Thoughts on Antiquity

I recently discovered an apparently unfinished draft of a post listing my most recently finished synopses; it listed the following synopses as new at the time:
The death of John the baptist.
John the baptist risen.
The anointing of Jesus.
Before my father.
Not peace, but a sword.
Take up your cross.
Finding and losing.
Receiving the sender.
Since then, I have also added […]

While Alexander the Great probably has not been found, but perhaps Antony and Cleopatra have:

Archaeologists are to search three sites in Egypt that they say may contain the tomb of doomed lovers Anthony and Cleopatra.
Excavation at the sites, which are near a temple west of the coastal city of Alexandria, is due to begin next […]

The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology and the graduate students of the University of Memphis will have a few events this month. Please come- all are free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 15
6th Annual Legacy of Egypt Lecture
“Flowers of an Antique Land: Decorated Textiles of the 1st Millennium A.D. in Egypt”
presented by Dr. […]

Hodie Aprilis Idus est. Today is the Ides of April. For fun, I decided to share with you a little bit about the Roman calendar. For starters, assuming January 1st as the first day of the week, as Ovid in his Fasti does, today would be the seventh day of the eight day week (marked […]

As you can read from the transcription, Zahi Hawass probably also buys into the “Protocols of Zion” conspiracy clap-trap. And for doing this post, I may never get a chance to dig in Egypt. But do enjoy!

Following is an excerpt from an interview with Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, […]