Hodie est a.d. V Id. Sept. 2775 AUC ~ 14 Boedromion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
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- Statement Condemning the Archaeological Projects of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in Syria. – Syrians for Heritage (SIMAT)
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- Israeli archeologists find 4,000-year-old village in Ramallah – Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East
- Archaeologists find ornamental bronze wall plate in eastern Türkiye | Daily Sabah
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- Iraqi Museum receives 270 artifacts – Iraqi News
- BTA :: Archaeological Season 2022 at Perperikon Ends, New Pagan Temple Revealed
- Cerro del Villar: the dig resumes two decades on | Sur in English
- Museum bill would open can of worms | eKathimerini.com
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- Greece ratifies deal to recoup 161 ancient treasures from US
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Fresh Bloggery
- Persians: Xenophon and an anonymous author on royal customs and Cyrus (early fourth century BCE / second century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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- Philosophers, Spectators at the Game of Life? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Hate in the Heart, Love for the Dark: CAN’T LOSE – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Current Research in Egyptology
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Why Did Ancient States Collapse? The Dysfunctional State
- The Legal Showdown Between Lustricius Bruttianus And Montanius Atticinus In Ancient Rome | The Historian’s Hut
- Latona And The Lycian Peasants, By Jan Brueghel The Elder (c. 1568-1625) | The Historian’s Hut
- De Peloponnesische Oorlog (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
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- PaleoJudaica.com: King Solomon’s “throne” in Jerusalem?
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Other Blog-like Publications
- What You Need to Build a Greek Temple – Antigone
- Palaepaphos: Unexpected developments during the 2022 excavation season
- Episkopi on Sikinos: a monument of huge symbolic significance – Archaeology Wiki
- Pasts Imperfect (9.8.22)
- Rare ivory plaques from First Temple Period were discovered in Jerusalem – Arkeonews
- The Old Hebrew Ishmael Papyrus: Tapping the Brakes | Chris Rollston | The Blogs
- First Temple Papyrus? Exclusive Interview with Joe Uziel Biblical Archaeology Society
- Comparing Ancient Biblical Manuscripts – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Rare ivory plaques from First Temple Period were discovered in Jerusalem – Arkeonews
- Antigone in the Age of Masterpiece Cakeshop
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Fresh Podcasts
We are between issues of the magazine, but Murray suggested the team discuss who is our favourite military author or ancient source.
Agatha Christie is known as the queen of crime fiction. But, as Lucy Worsley reveals, her life contained almost as much drama and mystery as her novels. Speaking to Rhiannon Davies, she reveals how Christie was a thoroughly modern woman for her time, and explains how her 80 books reflect the tumultuous transformations Britain went through during her lifetime.
You know what I don’t talk enough about? The ruins of Pompeii. Author Elodie Harper joins me to talk ancient Pompeii and writing the lives of enslaved people living in ancient Rome. It’s a dark topic, but we have fun (I promise).
Fresh Youtubery
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- Israeli Archaeologists Uncover Rare Ivory Pieces from First Temple Period – YouTube | CBN News
Book Reviews
- The curse of Medusa: Stone Blind, by Natalie Haynes, reviewed | The Spectator Australia
- BMCR – Richard Last, Philip Harland, Group survival in the ancient Mediterranean: rethinking material conditions in the landscape of Jews and Christians. London; New York: Bloosmbury Academic, 2020.
- BMCR – Karel Thein, L’âme comme livre. Étude sur une image platonicienne. Paris: Éditions Classiques Garnier, 2021.
- BMCR – G. Anthony Keddie, Michael Flexsenhar III, Steven J. Friesen, The struggle over class: socioeconomic analysis of ancient Christian texts. Writings from the Greco-Roman World, supplement 19. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2021.
- Recueil en mémoire de E. Y Rogov | Spartokos a lu
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- CANI Programme of Events 2022-23 « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
- Radical Formalisms: Rethinking the Literary in Greco-Roman Antiquity and Beyond | Department of Classics
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
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Alia
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a disease-carrying wind.
… 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)