Hodie est a.d. V Id. Dec. 2774 AUC ~ 5 Poseideon in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- NYU students want to rename department named after billionaire art collector
- Ancient Gaza monastery restored by unemployed young Palestinians – Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East
- British study: Ancient Egyptians used barley drinks different from those used nowadays – EgyptToday
- Pompeii turns to tech to protect ancient site against climate change damage
- Israel to reportedly return 100 stolen Egyptian antiquities to Egypt – Egypt Independent
- 47 stolen antiquities from Steinhardt collection returning to Greece | eKathimerini.com
In Case You Missed It
- 2,700-year-old leather armor proves technology transfer happened in antiquity — ScienceDaily
- Crucifixion: ‘World’s best example’ found in Cambridgeshire in form of slave with nail in his heel | Daily Mail Online
- Rare evidence of Roman crucifixion uncovered in the UK | Live Science
- Dozens of artifacts, some from Bar Kochba era, found by police – The Jerusalem Post
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Why Josephus Matters | The Marginalia Review
- It’s time to settle the Great Omicron Question | The Spectator Australia
Greek/Latin News
- Radiogiornale Latino 08.12.2021 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Καὶ ἐν τῇ Φινλανδίᾳ τόδε γίγνεται /
- [Ephemeris] DE CAEDE INDICA
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: No Escape
- Problematizing the Present | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ChrysoCollate 1.0
- Final posting dates for Saturnalia and Christmas! | Greek Myth Comix
- Reading Lucilian Satire in the Age of Twitter – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: DEChriM (“Deconstructing Early Christian Metanarratives: Fourth-Century Egyptian Christianity in the Light of Material Evidence”)
- Steinhardts geheelde oudheden – Mainzer Beobachter
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Collection History of Clunky Escutcheons Questioned
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » First evidence of crucifixion found in Britain
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Bonhams Boat-Lamp: “Collection History”? You’ve Got to be Kidding.
- PaleoJudaica.com: Another looting arrest
- PaleoJudaica.com: BAR debates the Shapira scroll affair
- PaleoJudaica.com: Crucified man excavated in Cambridgeshire
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Wisdom of Peers: The Madaba Plains Project After Fifty Years
Other Blog-like Publications
- Athens and the Acropolis in the throes of the Greek Revolution of 1821
- The phallus and the Evil Eye – Phallic amulets in the Roman world – Ancient World Magazine
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
A new study uses DNA from Egyptian mummies to literally reconstruct their faces. Oddly enough, they look like Egyptians. Is this accurate? Is it ethical? One way or another, they’re pretty good-looking. And isn’t that the main thing? Anyway, what’s with all the mummified cats?
Frederick the Great, Marie Antoinette and Oscar Wilde. Each of them have talked about, or been talked about in terms of, Ancient Greek ideas of homosexual love. From men taking on young apprentices, to Sappho’s yearning poetry, the Ancient Greek traditions have long been called upon in conversation as a background to contemporary celebrations of love between members of the same sex, but what is the truth to these stories. We are thrilled to welcome Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland, back to the Ancients to talk us through the concept and truth of Greek love, and its ripples through history.
Is there a new momentum for the return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece? Janet Suzman, the chair of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, joins The Greek Current to discuss Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ recent visit to the UK and the momentum it has given the campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.
Katie and Steve speak with veteran cultural property and art lawyer, Tom Kline, about his representation of Christie’s and Michael Steinhardt in litigation brought by Turkey to possess a millennia-old Anatolian marble statue (the Stargazer) owned by Steinhardt. After a trial in the Southern District of New York, Turkey lost for the primary reason that they could not provide facts supporting their claim to ownership of the Stargazer, specifically that it was stolen from modern day Turkey after 1906.
Our hundredth episode! We’re celebrating reaching three digits — and more than 6 years — with a whole bunch of our podcasting friends! These are just some of the amazing creators who make the independent podcasting world so wonderful, and we’re very happy to be connected to them all. Please check out their shows at the links below. We also give you a brief “State of the Pod” update. Thank you to everyone who’s been with us so far, and here’s to the next century (of episodes)!
Fresh Youtubery
- Christmas Spotlight: Imagining Ancient Egyptian Faces | Egypt Exploration Society
- DELOS, GREECE | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven
- Ancient Tactics: Oblique Order – Kings and Generals #shorts
- Is Odysseus a Homeric Hero? | Millennial Classicist
- Alexander Meeus on source citations in Herodotus | Herodotus Helpline
- Pandura. Ancient Greek long-necked oud or lute. First time trying it out.| Bettina Joy de Guzman
- Lyre of Agia Triada. Seikilo Cultural Center. Thessaloniki. Luthieros Music Instruments | Bettina Joy de Guzman
Book Reviews
- [AJA] Culti domestici in Italia meridionale ed Etruria, by Aura Piccioni
- [AJA] Les arrière-pays des cités phéniciennes à l’époque hellénistique (IVe–Ier s. av. N.È.): Approches historique et spatiale d’une aire géoculturelle, by Élodie Guillon
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- AIMS 2021 Annual Meeting | Society for Classical Studies
- Online Panel: Classics in Africa: The Ways Forward | Society for Classical Studies
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- 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 the downfall of a famous man.
… 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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