tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post3276665500505961163..comments2023-11-03T05:48:15.127-07:00Comments on Ancient Musings: Book List & Random ThoughtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-63487386087281994832007-04-26T10:30:00.000-07:002007-04-26T10:30:00.000-07:00I have the luck to live ten minutes bicycle ride f...I have the luck to live ten minutes bicycle ride from an excellent academic library with some 6 million books, which also is connected to a system of libraries in Germany and the world (I've got books from the Bodleian, copies of manuscripts from the Arnamagneanska Institute in Copenhagen, and even a book from the Vatican Library which I was only allowed to read in the hall and not take home). But I still buy what I can afford because I love to own the books.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-53337166660104608842007-04-25T16:51:00.000-07:002007-04-25T16:51:00.000-07:00((British Library and the Gennadius Library in Ath...((British Library and the Gennadius Library in Athens ))<BR/><BR/>Man...I wish I had access to those places...I also want to look at JSTOR stuff (looks super interesting), but I'm not allowed. ( Well, unless I go to one of the libraries that lets you look at their site, but I'm not willing to drive all the way out the San Francisco library that has access to JSTOR. I'm so lazy...)Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375626649089998707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-25598116521445110892007-04-25T00:26:00.000-07:002007-04-25T00:26:00.000-07:00A pretty impressive list. A lot of them I also hav...A pretty impressive list. A lot of them I also have on my book shelves, or have read from the library. I have been fortunate on a couple of occasions while writing in greece to research at the British Library and the Gennadius Library in Athens where they have a lot of documents and papers and books that are not usually in circulation to the general public. I also have a number of videos I've collected on various subjects to do with my topics (mainly Alexander)Wynn Bextonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-5682511811420338242007-04-24T10:45:00.000-07:002007-04-24T10:45:00.000-07:00Neat trivia detail. Were the infections from the s...Neat trivia detail. Were the infections from the sand or air or something? Most interesting...<BR/><BR/>And I wish I could afford Cambridge Ancient History (sounds awesome!), but a couple of thousand dollars is too much at this point. :(Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375626649089998707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26808953.post-63576935910245306982007-04-23T16:07:00.000-07:002007-04-23T16:07:00.000-07:00That's a pretty good list. It even has two of my ...That's a pretty good list. It even has two of my favorites: <I>Daily Life In Greece At The Time of Pericles</I> and <I>Persian Fire</I>. I've been looking for Hanson's book on the Hoplite Experience but it's fairly rare. Though its too expensive to purchase unless you're Bill Gates, I'd also recommend <I>Cambridge Ancient History</I> -- a full set runs a couple thousand dollars, but it's updated every year, I think (I've only seen library editions).<BR/><BR/>Trivia time: The Egyptians mixed kohl with malachite not only for cosmetic reasons, but also because it helped reduce eye infections (the bane of the Nile Valley) :)Scott Odenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917296669418463518noreply@blogger.com