links for 2007-03-06

• New Statesman – Average white band A review of Julian Baggini’s latest book on English culture. (tags: philosophypoliticspopular+culture)

• Was Cleopatra Really Ugly (from The Northern Echo) A long look at the allure of Cleopatra following the coin story. (tags: ancient+historyarchaeologynumismaticspopular+cultureclassicsclassical+archaeologycleopatra)

• Fort ‘o Books » Neolithic Discoveries and the Future of Archaeology Comments on a Neolithic necropolis found in northern Greece. (tags: neolithicarchaeologyprehistoric)

• Abnormal Interests: Math and the Study of the Ancient Near East More on the use of mathematics in archaeology (tags: mathematicsarchaeologybiblical+archaeologytomb+of+jesus)

• The Cranky Professor: Block that (historical) metaphor! Medieval is not a synonym for bad. (tags: medievalhistory)

• The World’s Fair: Dumbing down science (or not) Science communication and distortion or maybe not. (tags: popular+culturescience+fictionacademiacommunication)