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  1. Provocative theory--Irish are more "Spanish" than previously thought as ancient DNA reveals. killarney-ireland.info/genealogy/dark…
  2. The ancient Christian city of Hira, Iraq lie neglected and moldering, because funds for excavation have dried up: middle-east-online.com/english/?id=52…
  3. Interview: Linking Ancient Rome and Ireland -- Ancient History Encyclopedia ancient.eu.com/news/1618/ via @ahencyclopedia
  4. Routefinder for the Roman world with many options: orbis.stanford.edu Definitely check this out!
  5. New ancient history magazine just launched: ancientplanet.blogspot.com
  6. We're looking for volunteers for our new project, best described as "Google Maps of the Ancient World". ancient.eu.com/news/1429/
  7. Ancient History Encyclopedia is a featured education app on the Google Chrome Webstore! :-) chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…
  8. Remanum: Free MMO historical merchant game by AHE's founder, set in the Roman Empire: remanum.com
  9. History of the Ancient World posted an interview about AHE. Thanks! goo.gl/WF3bv
  10. We've improved our search feature: More relevant and faster results, better layout and image search.
  11. Interview with author Gordon Doherty about Byzantium and why it's a great setting for interesting historical fiction. goo.gl/uzNiF
  12. Season's greetings to our followers! We've got a lot of new content this week, on Rome, Carthage, the Punic Wars, and several battles!
  13. We now have a Google+ page! plus.google.com/b/104889582564…
  14. More communication features on AHE: ancient.eu.com/news/430/
  15. New feature: Embed externally published research papers as articles on AHE! ancient.eu.com/news/410/
  16. Improved timeline search & colour-coded visual timeline: ancient.eu.com/news/404/
  17. New record: 1500 visitors in one day! Many thanks to all our visitors and friends for making this happen!
  18. Help transcribe ancient Greek papyri: ancient.eu.com/news/338/
  19. New article: The Life of Caracalla by Patrick Hurley, a fascinating discussion of this Roman Emperor's life. ancient.eu.com/article/237/
  20. New visitor record: Yesterday on 06 June 2011 we surpassed 1000 visitors on one day, with over 2000 page views!