Digital imaging
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From a UCL press release: A grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will create an online digital library containing rare books and art works related to Greek history and culture which will be available to everyone, across the world. For the first time, hundreds of key texts by the notable Greek mathematician, Euclid will be…
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Interesting press release from Southampton which has been making the rounds of the news outlets in various forms … here’s the first three-quarters or so: Archaeologists and engineers from the University of Southampton are collaborating with the British Museum to examine buried Roman coins using the latest X-ray imaging technology. Originally designed for the analysis…
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This one’s a bit old, but is still worth mentioning … there’s a new method/project afoot to reveal what’s in the Herculaneum Papyri. An excerpt from the coverage in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: The scrolls contained ancient philosophical and learned writings. But they were so badly damaged — turned to carbon by the volcanic heat —…
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Cleaning out the rest of the inbox … A new roof for Newport Roman Villa: Roofing work starts at Roman villa (County Press) Coverage of Richard Seaford’s thoughts about Greek money at the Classical Association: Ancient Greeks could throw light on financial crisis, says professor Coverage of the “Subversive Classics” session at Princeton: Down on…
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There have been a pile of news reports about the Archimedes Palimpsest this week … near as I can tell, what is new in these reports is the revelation that Archimedes’ thoughts on infinity in the palimpsest are different than previously thought. The salient excerpt (via the Live Science version): “Scholars are now talking about…
rogue classicism 