Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 2 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

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• Egypt sends former MP to prison for antiquities smuggling
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• Missing section of main Roman road found at Green Hammerton – The Stray Ferret
• Raid campaign | Intelligence service seizes archaeological statues stolen from Palmyra museum in makeshift camp in Al-Raqqah • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
• Antiquities smuggler arrested inside the archaeological area of Sousse | The Libya Observer

In Case You Missed It

• Roman Coin Depicting Zodiac Symbol Discovered off Israel’s Coast | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Recycled glass was used in floors of ancient Greek luxury villa – The Jerusalem Post

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Emperors and gladiators | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• Adrienne Mayor on Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs | Princeton University Press

Fresh Bloggery

• Legislation, For Drunks – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Self-Deception
• Tyranny, Terror, and Mutilation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• De aanpassing van de munus – Mainzer Beobachter
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Detectorist’s Response: A Tale in Three Acts
• Should I do a PhD in Classics?
• Northern peoples: Statues of dying Gauls / Galatians from the Ludovisi Collection (late third century BCE / second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Morituri te salutant – Mainzer Beobachter
• The Edithorial: On (Briefly) Returning to KCL and Supervisory Best Practice

Other Blog-like Publications

• Numismatic Grab Bag – Five Ancient Coins With Shanna Schmidt
• Archaeology at the Bank of England | Bank of England
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Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCromm on some coins of Balbinus and Pupienus
• @DocCrom on Servasius, De Vetustate

Fresh Youtubery

• Did Female Gladiators Exist? #shorts #history #documentary – YouTube | Invicta
• Citation Needed: The Invicta July Wrap-up Stream – YouTube | Invicta
• Is There Really A Roman Temple Buried Beneath This Church? | Time Team | Odyssey – YouTube
• Pythagoras 一 Marcel Detienne – YouTube | Andrea Cirla

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• 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

• Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• The Eighth Hill of Ancient Rome – The White River Valley Herald
• How Eratosthenes Calculated the Earth’s Circumference in Ancient Greece
• Who Beheaded The Kritios Boy, the Masterpiece of Ancient Greek Art?

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends vengeance-minded men participating in treacherous plots.

[Sunday] … no entry

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. IV Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 1 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

In the News

• First archaeological dig begins at site believed to be Joshua’s tomb – The Jerusalem Post
• Science project reviving ancient perfumes | Radio Prague International
• Ancient Roman boat to drop anchor in Bratislava on its Danube cruise – spectator.sme.sk
• Days Out: Remains of Roman gladiators head for Cotswolds | Swindon Advertiser
• Roman artefacts worth £38,000 stolen from Walton on Thames home – Surrey Live

  In Case You Missed It

• A Soldiers’ Temple: Roman Military Sanctuary Discovered in the Netherlands | HistoryNet
• Rain Shrine in Honor of Water Goddess Found in Lost City
• A Bold, Architectural Installation Recreates an Ancient Roman Gatehouse with Messages of Belonging | Colossal

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Obituary for Corinne Ondine Pache | Society for Classical Studies
• It’s not all Greek to UCI scholar Zina Giannopoulou | UCI School of Humanities

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris – DE NOVO MORBO
• Ephemeris – INVESTIGATIO AMERICANA 

Fresh Bloggery

• De Romeinse stad Kyrene – Mainzer Beobachter
• A Bad End – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Three Things Thursday: Early Christian Greece, Mineral Rites, and Jimmy Carter | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Approaches to Seaborne Commerce in the Roman Empire
• The Tantalus of the Library – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “Buy or Not To Buy?” Moral Conundrum for Collectors
• De eerste gladiatoren – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Maeir on excavation publication
• PaleoJudaica.com: Firth & Melton (eds.), Reading Esther Intertextually (T&T Clark)
• PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Mt. Arbel fortress(es)
• Collections: Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part II: Foraging – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• De Koninklijke Graven van Byblos – Mainzer Beobachter

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• A Lord’s Prayer inscription from Amorium
• ANE TODAY – 202207 – Decision Making and Leadership in Egyptian Warfare – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
• Illegal digs reveal rare Roman-era mass grave in Turkey – Arkeonews
• The Enduring Timelessness of Sappho
• The excavations in Selinunte, Italy, which has the largest Agora in the Ancient World, “The results have gone well beyond expectations” – Arkeonews

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Tibullus 1.6.1-14

Fresh Podcasts

• The Hellenistic Age Podcast: 077: The Indo-Greeks – Invasion of the Yavanarajas on Apple Podcasts

