Hodie est Kal. Feb. 2775 AUC ~ 30 Gamelion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Egypt warns of harsh penalties for anyone who defaces artifacts, including LE500,000 fine – Egypt Independent
- Digs in Izmir discover 2,000-year-old passage in ancient theater | Daily Sabah
- Ancient Roman drains under Colchester could be opened to public | Gazette
- Helmets and arms from Battle of Alalia found at Velia – English – ANSA.it
In Case You Missed It
- More than 18,000 pot sherds document life in ancient Egypt
- Hamas: Bulldozers unearth Roman-era tomb in Gaza City
- Pirate Palestinian quarry chips away at ancient aqueduct – www.israelhayom.com
Fresh Bloggery
- Damelen en kromedarissen in Hatra – Mainzer Beobachter
- I Hope This Email Finds You…Busy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Classical Poetry
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Even more spectacular Rome in 3D
- Amazones – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: More on the 13K 18K ostraca from Athribis, Egypt
- PaleoJudaica.com: A Roman-era (?) site uncovered in Gaza
- Domitianus (28): De “Mainz Pedestals” – Mainzer Beobachter
- Book Club | February 2022: Plato Symposium – The Kosmos Society
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- First results of a two-year excavation in ancient Messene
- More than 18,000 pot sherds document life in ancient Egypt
- 18,000 inscribed sherds documents life in Ancient Egyptian city of Athribis – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Becoming a popular history writer: Pre-PhD (Part 1) | MANCHESTER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC HISTORY & HERITAGE
Fresh Podcasts
We start off the new year with a three-part discussion of statistics, insurance, stocks, astrologers, coffee, and more. We also trace some of the vocabulary that has come to English from Arabic, along with important mathematical concepts. Podcast recommendation: Khameleon Classics
In this week’s episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast: Unearthed, I’m discussing the incredible story of the Rosetta Stone!
It is the most famous death in history, but what is the real story behind the demise of Egypt’s last Ptolemaic ruler, Cleopatra? Rebecca Rideal speaks with Roman historian, archaeologist and lecturer at the University of Glasgow, Dr Jane Draycott.
The ancient Greeks knew incredible warriors when they saw them. The African continent featured often in Greek myth, Egypt as well as regions typically referred to as Libya and Ethiopia, these are the Greek myths featuring those people and places. Listen to Legendary Africa on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Legendary Africa host Theshira’s suggestions for more on African mythologies and lore: Giraffe’s Eggs and Other African Tales by L.M. Daini, Afro Tales Podcast, By the Fire Podcast, and No Be Juju: An African Mythology Podcast. Call for Atlantis questions and comments! Submit them here.
What makes Medea a perennial figure of feminist fascination? Why was the mythological heroine marked as an icon of defiance in feminist movements throughout the twentieth century? In this week’s episode, we hear from Dr Chiara Sulprizio, a Senior Lecturer in Classical and Mediterranean Studies at Vanderbilt University. Shivaike Shah and Dr Sulprizio explore how Medea’s story of rage and otherness fed into many of the issues that were paramount to the feminist movements of the twentieth century, and consider how her unspeakable act of violence and her rejection of the roles of traditional wife and mother made themselves manifest in the theatrical productions of Euripides’s Medea from 1900 to 2000 and beyond. In doing so, they pay particular attention to how the different exigencies of successive ‘waves’ of feminism — the need by turns for political agency, liberation and recognition — created different, but linked, responses to this polarising figure.
Fresh Youtubery
- The Animated History of Ancient Italy – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- Dr Krešimir Vuković: Indo-European Studies, Mythology, and Decolonisation – YouTube | London Classicists of Colour
- The Entire History of Troy // Ancient History Documentary – YouTube | Pete Kelly
- Translation & Exclusion vs. Inclusion: A Panel Discussion – YouTube | British School at Athens
- Hannibal (PARTS 14 – 17) Rome’s Greatest Enemy Second Punic War – YouTube | History Marche
- Homeric Hymn to Ares read in Ancient Greek – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
- De Ira Lupina | A story in Latin from the Legentibus app – YouTube | Latinitium
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- CFP: TAPA – Race and Racism: Beyond the Spectacular – Final Reminder | Society for Classical Studies
- Art Crime Research Opportunities: 1 February 2022
- Call for book proposals! “Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market” (Springer)
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Magnificent Ancient Greek Mosaic Celebrates the Joy of Life
- What Happened to Cleopatra’s Children? | Mental Floss
‘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 war and the downfall of wealthy men.
… 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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