January 4, 2013

  • From Hurriyet: A marble sculpture head of Artemis from the fourth century BC has been uncovered in the ancient city of Alabanda as the archeological excavations there come to a close. In some of the excavations made at the site, the doors of the ancient city were uncovered, the head of the excavation team, Aydın…

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  • Terrace Farming at Petra!

    From a University of Cincinnati press release: A team of international archaeologists including Christian Cloke of the University of Cincinnati is providing new insights into successful and extensive water management and agricultural production in and around the ancient desert city of Petra, located in present-day Jordan. Ongoing investigations, of which Cloke is a part, are…

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  • From the mailbag: We are pleased to announce that the 2012 volume of The Cambridge Classical Journal (http://journals.cambridge.org/ccj ) is now online with Cambridge Journals. To celebrate we are pleased to offer complimentary access to three key papers from the new volume. Simply click on the links below to enjoy access to these articles until…

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    nugacity (wordsmith) Latinitweets: verb 3: discedo , discedere, discessi => depart, leave http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) January 4, 2013 concordia: harmony, unity: noun. Example sentence:Ubi concordia ibi victoria.Translation:Where there is unity, t… http://t.co/Wc4v5hf8 — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) January 4, 2013

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