October 15, 2012

  • Philip Freeman talks to St Louis Public Radio about his book How to Win an Election: Ancient Campaign Advice For Modern Politicians

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  • Linear B Conference

    Cambridge University had some hype for a conference on Linear B this past weekend: When during the early 20th century archaeologists excavated some of the most famous sites of Ancient Greece – notably Knossos on the island of Crete and Mycenae and Pylos on the mainland – they found large numbers of clay tablets inscribed…

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  • Digging Paphos’ Agora

    From the Cyprus Mail: ARCHAEOLOGISTS exploring the Agora (market) of ancient Paphos have found a small tablet with the name of an official in Greek and a plethora of other artefacts including a golden pendant, it was announced this week. “The most spectacular finds are a golden earring or pendant, ending in an ivy leaf,…

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  • Lamp from Dueltum

    From the Sophia Globe: Archaeologists working at the site of the Roman baths in Deultum, an ancient settlement about 17km south-west of Bourgas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, have found a ceramic lamp in the shape of a dog, a find described as one of kind not seen before in Europe. Deultum was founded in…

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    versicolor (Dictionary.com) Latinitweets: adverb: multo , indeclinable => much http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) October 15, 2012 invenire: to find, to discover: verb. Example sentence:Ubi civitas viros bonorum morum inveniet?Translation:Wher… http://t.co/wdj6KjGW — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) October 15, 2012

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