Basecamp
It’s been quite the week. Today will be the full second week I’ve been self-isolating and working from home, and as of last week most of the staff at UNO Libraries likewise went remote. At the start of...
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Mille anni di commerci marittimi nel Mediterraneo (VII sec. a.C.- VII sec....
L’attività marittima nel mar Mediterraneo dal VII secolo a.C. al VII secolo d.C, un argomento di studio sterminato. Il progetto MISAMS (Modeling Inhabited Spaces of the Ancient Mediterranean Sea) si è...
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Liberamente scaricabile il volume Progetto neu_ART. Studi e applicazioni...
La Fondazione Centro per la Conservazione ed il Restauro dei Beni Culturali "La Venaria Reale" (CCR) ha reso disponibile e liberamente scaricabile da qualche giorno sul proprio sito web l'importante...
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Se questa è una fiscella
E’ da poco uscito, con il Corriere della Sera del 17 marzo 2020, a cura di Philippe Daverio, il settimanale ‘Caravaggio. Canestra di frutta’. Doveroso far risalire al XX secolo, come ha fatto Daverio...
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Don’t waste time writing
What should you do if you read something remarkable, or come across a brilliant observation that you must remember? Take a photo and share it via the family WhatsApp group? Post it on Twitter and wait...
View ArticleExcerpts from Maffei, Historiae Indicae
From Giovanni Pietro Maffei, Historiae Indicae (1588; page numbers from the 1752 Vienna edition. Text modernized by Chris Francese, from a work in progress. Please do not use without permission.)The...
View ArticleThe Next Chapter: Media Archaeology, Archaeogaming, and Digital Archaeology
This week I’m going to try to start to write the next chapter in my little book on the Archaeology of the Contemporary American Experience. You can check out my first three chapters here. This chapter...
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Iraq, team italiano resuscita l’antica Hatra sfregiata dall’Isis
Hatra, un’antica città-stato immersa nel deserto iracheno a 120 chilometri a Sud di Mosul, colpita dalla barbarie della guerra. Questo gioiello archeologico del II secolo dopo Cristo, che solo tre anni...
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Mapping the Upper Missouri: Visualizing Negotiation, Diplomacy, and Culture...
Initially, this project began as an inquiry into the way a digital construction of space can offer new ways on thinking about cultural landscape, spatial politics, and boundaries. Based upon the first...
View ArticleRetrospections
Congratulations to Katherine McDonald, whose always interesting blog has just passed its first birthday. Katherine’s description of the benefits of blogging (interesting things happen! new ideas!...
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An ancient Latin-Gaulish bilingual inscription from Umbria
Having recently (but not that recently, y’know) visited the Vatican Museums, just a quick visit with a friend who was in town, to see the Raphael tapestries hanging in the Sistine Chapel, I realized...
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The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
One of the most remarkable 15th-century English manuscripts can now be viewed in full online, on our Digitised Manuscripts site. The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick is an illustrated...
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I.Sicily at a ‘Crossroads’
We are very excited to announce the receipt of an ERC Advanced Grant award, under the acronym ‘Crossreads‘, with the full title ‘Text, materiality, and multiculturalism at the crossroads of the ancient...
View ArticleTeaching Tuesday: Strategies in Studenting
One of the challenges that my students will face over the next month or so is adapting to new expectations for their classes, which are now online rather than face-to-face. This often means dealing...
View ArticleVirtual brown bag lunch entitled, "Online Teaching: From Triage to Best...
As a benefit for all members, the Early Career Scholars of ASOR will present a virtual brown bag lunch entitled, "Online Teaching: From Triage to Best Practices" on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at 12 PM to...
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Open Access Journal: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Instituts für Ägyptische...
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Instituts für Ägyptische Altertumskunde in KairoISSN:0342-1279Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung KairoBand 67(2011)Download PDFMitteilungen des...
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FASTI: A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000
[First posted in AWOL 30 April 2012, updated 1 April 2020]FASTI: A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000Fasti Online is a project of the International Association of Classical...
