August 15, 2012
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Brief item from Euroweekly: AN amphora dating back to the fourth century BC has discovered buried three metres deep in the ground near Denia port. Archaeologist Josep A Santonja Gisbert says the jar is in perfect condition and has identified it as ‘Punic’ a unique type that was produced in Ibiza between the years 400/375…
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Another one from Hurriyet: Turkey’s largest mosaic museum is being built where a theme park had been planned in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, one of the oldest cities in the world. A few years ago, during the foundation excavations for a theme park in the Haleplibahçe neighborhood, mosaics featuring hunting and fighting scenes of…
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From Hurriyet: Roman era blood sports – or at least a mock dramatization thereof – will return to an ancient arena in the southern province of Antalya tomorrow thanks to an initiative to stage gladiator fights for tourists. “The performances will start at 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays,” Mehmet Bıcıoğlu, a consultant for the…
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seen on the Classicists list: HERCULES: A HERO FOR ALL AGES International Conference, University of Leeds 24-6th June 2013 The conference aims to explore the potential for a large-scale project on the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles in post-classical culture. The idea arises from the recent monograph Herakles in Routledge’s Gods and Heroes…
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Hypish sort of thing (I think) from Paul OMahoney in the Independent … here’s the end bit: […] But the Greek myths don’t just shed light on modern day Greece – they illuminate the whole world. The global financial crisis was created by a brand new banking breed of Midases, all of them hungry for…
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