Not sure how long this will be available (these BBC things tend to disappear) … it appeared on BBC4 last weekend and is based on Adrienne Mayor’s First Fossil Hunters … enjoy:

Very interesting blog out of France which came to my attention via Delphine Regnard on Twitter:

• Langues et Cultures de l’Antiquité

… plenty of news, reviews (book and plenty of games), and the like … worth a look if you’re comfortable with the French! I’ll regularly be scanning this one for inclusion in our Circumundique posts …

ante diem v kalendas octobres

• 70 A.D. — Roman armies break through the walls of the upper city of Jerusalem (by one reckoning)