Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 5 Boedromion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Extraordinary 2,500-year-old grave of an ancient Scythian ‘warrior couple’ is unearthed in Siberia | Daily Mail Online
- Ancient Church Discovered Under Turkish Lake | Greek Reporter Europe
- La scoperta archeologica: pavimento di epoca romana in via Diaz – Corriere di Como
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- Turkey: Mosaics in ancient church unearthed
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Come dream with me as we go Deep into the Second Century BCE and experience the dirty wars that are only spoken of with dread, Rome vs. Numantina, Rome vs. Numida. And witness the rise of Gaius Marius.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Giorgos Papantoniou, Christine Morris, Athanasios Vionis, Unlocking sacred landscapes: spatial analysis of ritual and cult in the Mediterranean. Studies in Mediterranean archaeology, 151. Nicosia: Astrom Editions, 2019.
- [BMCR] Catherine Kearns, Sturt W. Manning, New directions in Cypriot archaeology. Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Adrastos Omissi, Alan J. Ross, Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius. Translated texts for historians, contexts, 3. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] Lucia Nováková, Greeks who dwelt beyond the sea: people, places, monuments. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 333. Bonn: Habelt Verlag, 2019.
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- How Ancient Greeks Harnessed Wind Power to Win the Battle of Salamis | GreekReporter.com
- Brown: Problem mechanics, booming Latin in area schools and Claire | Opinion | mainlinemedianews.com
- Wizard battles and demon circles revealed in newly translated Christian texts | Live Science
- US Congress urges Boris Johnson to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece | Daily Mail Online
- On This Day In 480 BC, Greece Wins The Battle Of Salamis – Greek City Times
- Epic projection project brings Pompeii back to life
- Everything Hollywood got wrong about the gladiators of Rome | The Express Tribune
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends prosperity but a heavy and wet winter.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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