Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Dec 2775 AUC ~ 3 Poseideion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Bioarchaeologist comes face-to-face with King Tut
- Cyril’s lost Commentary on the Letter to the Hebrews is found
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- Sequestrata collezione archeologica in sede Banca Popolare Bari – Giornale di Brescia
- Colosseum bones reveal sausage dogs were a star Roman attraction | World | The Times
- Colosseum sewers yield morsels eaten during shows – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
- Completion of excavations at Kition-Pampoula, 2022 | in-cyprus.com
- Wiltshire men accused of illegally metal detecting ancient Roman town | Swindon Advertiser
- Mystery of ‘hidden jewel’ Roman bathhouse next to North Wales housing estate – North Wales Live
- Archaeology helps debunk myths of Celtic Switzerland – SWI swissinfo.ch
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Fresh Bloggery
- Weekend Reading: Saturnalia Fun – Classical Studies Support
- Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- PaleoJudaica.com: Interview with new IES director
- Blog Post #72: Solving the Riddle of the Sphinx with Thierry Petit – Peopling the Past
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- Laudator Temporis Acti: Patron of Textual Critics
- Lips to the Ciceronian Udder – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Amber-Not-Amber in Antiquities Muddle
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Celtic gold hoard coin stolen in museum heist
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- Alexander de Grote: de laatste jaren – Mainzer Beobachter
Other Blog-like Publications
- The New Study, Reveals Invisible Stews – Arkeonews
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- The Kurkh Monolith and Black Obelisk
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Welcome to The Classics Podcast Does…Ancient History A Level, designed for students, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the ancient world! Episode 3 features Greek historians Dr Maria Fragoulaki and Professor Paul Cartledge examining the reasons why the Athenians lost the Peloponnesian War.
Welcome to The Classics Podcast Does…Ancient History A Level, designed for students, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the ancient world! Episode 3 features Greek historians Dr Maria Fragoulaki and Professor Paul Cartledge examining the reasons why the Athenians lost the Peloponnesian War.
- The Hellenistic Age Podcast: 080: Hellenistic Literature – Menander and New Comedy on Apple Podcasts
The playwright Menander of Athens (342/341 – 290 B.C.) was the most renowned comedic author of antiquity, surpassing even Aristophanes in popularity. As the father of the New Comedy, Menander moved away from biting satire to draw humor from the interactions of everyday people, popularizing the use of “stock characters” and romance plots that audiences could appreciate regardless of background or education. Of his 108 plays, only one has survived in complete form (The Dyskolos or “The Bad Tempered Man”), and in this episode we will delve into the history of New Comedy and Menander’s works in particular.
Fresh Youtubery
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- Israeli Archaeology: Ancient Treasures Uncovered from Land and Sea | Jersusalem Dateline – YouTube | CBN News
Book Reviews
- JCT ~ Greco-Roman Medicine and What It Can Teach Us Today (N.) Summerton, Pp. x + 197, b/w & colour pls. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books, 2021.
- JCT ~ Twelve Caesars. Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (M.) Beard Pp. xii + 376, b/w & colour ills. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021.
- Military Book Review Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
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Alia
- The Roman Empire was a cosmopolitan network of adventurers | Aeon Essays
- Centauridae, the Mystical Creatures from Ancient Greek Mythology
- The Fall of the Spartan Political System | History of Yesterday
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 a civil ware and many deaths.
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends the same.
… 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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