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Rome, Villa Giulia
New at LacusCurtius & Livius —
Authority: 426
The "Sarcofago degli Sposi" I visited the Villa Giulia for the first time in 1982, a couple of days before my eighteenth birthday. I had read the first five books by Livy and had become fond of early Roman history, which naturally drove me to this museum, which is devoted to art of ancient Etruria and ...2 days ago -
Rome, Palazzo Altemps
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Ludovisi Sarcophagus, detail The porter of the Palazzo Altemps, just north of the Piazza Navona, is so disinterested that he does not even look in the book he has taken with him. He’s just bored. After he’s sold you a ticket and has started to gaze at the door again, your bag will be checked in an X-ray machine ...2 days ago -
Commemorating the dead (or not)
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The Colosseum I already blogged on the Christian martyrs venerated in the Colosseum, and pointed out that there is no evidence that Christians were killed on that terrible place. The evidence, in fact, suggests the opposite. No Medieval list of martyrdom sites mentions the Colosseum. There is actually more ...2 days ago -
22 MA degrees, 5 PhDs, 3 D.Lits, professor learns on
Thaindian News —
Authority: 741
By Asit SrivastavaLucknow, Dec 27 (IANS) Meet R.K. Rai, a scholar extraordinary. Over the years he has acquired MA degrees in 22 subjects, five PhDs and three D.Lits. But at the age of 65, he wants more.Rai is a retired professor and resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district, some 280 km from Lucknow.“I firmly ...3 days ago -
Longitudinal Proof Of Media Bias
Common Sense Political Thought —
Authority: 139
For a long time I have said MSM doesn’t have a liberal bias but rather a liberal agenda. Understand, that’s the same as saying “That’s not a dog. That’s a Great Dane.” Yes, MSM is liberally biased. That is absolutely provable. It is much more difficult to prove my stronger “agenda” claim but I ...3 days ago -
Pakistan’s Turmoil Endangers Its Archaeological Treasures
Disinformation —
Authority: 544
Christopher Allbritton reports for Time : In the mountains and valleys of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province, palace ruins and crumbling Buddhist monasteries dot the hills above war-torn locations such as Mingora, Peshawar and the Swat Valley. These magnificent ruins are all that’s left of the Gandhara ...3 days ago -
Cleopatra’s Pearls
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Cleopatra VII Now that we’ve had our Christmas dinner – nasi goreng in my case – LacusCurtius’ Bill Thayer serves us something to read and help you digest it: Cleopatra’s Pearls , an article that originally appeared in the Classical Journal 52 (1957). It’s a highly amusing piece that contains ...4 days ago -
Polybius’ Portrait
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Authority: 426
Cast of Polybius lost portrait Kleitor was a major town in Arcadia, not far from a river named Aroanios. Pausanias complains that, even though he waited until sunset, he did not hear the singing spotted fish for which Kleitor used to be famous. There are a few remains, and perhaps even that is an overstatement: ...4 days ago -
Common Errors (27): Christians in the Colosseum
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The Colosseum During the reign of Marcus Aurelius (r.161-180), the Roman Empire started to experience increased pressure on its frontiers. Germanic tribes started to organize themselves better and in the East, the Parthians were replaced by the Sasanian Empire , which was more aggressive than its predecessors ...5 days ago -
Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana
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Model of the Mausoleum of Augustus Everyone has an innocent private sin. For instance, if I visit Rome, I prefer Chinese food for dinner, and in the afternoon, I like McDonald’s for lunch. (I want to see things, so I don’t want to waste time; fast food is fine with me.) Another sin I must confess is that amongst ...6 days ago -
Fascinating South Seas Find - 60 Headless Corpses
Page in History —
Authority: 120
ScienceDaily is reporting on a fascinating find in Vanuatu, an island nation located east of Australia..."This is a groundbreaking discovery, as it is the oldest and biggest skeleton find ever in the Pacific Ocean; bigger cemeteries found further east are much younger," says Mads Ravn, head of research at the ...6 days ago -
The Roman Soldier by G. R. Watson
Strategist's Personal Library —
Authority: 127
The Roman Soldier by G. R. Watson published in 1985 this book uses a slightly unusual method in describing the roman army of the western empire. This is done through going through a soldiers experiences from beginnings through retirement. Most histories deal with this by discussing different ranks separately but ...1 week ago -
Carnivalesque #57
Muhlberger's Early History —
Authority: 131
A fine collection of recent posts from Ancient and Medieval blogs, collected at Zenobia: Empress of the East. Read!1 week ago -
Will You Be Celebrating Saturnalia This Holiday Season?
Disinformation —
Authority: 544
A celebration dear to the hearts of the Disinformation team at this time of year is Saturnalia , one of the most popular Roman festivals. It was marked by tomfoolery and reversal of social roles, in which slaves and masters ostensibly switched places, with expectedly humorous results. Saturnalia was introduced ...1 week ago -
Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World
Disinformation —
Authority: 544
Via The Onion : Members of the earth’s earliest known civilization, the Sumerians, looked on in shock and confusion some 6,000 years ago as God, the Lord Almighty, created Heaven and Earth. According to recently excavated clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform script, thousands of Sumerians—the first humans to ...1 week ago -
New Academic Program in Value and Equivalency
Ancient World Bloggers Group (AWBG) —
Authority: 410
It has been announced that Frankfurt University and the Technical University at Darmstadt will begin their new program in Wert und Äquivalent. This interdisciplinary program will be directed by faculty from the two universities who are of international renown and active in a number of related disciplines: African ...1 week ago -
Bone Age [Ancient History]
Jezebel —
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1,000-year old womens bones found in a rural Yorkshire excavation are significantly larger than those of village women from the same era - possibly because "the sexual division of labour was much less marked in rural areas." [ Guardian ]1 week ago -
Bone Age [Ancient History]
GossipMax —
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1,000-year old womens bones found in a rural Yorkshire excavation are significantly larger than those of village women from the same era - possibly because "the sexual division of labour was much less marked in rural areas." [ Guardian ]1 week ago -
"A Drunk 4-Year-Old Is Accused Of Stealing Christmas Presents From His Neighbors…" [Read It And Weep]
GossipMax —
Authority: 159
Reports News 9 , "She says she is not sure how her 4-year-old managed to get out of the house, open a beer, and steal the neighbors presents from under their tree" : This is so sad: a 4-year-old Chattanooga boy got out of the house, somehow got hold of and opened a beer, then wandered the neighborhood and snatched a ...1 week ago -
New Academic Program in Value and Equivalency
Numismatics and Archaeology —
Authority: 103
It has been announced that Frankfurt University and the Technical University at Darmstadt will begin their new program in Wert und Äquivalent (Value and Equivalency). This interdisciplinary program will be directed by faculty of international renown from the two universities who are active in a number of related ...1 week ago
