Syrian family takes refuge in an ancient Roman tomb
Syrian family takes refuge in an ancient Roman tomb | Photos | National PostAmazing photos, but a sad situation throughout Syria.
View ArticleDamascus Museum Update
I spoke with a very well regarded foreign correspondent the other day, and he asked to go into the museum when he was recently in Syria - he shares my issues with much of the propaganda being...
View ArticleLibel and Academic Opinion - or I've Found Jesus' Bones ...
As I've blogged before (here and here), an American film-maker is suing Joe Zias for libel, because Zias disagreed with Simcha's re-interpretation of his finds.Zias has responded here non Jim West's...
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Sarah Bond: The Continued Stigma of Crucifixion
On Monday, Amnesty International called on Prince Charles to raise human rights issues while on a trip to Saudi Arabia this week. Among a number of concerns, a major issue in the past few days has been...
View ArticleInteresting Interview with Turkish Culture Minister
Dispute Heats Up between Germany and Turkey over Contested Artifacts - SPIEGEL ONLINE:German museums and archaeologists fear that Turkey is punishing them for not repatriating contested artifacts. In a...
View ArticleThieves steal artifacts from Jbeil archaeology museum, Lebanon
Thieves steal artifacts from Jbeil archaeology museum | News , Local News | THE DAILY STAR:Thieves broke into an archaeological museum and stole 30 small artifacts in a daring overnight raid in the...
View ArticleGreek Lion Tombs
I know that lion tombs will be in the news, so I'm pasting and posting the chapter of my dissertation that dealt with them (without the footnotes). Please note - I wrote it in the later years of the...
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Who's A Pretty ... Lion? ... Lioness?
The puppy was playing with a toy, which was either a lion, a dog or a camel, depending on which of us you asked ... and that was before she had removed its nose, tail and then half its insides. The...
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News: The Tomb of Roxane, Amphipolis
Finally some press coverage of Tomb of Roxane at Amphipolis (use Google translate:CityPaper in Greek with photosand videos.My friend Michalis Lefantzis has been working on this and kindly discussing it...
View ArticleRoxanne Tomb, Amphipolis - more details
More details in this Kathimerini article:kathimerini.gr - Το Λιοντάρι της Αμφίπολης αγναντεύει την αρχική του θέσηFirstly, I should be clear that the speculation is that it is the tomb of Roxanna, the...
View ArticleAethelflaed: Warrior Queen of Mercia
Aethelflaed: Warrior Queen of Mercia:In 911, Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred the Great (871-99), succeeded her husband, Aethelred, as ruler of the midland realm of Mercia. In doing so she became...
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A Greco-Roman Ram ...
Bronze warship ram reveals secrets | News | National Oceanography Centre | from coast to deep ocean:Known as the Belgammel Ram, the 20kg artefact was discovered by a group of British divers off the...
View ArticleThe Joe Zias Legal Defense Fund
The Joe Zias Legal Defense Fund | Zwinglius RedivivusI've already expressed my views on suing academics over disagreements.
View ArticleSyrian War Devastates Ancient Sites
I know I was very skeptical about several of the articles in February, which all seemed to originate with the Ministry of Culture of the Assad regime, and all squarely place the blame on the rebels...
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Make Your Own Ancient World Maps
Antiquity-a-la-carte | res gerendae:My latest find of incredibly-useful-tools-I-wish-someone-had-told-me-about-earlier is “Antiquity-a-la-carte“, an application developed by the Ancient World Mapping...
View ArticleMikve from era of Second Temple excavated in J'lem | JPost | Israel News
Mikve from era of Second Temple excavated in J'lem | JPost | Israel News
View ArticleFaith and footwear
Faith and footwear: Putting their best feet forward | The Economist:The Hebrew scriptures tell us that when the children of Israel were about to make their flight from Egypt, they were told to put...
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Sarah Bond: In Death as in Life: Privatizing the Funus Publicum
On Monday, Downing Street publicized the decisionto provide Britain’s former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, with a “ceremonial funeral” replete with a gun carriage, service at St. Paul’s Cathedral,...
View ArticleBritish archaeologist discovers fresh evidence of mass graves at World War...
British archaeologist discovers fresh evidence of mass graves at World War Two death camp Treblinka | Mail Online:A British forensic archaeologist has unearthed fresh evidence to prove the existence of...
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