Hermes Signs with Adidas
… although I always figured him to be a Nike kind of guy: via Gearfuse (with a tip o’ the pileus to Dr Tronchin!)
A Couple of Popculch Items
I was planning on taking the ol’ blogging machine outside and blogging al fresco, but it appears we’re going to get a big dump of rain … oh well, all I was going to blog (for the next hour or so) were a couple of popculch type things. The first comes from the Bleacher Report, [...]
Christian Necropolis from Bitola?
Image via Wikipedia The headline suggests — once again — that archaeologists are a rather clumsy lot: During the reconstruction works of the Tumbe Kafe stadium and recreational zone in Macedonia’s south-western town of Bitola, archaeologists have found necropolises, most likely dating to the third century. “All construction activities have been halted in order to [...]
Death of Cleopatra Revisionism Followup
Image via Wikipedia Folks who are still interested in Christoph Schaefer’s theories regarding the death of Cleopatra might want to watch the German science show Abenteuer Wissen for more details (not sure how long the video will be up; I can’t seem to embed it here). The takes-too-long-and-is-too-painful theory works if you take the accounts [...]
Temple and Bridge from Near Apamea
This one from Sify/ANI is annoyingly lacking in details … I can’t find a name for al-Bahred in ancient times, but it seems to be the right distance away from Apamea to be a mansio at least …: Archaeologists have unearthed an archaeological temple dating back to the Hellenistic and Roman eras. They have also [...]
Roman Shipwreck near Panarea
Image via Wikipedia Starting the summer blogging season with a brief item from ANSA: The wreck of a Roman ship from the first century AD which is still whole and has over 500 wide-mouthed amphorae onboard has been discovered to the south of the island of Panarea. The discovery, which was made by the Sea [...]
This Day in Ancient History: kalendae quintilis
Image by wallyg via Flickr kalendae quintilis rites in honour of Juno rites in honour of Felicitas 69 A.D. — Vespasian hailed as emperor in Alexandria 70 A.D. — Titus attacks the walls of Jerusalem 1614 — death of Isaac Casaubon