View ArticleUpton Sinclair’s Oil and John Sayles’s Yellow Earth
It took me a while to figure it out, but now that I’ve (finally) finished reading Upton Sinclair’s Oil!, my understanding of John Sayles’s novel Yellow Earth is much better. For folks who lack the...
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Egyptology Archive
Egyptology ArchiveEgyptology ArchiveProject Attempts to Collect the most Important Egyptology Books, Periodicals and Articles, to Provide for Free in PDF format for Researchers, learners, Egyptology...
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COVID-19 story recipe: How to analyze your region’s hospital capacity
By Erin PetenkoAnalyzing your region's hospital capacity can help a community understand how prepared its health-care system is for different rates of COVID-19 infection (Photo by Glenn...
View ArticleGalen of Pergamum: The Transmission, Interpretation and Completion of Ancient...
Galen of Pergamum: The Transmission, Interpretation and Completion of Ancient MedicineGalen of Pergamum, who served in the Rome of the second century AD as a medical advisor to the emperor Marcus...
View ArticleResilience in Antiquity
There have been a few articles recently on resilience in the ancient world (e.g. here, here, here, et c.) and considering the looming social disruptions caused by the COVID-19 virus, this work feels...
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Happy Birthday to LCWA! Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Web Archiving at...
Today’s guest post is from Abbie Grotke, who is Lead Librarian, Web Archiving Team in the Digital Content Management Section of the Library of Congress. 2020 marks a special occasion for the Library...
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Open Access Journal: Sudan & Nubia: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society...
[First posted in AWOL 9 November 2012, updated 2 April 2020]Sudan & Nubia: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society BulletinISSN: 1369-5770Sudan & Nubia is published each autumn. It contains...
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Nothing to do with us? New book sheds light on illicit trade of cultural...
Nothing to do with us? New book sheds light on illicit trade of cultural objectsA new edited volume in the publication series of the Finnish Museums Association shows that the illicit trade in cultural...
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Open Access Journal: Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliographie zum Nachleben der...
Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliographie zum Nachleben der Antike1931 (1934)See AWOL's full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies
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Friday Varia and Quick Hits
The great thing about April snows is that I feel almost no need to go outside and shovel. By the end of the month, the snow will be mostly gone whether I do anything or not and springtime weather with...
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Zwischen Glaube und Geld: Zur Ökonomie des byzantinischen Pilgerwesens...
Zwischen Glaube und Geld: Zur Ökonomie des byzantinischen Pilgerwesens (4.-12. Jh.) Max RitterByzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident Frömmigkeit ist nicht die alleinige Triebfeder für die Entwicklung des...
View ArticleExperience Egypt from Home: Tomb of Menna
Tomb of Menna The Tomb of Menna (TT69) is one of the most visited and best preserved of the small 18th Dynasty elite tombs in the Theban necropolis, yet it was previously never systematically recorded...
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The Qumran Texts: Composite Edition
The Qumran Texts: Composite EditionElisha Qimronחיבורים העבריים מקומראן: מהדורה משולבתThe Qumran Texts: Composite Edition
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TÉMOIGNER ET CONVAINCRE: Le dispositif de vérité dans les discours...
TÉMOIGNER ET CONVAINCRE: Le dispositif de vérité dans les discours judiciaires de l'Athènes classiqueNicolas SironHistoire ancienne et médiévale…Comment reconnaître une information véridique ? Dans un...
View ArticleShort Report of the Epigraphy.info Workshop IV
Epigraphy.info is an international open community pursuing a collaborative environment for digital epigraphy, which facilitates scholarly communication and interaction. We apply FAIR principles to...
View ArticleIDEA small grants 2020: new deadline
In light of the complex situation that we all are living, IDEA’s Board has decided to modify the deadlines for the 2020 small grants calls. Instead of having two deadlines, one in spring and one in...
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Guess the manuscript returns
Today's Guess the Manuscript is relatively simple, we think. In which British Library manuscript is this page found? You can find the entire book on our Digitised Manuscripts site. If you're still...
