The Story of Rome
Short little video from our friends at the Royal Ontario Museum with Chris Smith (of BSR fame) narrating an overview of various aspects of Roman history:
Cleopatra’s Tomb Update (of sorts)
The beginning of a piece in Dominican Today: The feat of Dominican archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, which has circled the globe with her project “In search of Cleopatra’s tomb,” continues attracting the attention of the world’s scientific community. And that’s the reason the scientist of Chinese origin Ng Tze-Chuen, known for his successful projects at NASA [...]
Putin Dives Phanagoria
Image via Wikipedia From RIA Novosti: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to the Taman Peninsula on Wednesday to perform yet another of his trademark adventure activities and scuba dive at a site known as the Russian Atlantis. Putin is making the dive to publicize archeological restoration work on the submerged part of the ancient [...]
That Colosseum Bomb Scare
In case you didn’t hear about it on Sunday … here’s the version from Adnkronos: A fake bomb caused police to evacuate hundreds of tourists on Sunday from the Colosseum, Rome’s most famous monument. The alarm was raised by a tourist who spotted the wires emerging from a metal can and thought they were part [...]
Classical Archaeology in the World Weekly News
Probably should have saved the Cleopatra one for today (the anniversary of her death) and presented these ones yesterday: King Midas’ Body Found (repeated a number of times throughout WWN’s history) Jesus’ Cross Found in Holy Land Gladiator’s Skull Found in Colosseum Meet the Monkey Who Ruled Rome For a Day (a mummy!) Hercules’ Gym [...]
Roman Child Burial from Dorchester
From the Dorset Echo: THE buried remains of a Roman child have been uncovered during the construction of the Charles Street development in Dorchester. Stone foundations of Roman houses, painted wall plaster and coins have also been found. Cowlin Construction, working for developers Simons Group, has put up posters on the sites boundary hoardings detailing [...]
Greek plays: Sophocles’ Electra
Interesting review by Amanda Wrigley at the Screen Plays blog: Greek plays: Sophocles’ Electra (A-R for ITV, 1962) « SCREEN PLAYS. I just became aware of this blog, but it associated with an interesting research project … from their ‘about’ tab: Welcome to the blog of the AHRC-funded research project Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on [...]
Circumundique: August 9, 2011
Around the Classical blogosphere yesterday: Greek and Latin inscriptions preserved in the United States of America August 10, 2011 Charles Ellwood Jones Aspergers in ancient Greece August 7, 2011 John Birchall Round-Up: August 9 August 9, 2011 laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) Man Was Never Made for Books August 9, 2011 Michael Gilleland Creation and Destruction of [...]
Classics Confidential: Gabriel Bodard
Our long-time eamicus Gabriel Bodard gives and interesting interview on what Digital Classics is and where it is heading in the grand scheme of things:
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv idus sextiles
ante diem iv idus sextiles 30 B.C. — Suicide of Cleopatra 7 A.D. — dedication of the ara Cereris Matris et Opis Augustae and associated rites thereafter 70 A.D. — Roman forces breach the walls of Jerusalem 1911 — birth of A.N. Sherwin-White (The Roman Citizenship)
