Hodie est a.d. XII Kal. Aug. 2774 AUC ~ 12 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- [the Theseus mosaic isn’t new] Spectacular Ancient Mosaic Discovered in Paphos, Cyprus
- Bronze figurines shed light on Egypt-Israel trade in King David’s time – The Jerusalem Post
- Gangi, scavi archeologici di monte Alburchia portano alla luce straordinaria scoperta
- Has the tomb of Alexander the Great’s mom been found? Experts are doubtful. | Live Science
In Case You Missed It
- University of Sheffield to Close Archaeology Department – ARTnews.com
- Experts find rare stone outlining the city limits of ancient Rome | Daily Mail Online
- French-Egyptian archeology mission discovers military vessel, Greek funerary in sunken city
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Women’s Latin reading group, Lupercal | The Florentine
- Increasing access to awe and splendour of the ancient world | UCT News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- When ‘Good’ Means ‘Good Enough’ – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: How to Increase Strength and Flexibility
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Loud Giant
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Samizdat
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Death Speaks
- Defining the Archaeology of the Contemporary World | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- That ‘bingo machine’ again – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Some memories of Steven Ring, Syriacist Extraordinaire – Roger Pearse
- An updated timeline on the history of the statue of the Victorious Youth: Comparing the Getty’s last statements regarding the statue with the facts and with Italy’s current political manoeuvring. ~ ARCAblog
- Hippocrates on the Problems and Solution to Menstruation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Fertility Troubles? Have You Tried a Puppy? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Abduction Of The Sabine Women, Painted By Nicolas Poussin (c. 1594–1665) | The Historian’s Hut
- Ancient Roman Masturbation – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Gods for Magistrates – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Ancient military vessel found in Egyptian sunken city
- Curio in Italië – Mainzer Beobachter
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Cock of the north: Roman stone-carved penis uncovered during Yorkshire archaeological dig
- Curio in Africa – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Numada, John and Anti-Judaism (Pickwick)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Hawk, Apocrypha For Beginners
- PaleoJudaica.com: Upcoming: Bible & Archaeology
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient Hebrew love poetry on YouTube
- Cyprus showcases ancient undersea harbour to draw tourists – The Archaeology News Network
- Spencer Alley: Anita Brookner on Jacques-Louis David
- 3,100-year-old pottery fragment inscribed with biblical name found in southern Israel – The Archaeology News Network
- The sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion in Alexandria reveals new archaeological treasures – The Archaeology News Network
Blog-like Publications
- Whatever is true, is my own: Seneca’s open-minded enquiry – Antigone
- A funerary tumulus and a shipwreck revealed and explored
- Cretan Institutional Inscriptions collection now open access and online
- Continuity and Legitimacy: The Ancient Coins of Septimius Severus
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @EleriCousins on an interesting verse inscription
- @DocCrom on a tombstone and funerary inscription for a centurion
- @DocCrom on another Roman tombstone and inscription
- @DocCrom on the Piombino Apollo
- @tigerlillyrocks on the upcoming 50th #wccwiki editathon
Fresh Podcasts
This week the Vomitorium is graced with the presence of Dave and Jeff’s friend, former colleague, mentor and professor, Dr. Ken Bratt. Join us as Dr. Bratt shares his vast knowledge of the ancient Roman colony of Phillipi–site of game-changing battles, crossroads of culture, and where the first European converts to Christianity (including Lydia) were made. Ken walks us through the archaeological remains, connecting them to biblical narrative and dispelling a few likely legends along the way. Is that really “Paul’s Prison” there in Phillipi? Bonus feature: learn what shenanigans Jeff got up to as a sophomore on a trip to Greece with Ken in the ‘90s. Also, what can we do to get Dave to loosen up? This episode is packed!
This week’s episode brings together Hannah Greenstreet (right) and Charlotte Vickers (left), respectively the writer and director of the TORCH-funded project Andromeda – a queer retelling of Euripides’ play. The episode was recorded ahead of a full production (27-31 July 2021) at Camden People’s Theatre, as Hannah and Charlotte discuss the project, its process, and the importance of centring queer experience in storytelling. Since 2017, the play has been developed with support from Arts Council England, TORCH Theatres Seed Fund, Camden People’s Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, the APGRD, Pegasus Theatre and the Oxford Playhouse.
In this episode, Alice and Nicolas interview the editors of Ancient Warfare Magazine – Jasper Oorthuys and Murray Dahm. Founded in 2007, Ancient Warfare examines the military history of many different ancient cultures in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, with a particular focus on Greece and Rome from around 1200BC to 600AD. It has thousands of readers all around the world – and thousands tune in to the Ancient Warfare podcast. We ask Jasper and Murray what their readers are looking for and what goes into the creation of each issue. That gets us chatting about the enduring appeal of ancient military history, the challenges of reconstructing what ancient warfare was really like, and what we gain from learning about and trying to visualise ancient warfare.
Stefania introduces us to one of the dominant figures of early assyriology–Austen Henry Layard. She guides us through the archival sources that put his famous publications in context, and reveal the man behind the legend.
Same podcast, new name. Welcome to another episode of The Ozymandias Project’s recently renamed podcast, Ancient Office Hours with Lexie Henning! Tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for an exciting new odyssey as our show continues on as Ancient Office Hours. In this episode, we contemplate the lack of access to Egyptology programs, talk about Kara’s research on coffin re-use, explore using the ancient world to help us understand the modern world, and discuss Cleopatra & the aggrandizement of the failures of powerful women in the past and present.
Sonia Zakrzewski joins us to talk all about how you can use the archaeological record to develop a knowledge of disabilities in history.
Fresh Youtubery
- ILIAD BOOK 2: THE LONGEST LIST OF NAMES YOU’LL EVER READ | Moan, Inc.
- Catullus 36 in Latin & English: Annales Volusi, cacata carta | David Amster
- Introducing Bible & Archaeology | XKV8R
- (12) TGR Lazio, edizione delle 14.00 del 30062021 – YouTube | Etruschannel
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Fiona Cox, Elena Theodorakopoulos, Homer’s daughters: women’s responses to Homer in the twentieth century and beyond. Classical presences. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Georgios Giannakis, Luz Conti, Jesús Villa, Synchrony and diachrony of ancient Greek: language, linguistics and philology. Essays in honor of Emilio Crespo. Trends in classics – supplementary volumes, 112. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2021
- The Rage of Achilles Offers a Thrilling Take on the Trojan War – EIN Presswire
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Greek Textiles Through The Centuries
- Assistant or Associate Professor of Ancient History in Cambridge, MA for Harvard University
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Playmobil to launch first series of Asterix play-sets in 2022 – ToyNews
- Sicily’s Monumental Olive Trees Provide Window Into Island’s History – Olive Oil Times
- Olympics: When Men Were Men, Nude and Greek | Newsroom
- Antiquities looting: an ongoing crisis as well as a shameful piece of history
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
- Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
if it thunders today, it portends a brief period of disagreement among the common people.
… 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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