July 9, 2009
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From the Copenhagen Post: What was supposed to be a simple three week long research exercise for archaeology students at the University of Aarhus developed into a unique excavation project. Remains of more than 200 bodies have been found at the dig site near Skanderborg in Jutland dating from around 2,000 years ago. The Illerup…
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Another brief item from SNA: Municipal employees discovered a well-preserved ancient Roman tunnel in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. The workers were clearing up the Nebet Tepe (“Guards’ Hill”) fortress in order to turn into a tourist attraction when they came across the tunnel near the Maritsa River. The tunnel has a fully preserved…
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… or something like that. TMZ alerts us to someone claiming to be the reincarnated goddess Venus de Milo who has brought a lawsuit against Hugh Hefner for something. As you can tell, this one’s really bizarre (and if someone had emailed it to me, I’d be checking Snopes and other sources; it might eventually…
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Dynamite Entertainment has a new mini-series based on the goddess of Wisdom: The incipit of a review at Comic Book Resources: Though they originated thousands of years ago, the myths and legends of ancient Greece still serve as the gateway drug for fledgling fans of all kinds of adventure fiction in the modern day. In…
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Lengthy and interesting article by Taylor Holliday on Classics — past and present: Janus Rising (reprinted at Clarksville Online as well)
rogue classicism 