Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Nov. 2774 AUC ~ 16 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Manhattan Antiquities Dealer Pleads Guilty to Manufacturing Thousands of Forgeries | Architectural Digest
- Artifacts looted from Syrian national museums seen in the office of a Lebanese official – Enab Baladi
- Mentally unstable man attempts to destroy ram statue in Tahrir Square – Egypt Independent
- Mosaic depicting grape harvest to go on display in Turkey’s Hatay | Daily Sabah
In Case You Missed It
- Human head carvings and phallus-shaped pillars discovered at 11,000-year-old site in Turkey | Live Science
- Mosaic floors from the 1,500-year-old lost ‘Church of the Apostles’ are discovered in Israel | Daily Mail Online
- Oldest ghost drawing discovered on Babylonian exorcism tablet | Live Science
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Impact of Rivers on Ancient Economies
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Table Manners
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: CDLI Newsletter 2021/2: October 2021
- A Typology of Fear for a Spooky Time of Year – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- New Beatings in Death – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Krokotta: A Beast Worthy of October – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Practicalities of Hellenistic Ruler Cults
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: CTT – Conservation of Theban temples and tombs: symposium proceedings February 2016, Luxor
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Torah, Temple, Land: Constructions of Judaism in Antiquity
- PaleoJudaica.com: Was Nimrod a goodie or a baddie?
- Ktesifon – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Dorival, The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople (OUP)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Mosaic inscriptions found at the church at El-Araj (Bethsaida?)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’Homosexualité féminine dans l’Antiquité grecque et romaine
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Of Ancient Dynasts, Border Guards and Potters – The 2021 Survey in the Pergamon Micro-Region – Pergamon Micro-Region
- Photo of the Month – October 2021 – DAİstanbul
- Upcoming Deadlines | Society for Classical Studies
Other Blog-like Publications
- Egyptian Cats and Greek Curiosity – Antigone
- Therasia: the new excavation finds from the prehistoric settlement
- Wicked Witches of Latin Literature | by AnnMarie Patterson | In Medias Res | Oct, 2021 | Medium
- Music on Ancient Coins
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Their love affair has fascinated us for ages. In this episode, learn about the beginning of Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra put on possibly the greatest PR display of all time and even from here, 2000 years later, I assure Antony didn’t stand a chance.
Thanks to Paul for sending this in, ‘what is one battle where sources agree but you don’t?’ It is a great question and one we may revisit on a full episode of the podcast.
…. In this episode I talk to Prof. Eric Cline about the discipline of archaeology and his book 1177 BC where he talks about the late Bronze Age world and the Collapse it would suffer. He details the various evidence that has shown itself in the historical record to help us understand what was happing during this world changing period of time…
Fresh Youtubery
- Sally’s Song in Latin, Nightmare Before Christmas (lyrics: Stefano Vittori) | ScorpioMartianus
- Emily Greenwood and María del Pilar Blanco: Disciplinarity | Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
- François Hartog on the genesis of his 1980 book Le miroir d’Hérodote | Herodotus Helpline
- ILIAD BOOK 20: After The Longest Strop In The World, Achilles Finally Returns To Battle | Moan Inc
- CHS Dialogues with Gregory Nagy | The Just, the Wrong, and the Hero | Center for Hellenic Studies
- Why is this 2,500 year old shipwreck so well-preserved? – Helen Farr and Jon Adams | TD-Ed
- The Curious Case of the Ryedale Hoard & Tik Tok Shopping for Bones!? – WB 22nd Oct 2021 | Archaeosoup
- A History of Christian Persecutions in Rome & Founding San Marino | 301AD-310AD | A.D. History Podcast
Book Reviews
- Sarah A. Rous, Reset in Stone: Memory and Reuse in Ancient Athens (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2019).
- Homer’s range by Daisy Dunn | The New Criterion
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- ENCODE Conference and Training Event – Leuven – Current Epigraphy
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- Visiting Tutor in the Department of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
‘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 bad weather and an outbreak of skin diseases among the 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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