Nemean Meteor?
Image via Wikipedia An item up at Fortean Times about Ernst Chladni caught my eye a couple of days ago because it included this paragraph: In fairness to the Age of Reason’s meteorite debunkers, an awful lot of superstition and folk tales fell from the sky. The large meteor that came down on Ensisheim, Alsace, [...]
And nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia work base, that has an attachment …
ANA-MPA just set the record, I think, for vagueness in archaeological reporting: A clay vessel and a large fragment of pottery were located at the bottom of the sea by two foreign nationals on board the French flag leisure boat “ISALIO” that had anchored at Garitsa Bay off the Ionian Sea island of Corfu. The [...]
Another Cleopatra Beauty Secret?
We’ve heard of assorted beauty secrets from the Egyptian queen before, but this one is — as far as I can tell — absolutely new: The cosmetics industry is always creating rejuvenation and beauty products. Historical beauty icons often provide inspiration for new formulas to be created. Such is the case of gold lifting, a [...]
Citanda: The Deadly Styx River and the Death of Alexander
I don’t think we mentioned that, subsequent to all the news coverage about the possible poisoning of Alexander, Adrienne Mayor’s ‘working paper’ on the subject became available at the Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics site: The Deadly Styx River and the Death of Alexander (pdf) Here’s the abstract: Plutarch, Arrian, Diodorus, Justin, and other ancient [...]
CONF: Clash of the Titans – Leeds colloquium
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) In the week of its official DVD release, the Classics Department at the University of Leeds is pleased to ‘Release the Kraken’ with a half-day colloquium on Leterrier’s Clash of the Titans on Friday, 29 October 2010. Schedule [...]
Manicure Set from Myra-Andriake (Turkey)
The only version in English that I can find of this (in multiple newspapers) has the story tied to that Swedish phallic thing that was in the news for most folks last week. Here’s what’s important for us: Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Roman personal care set at Myra-Andriake in Antalya’s district of Demre, Turkey. [...]
Conserving Your Summer
One of the potential ‘career areas’ I don’t think we stress enough in the Classics world is conservation, so here’s a piece from UD Daily wherein a student describes her experiences: This summer I am working in the conservation lab at the archaeological site of Poggio Colla in the Mugello Valley of Tuscany, Italy. Poggio [...]
Citanda: Classics and Classical Civilisation
This is one of those features in the Independent where they break down what’s involved in a university subject, give info about the requirements, etc.: Classics and Classical Civilisation – A-Z Degrees, Getting Into University – The Independent.
Mosaics at Chedworth Roman Villa
From the BBC: More Roman mosaics have been uncovered at Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire. The mosaics have been hidden for centuries but have now been unearthed by archaeologists. They will now be permanently displayed as part of a £3million project to develop the ancient site. The work is all part of a project to [...]
Restoring Eastgate Roman Tower
From the BBC: A Lincolnshire hotel is working with English Heritage to restore one of the county’s most important Roman sites. The North Tower of the East Gate in Lincoln is one of only a few surviving Roman gates in Britain. It was first excavated in the 1960s, but now requires major restoration work to [...]