With the collapse of the Mauryan Empire, the rulers of Greco-Bactria would seize the opportunity to invade India in approximately 185 B.C. Famous conquerors like Demetrius and Menander would campaign throughout the subcontinent, seizing the lands of Arachosia and Gandhara (southern Afghanistan and Pakistan) as their new domains, the so-called “Indo-Greek” kingdoms. Despite the hostilities, the Indo-Greeks would quickly acclimate to their new cultural environment: figures like Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador from Taxila and worshipper of Vasudeva-Krishna, or Sophytos, an Indian merchant from Alexandria-in-Arachosia who prided himself on his knowledge of Homer and Callimachus, provide hints of the complex interactions between the Hellenistic world and South Asia.

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: The Roman version of Marathon on Apple Podcasts

A few months ago, in response to episode AW137, where the team discussed the Greco-Persian war, Maxnet got in touch via Facebook to ask which source was Murray quoting with respect to the Battle of Marathon. Murray explains the sources.

• Hay Festival Podcast: S6, Ep6 Natalie Haynes on reimagining Greek myths, knitting and comedy on Apple Podcasts

Classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes reimagines the story of Medusa, putting the woman back at the centre of the story with her trademark passion, wit and feminism. She then joins Poppy Evans to talk about the crush that led her to comedy, knitting and other influences in her life.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Conversations: Getting Trapped in Plato’s Web… Timaeus, Atlantis, & Hesiodic Myth w/ Kaitlyn Boulding on Apple Podcasts

We’re going back to Plato and his Timaeus with Kaitlyn Boulding and it’s absolutely fascinating. More context on Plato’s work, on his story of Atlantis, and even how he connects with and mimics Hesiod. Follow Kaitlyn on Twitter here.

Fresh Youtubery

• AENEID BOOK 5: Funeral Games For Anchises – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• NEC Presents: Careers in the Classics – YouTube | National Extension College
• Historical and Contemporary Archaeology in Greece – YouTube | British School at Athens
• Roman Theme 4, Partial Historians, sneak peek! Aulos, panduras, tamborello, harp.BettinaJoy deGuzman – YouTube
• #OfficineETRU – Il restauro del tempio di Alatri – Quinto appuntamento – YouTube | Etruschannel

Book Reviews

• RCR – Maria Chiara Bettini, Chiusi Villanoviana, Monumenti Etruschi 14 (Rome: Giorgio Bretschneider, 2021).

Dramatic Receptions

• ‘The Hidden Territories of the Bacchae’: Double Edge Theatre offers new take on ancient Greek epic to mark ensemble’s 40th anniversary
• ‘Oresteia’ at Park Avenue Armory review – A muddled, modernized Greek tragedy | NewYorkTheatreGuide.com
• ‘Oresteia’ Review: Family Trauma That’s Not Greek to Us – WSJ
• Review: Robert Icke Does Justice to the Oresteia While Updating It to Modern Times | TheaterMania

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• 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

• Associate Professor Maritime Archaeology job with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | 303022
• Postdoctoral research assistant, Durham University
• Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies

‘Classical’ Opinion Pieces

• OPINION – Socrates and Plato matter far too much to be left just to Britain’s elite

Alia

• What Does God Smell Like? The Centuries-Long Quest For An Answer
• The Stunning Ancient Greek Mosaics of Zeugma
• The Shortest History of Greece – ABC Radio National
• ANS Announces Availability of Presbeus | CoinNews
• Ancient Greek Drink Salepi Made from One Thousand Orchids
• Menorca’s ‘houses of the dead’ reveal these ancient secrets
• Lore Olympus Reimagines and Reframes Ancient Myths in Webcomic and Graphic Novel | Art & Object

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 good harvest.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. V Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 30 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

In the News

• SCAVI / Ad Altino riemerge una cloaca romana con oggetti di uso quotidiano – Storie & Archeostorie
• Arabs Vandalize Archeological Site of Samaria’s Ancient Capital | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency | 28 Tammuz 5782 – July 27, 2022 | JewishPress.com
• Proto-Elamite earthenware accidentally discovered in southern Iran – Tehran Times
• Illegal dig reveals rare ancient mass grave in Turkey  | Daily Sabah
• Archaeological looting | Turkish-backed National Army militiamen excavate archaeological hill in Sharan district in Afrin countryside • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

