July 2013
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This is presumably a followup to the reports from last week adding the Tauric Chersonese to the list of UNESCO Heritage sites. I’m hoping some newspaper will pick this up and have a reporter ask more questions, but nothing doing … from EurekAlert: Chersonesos is an ancient city on the Crimean peninsula, which was founded…
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From Hurriyet: Sakarya Museum has launched excavations in Kaynarca district’s Uzunalan village after a 2,000-year-old damaged sculpture from Roman times was discovered in the area. Archaeologists believe the sculpture is not the only work in the area and that there could be other artifacts in the vicinity, according to a written statement from the director…
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From the Hellenic Society’s Annual General Meeting about a month ago:
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pridie nonas julias ludi Apollinares (day 1) — games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo late fifth century B.C.? — in the wake of the aborted attack on Rome by Coriolanus,…
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What Should Gregory Crane Do? DCA Wrap-Up via Dickinson College Commentaries.
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