Fires in Greece
The fires in Greece started by an arsonist or set of arsonists were on a lot of people's minds this week. At least 63 people have been reported killed. The classical site of
Olympia was not involved, although the first came close enough to make some dramatic photographs.
Photo Credit: Milos Bicanski / Getty Images
- Fires in Greece, from N.S. Gill in Ancient History at About
- Are ancient ruins flammable?, Michelle Tsai at Slate
- The Grape Genome is Decoded. Now What?, James Martin, Europe for Visitors on About.com
- Fight to save Olympic birthplace, from the BBC, via David at Cronaca
- Greek fires seen from satellite, Afarensis
- Fires in Greece, David at RogueClassicism has assembled some places to send aid
- Fires at Olympia, David at RogueClassicism found another photograph
- Greece Fires in Google Earth
- In the Ring of Fire, John F.L. Ross, Associated Press
- Greece smoldering, Bruce Sterling on Wired
- Greece Aflame as Seen From Space, via Bruce Sterling
Open Access and PRISM
This week, the Association of American Publishers announced the creation of a lobbying force against Open Access, called the
Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine (PRISM). That certainly up the floodgates of alarm.
There is a lot more to explore about this issue on Peter Suber's blog site,
Open Access News
Blog Carnivals
Archaeology
- Update on the most recent works carried out by Latvian team at Saqqara Step Pyramid, on TourEgypt's Egyptology Blog
- Dine and Chaco Canyon, Afarensis on Navaho plans to protest the 100th anniversary of naming Chaco Canyon a national monument
- Stonehenge The Inner Circle, a collection of slids on National Geographic via Xeni Jardin on BoingBoinng
- TIME’s Collection of ‘Mummies From Around the World’, Kambiz at Anthropology.net
- Researchers Say Italy's 5,000-year-old Iceman Died From Head Trauma, Not Arrow, Tim on Remote Central
- Otzi the Glacier Guy, Bruce Sterling on Wired
- Lucy's Legacy, on the Houston exhibition
- Michael Shanks on Seed Salon, Martin on Aardvarchaeology does not think this is a good idea
- Howard Williams Studies Memorials, on the study of gravestones from Martin on Aardvarchaeology
- Another theory about how Stonehenge was built, from Tom on Past Thinking
- Nubian archaeologist detained, Andie on the Egyptology blog reports that Nubian archaeologist and human rights worker Dr. Muhammad Jalal Hashim is being detained by the Sudanese government
Misc
Anthropology
Archaeo-Vacations
- Pictures from Petsitting and the Delaware Water Gap
- Adventures in Angkor: Siem Reap, another installment from noelbynature at Southeast Asian Archaeology
- Excursion day: From Borgholm castle to Kalmar Dome, Magnus on Testimony of the Spade visits Swedish castles
- Sidi Sahib mosque, Tunisia, Vitor on Trans-Ferir (in Portuguese, but nice photos)
- Alun Salt at Cresswell Crags, photos of the Pleistocene cave in Derbyshire on Alun's Flickr page
- Well-Developed Quads, Lolly Knitting Around visited Peru this year, with trips to Machu Picchu and Ollantaytambo, and took some great photographs
- Daily Photo - Qasr Ibrim, Andie on the Egyptology News blog has this set of photographs from the New Kingdom site
Andie on
TourEgypt's Egyptology News Blog has been running (at least) a picture of the day for quite a while now. I could post five or six from her each week, but it seems kind of cheesy, so I recommend a visit there to take a look at some great photos.
Aquatic Apes
The Media
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