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Fashion victims of the ancient world
http://scribalterror.blogs.com/ scribal_terror/ 2008/ 08/ fashion-victims.htmlHere's how Herodotus (a Greek historian of the fifth century BC) sums up the Persian penchant for adopting other people's customs: The Persians welcome foreign customs more than any other people. For instance, they decided that Median dress was more beautiful than their own, and so they wear it.
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Google maps 'demolish British history'
http://www.nowpublic.com/ culture/ google-maps-demolish-british-historyInternet maps such as those made by Google ae demolishing British history by effectively not including historic monuments, battlefields etc on them according to super map maker Mary Spence. Traditional cartography is... read more
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Dead Sea Scrolls going Digital
http://jewschool.com/ 2008/ 08/ 26/ 14487/ dead-sea-scrolls-going-digital/Dead Sea Scrolls going Digital by Justin Goldstein · Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 cross-posted at pardesyehuda.blogspot.com The New York Times reports that Israel is digitally photographing the Dead Sea Scrolls to make them available to the public on the internet. According to the report, the project will take two years and will, for the first time, make all of the scrolls publically available.
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The luxury of ‘issues’
http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/ blogumists/ 2008/ 08/ 25/ the-luxury-of-issues/[First appeared in The Times on 26 August, 2008] It is easy to have ‘issues’ when you have the luxury of choice. Before infertility, I used to be “scared of needles”. By the time I was 4 years into fertility treatment, I would have happily jabbed a needle in my eye if it would get me pregnant.
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The Golden Goblet: a vocabulary list/glossary
http://fivejs.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 08/ 24/ the-golden-goblet-a-vocabulary-listgl…In preparation for the school year, I’ve been trying to read through some of the books my kids will be reading this year. One of those books they will be reading for history is the Newberry Honor book The Golden Goblet, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. The book is historical fiction about Egypt, and I really enjoyed the story.
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America, Were Michael Phelps’ Eight Olympic Gold Medals Worth Winning?
http://www.libertymaven.com/ 2008/ 08/ 24/ america-were-michael-phelps-eight-oly…Michael Phelps and other American athletes are bringing back loads of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals from the Beijing Olympics. A young libertarian economist asks if it was worth it. Originally posted August 24th, 2008 by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution at http://www.nolanchart.com/article4585.html
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Ancient Science Podcast
http://richardcarrier.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 08/ ancient-science-podcast.htmlThe San Francisco Exploratorium has launched a new website on "Evidence: How We Know What We Know." I was interviewed some time ago for this new launch, and elements of that interview are now available on their site as a podcast. Go to their new project page (above), click "Enter the Site" and select the Podcasts option down on the right side.
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Indo-Iranian Relationship in Rigvedic Days
http://chakkdeindia.org/ 2008/ 08/ 23/ indo-iranian-relationship-in-rigvedic-day…The Persians and the Indo-Aryans, from very ancient times, had intimate relations. Persians and the Indo-Aryans lived together uptil 1400 B.C. Even when the Indo-Aryans had left Persia and settled in the Sapt-Sandhu, they maintained good relations with the Persians; and their religion and culture therefore was very much akin to the Iranians.
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The Biography Show #006 - Akhenaten vs Moses
http://biography.thepodcastnetwork.com/ 2008/ 08/ 22/ the-biography-show-006-akh…We’re back! Finally! Sorry for the delays folks, with the trip to France and I’ve moved house again and… it’s been crazy but we’re back on track and the shows are going to come thick and fast from now on, we promise! Today we tackle two subjects - Egyptian Pharoah Akhenaten (aka Amenhotep IV) and Moses.
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Looting of Iraq sites destroys history, distresses scholars - USATODAY.com
http://serenitylife.vox.com/ library/ post/ looting-of-iraq-sites-destroys-histo…Send to a friend
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