Getty Museum <3 Sicily
Given the fairly regular busts which seem to be going on in Italy and the Getty’s ‘reputation’ (for want of a better word), I can’t decide if this is good/bad for the Getty/Sicily or what: The J. Paul Getty Museum said Wednesday that it is expanding its partnerships with various regions of Italy by embarking [...]
Child Sacrifice at Carthage?
Okay … so over the course of the day I’m idly checking my Twitter feed and I notice a pile of folks tweeting an article in Science Daily with the headline screaming Study Debunks Millennia-Old Claims of Systematic Infant Sacrifice in Ancient Carthage. Later, when I get home, I see an item from Eurekalert with [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas martias
ante diem xiii kalendas martias Parentalia (Day 5) — the period for appeasing the dead continued Quirinalia — festival honouring the namesake of the Quirinal hill, the Sabine divinity Quirinus, who was later identified with Romulus. Little else is known about the festival. 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatus and 80+ others near Venice 1776 [...]
