Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Sept. 2774 AUC ~ 18 Metageitnion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Hundreds of Bronze Age Artifacts Found in France – Archaeology Magazine

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• Research Advice: Exercise. Then Read and Write in Turns – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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• Lucan | The Historian’s Hut
• Cincinnatus Receiving The Ambassadors From Rome, by Alexandre Cabanel (c. 1823-1889) | The Historian’s Hut
• De Siciliaanse Expeditie (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: A Syriac liturgy in Cairo and China?
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• PaleoJudaica.com: The Sibyl’s Cave in Cumae
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Josh McDowell: Manuscript Hunting and Mythmaking for Jesus

Blog-like Publications

• So You Want To Be A Roman Legionary? | by Argumentative Penguin | Lessons from History | Aug, 2021 | Medium
• Iron Age Settlements and Roman Roads: archaeological fieldwork along the Angelinos trunk water main in north Oxfordshire. Scholma-Mason, Tierney, Goacher and Edgeworth. Internet Archaeology 56.
• Pasts Imperfect (8.26.21) – by Sarah E. Bond, Nandini Pandey, Joel Christensen, and Colin McCaffrey – Pasts Imperfect

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @SarahEBond on some interesting terracotta balls from Morgantina:

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎This Week in the Ancient Near East: That’ll Do Iron Age Pig, That’ll Do, or, Jambon in Jerusalem on Apple Podcasts

First sharks and now pigs? What’s going on in Iron Age Jerusalem with all these non-kosher species? Were Judeans in the shadow of the Temple noshing on something naughty or are there other explanations? Are there ever! Our panelists’  speculations are unbridled in this laughter filled episode.

• ‎Actually Interesting History: S2E15: Cleopatra in Rome on Apple Podcasts

After Caesar left Egypt, he invited Cleopatra and her brother/husband T14 (don’t worry, we forget he exists too) to Rome as heads of state. We get a glimpse into the Roman attitudes surrounding womanhood, kingship, and binge drinking (thanks Marc Antony). After Caesar mops up Marc Antony’s mess, proclaimed dictator for life…..

• ‎The Ancients: The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra on Apple Podcasts

Among the rulers of Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra VII has long held a place in legend, her story having been told in folklore, by Shakespeare and in Hollywood movies. In reality, however, her story remains unfinished. The location of her final resting place remains lost to us. Dr Chris Naunton is back with us to explore the possible answers to this mystery, from Alexandria to Taposiris Magna, join us on this trawl through the evidence of Cleopatra’s final days.

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Greece After King Alexander III of Macedon’s Life on Apple Podcasts

After Alexander III’s death, the relationship that Greek polities had with the Kingdom of Macedon was mixed: some were congenial, some acquiesced, and others outright revolted. Dr Charlotte Dunn, University of Tasmania, returns to the show to discuss what happened in Greece after Alexander III’s life.

Fresh Youtubery

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• Remembering and Forgetting at Dura-Europos | Palestine Exploration Fund

Exhibition Related Things

• Theran Frescoes | Santorini | To August 30 | eKathimerini.com

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Climate and the Roman Conquest of Italy | Department of ClassicsDepartment of Classics
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Alia

• Afghanistan: the historical sites of key concern after the Taliban’s return | The Art Newspaper
• What Happened to the Venus de Milo’s Arms?
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• The Lost City: 6 Mystical Sites to Experience in Petra – Scoop Empire
• Bringing Life to Ancient Objects | Garstang Museum of Archaeology

‘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 war.

… 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)