A Don's Life: In Pompeii-land
Welcome to the internet: posting a blog post on my blog. Mary Beard again contemplates Pompeii, and this time doesn't like what she sees: a revamped house of C. Julius Polybius with reconstructed furniture that smacks of Ikea and a holographic Roman projected on a curtain (which sounds really creepy). While I might pay extra to see this place just to help out the cause, it would indeed be nice if it could be less cheesy. We'll check it out next summer, perhaps, if the place is still standing.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Mummy Has Oldest Case of Prostate Cancer in Ancient Egypt - ScienceNOW
Mummy Has Oldest Case of Prostate Cancer in Ancient Egypt - ScienceNOW
CT scan of the spine of a mummy now in Lisbon find that he had lesions on his bones in a place where prostate cancer tends to spread. Some theories say that cancer has only become a common disease in modern times, but some people quoted in this article say that we just haven't had the technology until now to detect the signs of it in ancient people.
CT scan of the spine of a mummy now in Lisbon find that he had lesions on his bones in a place where prostate cancer tends to spread. Some theories say that cancer has only become a common disease in modern times, but some people quoted in this article say that we just haven't had the technology until now to detect the signs of it in ancient people.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Rome, Flooded – Torrential Rainstorm – Roman and the Imperial Forums, Coloseum Valley and the Circus Maximus Underwater. Dott.ssa Astrid D’Eredita` / Fotos: Claudio Valletti / La Repubblica.it (20/10/2011). « Rome – The Imperial Fora (1995-2011).
Rome, Flooded – Torrential Rainstorm – Roman and the Imperial Forums, Coloseum Valley and the Circus Maximus Underwater. Dott.ssa Astrid D’Eredita` / Fotos: Claudio Valletti / La Repubblica.it (20/10/2011). « Rome – The Imperial Fora (1995-2011).
There was a giant rainstorm in Rome last week and the Colosseum, Forum, and Circus were inundated. Here are some pictures, with a few old photos of early 20th century floods, too. One picture of the Forum notes that this is what the Forum might have looked like fairly often before the building of the Cloaca Maxima. No wonder they built the Main Drain.
There was a giant rainstorm in Rome last week and the Colosseum, Forum, and Circus were inundated. Here are some pictures, with a few old photos of early 20th century floods, too. One picture of the Forum notes that this is what the Forum might have looked like fairly often before the building of the Cloaca Maxima. No wonder they built the Main Drain.
A Don's Life: Has another Pompeii wall collapsed?
A Don's Life: Has another Pompeii wall collapsed?
Mary Beard's blog ("A Don's Life") addresses recent news reports that another "wall has collapsed" at Pompeii. She is there and just says there was a rainstorm and some stones slid off a piece of wall. Not really a catastrophic collapse.
Mary Beard's blog ("A Don's Life") addresses recent news reports that another "wall has collapsed" at Pompeii. She is there and just says there was a rainstorm and some stones slid off a piece of wall. Not really a catastrophic collapse.
BBC News - Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery 'a first'
BBC News - Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery 'a first'
An intact Viking boat burial, with all its equipment stilll in it, was found at a site in western Scotland. Nice sword, axe head, etc. Plus, check out the awesome name of the place where it was found! Ardnamurchan.
An intact Viking boat burial, with all its equipment stilll in it, was found at a site in western Scotland. Nice sword, axe head, etc. Plus, check out the awesome name of the place where it was found! Ardnamurchan.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Pictures: Ancient Chariot Fleet, Horses Unearthed in China
Pictures: Ancient Chariot Fleet, Horses Unearthed in China
Horses buried with the chariot. Weird.
Horses buried with the chariot. Weird.
Shackleton's 104-Year-Old Biscuit Sold : Discovery News
Shackleton's 104-Year-Old Biscuit Sold : Discovery News
1250 pounds would have gotten you this historic biscuit that almost made it to the South Pole.
1250 pounds would have gotten you this historic biscuit that almost made it to the South Pole.
Monday, October 10, 2011
An Ancient Tale Of War, An Ode To Epic Mythology : NPR
An Ancient Tale Of War, An Ode To Epic Mythology : NPR
A nice review of David Malouf's "Ransom," which retells the story of the encounter of Priam and Achilles over the body of Hector. I have not read "Ransom," but almost all this reviewer's passionate comments about the immediacy of emotions could apply to my feelings about Malouf's "An Imaginary Life," about Ovid in exile.
A nice review of David Malouf's "Ransom," which retells the story of the encounter of Priam and Achilles over the body of Hector. I have not read "Ransom," but almost all this reviewer's passionate comments about the immediacy of emotions could apply to my feelings about Malouf's "An Imaginary Life," about Ovid in exile.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Vladimir Putin diving discovery was staged, spokesman admits - Telegraph
Vladimir Putin diving discovery was staged, spokesman admits - Telegraph
I am shocked! Putin is not really an archaeologist who finds ancient Greek amphorae while diving on vacation in the Black Sea!
I am shocked! Putin is not really an archaeologist who finds ancient Greek amphorae while diving on vacation in the Black Sea!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Mythology in the News
Model who killed, cooked husband seeks parole - US news - Crime & courts - msnbc.com
She seems unlikely to be paroled.
She seems unlikely to be paroled.
Monday, October 3, 2011
World's Earliest Christian Engraving Shows Surprising Pagan Elements | History of Religion & Roman Artifacts | Second-Century Philosopher Valentinus & Early Christian Writings | LiveScience
World's Earliest Christian Engraving Shows Surprising Pagan Elements History of Religion & Roman Artifacts Second-Century Philosopher Valentinus & Early Christian Writings LiveScience
An old inscription from the Capitoline Museum in Rome has been dated using forms of the Greek letters. Thought to be 2nd cent. CE.
An old inscription from the Capitoline Museum in Rome has been dated using forms of the Greek letters. Thought to be 2nd cent. CE.
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