Posted in archaeology, discoveries, inscriptions, news on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
This has been in the news for a few weeks now — an amulet containing the Shema, from Deuteronomy 6:4, was discovered in Austria. It dates from about the third century of our era. “This amulet shows that people of Jewish faith lived in what is today Austria since the Roman Empire.” [...]
Posted in archaeology, news on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
News has been circulating that the House of Augustus once again opens to the public. It’s fascinating to see art and design from this period (ca. 30 BCE) with the rich colors of red and yellow (and more) in the second Pompeian style. Read more of it at BBC News: House [...]
Posted in Greek, literature, papyri on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The University of Michigan has a Web Exhibition, Diversity in the Desert: Daily Life in Greek & Roman Egypt (332 B.C.E — 641 C.E.).
(HT: What’s New in Papyrology)
