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• Unearthed: 13th June 2013

  
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  Buffy Writer Takes on Tomb Raider Reboot (IGN) Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Marti Noxon has been hired to work on the script for the upcoming MGM  Tomb Raider reboot. People in heritage: John Schofield, archaeologist (Get Into Heritage) Archaeologist John Schofield shares some tips and careers advice ...
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• hatti [ha-at-ti]: association des amis de la civilisation hittite

  
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  archaeoinaction.info - A dynamic Web and RSS Feeds Directory dedicated to the “Open Movement” within the Humanities.Contribution: Charles JonesName: Charles JonesURL: link to the original postEntry: ... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other content, and more!
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• History Mystery: Sipan City Of Lords Of Gold And Sacrifice -1

  
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  Material looted from ancient Peruvian graves gave tantalizing glimpses of the splendours of Moche craftsmanship. Its full glories were revealed in 1987, when an argument between tomb robbers led to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (CSCO): Scriptores Coptici Online

  
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  archaeoinaction.info - A dynamic Web and RSS Feeds Directory dedicated to the “Open Movement” within the Humanities.Contribution: Charles JonesName: Charles JonesURL: link to the original postEntry: ... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other content, and more!
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• Open Access Journal: Haluka

  
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  archaeoinaction.info - A dynamic Web and RSS Feeds Directory dedicated to the “Open Movement” within the Humanities.Contribution: Charles JonesName: Charles JonesURL: link to the original postEntry: ... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other content, and more!
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• Poorly Attested Words in Ancient Greek Online

  
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  archaeoinaction.info - A dynamic Web and RSS Feeds Directory dedicated to the “Open Movement” within the Humanities.Contribution: Charles JonesName: Charles JonesURL: link to the original postEntry: ... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other content, and more!
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• Open Access Journal: Collectanea Christiana Orientalia

  
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• Unearthed: 12th June 2013

  
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  Why does the games industry have such a problem with female protagonists? (The Guardian) Belinda Parmer calls on the gaming industry to create more games with strong female protagonists and to tackle sexism within the industry. KALI-MA! Ritual Human Heart Extraction (Bones Don’t Lie) Remember that scene in ...
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• History Mystery: Amarna Capital Of Heretic Pharaoh -5

  
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  Fashion, in the modern sense of fluctuating styles of dress, evolved side by side with the wealth and taste fore luxury which arose under the new kingdom. Chic Egyptian began to wear fuller and more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• What is a poem?

  
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  By William Fitzgerald In 1934 William Carlos Williams famously published what seems to be a note left on the refrigerator for a spouse to read, only now set typographically to look like a poem. It’s called “This is Just to Say”. I have eaten The plums That were in The icebox And which You were probably ...
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• Reconstructing a Persian Past: Contemporary Uses and Misuses of the Cyrus Cylinder in Iranian Nationalist Discourse

  
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  Ajam Media Collective : Recently, the Cyrus Cylinder, an imperial decree that dates from the sixth century B.C., left its home in the British Museum to be displayed on a museum tour across the United States until the end of the year. Its trip across the pond has been the focus of a plethora of news articles and press ...
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• 3 Months Down the Road

  
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  It’s been exactly three months since I launched  The Archaeology of Tomb Raider and I wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone for reading, sharing and commenting on my blog posts and for following me on Twitter and/or Facebook . It’s been an awesome three months and I’m still amazed how far ...
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• The reign of Alexander the Great

  
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  Alexander the Great, Leader of the Macedonians, was born in 356 BC. After his death from fever on 10 June 323 BC, his dominion fell apart, the most lasting tribute to his achievement being the town of Alexandria, Egypt. We present the following extract from John Atkinson’s introduction to the new Oxford World’s ...
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• Change Your Destiny and See the Fairies on Summer Solstice

  
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  Summer Solstice is a three-day celebration of the apex of the Sun’s journey bringing light to the Earth. Though the heat of Summer is just beginning, this date actually begins the ‘metaphorical’ decline of the Sun as it embarks on its journey to the Underworld, which will culminate on December 21st,( the darkest ...
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• History Mystery: Amarna Capital Of Heretic Pharaoh -4

  
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  The wealthier houses at Amarna were like miniature estates. They included gardens and many outbuildings, all enclosed by rectangular gardens and many outbuildings, all enclosed by a rectangular wall,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Actium

  
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  The gulls circled over the cape, the waters below red and brown, flotsam dragging men still groaning into shore, armor shining on the shining sea. The gulls landed on the rail of a ship still floating, its mast destroyed by fire, the fire withered to snakes of smoke, and the cinders snapping under buckets dredged from ...
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• History Mystery: Amarna Capital Of Heretic Pharaoh -3

  
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  The great Temple of Aten was situated slightly to the north of the private palace, in a vast sacred enclosure measuring 800m (2,625 ft) by almost 300m (984 ft). Like other Egyptian temples, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Various body parts for various body parts

  
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  [ by Charles Cameron -- mostly about a fascinating quote from Martin Luther King ] . . Let’s start with the Code of Hammurabi , 196-97 : If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he break another man’s bone, his bone shall be broken. A few days ago, I found I was feeling ...
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• Discovering the World of Ancient Symbol Jewelry

  
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  I would not describe myself as a jewelry-wearing kind of person. I tend not to wear jewelry on a daily basis due to the uncomfortable feeling of having my fingers or neck “weighed down” by pieces of metal. However, recently I have had a growing interest in all kinds of jewelry with ancient symbols. My [...]
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• Ancient Anuradhapura

  
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  by APAAME Visit one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka for an amazing historical experience. Noteworthy for its well preserved ruins of the ancient civilization. The sacred city of Anuradhapura sits on the banks of Malvathu Oya and surrounded by enormous monasteries. A popular place of worship for Buddhists ...
  3 weeks ago

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