Posted in archaeology, discoveries on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Since my Galilee Boat post from last August is one of the more popular posts people come across through web search or other, I thought I would pass along this information I found when browsing a book I purchased in Bethlehem a couple years ago by Miriam Vamosh, Daily Life at the Time of Jesus. [...]
Posted in archaeology on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Link: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-8248943931238297406&hl=en
(via rogueclassicism)
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 archaeology on October 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m now getting a chance to post! I wanted to share a few things for paper research in my Early Roman Empire course I’m taking this semester. Originally, I wanted to focus on the Romanization of the East in the areas of Palestine and Israel, with particular interest in the interaction between Marcus [...]
Posted in archaeology, news on September 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Today I came across these links, which may be of interest:
King Herod’s Quarry just recently discovered.
Troy Director’s Cut, 30 minutes longer than theatrical version, now on DVD.
Reopening of John Rylands Library, which exhibits one of the earliest New Testament papyrus fragments, P52.
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Through Jim Davila I read an article on the “Jesus Boat,” believed to be 2,000 years old. Just a short note — the picture of the wooden boat at Bible Places may give the impression that this is the boat. The Yigal Allon Centre Museum right next to the Sea of Galilee houses [...]
Posted in archaeology on August 16, 2007 | No Comments »
While we’re on things Etruscan, there is an article available by Robert Pool, at least worth browsing. The PDF version is also available.
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 16, 2007 | No Comments »
In the news, an intact Etruscan tomb has been found. Some of the reports can be found here, here (repeated from first link), and here. I’m sure more news will follow as the details unfold. Here is a quick excerpt from the first article:
The tomb, in the Tuscan town of Civitella Paganico, [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Reports in English are now emerging concerning the recent discovery of the colossal statue of Hadrian. Here are some quick excerpts:
BBC News:
The pieces of this giant monument to Hadrian were found about 5m below ground, among the buried ruins of a bath house on the site Sagalassos, an ancient mountaintop town in southern Turkey.
The [...]
