Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 2 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Danish archaeologist examines pottery from Jordan’s Hujayrat Al Ghuzlan | Jordan Times
- D.A. Bragg Returns 12 Antiquities to the Republic of Türkiye – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
- A417 Missing Link work could unearth Roman and Iron Age treasures as archaeologists start digging – Gloucestershire Live
In Case You Missed It
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- British auctioneer faces 25 years in US jail after being charged with fraudulent sale of… – LBC
- Dealer accused of Brutus coin fraud
- Think you can decipher an ancient scroll? You could win a million bucks | CBC Radio
- Rare Coin, Minted by Brutus to Mark Caesar’s Death, Is Returned to Greece – The New York Times
- D.A. Bragg Returns 29 Antiquities to Greece – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
- US returns 29 antiquities to Greece | eKathimerini.com
- The Met’s collection contains over 1,000 objects linked to alleged traffickers and looters, investigation finds – CNN Style
- Work begins to reveal Roman mosaic under Colchester shops – BBC News
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Romans, Egyptians, Persians, and others: Minucius Felix’s ethnographic defence of the Christian people (early third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Exile
- 78 out 234 days: Gratidianus – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Nothing and Naught
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World – Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018: Sessions 11–12, Single Contributions – Poster Sessions
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World – Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018
- Glass Paste Scholarship – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Classical mailing lists
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: More Skewed Figures in PAS Database [Updated].
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Virtues of the True Scholar
- A Mourner’s Meal – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Medicae: Women Doctors from the Roman Empire – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Complete zodiac found on Temple of Esna ceiling – The History Blog
- Week van de Klassieken 2023 – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Work of Reference
- Looting Matters: Further returns to Greece
- Looting Matters: Bronze Hydria Returns to Greece
- Silly Debaters, Life is to be Lived! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Archeochemistry
Other Blog-like Publications
- Now discovered a Pompeian kitchen from 79 AD. C. with the dishes left to dry. The photos – Style Art
- Copious Copper Supplies Made Cyprus a Trading Center in the Bronze Age – Arkeonews
- Statuette of Venus uncovered in Roman rubbish dump | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Daily life “frozen in time” at Roman villa after the Vesuvian eruption of AD 79 | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Covenants in Context – Biblical Archeology Society
- March 23rd | Fastorum Liber Tertius: Martius – by M.
- Pasts Imperfect (3.23.23)
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
From claims that the alphabet was originated by Atlantians, Francis Bacon using the story as a model of utopia, to the Nazis co-opting Atlantis as the birthplace of the Aryan race, everyone seems to have wanted a slice of the Atlantian pie. Join Tom and Dominic as they explore the academics and the amateurs who lay claim to discovering the real Atlantis.
Shrouded in mystery, the Nuragic culture was an enigmatic Bronze Age Civilisation that lived on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. With their name deriving from the Island’s iconic fortress-like Nuraghe monument – they have not only defined Bronze Age history, but even the very land from which they originated. But why were the Nuragic so obsessed with building these fortresses, and what can we learn from them? In this episode, Tristan is joined by Fitzwilliam Museum curator, Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou, to unravel the mysteries of ancient Sardinia. The builders of the nuraghes left no written records, but new discoveries have shed light on the civilisation and its people. So who what can we learn from the archaeology, and is it possible to find out where they went? Anastasia is the curator of the new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibit Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean.
In this episode, Rebecca Rideal is joined by ancient world expert and host of Legit Classics podcast, Jasmine Elmer. Together, they explore the life of one of antiquity’s most fascinating women and unravel the troubling sequence of events that lead to her untimely death.
Fresh Youtubery
- POMPEI, SI AMPLIA LO SCAVO DI CIVITA GIULIANA: RINVENUTI NUOVI REPERTI – YouTube | Pompeii
- The Call of Kinnaru: New Ancient Music for Aristophanes and Euripides – YouTube | UVM Classics
- Cocaine Mummies | Everything You Need to Know – YouTube | World of Antiquity
- Persephone | A Deep Dive into the Queen of the Underworld Pt. 2 – YouTube [ Lady of the Library
- Orpheus Tamed the Animals: Mythological Music for Ancient Greek Lyre – YouTube | MIchael Levy
- Chi (RI)cerca trova – MENERVA E GLI ALTRI. DÈI E DEVOTI NEL SANTUARIO DI PORTONACCIO A VEIO – YouTube | Etruschannel
- Intervento del Direttore all’inaugurazione della mostra dedicata a Felice Barnabei, 22 marzo 2023. – YouTube | Etruschannel
- Anteprima Mostra su Felice Barnabei e Presentazione restauro Tempio di Alatri, 22 marzo 2023 – YouTube | Etruschannel
- Anteprima mostra Felice Barnabei e presentazione restauro tempio di Alatri, 22 marzo 2023 – YouTube | Etruschannel
Book Reviews
- Introduction à l’histoire de la Phanagorie et à son étude archéologique : un manuel | Spartokos a lu
- BMCR ~ William H. Race, Menander Rhetor. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica. Loeb classical library, 539. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019.
- BMCR ~ Mattias Brand, Religion and the everyday life of Manichaeans in Kellis: beyond light and darkness. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 102. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2022.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Chicago, January 8-9, 2024 – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends discord.
… 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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