In Case You Missed It

• Villa Discovered In Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter – Archaeology Magazine
• Evidence of Third-Century A.D. Tsunami Uncovered in Spain – Archaeology Magazine
• International art trafficking: 2 archaeologists detained for selling stolen antiquities worth millions
• U.K. Tourist Jailed for Taking Artifacts in Iraq Has Conviction Overturned – The New York Times
• Copy of Stunning Aphrodite of Milos Statue Unveiled on the Greek Island

Public Facing Classics

• Emily Wilson · Diary: Artemis is with us · LRB 4 August 2022
• The unflattering truth about the battle for No. 10 | The Spectator

Fresh Bloggery

• Describing the Organization of my Book | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Dog Eat Dog | Sphinx
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Riddles of Pythagoras
• Books All Day and Night – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Maybe Music Can Stop the Plague? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Open Access Journal: Teiresias Journal Online
• Laudator Temporis Acti: An Inscription at Erice
• Reading Your Way to Ignorance – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Wings of Daedalus’ Ship – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• 17th-Century Tapestry Depicting Charles Le Brun’s Painting Of The Family of Darius At The Feet Of Alexander | The Historian’s Hut
• 17th-Century Tapestry Depicting Charles Le Brun’s Painting Of The Family of Darius At The Feet Of Alexander | The Historian’s Hut
• Kiwi Hellenist: Latin spells in classic D&D video games
• De Griekse stad Kyrene – Mainzer Beobachter
• De Perzische en hellenistische stad Kyrene – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: New Heidelberg Research Center For Aramean Studies
• PaleoJudaica.com: McGrath in the footsteps of John the Baptist (4)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Elman memorial volume (Brill)
• Lyric Aging and Philosophical Relief – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Other Blog-like Publications

• Spectacular rare bronze coin depicting the moon goddess
• Metal Monsters: The Biggest Ancient Coins

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Pervigilium Veneris 1-12

Fresh Podcasts

• Ad Navseam: Bride and Gloom: Aeneid Book IV, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 91) on Apple Podcasts

It’s getting steamy in Carthage, as Aeneas and Dido find themselves alone in a cave, separated from the hunt, chased there by an Olympus-sent thunderstorm. But what exactly happens therein? Two lovers simply giving into their desires or is it, as Dido (and Juno) believes, an actual marriage? Is the worst part that Dido has forsaken her vows to her dead husband or that this wedding is shamwow by Roman standards? Where’s the overpriced DJ? Where’s Achates’ overlong and embarrassing “best man” toast? Where’s the can-shackled chariot with the off-kilter “Nuper Nupta!” sign? The guys (with a little help from Brooks Otis and William Anderson) spelunk their way to the answers. And don’t miss the special Princess Bride intro—fans of the movie might see where this is going, but don’t expect a fist bump from Dave. Mawage?

• The Ancients: Yorkshire’s Roman Mystery: The Ryedale Hoard on Apple Podcasts

In May 2020, four unique Roman artefacts were unearthed near Ampleforth, North Yorkshire by two amateur metal detectorists. A bronze bust that is thought to depict Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, a beautifully crafted horse, and a one of a kind figurine of the Roman god Mars, to name a few. But who buried these beautiful artefacts – and what can they tell us about life in Roman Britain? In this episode Tristan takes a special behind the scenes look at one of Roman Britain’s greatest mysteries: the Ryedale Hoard – now on display in the Yorkshire Museum. To learn more about these mysterious objects, Tristan is joined by Yorkshire Museum curator Dr Lucy Creighton and metal detectorist Mark Didlick – who along with friend James Spark found the hoard buried in a field two years ago.

• Ancient History Fangirl: Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Atalanta on Apple Podcasts

It’s the last episode in our Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology series—and perhaps you’ll agree we saved the best for last. Atalanta was an avatar of an older, wilder time, created in the image of an ancient Artemis—goddess of the fields and forests who had a strong association with bears. Perhaps Atalanta represents an older image of that goddess before Classical Athens got its hands on her. Join us as we take a deep dive into the story of Atalanta: a gender rebel and sexually liberated heroine who—maybe—peels back the curtain on what life was like for women on the margins, living pre-agrarian lifestyles outside of the traditional gender roles established by the scholars and writers of Classical Greece.

