Love Is The Answer!

Apropos; of the last paragraph herethere is this discourse on Love by Aristophanes from Plato’s Symposium: Aristophanes professed to open another vein of discourse; he had a mind to praise Love in another way, unlike that of either Pausanias or Eryximachus. Mankind, he said, judging by their neglect of him, have never, as I think, [...]

Gays in the Military: The Sacred Band Of Thebes

There is a big kerfluffle over repealing DADT. Republicans are against it, even though the military is for it. One is amused at the split in opinion between the two groups. At any rate, the Wall Street Journal is against it. Says Mackubin Ownes:

A Couple of Things That Make You Say “Cool!”

Building Rome in a Day from the University of Washington (Hat Tip to Past Thinking). The University of Washington describes the project this away:

The Parthenon and the Acropolis: A New Point of View

Well, it’s new to me anyway. Mostly, the Acropolis and Parthenon are viewed as stunning achievements of Greek art and architecture. Occasionally, Pericles is mentioned along with the propaganda aspects of the two structures. Bill Caraher, at The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World offers another take. The Acropolis and Parthenon as destroyers:

More News From The AAS Meetings: Fossil Fish Brain, Feathers, and Archimedes Does Infinity

From here which apparently covers a session on imaging techniques.

More On The Mt. Lykaion Excavations

I have written about this story previously and was wondering if anything new had been discovered. Turns out it has. According to Science Daily evidence of Zeus worship has been found dating back to the Late Helladic:

Interesting Science News: Mainly But Not Exclusively Anthropologically Related

Science Daily reports on an interesting new application of Radiocarbon dating: From the end of World War II and up until about 1960, the superpowers of the Cold War era, conducted nuclear tests, detonating bombs into the atmosphere. These detonations have affected the content of radioactive trace materials in the air and created what scientists [...]

Mt. Lykaion and the Worship of Zeus

I don’t know how I missed this, but National Geographic has an interesting article concerning archaeological excavations at Mt. Lykaion – one of the birthplaces of Zeus (the other being Mt. Ida in Crete, but we know what Epimenides thought of the Cretans). According to the article, excavations reveal that sacrifices took place at Mt. [...]

A Greek Legend Bites the Dust

According to Yahoo News recent research near Mt. Taygete indicates that the Spartans did not, in point of fact, throw sickly or deformed children off a cliff:

More Interesting News From the World of Ancient Greece

Archaeologists working at Midea – in the Argolid have discovered an underground passage thought to be an emergency source of water for the Mycenaean citadel. The passage dates to around the mid 13th century B.C. From MSNBC:

Jason and the Argonauts, the Golden Fleece, and Gold

Although most of the anthropology part of the blogosphere is buzzing over the paper on the gorilla, there was a second piece, in Nature, that I found interesting. In Fleece myth hints at golden age for Georgia Emiliano Feresin discusses recent research in Georgia (the country not the state) that discovered what may be the [...]

Noah? In Greek Art?

Bullsnit. I say that as someone who is quite fond of ancient Greek sculpture and has more than a few books on the subject. Unless you consider the picture below to be a good representation of Noah:

Mycenaean Grave Discovered

According to Reuters a Mycenaean grave has been discovered near the town of Agrinio:

Sigh, Why Couldn’t it Have Been Athens?

According to Science Daily Rome, circa 320 AD, has been rebuilt using advanced digital technology, laser scanners and such:

Has the Sanctuary of the Three Graces Been Found?

According to Yahoo News archaeologists may of have found the famous shrine of the Three Graces (or Charites) in Orchomenos.