Hodie est a.d. XIII Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 27 Poseideion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Weapons, mystical devices or candle-holders? The mystery of the Roman dodecahedra | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition
- Resti della necropoli di età greca a Milazzo, Amata: “Grazie a soprintendenze recuperiamo nostra storia”
- Israel embarks on challenge to find sensor tech to map archaeological sites | The Times of Israel
- Egypt discovers tombs, tiles and amulets at Nile Delta site
- In photos : A group of Late Period tombs uncovered at Tel El-Deir in Damietta – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- Gold treasures of ancient Iranian migrants break out another skirmish between Ukraine, Russia – Tehran Times
- Excavation sheds new light on Sassanid-Islamic site – Tehran Times
- Ruins of Sassanid fire temple discovered in Iran – Tehran Times
- Indian, Greek scholars to trace Alexander’s link to Malana in Kullu : The Tribune India
- Ancient basilica under danger of collapse
- Archaeological Site of Ancient Corinth to See Upgrade | GTP Headlines
- Evidence of Christian Pilgrimages Found at ‘Tomb of Jesus’ Midwife’ in Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Archaeologists discover Urartian king’s temple in Van excavations | Daily Sabah
In Case You Missed It
- Children out for a stroll in north discover 2,000-year-old lamp in the ground | The Times of Israel
- Cotton From Prehistoric Pakistan Found in 7,200-year-old Village in Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Severe Droughts Triggered ‘Barbarian Invasion’ Leading To The Downfall Of The Roman Empire
- Pope Francis to Return 3 Parthenon Marble Fragments to Greece – The New York Times
- Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times – The New York Times
Classicists and Classics in the News
- UC Hastings Professor Paul Belonick Pens New Book on Fall of Roman Empire | UC Hastings Law | San Francisco
- A World of Science: Ancient Art and History Under the St. Thomas Microscope – Newsroom | University of St. Thomas
Fresh Bloggery
- Libyans / Africans: Pliny on various peoples and strange customs (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Intermezzo: Bronkritiek – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hasmonean-era arrowheads found in box in Tower of David
- PaleoJudaica.com: Traditional site of Jesus’ baptism – big bucks for “glamping” developmentLaudator Temporis Acti: Misprint
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Misprint
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Inscription for Your Front Door
- Generosity and Charity: Some Seasonal Reminders from Greece and Rome – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- O novam Jacob stropham! – Recensio part 3 – Roger Pearse
- It’s starting to work! – Recension part 4 – Roger Pearse
- Flying with the Muses – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Veneration for Long-Established Custom and Ritual
- Ovid | The Historian’s Hut
- Democritus in Meditation, By Salvator Rosa (c. 1615-1673) | The Historian’s Hut
- Bakchides’ successen – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Jesus and Hanukkah
- Spencer Alley: Horizontally Elongated Compositions – II
- How To Gift a Good Gift — ConsultTheClassics
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Excavating the Kabireion at Thebes – it began as a winter tale … of sorts – People at the DAI Athens
Other Blog-like Publications
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
It’s that time of year when I can’t fathom writing another heavily researched script so here’s me breaking down Theseus vs. Jason, mostly from memory. Who is the worst? Will the results be 50/50??
- Ancient History Fangirl: RE-RELEASE: Saturnalia: So Much More than Roman Christmas on Apple Podcasts
Wish you had a holiday all about feasting, drinking, the upending of the social order, blood sacrifices, the harvest, pranks, novelty gifts, honouring a god who devoured his kids, and the returning sun? Don’t we all??? Welcome to Saturnalia.
Fresh Youtubery
- Swans A-Swimming Etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
- What Happened When a Roman Soldier Died? DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
- dē QUŌ loquor? est animal, vel mōnstrum… – YouTube | Found in Antiquity: Latin
- Orphic Hymn 2, to Prothyraia (Artemis), read in Ancient Greek (10-minute loop for meditation) – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
Book Reviews
- AJA ~ Materiality in Roman Art and Architecture: Aesthetics, Semantics and Function Edited by Annette Haug, Adrian Hielscher, and M. Taylor Lauritsen (Decorative Principles in Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy 3). Berlin: De Gruyter 2022.
- AJA ~ Roman Animals in Ritual and Funerary Contexts: Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the Zooarchaeology of the Roman Period Working Group, Basel 1st–4th February 2018 Edited by Sabine Deschler-Erb, Umberto Albarella, Silvia Valenzuela Lamas, and Gabriele Rasbach (Kolloquien zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte 26). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2021.
- AJA ~ The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rome—and Back Edited by Steven Fine. Leiden: Brill 2021.
- BMCR ~ Response: Janko on Bondi on Thomas, Art, science, and the natural world in the ancient Mediterranean, 300 BC to AD 100
- The real route of Hadrian’s Wall through Newcastle and North Tyneside – Chronicle Live
- BMCR ~ Pierre Destrée, Aristote: Poétique. GF, 1637. Paris: Flammarion, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Sylvain Delcomminette, Geneviève Lachance, L’éristique: définitions, caractérisations et historicité. Cahiers de philosophie ancienne, 27. Brussels: Ousia, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
- PM inaugurates the New Museum of Aigai in Vergina | eKathimerini.com
- Exhibit of precious wood items buried by Vesuvius eruption offers glimpse into everyday life in ancient Rome | CBC News
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Bursaries for Summer Courses in Greek and Latin – The Classical Association of Canada
- UToronto Assistant Prof 5yrs – The Classical Association of Canada
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Research Papers of Possible Interest
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- Antikythera Mechanism Designed by Archimedes, Say Experts
- Who am i? Multicultural identities in the Roman Empire
- The jewels of the girls of Pompeii. What they wore that night away and what they tried to save – Stile Arte
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 a shortage of necessities.
… 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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