Fresh Youtubery

• Review of History Channel’s COLOSSEUM: THE BUILDER (Ep 2) | Tower of Bible Podcast – YouTube | XKV8R

Dramatic Receptions

• Oresteia Review. Greek Tragedy Reimagined and Prolonged – New York Theater
• Theater Review: Robert Icke’s Production of ‘Oresteia’

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• IX International Colloquium: “Thinking Antiquity in a Contemporary Key: Interdisciplinary Approaches and New Paradigms” – The Classical Association of Canada
• 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

• Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• The Iberian civilisation that vanished – BBC Travel
• 5 Ways Christianity Spread Through Ancient Rome – HISTORY

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 an abundance of water and a plague of venomous reptiles.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 29 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

In the News

• Briton jailed in Iraq for smuggling antiquities to be freed, says lawyer | UK news | The Guardian
• Cultural heritage: Carabinieri, 1.2 million works recovered – Sicily – ANSA.it
• Tusa. 1,5 milioni di euro per riportare alla luce il teatro ellenistico di Halesa – Tempostretto
• Beni culturali, 4.5 milioni di euro per Villa Romana ed Eraclea Minoa
• Norway seizes 100 Iraqi archaeological objects

In Case You Missed It

• Rome’s Famous Colosseum Is Given a $79 B. Price Tag in New Study – ARTnews.com
• Diving Archaeologists Find Rare Zodiac Coin on Mediterranean Seabed by Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• French Authorities Detain Experts In Louvre Antiquities Investigation – ARTnews.com
• Bronzi di Riace, storia e nomi delle statue ritrovate cinquant’anni fa e esposte al Museo Archeologico di Reggio Calabria – Il Giornale d’Italia

Classicists and Classics in the News

• World Focus: Richard Freund, CNU professor of Jewish Studies, leaves a legacy of archaeological discoveries – Daily Press
• Corinne Pache Obituary (2022) – San Antonio, TX – Legacy Remembers

Greek/Latin News

• Classics are not just for the elite – New Statesman

Public Facing Classics

• How does your toga hang? | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Don’t Stop Thinking about…Tomorrow? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: Despotis & Löhr (eds), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions (Brill)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Gmirkin, Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts (Routledge)
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Asyndetic Triplets with Privative Prefixes
• Punk Archaeology 2022 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Bild und Text auf römischen Mosaiken: Intermediale Kommunikationsstrategien im Kontext der Wohnkultur des 3.–5. Jahrhunderts
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Oberlin Classics: Online commentaries by Oberlin College faculty and students
• Editing the Classics – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » 1,765-square-foot Herakles mosaic found
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: From Mitigation to Wunderkammer Show and Tell
• PaleoJudaica.com: Finitsis (ed.), Dress Hermeneutics and the Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark)
• PaleoJudaica.com: New director for JPS
• PaleoJudaica.com: Diesel channeling Hannibal?
• Engraving our Character — ConsultTheClassics

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• societyforancientmedicine.org – Rethinking Catharsis: Gender, Mental Disorder, and Emotions

Other Blog-like Publications

• The unknown acropolis of ancient Mytilene – Archaeology Wiki
• Continuation of works at Kasta Tomb, Amphipolis, Serres

Fresh Podcasts

• This Week in the Ancient Near East: The Mystery of King Tut’s Sky Iron Knife, or, How Much Would You Pay for a Knife Like This? on Apple Podcasts

A new analysis has shown King Tut’s knife was made of sky iron, that’s right, iron from the sky, you know, like from a meteor, the kind from outer space. What’s so special about iron anyway and what’s the deal with diplomacy and gift giving in the Late Bronze Age? And why are we talking about bellbottoms and personal computers?

• Emperors of Rome: Episode CXCIV – Sea Monsters in Roman Mythology on Apple Podcasts

Rome has always been a sea-faring power, relying on the Mediterranean for food and trade. But what lies beneath the waves can chill the hearts of mortal men, and tales of aquatic horrors were common in antiquity. Guest: Dr Gillian Shepherd (Director, Trendall Centre, La Trobe University)

Fresh Youtubery

• 19. Pertinax – Too Much Too Soon – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
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• Food: Surprisingly Connected Etymologies – YouTube | Alliterative
• Il Banchetto Etrusco – YouTube | Eturschannel

Exhibition Related Things

• Ancient Greece in a Blaze of Dazzling Color in New Met Exhibition

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Bordeaux 2022 – XVI Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae (VIII) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
• 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

• Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Rosetta Stone Discovery Shed Light on Ptolemaic Dynasty
• How Alexander Prepared for Battle Against the Persians in Gaugamela

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 subcutaneous eruptions on people’s bodies.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 28 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

