The American Association of Museums (AAM) has established standards for museum acquisition of archaeological material and ancient art. These new standards emphasize proper provenance of and transparency. read more | digg story Related Images:
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Dinner with friends — good times
There are days like Sunday where so much happens it makes your head spin. I met two friends at Barnes and Noble in the evening. We sat in the book store for three hours taking about Roman archaeology, giggling over the “research” (or severe lack thereof) in several books, griping about lack of citations, and admiring sketches and artwork. One of my friends is working on a romance novel that has steamy sex...
Continue reading...Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform Translator!
According to a press release from the University of Advanced Technology in Arizona, an instructor has created a translator for cuneiform and heiroglyphics. A snippet from the press release is included below. The Web site for the translator is called Virtual Secrets. Fascinating stuff. Interesting content, although I honestly find the layout of the site annoying. UAT Instructor Creates Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Translator TEMPE, AZ–(Marketwire – August 23, 2007) – University of Advancing...
Continue reading...Roman Cavalry Bibliography
I was going through some of my old emails and found a bibliography I had compiled for a friend on the Roman Cavalry. I attended a Roman re-enactment in October 2004 in Nashville. A Deepeeka representative had a reconstructed Roman cavalry saddle (Deepeeka item code AH6405). This really peeked my interest. Picture I took at the Roman re-enactment of the Deepeeka saddle (see the Photography section for additional pictures): One of the vendors...
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