Foodies ... The Movie and Blog Love
I've met quite a few foodies over the years, mostly through the fabulous Steve Plotnicki, so I can't wait to see the documentary.xOkay, it might look a tiny bit pretentious based on the trailer, but we...
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'Byzantine' Odysseus Plate at Bonhams
I agree with Paul Barford; the plate looks modern to me.Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ungrounded Oddly-Tooled Odysseus, Munich Meleager, the Pageboy and Black Gunk
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Today In AD 15: Vitellius Born
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Advance Warning: Q & A with Adrian Goldsworthy
Adrian Goldsworthy has agreed to do a Q + A about his new biography of Augustus. It will probably be in a month's time or so, maybe in November, but I'm giving everyone fair warning so that they have...
View ArticleWho Owns The Parthenon? Goldman Sachs.
It's a universal monument, owned by Greece but part of the world's culture. Some of the sculptures are in London, the most of the rest in Athens. As I pointed out here in 2007 (click on photos to...
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Only Wear If You Do ...
I'm not a huge fan of most slogan tees, and *gulp* at the price designer tees cost but ...Je Parle Francais-print T-shirt | Etre Cecile | MATCHESFASHIONJe le porteraisà Paris pourmelégèrement moquer de...
View ArticleAncient Contraceptives ...
... from the Egyptians to the Greeks, Romans and early Modern Europe really were sometimes quite this nutty - although others clearly did work.
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eBay: We Have No Papyri?
ebuyerrrrr the Turkish supplier of dodgy papyri to dealers who ask no questions and the Green Bible Museum is sticking to selling what he calls embroidered textile Kaaba fragments and some dubious...
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Athens via Amphipolis in Paris
It was made in Athens soon after 400 BC and shipped to Amphipolis when it was it was 'owned' by Athens, then given to the Louvre in 1899 by the French minister to Cavalla (was Amphipolis still Ottoman...
View ArticleI'm With the Cabbies ..
I only tried Uber once, in Paris ... it was a bit of a disaster.In London I only use Black Cabs.When my little brother was ill, we were blocked in as the London Taxis were protesting the minicab rank...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה Haaretz has a nice feature on the history of the New Year and archaeological artifacts related to it:The history of Rosh Hashanah, which wasn't always the 'new year' - Israel News | Haaretz
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Today In 275: Tacitus Became Emperor
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Helena Rubinstein the Collector
Helena Rubinstein was a fascinating woman. Born in a Polish Ghetto, she moved first to Australia then London before settling in New York. She founded one of the great cosmetics empires ...... and used...
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No Sex Please, We're British (NSFW)
I'm a bit of a prude. I don't like the whole "Sex and the City" culture, where girls watch a TV show in which even the self-proclaimed 'nice' girl has sex with a different man every week. Grown-ups...
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Amphipolis and the Days of Awe
... yes we have been awed day after day by the finds at Amphipolis, but I was thinking more of the Jewish tradition, nicely explained by Judaism 101: Days of Awe:The ten days starting with Rosh...
View ArticleWandering Rabbis Go Down South
Going the Distance to Lead the Faithful - NYTimes.com:The High Holy Days “are the Super Bowl of services,” said Rabbi Raysh Weiss, 30, a fourth-year rabbinical student at the seminary. She added, “If I...
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Life Lessons From Josephine
Get a pre-nup.The modern stereotype is of gold-diggers refusing to sign them, but marriage contracts aka pre-nuptual agreements have been around forever, and were designed to protect the woman -...
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Obscure Roman Emperors: Carus
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Portable Antiquities Scheme records one millionth find
Today the PAS announced its 1,000,000th recorded find! Click through for more details and to browse through the database.Portable Antiquities Scheme records one millionth find - News sectionMetal...
View ArticleAmphipolis Update
No press release, but press coverage has quoted Katerina Peristeri as saying that they are working on removing earth from the mound to relieve pressure on the third chamber.(This is where I get to brag...
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