The five-year project "The Days of Rome" opens with a major exhibition of masterpieces of ancient art from some of Europe's major museums. Dating from the period after the campaigns of conquest in Greece (from the late third century to the second half of the first century BC), the era was important to the future Roman artistic and cultural identity.
The age of conquest began well before the Roman empire was established, when Rome gradually expanded its control throughout the Mediterranean basin, from Spain to the coasts of Asia Minor.This period saw the development of a recognisable Roman artistic style, which capitalized on the culture of Greek artists. At the conclusion of the victorious military campaigns in Greece and Magna Graecia, the large amount of money and the rich spoils of war brought about a change of taste that turned into cultural revolution. This exhibition brings together pieces that show the Greek influence in every-day Roman objects, in funerary statues and in religious buildings, as well as the Greek craftsmanship and skill in sculpture.
In celebration of our chilly northern climate, the Ontario Archaeological Society will be holding their annual symposium in Killarney Ontario from Sept 24-26, a town on the northern tip of Lake Superior.
The symposium is called "Shibaonaning - the place of the clear passage." It will focus on the archaeology of the Canadian Shield. It’s a vast, rocky, forested area of Canada that covers Northern Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and parts of the arctic.
At eight million square kilometres, it’s nearly double the size of the entire European Union. Although it's chalk full of mines, the rocky terrain makes it difficult to do any kind of farming. In ancient times the people on the northern end of Lake Superior depended on hunting and gathering in order to survive.
There are limited accommodations in Killarney, so organizers encourage conference goers to book early. Another local hotel is the Sportsmans Inn (705) 287-9990.
Singer-songwriter Thumper Boucher will perform a show live and for free in Heritage Key Virtual, at the Valley of the Kings.
A former major label artist for EMI/SBK and Arista records - real name Darrell Phillips - he's currently signed to Bieler Bros, and records with his RL band Dirtywormz. Thumper writes, records, produces and masters all of his own music. The bass is his main instrument, but he also plays a mean guitar and keyboard too, and has a unique vocal style.
We set the task of nominating London’s most influential invaders and talking-up the Big Smoke’s most important ancient sites in the first two rounds of our Ancient World in London Bloggers Challenge, and got some fantastic responses from the blogosphere. In round three we’re posing a new question, to again be answered in blog form in competition for prizes both real and virtual. It’s sure to prove contentious:
Should the British Museum return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt?
This two day conference on the end of Roman Britain - The Roman Society and the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum - features at least 20 speakers from several countries, including Martin Henig, Tony Birley, Kenneth Painter, Andrew Breeze and Michael Jones.
The topics covered range from linguistic and historical to archaeological and numismatic, in addition to some papers on relevant Continental subjects. It is intended that proceedings will be published. There will be a reception on Saturday evening to launch the book AD 410 - The Year that Shook Rome.
The conference (which Ann is attending) is part of a broader programme of events being held in 2010 which concern the end of Roman Britain.
US Marine Colonel and New York Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos returns to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (after speaking to a sold-out crowd in 2006) In his talk, Thieves of Baghdad, he details the investigation into the 2003 theft and looting of the Iraq Museum. Colonel Bogdanos offers an update on the protection of Iraq’s cultural heritage as well as news of artifact recoveries.
Zoom in on King Tut's greatest treasures and explore the Valley of the Kings at the time when Carter made the world's greatest archaeological discovery ever: the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Experience life by the Nile in Ancient Egypt, gather clues to have a look at what the Egyptians envisioned the afterlife to be and dig up your own artefacts. All this is possible in King Tut Virtual.
Submitted by Meral Crifasi on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:36
Photographers - thank you for getting your cameras out in support of our photography competition 'Ancient Spotted Photo Contest'.
There were a lot of really great photos submitted, and it has been incredibly hard to choose a winner. But after a lot of consideration we have decided on the winner of the first photo competition of the Ancient World in London series of quests.
King Tutankhamun would have approved of the exclusivity of it all: members of the Denver Art Museum can now buy advance tickets at a special low price for the upcoming show opening July 1, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, which runs through Jan. 2, 2011.
With Egyptomania still in full swing, it's pretty clear already that this show, hailed by the Museum's publicity as a "Rocky Mountain exclusive" will be a blockbuster. Considering it is his Colorado "debut", I'm sure the Boy King will be glad they're giving first dibs to his serious fans.
The five-year project "The Days of Rome" opens with a major exhibition of masterpieces of ancient art from some of Europe's major museums. Dating from the period after the campaigns of conquest in Greece (from the late third century to the second half of the first century BC), the era was important to the future Roman artistic and cultural identity.
In celebration of our chilly northern climate, the 
King Tutankhamun would have approved of the exclusivity of it all: members of the Denver Art Museum can now buy advance tickets at a special low price for the upcoming show opening July 1, 
