stem from the MFA coverage, so ecce: In archaeological excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting at the foot of Akko’s southern seawall, installations were exposed that belong to a harbor that was operating in the city…
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