Hodie est pr. Non. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 11 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- As infrastructure crumbles, British Museum plans to fix Parthenon Marbles gallery next
- Ancient Greek historian Herodotus commemorated in his hometown Bodrum
- In Photos: Ancient Greek-replica monumental tunnel-aqueduct system discovered west of Alexandria – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- Researchers unveil secrets of the largest stash of Roman coins ever found in Spain | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition
- Ancient Christian monastery unearthed from sands of the UAE | Bradenton Herald
- Bridlington: Cardboard Trojan Horse sneaks into record books – BBC News
- How Howard Carter Discovered King Tut’s Golden Tomb | History | Smithsonian Magazine
- Why Tutankhamum’s curse continues to fascinate, 100 years after his discovery
- How Tutankhamun became a popular spirit at seances in the 1920s
- Five things science has told us about the mummy of Tutankhamun
- Long-lost jewelry from King Tut’s tomb rediscovered a century later | Live Science
- Temple of Apollo to be restored as ‘archaeological museum’ – Türkiye News
- Underwater Ancient Greek Mines at Lavrio Explored
In Case You Missed It
- Transported through history: Greek mosaic floor graces new subway station | Reuters
- Archaeologists Unearth First-of-Its-Kind Roman Watchtower in Morocco | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Victoria Austen featured on The Partial Historians podcast – News – Carleton College
- The Harvard Crimson : Fifteen Questions: Gregory Nagy on Heroes, Tricksters, and his Achilles Tendon
- Baylor professor returns from Transjordan archaeological dig | The Baylor Lariat
Fresh Bloggery
- Idumean diasporas: Inscriptions and papyri (second century BCE-third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Idumeans: Josephos on the Edomites’ origin and relations with Judeans (late first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Irrevocable
- Alexander in Cilicië – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Great Curse of Archaeology
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Roman military watchtower found in Morocco
- A Humorous Surfeit of Monkeys – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The November Poems in the Chronography of 354 – Roger Pearse
- The Problem With Too Much – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Magikon zōon: Animal et magie dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mission archéologique syro-française de Ras Shamra – Ougarit : Videos
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Studies in the languages and language contact in Pre-Hellenistic Anatolia
- A Vestal Virgin, by Nathaniel Sichel (c. 1843-1907) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Public Funeral Feast Of Marcus Flavius’ Mother | The Historian’s Hut
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Rural necropolis from Late Antiquity found in France
- Alexanders ziekte – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Victor the Gladiator
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Beguiling Goddesses
- De manoeuvres van Darius III – Mainzer Beobachter
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- The DAI Istanbul’s 2022/2023 Lecture Programme is Now Online – DAİstanbul
- CAC dissertation prize – The Classical Association of Canada
- M.A. Scholarship on Roman Studies at the University of Manitoba – The Classical Association of Canada
Other Blog-like Publications
- October or November 45 BCE: To Publius Vatinius (in Illyricum) from Cicero (at Rome)
- Cycladic treasures on their return journey
- Ad Fontes: When in Roman… – Antigone
- Pasts Imperfect (11.3.22)
- ANE TODAY – 202211 – Modern Wars and Ancient Governance: Archaeology and Textual Finds from First Millennium BCE Babylon – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
- Antiquipop – Numéro #15 | Revue
- Metallurgical heritage at Asgatas – Kalavasos
Fresh Podcasts
/u/Steelcan909 talks with Bret Devereaux and our own Roel Konijnendijk about public history, the changing role of historians both inside and outside of the academy, and of course on proper ditch digging tecninques.
4/4. Dan descends the very same stone steps into Tutankhamun’s tomb that Carter did, 100 years earlier. From within the chamber, Dan and Egyptologist Alia Ismail give a sense of the awe Carter and Carnarvon would have felt, of the riches and sarcophagi that housed the mummy of Tutankhamun. Meanwhile, Dr Campbell Price gets into the obsession the discovery sparked- ‘tut-mania’- as the public bought all the rolls of film in Luxor and slept on camp-beds in the grounds of the winter Palace hotel, desperate to catch a glimpse of the treasures emerging from the tomb. From the bustling Luxor souk, Dan reflects on why exactly the boy pharaoh captured the world’s imagination and still does to this day.
Patron of the podcast Seanbob sent in this question for Murray to mull over, ‘what is up with foreskin collection? I know Ramses wrote on walls about the stacks of foreskins he collected from the sea peoples, and David bought his wife with foreskins (1 Samuel 18:27). So what is the deal? Was circumcisions popular in some cultures and not others? Why not the whole penis? What did they do with them after they stacked them? Some sort of trophy? Like a deer rack on your Grandpa’s wall? It is one thing to like dicks, it is strange to collect foreskins. What is the deal?’
Liv reads Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book III, translated by Brookes More. The founding of the Theban dynasty… Things don’t go particularly well.
Fresh Youtubery
- Why did Sparta have two Kings? – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- Krokodilopolis – YouTube | magister Talley
- The Roman empire as kaleidoscope: a view from storage – YouTube | British School at Rome
- ITHACA by Claire North is Harri’s All-Time Favourite Greek Mythology Retelling?! – YouTube | Moan Inc
- The Via Appia, from Rome to Brindisi: A new documentary series (8 parts) – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
- Cage/Jail Etymologies – YouTube | Alliterative
- Parthenon marbles perfect replica created by robot displayed at Freud museum in London | World News – YouTube
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Léon-Ferdinand Karuhije, La cité du logos: l’ecclésiologie de Clément d’Alexandrie et son enracinement christologique. Vigiliae Christianae supplements, 173. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2022.
- BMCR – Catherine Tracy, Epidicus by Plautus: an annotated Latin text, with a prose translation. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2021.
- BMCR – Bret Mulligan, The poetry of Ennodius: translated with an introduction and notes. Routledge later Latin poetry. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- Newsroom | Iphigenia Opens as Inaugural Performance at the Prior Performing Arts Center
- Beautiful Evil Things review – hair-raising, heart-quickening whirl of myths | Theatre | The Guardian
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Pavlopetri – the Sunken City Explored
- Call for Papers “Ancient Coins and Sculpture” – 2024 AIA Annual Meeting – The Classical Association of Canada
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor in Ancient Mediterranean Religions (TT)
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Public speaking tips from Cicero, the man who defied Caesar – Big Think
- Gurus of degrowth: Say hello to the ancient cynics | Princeton University Press
- The Ancient Greek Treasures of Paris
- The alluring legacy of Alexander the Great – Prospect Magazine
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 better grain.
… 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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