The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

The Inauguration

It's difficult to think about blogging when the world is watching much more significant events unfold in Washington, D.C.  So, instead of reading (and writing) this blog, we should all watch the Obama Inauguration (my mother-in-law is getting up at 3 am to watch it on the Sunshine Coast, Australia).  Whatever one's political views, this will undoubtedly be a "historical" event.  And if Obama's previous speeches are any indications, his address should be one for the ages.  Good luck, Barack Obama.

(Oh, because I couldn't resist, the CNN.com page that teams up with Facebook, is pretty interesting.)

Friday Quick Hits and Varia

A quartet of quick hits today, all of which deserve more lengthy explorations, but for now, just some links in old-school blog style:

• The big talk at last week's AIA Annual meeting was the University of Pennsylvania's Museum's decision to lay-off a large part of their research staff.  While this has been news for sometime now, activities geared toward reversing this decision seems to be reaching a crescendo.  Read about it here and sign the petition.
• A Digital Humanities Manifesto (thanks to Chuck Jones at the Ancient World Bloggers Group) provides an interesting point of departure and comparison with our own, much more modest, efforts.
• Over at Ancient History Ramblings, an interesting story which could impact our work at the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project.  It sounds bombastic.
• Another valuable contribution by Nassos Papalexandrou to how we read the modern Cypriot landscape.

Lots of things to think about over the long weekend... including the Mighty Eagles game on Sunday.  Go Eagles.