Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Apr. 2775 AUC ~ 26 Elaphebolion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient Roman bust uncovered in HS2 dig is cleaned up to reveal remarkable new details | Daily Mail Online
- Mother goddess Cybele’s stele from Ephesus to be displayed in Izmir | Daily Sabah
- Jerusalem elite enjoyed wine with touches of vanilla in Kingdom of Judah – The Jerusalem Post
- Look: Roman history uncovered at Five Mile Lane in Barry | Barry And District News
- Decoding Linear A, the Writing System of the Ancient Minoans
- The United Arab Emirates’ Earliest Buildings Are 8,500 Years Old | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- A message from a mysterious ancient culture in Siberia – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Fancy an early pint? Evidence of Roman beer production found near Bedford | Bedford Today
In Case You Missed It
- British Museum facing legal action over Parthenon marbles 3D scan refusal | Parthenon marbles | The Guardian
- Pompeii enlists Spot the robot dog to inspect the ancient city’s streets | Daily Mail Online
- Ancient ‘curse tablet’ may show earliest Hebrew name of God | Live Science
- Imported Lead Ingots Offer Evidence of Complex Bronze Age Trade Networks | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
- In Memoriam: Oleksandr Kyslyuk | Society for Classical Studies
- In memoriam William Scovil Anderson, September 16, 1927 – March 22, 2022 | DAGRS
- Farewell to a brilliant archaeologist – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Hippocrates: Unmarried Women are Sad Because of Periods – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: An Omission
- Gallery | Odyssey 22: The Slaying of the Suitors – The Kosmos Society
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Préhistoires de l’écriture – Prehistories of Writing
- It Is Good For Women to Exercise Too! (But for Predictable, Instrumental Reasons) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Aristotle | The Historian’s Hut
- The Sinister Myth Of Sinis | The Historian’s Hut
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Foolish
- Why Are Some Names Used in the ‘Iliad’ Used in English Today While Others Are Not? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- PaleoJudaica.com: Reception history of the Pharisees
- PaleoJudaica.com: Vanilla-flavored wine in ancient Jerusalem?
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Back again with yet another video game! Joined by expert archaeologist and gamer, Deb Trusty, we dig into Assassin’s Creed’s take on 5th century BCE Greece. We talk the sites, sounds and characters of Greece circa the Peloponnesian War; what we like, what we quibble over and the pleasure of being able to experience the ancient world first hand through the medium of games. At the end of the day, all we love all archaeological sites, except Gla.
Fresh Youtubery
Book Reviews
- The Wolf Den Review: A Fierce, Feminist Story of Pompeii – Paste
- BMCR – Pavlos Kontos, Aristotle on the scope of practical reason: spectators, legislators, hopes, and evils. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2021.
- BMCR – Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, Eric Salem, Plato: Meno. Translations, introduction, and glossary. Indianapolis: Focus, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Inscriptions of Libya: An International Workshop (April 5, 2022) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- Online lecture series “Conceptualizing Bodies in Ancient Egypt”
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- The world of Cleopatra — I – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
- Decoding Linear A, the Writing System of the Ancient Minoans
Diversions
‘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 powerful, self-centred man from the kingdom bringing happiness.
… 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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