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This discussion group was originally conceived as a forum to consider the Classical past but it was decided to broaden the remit, hence the inclusive title `Antiquity`. It is now more appropriate to lengthen the time scale to study the ancient world from the earliest known civilisations. Currently the best-recorded literary, as opposed to landscape texts, of the early civilisations are the city states of the fifth millennium BCE in the Near East through the Iron Age (eighth century BCE) down to the Late Antiquity of the seventh century AD. Within this nominal time-frame, this group will reflect the plethora of new information being made available and is keen to report on and offer interpretation of, newly discovered sites and emergent information. All civilisations and all aspects of antiquity and associated ancient wisdom are considered on any part of the globe within this broad time frame. Moreover there is a catholicity of approach; concepts about antiquity, recognitions and misrecognitions, together with the ways they were used in the past and now. The latest scholarly methods of accessing Antique history are considered, for example, utilising the rich possibilities inherent in an interdisciplinary approach and examining the diversity of identities. Those interested in speaking on any subjects of relevance to the Antique world or with other suggestions about this group may reach Lee Hooker by email, listed above. The group will re-convene in the autumn of 2008 when there is a lecture scheduled for the first Monday in November on Ancient Roman Law by Dr.Caroline Humfress from Birkbeck College.
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