Hodie est a.d. III Id. Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 9 Gamelion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeological building discovered in Egypt’s Sinai – EgyptToday
- HS2 dig finds ancient road and 2,000-year-old coins | Daily Mail Online
- Royal bas-relief restored to closest original state – Tehran Times
- Reperti archeologici detenuti illegalmente: denunciato 64enne – Napoli ZON
- Iranian Militias in Deir Ezzor Steal Archaeological Ruins from Banks of Euphrates | Asharq AL-awsat
In Case You Missed It
- Remains of a man and dog trying to escape ancient tsunami found on Aegean coast | Live Science
- Badger uncovers more than 200 Roman coins in a Spanish cave | Daily Mail Online
- Roman-era tombs found around ancient Antandros
- Archaeology: Ancient stone board game found at 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Oman | Daily Mail Online
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: I Will Not Be a Slave
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ARWA, The International Association for Archaeological Research in Western & Central Asia Guidelines for Ethical and Responsible Research
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Quaint & Curious Volume: Essays in Honor of John J. Dobbins
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: One Off Journal Issues: Historiography of Religion in Ancient North Africa
- Sorry But Aristotle Did Not Say This Thing about Snowflakes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles, Painted By Benjamin West (c. 1738-1820) | The Historian’s Hut
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: UK Archaeology, One Might Ask, Why?
- Kiwi Hellenist: Medusa in Libya
- PaleoJudaica.com: A Sasanian-era inscription mentioning Zoroaster
- PaleoJudaica.com: Mary the “Tower of Faith?”
- PaleoJudaica.com: More on Cleopatra and Judaism
- Enriching experiences – MAPPOLA
- Horace gender-complacent in conviviality with men – purple motes
- The Gates: On the Politics of Academic Citations, Reviewing & Publishing – #EOTalks Panel – Everyday Orientalism
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Call for Nomination – CAC prizes – The Classical Association of Canada
- UToronto Summer Bursaries – The Classical Association of Canada
- Phoenix Project Muse – The Classical Association of Canada
- Geyssen Subsidy for CAC Tour – The Classical Association of Canada
- Blog: Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Teaching in Classics | Society for Classical Studies
Other Blog-like Publications
- New fragments from the Parthenon at the Acropolis Museum
- Married life in Greco-Roman antiquity Claude-Emmanuelle Centlivres
- Ancient tombs reveal ‘funerary avenues’ in north-west Arabia
- Qumayrah Valley: ancient towers, copper trade and games
- No, Ancient Greeks probably didn’t kill their ‘weak’ babies
- Italy Returns Parthenon Fragment to Greece, Shaking Up Debate Over Marbles in UK
- Rare Roman dagger found by young amateur archaeologist in Switzerland | The Past
- The first known case of chemical warfare – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Survey reveals 4,500-year-old network of funerary avenues – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Hey! There’s a Bug on my Ancient Coin
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on some coins of Galba
- @DocCrom on de Musis (attributed to Florus)
- @abby_fecit on a gladiator mosaic in the Verona Theatre and Archaeological Museum
Fresh Podcasts
2021 was a bumper year for archaeological discoveries across Britain. In this episode, we go on a whistlestop tour of some of the most notable finds — from an immaculately preserved Roman mosaic found on a working farm, to the puzzling ruin of a Norman church discovered by HS2 engineers. Dan is joined by author and broadcaster Professor Alice Roberts, who got to see many of these discoveries first hand and meet the people who found them during the filming of the latest series of Digging For Britain.
Egypt’s history since the fall of the Ptolemaic dynasty in 30 BC has been one of continual invasion and reinvasion. During the nineteenth century, when France and Britain began to take notice of this lucrative and strategically placed Ottoman territory, there was a boom of European interest in ancient Egyptian culture, fed by the ready availability of well-preserved ancient papyri and objects in Egypt. This week, Shivaike Shah talks to Dr Heba Abd el Gawad from University College London and Dr Usama Ali Gad from Ain Shams University about the colonisation of Egyptology and its legacy in the modern museum and university. While western museums highlight what the many Egyptian objects in their possession tell us about the ancient civilisation, those objects’ continued presence reveals more about the modern relationship between Egypt and Europe than their connection in the classical past.
The story of Atlantis has fascinated the world for centuries… But how many of us know where the story came from, or what is actually included in the original source? Episode one of Deconstructing Atlantis dives into the story of Atlantis as it exists in the Timaeus and Critias. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it’s fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I’m not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Julius Caesar crossed the banks of the Rubicon river with his legion on this day (maybe) over 2000 years ago. In the first of a two-parter, Tom explains how Caesar rose to become powerful enough to take the decision that would eventually lead to him becoming the sole ‘dictator’ of Rome.
Now ready to take on Pompey and the Senate, Julius Caesar must take the final step and cross over into Italy with his legion.
Fresh Youtubery
- Contemporary politics and classical architecture – YouTube | Smarthistory
- Staging Greek Tragedy: Then and Now / Episode One: Dramaturgy and Greek Tragedy: Then and Now – YouTube | Greek and Latin UCL
- Darth Vader reads the Metamorphoses, lines 1-4, in Latin – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Tiziana Capriotti, L’Adriatico medio-occidentale: coste, approdi e luoghi di culto nell’antichità. Italian research on ancient world, 5. Rome: Arbor Sapientiae editore, 2020.
- BMCR – Stephen White, Diogenes Laertius. Lives of eminent philosophers: an edited translation. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Faculty Fellow Position, Department of Classics, New York University Arts and Science job with New York University Arts and Science | 429996
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Along Hadrian’s Wall, ancient Rome’s temples, towers, and cults come to life | National Geographic
- Greece sees Italian deal as foothold in Elgin Marbles fight | News | The Times
- How the Much-Debated Elgin Marbles Ended Up in England | History | Smithsonian Magazine
- Call by former Greek-Australian politician to boycott Ancient Greek warriors’ exhibition generates debate on Facebook – Neos Kosmos
- The history of breastfeeding, and myths persisting thousands of years – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
‘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 hot summer and plenty of imports from foreign countries.
… 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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