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Israel, Palestine and the Forgotten Fate of Batis of Gaza
There were no Jews in Palestine before Zionism. There are no real Palestinian people. Modern Jews are Eastern European, with no real link to Israel. Israel dealt with the residents of the Palestinian region peacefully and humanely in 1948. British Mandate? Hasmonean Dynasty? Arab invasion? Crusader states? What does it matter? It’s been a…
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Crushed by Grendel, Rediscovered through Archaeology
Crushed by Grendel, Rediscovered through Archaeology Is this Heorot, the great drinking hall of King Hrothgar? Archaeologists have discovered this 6th century hall in Lejre, the first capital of Denmark, complete with the bones of suckling pigs and chickens…and gold! Click on the link above for more!
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Belief and History
This has been a very busy semester, so I haven’t been posting very much here. However, sometimes things come up in classes which warrant intense discussion, and I wanted to explore these issues in a different way. Unfortunately, today’s college classroom may not be the place for intellectual discussion anymore. Often, my college students will…
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Winter is Coming – Wolf Rites and Old Russia
http://www.archaeology.org/issues/102-1309/features/1205-timber-grave-culture-krasnosamarskoe-bronze-age#art_page2
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Last Call for the Civil War Shows at the Met!
Last Call! The two amazing shows on the Civil War (the Civil War and American Art and the Civil War Photography) will close on September 2! Don’t miss them! http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/civil-war
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Worshipping the Sun
A little note during our intense New York heat wave: it’s much hotter in other parts of the world. At least one man, the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, would have felt quite content with our 100 degree days. Akhenaten ruled Egypt for seventeen of the most contentious years in Egyptian history (1351-1334 BCE). He decided to…
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One Hundred and Fifty Years Later
One hundred and fifty years ago, a good deal of Manhattan was under siege. The New York Draft Riots were in their second day. New Yorkers would have locked themselves in their houses, worried that the events of yesterday would continue. Those events involved the burning of significant parts of Manhattan, the destruction of the…
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The Rebel Yell
The Rebel Yell It was psychologically overwhelming to hear the Rebel Yell on the battlefield. Here is a wonderful clip showing Civil War veterans remembering the call to battle! Click link
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Why We’re Not Studying the Civil War
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the battle which turned the tide of the Civil War…or the War Between the States. Here, in New York City, there is no feeling that the war ever happened. We sent our troops to fight for the Union, and many of them marched on New…
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