July 2013
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Movie Review: The Eagle via History of the Ancient World.
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Republics between hegemony and empire: How ancient city-states built empires and the USA doesn’t anymore via History of the Ancient World.
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Here’s the official description (with a link to further info): This week’s interview features Dr Michael Squire of King’s College London, talking about his current research project on the Imagines. This text, which was written by the third-century AD Greek author Philostratus the Elder, contains accounts of 65 paintings displayed in an (imaginary?) gallery on…
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Not sure why this isn’t getting more attention, even in the Italian press. Rosella Lorenzi’s piece for Discovery News seems to be the only English coverage … some excerpts: A key episode of the Punic Wars has emerged from the waters near the small Sicilian island of Pantelleria as archaeologists discovered a cluster of more…
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From eNet: Among the antiquities found in the man’s possession were 616 ancient artefacts dating from the Neolithic period and over 1,200 ancient coins, mainly from the Hellenistic period, and two Roman-era medals A 53-year-old man has been arrested after police found rare objects dating from the Neolithic period in his possession. In a planned…