August 21, 2012
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Tantalizingly brief item from Kathimerini: A Minoan mansion dating to 1600-1400 BC has been discovered during an excavation in the mountainous area of Anatoli, Ierapetra, southeast Crete. According to archaeologists taking part in the excavating process, the discovery is expected to provide answers with regard to Minoan activity in mountainous areas as well as to…
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This just in from ANSA: Archaeologists are investigating the discovery of a gilded bronze lion found off the coast of Calabria not far from where the famed Riace Bronzes were discovered 40 years ago. Armour in bronze and copper was also found by a diver and two tourists in the area that is now closed…
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ante diem xii kalendas septembres ¶ Consualia — festival involving games/chariot races in honour of Consus and other assorted divinities; one of the races apparently featured chariots pulled by mules ¶ 753 B.C.(?) – rape of the Sabine women (which traditionally happened during the celebration of the above)
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Laudator Temporis Acti: Death of a Classical Scholar.
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Roger Pearse: Wikipediocracy: a Wikipedia-watch site.
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