Citanda: Sotheby’s Auction Catalog Online
There are some VERY interesting items coming to auction in the next few weeks (including the serpents and satyrs piece we were discussing a few days ago). I’ll be discussing some of these in the future, but in case you want to browse: Sotheby’s Antiquities Catalog
More Cleopatra Tomb Stuff
In my mailbox this a.m. is an interesting little piece from National Geographic which seems to be answering some of the questions I raised (again) a few days ago about the continuing claims about Taposiris Magna as the site for Tony and Cleo’s tomb (or mostly the latter, I suppose). The post is, ostensibly, about [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas junias
ante diem xiii kalendas junias 325 A.D. – Council of Nicaea opens (maybe) 1912 — birth of Moses Finley (Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology, among others) 1957 — death of Gilbert Murray ((History of Ancient Greek Literature, among numerous other things)
