My spiders brought back this really interesting page which has info on all the versions of Ben Hur (with plenty of eye candy posters) … definitely worth a look:

• Ben Hur: The Making of an Epic (blu-ray.com)

Image via Wikipedia

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• 48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt

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 …

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