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Naqš-i Rustam
Little noticed by the visitors, a couple of eagles guard Naqš-i Rustam. Naqš-i Rustam, where the Achaemenid kings lie buried and the Sasanian kings proclaimed how they had defeated Roman emperors, is … more →
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Naqš-i Rustam
Jona Lendering wrote 2 weeks ago: Little noticed by the visitors, a couple of eagles guard Naqš-i Rustam. Naqš-i Rustam, where the Ach … more →
Qasr Bshir
Jona Lendering wrote 3 weeks ago: Leaving one of the most splendid sites of Jordan A visit to Qasr Bshir ought to be obligatory to any … more →
Jim West is Right
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Writing back to another blogger Discussing the possibility that the American president Barack Obama … more →
Battle of Qarqar (853 BCE)
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Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Statue of Šalmaneser III from Aššur (Arkeoloji Müzesi, Istanbul) I did not intend to write about the … more →
Moab
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Moab and its neighbors As I will be visiting Jordan pretty soon, I am reading a bit about the histor … more →
The Iliad
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Nothing has really changed The Iliad was probably composed in the eighth century BCE, when the Greek … more →
The Epic Cycle (twice)
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Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Achilles kills Memnon (Rijksmuseum van oudheden, Leiden) As a spin-off from my pages on the Trojan W … more →
Troy and the Trojan War
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Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Steep Troy In 2003, my friend Marco and I visited Troy. To be honest, the site itself is a bit of a … more →
1350 Ancient Sites on Google Earth
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Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: The Roman fort at Hardknott Some of you may remember that I’ve on several occasions blogged on … more →
Scamander
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Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Scamander The river Scamander is the place of one of the most famous scenes of Homer’s Iliad: … more →
Common Errors (25): Caesar on the Sabis
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Battle of the Sabis Among the mistakes in the new historical atlas (the subject of an earlier postin … more →
Buthrotum (Butrint, Albania)
Jona Lendering wrote 4 months ago: Lake Palodes The city of Buthrotum was founded in the mid-seventh century as a port of trade where G … more →
The ziggurat of Choga Zanbil
Jona Lendering wrote 4 months ago: Stairway to heaven A ziggurat is a pyramid-shaped artificial mountain, which served as the base of a … more →
New in the Antiquaries' Shoebox
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Jona Lendering wrote 4 months ago: Drawing of a pyxis from Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities Several years ago, Lac … more →
Of poisons and pigs
Bill Thayer wrote 5 months ago: A wild pig, the companion of St. Anthony. Up on Lacus this morning, a little piece on Poisons and Po … more →
Moving Livius.org (14)
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Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Persian Gate If I say that Hecatompylos has moved to this URL, and if I add that Masjid-e Solaiman i … more →
Common Errors (23): Sicilian Expedition
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Syracusan coin, showing a chariot with maritime symbols, commemorating Syracuse's victory over A … more →
Common Errors (22): Pericles
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Fragment of the Athenian Tribute List, 425-424 BCE (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) In 431 BCE … more →
Common Errors (21): Etruscan Origins
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Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Etruscan urn from Chiusi. Rijksmuseum van oudheden, Leiden Just north of Rome were the cities of the … more →
