Heroes and XML

05/07/2015

awesome work from the Journey of the Hero class! A pilot project for an annotated social network of Greek mythology:
http://www.perseids.org/sites/joth/

03/09/2015

http://macg4cube.gpam.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/abbrev.php

03/09/2015

Thanks Natalie for these links! Reposting here!

03/09/2015

For those interested in Kon-Tiki!

Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of Heyerd…

03/09/2015

We had a great time with the Hereford Map in the Medieval Latin class last week! Thanks Chris Barbour!

02/24/2015

The translator of a newly discovered trove of 150-year-old tales on the gender-bending surprises found there

02/08/2015

A 'forgotten' edition of the Magna Carta has been discovered in a council's archives.

02/05/2015

For those who may want to travel to Montreal

Pointe-à-Callière Presents the World Première of the Largest Exhibition on Ancient Greece Ever Produced in North AmericaNEW: in addition of the regular museum opening hours, The Greeks exhibition will be open on Wednesdays, from 5 p.m to 9 p.m, from February 11 to April 22, 2015. This schedule appli…

02/05/2015

Want to see an awesome collection of manuscripts? http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/01_ACCESS_WALTERS_MANUSCRIPTS.html

With more than 900 illuminated manuscripts, 1,250 of the first printed books (ca. 1455 - 1500), and an important collection of post-1500 deluxe editions, this extraordinary collection chronicles the art of the book over more than 1,000 years. The collection is from all over the world, and from ancie…