nbcnews.com: some reflections on destruction of cultural heritage in the name of religion
Scroll all the way down for heartbreaking pictures of the destroyed manuscripts.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Dicebam: "Medicare tuos desiste capillos!"
January Jones: My hair is falling out
This actress admits that she has changed her hair color so many times that it is now falling out. Please read Ovid, Amores 1.14, where the poet's amica has mistreated her hair so much--mainly with heat!--that she must now wear a wig made of hair from naturally-blonde German women.
This actress admits that she has changed her hair color so many times that it is now falling out. Please read Ovid, Amores 1.14, where the poet's amica has mistreated her hair so much--mainly with heat!--that she must now wear a wig made of hair from naturally-blonde German women.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Small Handcuffs on Slate.com
Small Handcuffs article on Slate.com
Slate has a feature called "The Vault," which shows historical artifacts. This one shows a tiny, kid-sized pair of handcuffs which were used during the forced relocation of Native American children to the "Indian schools" across the US during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. If anyone doubted that Native children were taken away from their families by force during that time, these things put that doubt to rest.
I give the Slate article here because it contains a link to the original article about the artifact, which was published on the "Indian Country Today Media Network" site (at: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/mobile/article/tiny-horrors-chilling-reminder-how-cruel-assimilation-was%E2%80%94and-146664), and a link to a follow-up article on the same site (see: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/01/10/indian-assimilation-mystery-tiny-handcuffs-solved-146863), in which the donor of the handcuffs came forward after several years of anonymity. (He tells the rather incomplete story of of how he came to have them.) Slate also has a picture of the handcuffs, which are rather hard to look at. The original article has some details about the struggle at the museum at Haskell Indian Nations University over how to treat the object, which naturally people feel has some nasty spiritual baggage.
Slate has a feature called "The Vault," which shows historical artifacts. This one shows a tiny, kid-sized pair of handcuffs which were used during the forced relocation of Native American children to the "Indian schools" across the US during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. If anyone doubted that Native children were taken away from their families by force during that time, these things put that doubt to rest.
I give the Slate article here because it contains a link to the original article about the artifact, which was published on the "Indian Country Today Media Network" site (at: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/mobile/article/tiny-horrors-chilling-reminder-how-cruel-assimilation-was%E2%80%94and-146664), and a link to a follow-up article on the same site (see: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/01/10/indian-assimilation-mystery-tiny-handcuffs-solved-146863), in which the donor of the handcuffs came forward after several years of anonymity. (He tells the rather incomplete story of of how he came to have them.) Slate also has a picture of the handcuffs, which are rather hard to look at. The original article has some details about the struggle at the museum at Haskell Indian Nations University over how to treat the object, which naturally people feel has some nasty spiritual baggage.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Roman Art Find in Britain
Roman Art Find in Britain
Little bust of a boy, possibly Antinous. Cute dolphin sculpture. Knife handle with sculpture of couple having sex. Ivory phallus with wings. All pretty decent-quality stuff, and headline-grabbing, given its subject matter. Those enterprising Brits, looking beneath the surface.
Little bust of a boy, possibly Antinous. Cute dolphin sculpture. Knife handle with sculpture of couple having sex. Ivory phallus with wings. All pretty decent-quality stuff, and headline-grabbing, given its subject matter. Those enterprising Brits, looking beneath the surface.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Archaeology: Technical Advances since Indiana Jones
http://www.technewsdaily.com/2714-indiana-jones-archaeology-tech.html
Not a new article, but since 2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the original Indy pic, the TechNews people take the opportunity to examine technology common in archaeology today that Indiana Jones definitely did NOT use. Bullwhips are out, for example.
Not a new article, but since 2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the original Indy pic, the TechNews people take the opportunity to examine technology common in archaeology today that Indiana Jones definitely did NOT use. Bullwhips are out, for example.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Ancient Egyptian Prosthetic Toes
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt-wooden-toes-prosthetics-121002.html
Yes, toes. The people studying them got some modern folks who are missing toes to try on the ancient prostheses, and one fake toe worked quite well. The other, not so much.
At the end of the article, there is a reference to another ancient prosthesis, a Roman leg, which was unfortunately destroyed in WWII!
Those Egyptians get more awesome all the time.
Yes, toes. The people studying them got some modern folks who are missing toes to try on the ancient prostheses, and one fake toe worked quite well. The other, not so much.
At the end of the article, there is a reference to another ancient prosthesis, a Roman leg, which was unfortunately destroyed in WWII!
Those Egyptians get more awesome all the time.
Cumae in Smithsonian Magazine!
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/10/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-tunnels-at-baiae/
I need to go here. Now. As the Sibyl says, "Hell's open 24/7. It's getting out that's the trick."
I need to go here. Now. As the Sibyl says, "Hell's open 24/7. It's getting out that's the trick."
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