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that the 13th International Conference ofthe European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists (EurASEAA) will be held in Berlin in 2010, organized jointly by the Institute ofAncientNear Eastern [...] participate in the conference should submit the title of their paper and an abstract of about 150 words by 1 July 2009. Participants and visitors can register online. We encourage the presentation of posters [...] l Conference ofthe European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists (EurASEAA13) "Crossing Borders in Southeast Asian Archaeology" Free University of Berlin, 27. Septembre - 1.Octobre 2010

Summer Programme in Studies oftheAncientNearEast« erstmals seit 2003 an der Universität Kufa im Südirak statt. In den Jahren zuvor reisten die irakischen Teilnehmer zu dem bis zu 1-monatigen Programm zum

on the socle at the façade ofthe tomb, revealing a desire to arrest the attention ofthe living. They can also appear on door lintels, where the message generally establishes ownership ofthe tomb [...] shows the relevant meaning of funerary epitaphs as markers of identity and how they played a prominent role in the perpetuation of memory, forming an intrinsic element ofthe decoration ofthe tomb. Numerous [...] details of monumental tombs demonstrate the will ofthe owner to self representation, evidence that reflects the complex hierarchy of roman society. The study of funerary evidences has the potential

Pausanias when discussing the sanctuary of Isis near Titorea in Focis). The massive involvement of slaves in the Isiac cult at the end ofthe Republican and the beginning ofthe Imperial Period can easily [...] survived. The chronology ofthe inscription mentioning a Volusius Caesario , priest of Isis Capitolina , oscillates between the half ofthe I century B.C. and the beginning ofthe Augustan Age. The priest [...] hypothesis has been related to the appearance of Isiac control marks on the ’80s denarii , because ofthe supposed proximity ofthe sanctuary with the Moneta. The destruction ofthe Iseum Capitolinum

went mad, either because ofthe horrific image ofthe snake-child, or because ofthe unrelenting nature of Athena’s wrath. Aglauros was believed to have jumped ofthe side ofthe Acropolis cliff, and it [...] that the two sisters were already part of Athenian iconography by the beginning ofthe sixth century, but this does not prove anything about the date ofthe cult . As it stands, the presence ofthe cult [...] foremost those of Eurysakes, who was the son ofthe Salaminian hero Ajax and of Athena Skiras in Phaleron, who was originally worshipped on the island. The sanctuary of Eurysakes was located nearthe Athenian