Here is a really quick follow up on the PHerc workshop last weekend. Papyrologists are rock stars. It’s amazing how much detailed, meticulous care is taken to recover the text of charred papyri and bring…
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PHerc Workshops Starting at 4am!
I’m very much looking forward to this workshop on the PHerc papyri. My next two book projects will involve studying Philodemus of Gadara among other Greco-Roman Epicureans during the late Republic to early imperial period…
Recovering Papyri Fragments from the Wrappings of Mummy Masks
Cartonnage bath to separate out the used papyri from a mummy maskPhoto taken from Emily Teeter’s Ancient Egypt (2003) Prior to my post on the Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture, I wrote on the mummy masks…
Mummy Masks and Roman Egyptians
One of the best exhibits at the Getty Villa was the display of mummy masks from Roman Egypt. The use of portaits painted on the head of a mummy is a combination of Egyptian burial…
Herculaneum: Where Particle Physics and Papyrology Meet
I love what I do. Just when you think nothing can surprise you any more, something always lights up your horizon in the world of the ancient history and biblical studies. NPR just released a…