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In the News
- Roman Period Water Canal To Be Brought to Tourism »
- Lines through history: uncovering the secrets of lost Roman roads | The Independent
- Harvard Law Review picks antiquities theft sleuth as new president | Reuters
- Lab helps preserve cultural heritage | eKathimerini.com
- Egyptian archeological mission uncovers family burials from the 2nd intermediate period in west Luxor – EgyptToday
- Tito Macro, what a beautiful domus! Aquileia opens the treasure house. 1200 Roman coins in a splendid house – Stile Arte
- Corby: Roman tiles found at Priors Hall Park question worker theory – BBC News
- Can you believe the Rosetta Stone is not in Egypt? – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
- Ancient Tavern Found At Archeological Dig In Iraq – ARTnews.com
- Ancient Nemea stadium to reopen | eKathimerini.com
- Earliest evidence of metalworking on Tehran plain dates back to 5th millennium BC, study suggests – Tehran Times
In Case You Missed It
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- Archaeologists in the U.K. Have Turned Up 34 Semi-Precious Stones in the Drain of an Ancient Roman Bathhouse | Artnet News
- Construction Workers Discovered a Mysterious Statue of Hercules Buried Deep in a Roman Sewer | Artnet News
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Students dig into the past during ‘Ancient Food Day’
- News – Member Spotlight: Elizabeth S. Greene – Archaeological Institute of America Societies
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: Intact 52-foot Book of the Dead scroll found in Egypt
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient wine press and mosaic damaged in Galilee
- On Kindness, Some Roman Words – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Internecine Strife
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Conexiones Culturales y Patrimonio Prehistórico
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Thucydides in the ‘Age of Extremes’ and Beyond. Academia and Politics
- Forget Wealth, I Know About Foxes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Valediction of Moses: A Proto-Biblical Book
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Stormy Weather Predicted
- First Intramural Neonate Burial from Roman Pergamon – Pergamon Micro-Region
- Geliefde boeken: de Zijderoute – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: More images of Oxyrhynchus papyri at the Bodleian
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ethiopian Jews and their sacred books
- Spencer Alley: Ancient Mythological Personalities as Later Visualized
- Graham Hancock Issues Response to Archaeology Association’s Open Letter – JASON COLAVITO
- Cries of Unexpected Joy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Other Blog-like Publications
- The Iliad in Memes: Books 5-8 – CSMFHT Writes
- February 1st | Fastorum Liber Secundus: Februarius – by M.
- Four scepticisms: what we can know about what we can’t know | Aeon Essays
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
The Iron Age Mediterranean’s new density of connections between people and places was about more than the economy and trade; it also remade the culture of the whole region, bringing new ideas and practices – such as wine-drinking and the alphabet – across its entire expanse. Professor Tamar Hodos is one of the world’s leading experts on the Iron Age Mediterranean, and she joins me to talk about archaeology, globalization, and the tools we can use to understand the past.
“The Nineveh Wall has been restored and all the commercial developments surrounding it have been stopped.”
This is the city, Uruk. I was working the day shift out of the Eanna Temple when the call came in about a missing sheep and tunic. We picked up the perp pretty quickly and he started to sing, so we rolled up 39 of his pals. But word came down that the great and the good were putting up bail. That’s when the king got involved and things got interesting.
This week, Anna has some big questions about the Pleiades, a group of bright, beautiful stars also known as the Seven Sisters. The myth of seven sisters that were turned into stars is remarkably consistent across multiple cultures. Also, it’s always seven sisters, even though you can really only make out six with the naked eye. So what’s going on? IS IT ALIENS?? No, of course not. It’s much more interesting than that. Tune in to learn just how long humans have been telling each other stories under the stars.
In this episode we talk to the authors of two new books on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the Latin epic poem he wrote in 8 CE. Stephanie McCarter has published a new translation of the poem, and Gareth Williams has written a short interpretive introductory work on the epic to go with the Columbia Core Curriculum. We talked with both of them about the way Ovid fits into contemporary society, what considerations there are when teaching this epic, and the joys and difficulties of engaging with Ovid’s poetic brilliance.
How does the presence of a cultural heritage site on the battlefield change wartime decision making? In 1944, as Allied generals postponed an attack on an Axis stronghold—located at the culturally important Catholic abbey Monte Cassino—they had to consider the potential for loss of life, the cultural significance of the abbey, the negative propaganda they would face for attacking a religious site, and the possible strategic alternatives to an all-out attack. Political scientists Ron E. Hassner and Scott D. Sagan make the case that the presence of cultural heritage sites is always an important consideration for troops in both offensive and defensive positions—even in cases where those sites are ultimately destroyed. In this episode, hosted by former Getty President Jim Cuno, Hassner and Sagan discuss battles from WWII through the current war in Ukraine to explore how politicians and military officials think about cultural heritage sites during times of war.
Fresh Youtubery
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- Full History of the Ancient Celts: Origins to Roman Conquest DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- 45. Florian – Another 88 Days – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- National Theatre
- In Search of Greek Theatre #2 Audio Described: Medea (2014) at the National Theatre – YouTube
- In Search of Greek Theatre #3 Audio Described: The Oresteia (1981) – Part One (Staging and Design) – YouTube
- In Search of Greek Theatre #4 Audio Described: The Oresteia (1981) – Part Two (Masks and Chorus) – YouTube
- Dr. Bart Ehrman on the Gospel of Mark – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
- Caesar’s heroes: The true story of Pullo and Vorenus | Video in Latin – YouTube | Latinitium
- Chaire du Louvre 2022 – Des antiquités plurielles : le Louvre et l’archéologie impériale 3/5 – YouTube | Musée du Louvre
Book Reviews
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Launch Event: Endangered Writing Network – The VIEWS project
- News – February Virtual Lectures with Joan Connelly – Archaeological Institute of America
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- See What’s Left Of The Ancient Roman Hippodrome In Istanbul
- Nestor – February 2023 issue available
- Who was Nefertiti, the ancient Egyptian queen depicted like a goddess? | Live Science
- One Of The Oldest Bottles Of Wine Could Date Back To 325 CE
- The Longest Greek Word is Actually an Ancient Recipe
- ‘The Secret History’ follows academia mystery – The Hawkeye
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 war and the downfall of wealthy men.
… 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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