July 28, 2011
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An item in the Connecticut newspaper The Day: To boldly go where no one has gone before led me to a very interesting site to follow Robert Ballard’s latest endeavours. He’s currently doing the sidescan sonar thing off Turkey looking for potential sites etc., and it’s all being streamed live … there isn’t a heckuva…
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The BBC is on the story: The 1,800-year-old human remains were exhumed in the city over the past decade and will be displayed in an empty shop throughout the summer. Archaeologists say the discovery suggested the site was only well-preserved Roman gladiator cemetery in the world. The exhibition will feature the skeletons and objects which…
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Around the Classical blogosphere the past few days … The Tombstone of Regina (South Shields) July 28, 2011 Dorothy King Bibliographies: Aeschylus July 28, 2011 classicslibrarian APA Blog : Spring 2011 Newsletter July 28, 2011 What Did the Romans Use for Toilet Paper? July 28, 2011 (N.S. Gill) Bibliography: A Hellenistic Bibliography (Post-Classical Greek Poetry)…
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Pop culture takes Cleopatra and Helen of Troy into an entirely new area: Source Source The ad campaign also has a video with some, er, allusions
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Cleopatra is suddenly popping up all over the place again, so it’s probably time for a cranky post to bring folks up to speed thereon. But by way of captatio benevolentiae, however, I’ll mention again my trip to the Royal Ontario Museum last month and one of their ‘iconic pieces’ which (again) I’ve managed to…
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