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“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another” – Plato

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    • Olymp*c Shames, or how to make a bad thing worse

      My logo suggestion for the games I cannot legally name.
      From the Guardian comes news that could seriously impact classical studies in the year after AD 2011. The committee which cannot legally be named, has copyrighted a word which rhymes with Molympic and the number you get if you subtract 6,519 from 8,531. If you plan [...]

    • Whose tomb would you like to find?

      The Tomb of Minos at Eraclea Minoa?
      Archaeology Magazine are running an interesting poll at the moment:
      The tombs of so many of history’s great leaders are lost.
      Which other ruler would you most like to see discovered?
      That’s an easy one to answer I know which unseen tomb I’d like to find. It’s more difficult if you specify [...]