Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Mai. 2775 AUC ~ 15 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
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As Europe prepared for the Second World War, a challenge presented itself to the men and women of Britain’s museums, galleries and archives: how could they keep their many national treasures safe? From stately homes and slate mines, to castles and prisons, in today’s episode Dr Caroline Shenton explores the race to protect British heritage. Caroline is an archivist and historian, her new book ‘National Treasures: Saving The Nation’s Art in World War II’ can be found here.
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Book Reviews
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Diversions
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, a powerful man of the state will be deprived of both his reputation and his property.
… 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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