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Open Access Journal: Canadian Classical Bulletin = Bulletin canadien des...
[First posted in AWOL 1 November 2009. Updated 4 April 2020] Canadian Classical Bulletin =Bulletin canadien des études anciennes (CCB)ISSN: 1198-9149The Canadian Classical Bulletin (CCB) is the...
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Two new volumes from études d’égyptologie at éditions Soleb
Two new volumes from études d’égyptologie at éditions Soleb Leadership under fire: the pressures of warfare in Ancient Egypt Anthony Spalinger The investigation of the personal aspects of ancient...
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Digital Tabula Imperii Byzantini (Dig-TIB)
Digital Tabula Imperii Byzantini (Dig-TIB)The initiatives in the field of Digital Humanities at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and also the related developments in Byzantine Studies in the last...
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Digital Giza: The Giza Project at Harvard University
[First posted in AWOL 27 February 2017, updated 4 April 2020]Digital Giza: The Giza Project at Harvard UniversityThe Giza Project began in 2000 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with the goal of...
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Open Access Journal: U Schyłku Starożytności - Late Antiquity
U Schyłku Starożytności - Late AntiquityISSN: 2080-8097The journal Late Antiquity. Studies in Source Criticism stems from the book series initiated and edited since 1999 by the community of researchers...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities “Experience Egypt from Home....
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities “Experience Egypt from Home. Stay Home. Stay Safe” seriesof virtual video tours:Tomb of Mena in the Theban Necropolis (In cooperation with ARCE).Tomb of...
View ArticleUniversität Wien: Theses and Dissertations on Antiquity
Universität Wien: Theses and Dissertations on AntiquityMost are available for download.Ägyptische Sprache und LiteraturBBrein, Georg (2008) Wurzelinkompatibilitäten im Wortschatz der...
View ArticleMedia Archaeology and Archaeologies of Media
There’s will be a little delay in todays post as I spend the morning writing the final couple of paragraphs in a section on media archaeology and the archaeologies of media for my short book on the...
View ArticleACOR Online Resources
ACOR Online ResourcesAs many are shifting to remote working and online classes, the need for greater access to digital resources is more important than ever. ACOR has many online resources available.
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L’identification des personnes dans les mondes grecs
L’identification des personnes dans les mondes grecsRomain Guicharrousse, Paulin Ismard, Matthieu Vallet et Anne-Emmanuelle Veïsse (dir.)Histoire ancienne et médiévale… Cet ouvrage, qui réunit des...
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How we used Google sheets to build a fully-working newsgame prototype
By Robin Kwong, Cale Tilford(Financial Times)The Financial Times made its third newsgame, The Trade-Off, as part of a series of articles on companies that provide potential models for how to pursue...
View ArticleCall for 2020-2021 Cultural Heritage Informatics Graduate Fellowship...
The Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative invites applications for its 2020-2021 Cultural Heritage Informatics Graduate Fellowship program. The Cultural Heritage Informatics Fellowships offer MSU...
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Open Access Journal: Kentron: Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde antique
[First posted in AWOL 1 January 2011. Updated 6 April 2020]Kentron: Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde antiqueISSN: 0765-0590ISSN électronique: 2264-1459 Kentron est une revue pluridisciplinaire du...
View ArticleOpen Access Monograph Series: Yale Oriental Series (YOS)
Yale Oriental Series (YOS)Miscellaneous Inscriptions in the Yale Babylonian Collection, by Albert T. Clay. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, vol. 1. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1915.Early...
View ArticleOpen Access Monograph Series: Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of...
Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies (BIN)Letters and Contracts from Erech Written in the Neo-Babylonian Period, by Clarence Elwood Keiser. Babylonian Inscriptions in the...
View ArticleOpen Access Monograph Series: Babylonian Records in the Library of J....
Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan (BRM)Babylonian Business Transactions of the First Millennium B.C., by Albert T. Clay. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan,...
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