The ancient Greeks lived and warred and died so they could know things for us.
Before the war, there was Aristophanes. After the war, there is Sophocles. On March 3, 2003, activists Kathryn Blume and Sharon Bower organized 1,029 simultaneous performances and dramatic readings of Lysistrata – coordinating over 225,000 people in all 50 states and [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Philoctetes Project
Posted in Aegean, classics, tagged ajax, classics, Iraq War, Lysistrata, Lysistrata Project, military, philoctetes, philoctetes project, PTSD, sophocles, travel, trojan war, war on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Industrial Plant Threatens Agrigento
Posted in Italy, Mediterranean, tagged Agrigento, archaeology, environment, Italy, Magna Graecia, Sicily, UNESCO, World Heritage on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re disappointed and discouraged to learn, from The Independent today, that the Italian government has approved plans to build a gigantic liquid gas storage site less than a mile away from the famed World Heritage Site of Agrigento, the storied Valley of the Temples in Sicily.
Greek colonists from Gela colonized this part of Sicily in [...]
Warning: Completely Utterly Amazing Antarctica Photos
Posted in Antarctica, tagged Antarctica, cruise, photography, pictures, travel on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a disclaimer. Just so you know what is, and what isn’t our responsibility. It is NOT OUR FAULT if you immediately book our sensational trip to Antarctica after clicking here. If you click here and you are not, nor have ever been, interested in cruising to Antarctica – yet are suddenly seized by [...]
GoogleRome
Posted in Italy, Mediterranean, classics, tagged ancient civilizations, ancient Rome, cruise, history, technology, travel, virtual reality on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now, as you survey the ruins of ancient Rome on our voyage from Rome to Athens, GoogleEarth has added the ultimate of historical modelings – an entire virtual representation of ancient Rome circa 320 A.D. More than 6,700 buildings are represented on this 3-D survey, through which you can zoom and pivot and fly through [...]
This New Arrival is Older than Just About Anything
Posted in Africa, tagged ancient Egypt, archaeology, pyramids on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And just when you thought there was nothing new under the sand. Archaeologists have sprung a 4,300-year-old Pyramid from the Egyptian desert: a 16-foot-tall tomb for Queen Sesheshet, the mother of King Teti who was the founder of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. It’s in Saqqara, the vast necropolis of ancient Memphis.
