Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 27 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Late Roman-era rooms, offering vessels unearthed at ancient city of Antiocheia, southern Türkiye
- Spanish beach reveals archeological treasures set in sand
In Case You Missed It
- Hellenistic-Era Fortress From 2nd Century BC Discovered in Israel
- Workmen discover ‘Roman ford’ thought to be almost 2,000-years-old near Evesham | Evesham Journal
- Ancient Greek Statue Unearthed During Amphipolis Excavations
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Fresh Bloggery
- Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Advice
- Blog Post #67: Beyond the Grave with Melissa S. Cradic – Peopling the Past
- A Typology of Fear for a Spooky Time of Year – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Gurdus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Religious Identifications in Late Antique Papyri: 3rd—12th Century Egypt
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les savoirs de l’écriture en Grèce Ancienne
- Where Do Snakes Come From? A Spine-Tingling Explanation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A Gift For Polydektes: Harlan J Berk catalogs online
- Reconceiving Restitutions – A look at the work (and one worker) behind the sensational restitutions accomplished by the New York District Attorney’s office in Manhattan ~ ARCAblog
- Pytheas van Marseille, opnieuw – Mainzer Beobachter
- The World of Sincerity is a Goddess – Part I – Drama and Actors in Ancient Rome |
- (Not) Self Plagiarism and Copy+Pasting Core Background Text
- PaleoJudaica.com: On ancient South Arabian wooden inscriptions
- The Vikings’ self-image was influenced by Ancient Rome
- Memorabilia Antonina: Quick round-up of stuff
- Spencer Alley: Neoclassical Drawings Preserved at the Louvre – II
- ‘Beware of the neo-colonial wolf’: World Reception, Universality, and Decolonising the Academy | CRSN
Other Blog-like Publications
- Part of lost star catalog of Hipparchus found hidden in Medieval parchment – Arkeonews
- “Important discovery” showing that the Hittite city of Büklükale close ties with the Hurrian society – Arkeonews
- How the Timna Mines Went Bust – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Jordan’s mysterious ancient wall “Khatt Shebib” – Arkeonews
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Liber I, Carmina Octava: Ovid writes an invective against unnamed former-friend.
Truss dētrūsa …
The period from the first century B.C. through the third century A.D. saw a time of unprecedented economic contact between the Mediterranean world (under the dominion of the Roman Empire) and the political entities bordering along the Western Indian Ocean. This fostered the exchange of goods and ideas, leading some scholars to identify it as the first period of globalization. Joining the show is Dr. Serena Autiero, who helps elaborate on how we can apply modern concepts like globalization in an ancient context by using material and written evidence to demonstrate the complex interactions that occurred in the flourishing Indo-Roman trade.
The year is 67 CE. Nero is still on his 14 month tour of Greece. He dropped into the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and tickled the Omphalos.
In Latin we have and hard “R” sound, and if you’re not Italian or Spanish, chances are you don’t know how to make it perfect. Here’s an useful exercise to start rolling your “R”s like an Italian!
Fresh Youtubery
- Necropolis Gizae – YouTube | magister Talley
- Echoes of Ancient Mesopotamia & Canaan – YouTube | Michael Levy
- Vampire (Excerpt from Alliterative’s video “Monster”) #spookyseason – YouTube | Alliterative
- How did the PERSIANS besiege TYRE? – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- How CARTHAGE became an EMPIRE – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- Lesson in Latin | How was Catiline defeated? | Part I – YouTube | Latinitium
- Socrate. Io so di non sapere 一 Olof Gigon & Gabriele Giannantoni – YouTube | Andrea Cirla
- WHO WOULD WIN? Roman Hastati vs Iphicrates Peltasts – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Benedetta Sciaramenti, Paesaggi del dramma: nelle Metamorfosi di Ovidio e nella pittura romana coeva. Archaeologica, 181. Roma: Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, 2019.
- BMCR – Christophe Burgeon, La uirtus, la fides et la pietas dans les Punica de Silius Italicus. Giornale Italiano di Filologia – Bibliotheca, 23. Turnhout: Brepols, 2020.
- Trésors de la banlieue sud de Chersonèse Taurique | Spartokos a lu
Dramatic Receptions
- ‘Hadestown’ invigorates ancient Greek myths in exhilarating blend of old and new
- Review: Cambridge Greek Play 2022: The Persians and The Cyclops – University of Cambridge
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Goddesses, Vampyres, and Archaeologists | Penn Today
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Our Treasures: Busting a mystery sculpture at the Whangārei Museum – NZ Herald
- What the Gospel of Judas says about the betrayal of Jesus | Aeon Essays
- ‘Lascivious’ Titian masterpiece set to fetch up to £12m at auction | Titian | The Guardian
- Doping in Ancient Greece
- When Persians Burned Down Athens and the Acropolis
- Thracians from the Rhodope Mountains lived in Troy, recent archaeological research shows –
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:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends bad weather and blemishing diseases for the people
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends happiness for the people.
… 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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