[in catch up mode … I seem to be missing a few and/or it’s the slow time of the year]
- QDP Ep 59: In Ipso Maeniano – Quomodo Dicitur?
- #69 – The Lamprey — Life of (Augustus) Caesar
- 71 Honorius | Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium
Day: August 12, 2017
In the Italian Press: July 30 – August 5, 2017
Some items of archaeological interest from the Italian press which don’t appear to have received any coverage in English:
From Molise comes word of the discovery of a temple podium dating to the second half of the first century BCE on the site of a previously-unexplored section of the ancient site of Saepinum:
- Altilia – Il Molise trova un tesoro antico: scavi riportano alla luce tempio romano del I secolo a.C. – Primonumero.it
- Torna alla luce tempio 1/o secolo A.C. – Notizie – Molise – ANSA.it
- Tempio su podio della seconda metà del I secolo a.C. scoperto ad Altilia-Sepino
Word of the discovery of the sunken parts of Neapolis (Tunisia … we may have mentioned this):
Evidence of a large-scale Roman farm at Paestum dating from the first to second centuries BCE:
An upper class Bronze Age burial of a female teen from Pizzoli:
#icymi ~ Classicists in the News: July 30 – August 5, 2017
[playing catchup … as often]
Gregory Crane on use of technology:
An honourary degree for Paul Cartledge:
Shining the spotlight on Patrick Burns:
How Diana Burton is incorporating 3d printing into her instruction:
- Students Use 3D Printing Technology to Interact with Ancient Greek Artifacts at Victoria University of Wellington’s Classics Museum | 3DPrint.com
- Tornos News | Ancient Greek artifacts undergo 3D printing by New Zealand University
On Christopher Krebs’ and Caroline Winterer’s ‘Ancient Rome and its Legacies’ class at the Stanford Humanities Institute:
Feature on Christos Tsirogiannis and his work identifying stolen antiquities (the WSJ version might be paywalled):
- Meet the Art World’s Antiquities Sleuth – WSJ
- The Archaeologist Who Hunts For Stolen Art | Public Radio East
- Greek Archaeologist Chasing Looted Antiquities but Shunned by Greece | Greek Reporter Europe
- Tornos News | Report: Greek archaeologist chases looted antiquities
A feature on undergrad Jessica Williams, who had the opportunity to dig at the Griffin Warrior Grave with her advisor Anne Feltovich:
Sarah Bond in Forbes:
- How Ancient Rome Viewed The Deaths Of Antony And Cleopatra
- Classical Archaeologists Found A Lot Of Amazing Things This Summer
Josiah Ober commenting on the current state of the U.S.:
