June 1, 2010
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One of my spiders just dragged this back to my laptop … seems one Theodore May is retracing Alexander’s journey and is documenting his trip in a blog (along with associated tweets) called Backpacking to Babylon. Here’s a bit from the ‘about’ page: Backpacking to Babylon represents several years of dreaming and planning. This project…
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John Ketseas (thanks!) sends in an item from Naftemporiki (in Greek) which appears to be a followup to that Kouroi story from a week or so ago. It appears that further investigation has found a cemetery in the area, and (I think) some of the parts from one of the kouroi (I may be misreading…
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For the merry month of May: Nuntii Latini mensis Maii 2010
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We’re getting a few more details on that Etruscan house find at Grosseto which we mentioned last week … here’s an excerpt from ANSA’s coverage: Following an initial excavation of two weeks, the archaeological team revealed details of the earliest discoveries. The building’s walls were made of blocks of dried clay, the first ever example…
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Lengthy article in OpEd News … I don’t buy the theory, but it’s interesting (and probably designed to promote the screenplay mentioned at the end); FWIW: Spartan Women: History’s greatest conspiracy?.
rogue classicism 