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View ArticleGreat photos of Chemical Attack at Dura Europas
How chemical weapons were used in Syria 1,700 years ago by Persians attackers to kill Roman soldiers defending their city | Mail Online:British archeologist Dr Simon James believes 20 Roman soldiers...
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A Byzantine Menorah Necklace From Jerusalem
I had been warned that there would be a big archaeological announcement coming out of Jerusalem about an important Byzantine find, and today it started to hit the press. Still no IAA press release...
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House-Keeping ...
KindleMy thesis on Late Classical and Hellenistic Architectural sculpture is now available on Kindle. I couldn't include the illustrations, so this version is text only. It is focused on the Doric...
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Death By Roof Tile or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Twitter
By Sarah BondIn preparation for a talk on the catacombs in the fourth century, I have been rereading many sources concerning the ascent of that rascally Bishop of Rome, Damasus (r. 366-384). One of...
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Who Wore it Better? Theodora or Arnegundis?
It's Fashion Week in London, and the Fall-Winter 13/14 collections are in the shops. For readers with a spare £10,000 to drop, I would recommend the new season Dolce & Gabbana dresses based on the...
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Trying To Have a Sense of Humour About ...
I posted this on Facebook, and pretty much everyone I'm related to shared it.I try to have a sense of humour about weirdos and the internet, but these are two matters I feel I need to clear up. Normal...
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The Evidence for Roman Chain Mail
I've briefly blogged about Roman chain mail before - Roman Chain Mail - but several new discoveries were announced this year, upping our known examples and I wanted to go through some of the others.For...
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EX PRAEDA IVDAEAE: Funded by the Booty of Judaea
He came, he saw, he looted.We all know that Titus conquered Jerusalem and looted the Temple. What happened to the Temple Treasures after AD 70 has been speculated about almost ad nauseam.I wanted to...
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The First Temple's Treasure ...
Despite the compelling evidence of the Indiana Jones movie ... we don't know what happened to the Ark of the Covenant. It probably isn't hidden in either an OSS warehouse or the Vatican, and I won't be...
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In Search of the Modern Antiquities Collector
Someone dropped me a line asking about collecting antiquities; he was trying to compile a list of solid blogs about the subject, and in order to be balanced was trying to come up with a good one on the...
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"Restitution and Repatriation: The Return of Cultural Objects" at DePaul
I was asked to mention that there will be a conference at DePaul in November on the theme of "Restitution and Repatriation: The Return of Cultural Objects" - full details can be found here.
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The Reaction to the Capture of Jerusalem AD 70
The Roman Emperor Vespasian ordered the destruction of Jerusalem's Temple in A.D. 70., to punish the Jews for what became known as the First Jewish Revolt. This Roman coin from A.D. 71, issued by...
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Advice To Antiquities Collectors
Why Archaeological Context is KeyI snapped a photo of this fabulous horse blinker in the archaeological museum in Athens (inv. 15070), and I'd like to briefly explain what makes it so interesting. It...
View ArticleWe Need To Talk About Sexual Harassment ...
I've been having an interesting conversation with two men via email about trolls, what to ignore, and what (I believe) is far more dangerous and forces women to stand up and call "bull": sexual...
View ArticleProblems at The Art Loss Register
I'll blog this properly when I'm back on a laptop, but I recommend this article highly to anyone interested in Cultural Property. Two journalists from the New York Times finally did an expose of The...
View ArticleOur expertise is worth something
@LoreleiKing: Excellent blog - points that apply to all freelance! RT @nicolamorgan Charging for author events - empower yourself. http://t.co/RtQGU9ehi0This is an excellent post by an author, which...
View ArticleArchaeology on TV ...
I knew of the old radio series on the radio which featured scholars such as Bernard Ashmole discussing Greek sculpture, but wasn't aware of this fabulous series, which the BBC has just made available...
View ArticleGuess Who's eBaying Again ...
ebuyerrrrr | eBayYes, the Turkish dealer is again selling Egyptian papyri ... but now claiming to be sending them from London not Istanbul. And they don't look quite 'right' do they?
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