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WINTER SCHOOL
JULY 1-5, 2013

The Macquarie Ancient Languages School offers a wide range of courses in Classical and Koine Greek, Latin, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Classical Hebrew, Coptic, Akkadian, Sanskrit and others. There are also opportunities to read Greek and Roman inscriptions and Greek papyri, based on material held in the Museum of Ancient Cultures.

Among the selection on offer at the 2013 Winter School are Latin Vulgate, reading Jerome’s Tobias and the Angel; intermediate Akkadian, reading Sargon’s Letter to the God Ashur, an Assyrian royal inscription; and Aramaic and Coptic (Bohairic dialect), both at beginners level.

Full programme and application form available on the ancient history website from 2 May.

To add your name to the MALS mailing list, send an email to mals@mq.edu.au 

Explore the cities

Explore life and death in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum using streetmaps of the areas, with key objects featured in the exhibition plotted on the maps.

As well as information and zoomable images of the objects, the app also includes curatorial insights into what life was like in these two different cities. The themes include: urban context, commerce, religion and beliefs, wealth and status, grooming and adornment, relaxation, entertainment, and food and drink.

Each of the eight themes has an exclusive video introduction by the exhibition curator, Paul Roberts.

Dowload it today from the APP STORE. 

Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatics, Macquarie University
Special Seminar  
11am Tuesday 2nd April 2013
Seminar Room, Museum of Ancient Cultures Macquarie University

The Computer analysis of Roman Republican coin hoards  
by Dr Kris Lockyear (BA, MSc, PhD, FSA)  
Senior Lecturer
University College London, Institute of Archaeology.

Dr Lockyear has been collecting and analysing data regarding Roman Republican coin hoards since 1989.  The database, which  consists of over 100,000 well identified coins,  has been extensively (but not exhaustively) analysed and has resulted in a number of papers and a book. In particular, Kris' examination of Michael Crawford’s controversial die estimates has become a key paper in the debate.

He is the author of:
Lockyear, K. (2007) Patterns and Process in Late Roman Republican Coin Hoards, 157-2 BC.  Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1733.

On his research see:  
Coin hoards of the Roman Republic
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/coins_lockyear

Noviodunum Archaeological Project
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/noviodunum_lockyear