In the News

• Funeral urn and other important artefacts discovered at key archaeological site in Mijas | Sur in English
• Floors in ancient Greek luxury villa were laid with recycled glass
• News – Zominthos 2022: Week 2 – Archaeological Institute of America Interactive Digs
• French Authorities Detain Two Archaeologists, Including a Louvre Curator, as Part of an Ongoing International Art-Trafficking Dragnet | Artnet News
• Israeli Soldiers Chase Palestinian Workers In Sebastia – – IMEMC News
• Ancient DNA Points to Plague, Typhoid Pathogens on Greek Island During Bronze Age Transition Period | Genomeweb

In Case You Missed It

• ‘Extremely Rare’ Bronze Coin Discovered Off Israeli Coast Fills in Roman-Era ‘Puzzle’ | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
• Diver finds ancient Roman tile wreck – Divernet

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris – ASINUS ASELLUM CULPAT

Fresh Bloggery

• Hesiod, the Persians, and Peeing in the Pool – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Musings in Greek Literature
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New In ISAW Papers: Re-Rolling the Past: Representations and Reinterpretations of Antiquity in Analog and Digital Games
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Emotions across Cultures: Ancient China and Greece
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Men and Beasts
• The Myth Of Antiope And Her Dramatic Conflict With Her Family In Thebes | The Historian’s Hut
• Apollo Pursues Daphne, Drawn By An Unidentified Artist between 1578 – 1660 | The Historian’s Hut
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Recycled glass mosaic tiles point to ancient city’s revival
• De Apis – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Fruitless and Futile
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: French Archaeologists Held for Questioning Over Antiquities
• In the ancient city of Syedra: a unique mosaic with the 12 labors of Heracles depicted on a single panel found – Arkeonews
• Spencer Alley: Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551) – Renaissance Siena III

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Blog: Equitable Assessment in the Classics Classroom, Part 2 of 3: Labor-Based Grading in the Classics Classroom | Society for Classical Studies

Other Blog-like Publications

• New analysis of mosaics from the House of Charidemos at Halicarnassus
• The unknown acropolis of ancient Mytilene – Archaeology Wiki
• Khirbet Qeiyafa: David’s Fortress or an Ancient Cultic Center?
• Ostracism: How the Ancient Greeks Handled Uncool Politicians | by Blessing Akpan | Jul, 2022 | History of Yesterday
• Ancient Greek Coins – The Peak of Classical Artistry in Gold

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on a solidus of Constantine
• @DocCrom on Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.774-786

Fresh Podcasts

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: CLXXIII: What If Helen Was a Ghost, Though? Euripides’ Helen (Part 1) on Apple Podcasts

What if Helen of Sparta was never taken by Paris, never brought to Troy at all? Euripides’ Helen explores a “ghost theory” of Helen, an eidolon theory.

Fresh Youtubery

• Historical Weapons : The Soliferrum – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
• Dr Gregory Darwin: The Reception of Classical Heroism in Ireland (CAI DUBLIN BRANCH- 17 May 2022) – YouTube
• The Metamorphoses, Ovid, Book I, lines 52-112, in Latin – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
• Seized antiquities given back to Italy – YouTube | AP Archive
• Seized antiquities given back to Italy – YouTube | AP Archive
• Opening the Ancient World SASA Virtual Conference – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
• Iliad 1.215-246. People-Devouring King! Ancient Greek lyre. Iliad A Day, 8. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
• Iliad 1.215-246. English & Ancient Greek! People-Devouring King! Iliad A Day. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube

Exhibition Related Things

• Ancient Greek sculptures were colourful. Why does the white marble ideal persist? | Aeon Videos
• “Chroma”, at the Met Paints Greek Marble With Ancient Color – ARTnews.com

Dramatic Receptions

• Helen by Euripides coming to Ancient Greek Drama Festival | Cyprus Mail

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Arts | Special Issue : Animals in Ancient Mythology and Medieval Art and Literature
• 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

• Job Description – Teaching Fellow in Ancient Philosophy/Latin (22001053)
• One-year position in Classical Art and Archaeology
• Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Mummification and funeral rites – Smarthistory
• Rome’s Ancient Colosseum Gets $79 Billion Price Tag at Deloitte – Bloomberg
• Who would want fake Elgin Marbles? – UnHerd
• How Ancient Greece Shaped the Thought of Dante
• The Most Prolific Couples in Ancient Greek Mythology
• 164-square-meter Heracles mosaic found in Turkey’s Alanya | Daily Sabah

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 great famine after a period of abundance.

… 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)