Hodie est a.d. III Id Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 21 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Exploring why the bodies of people in a town near Pompeii were not well preserved when Vesuvius blew
- 190 new sites registered in the National Register of Antiquities – Saudi Gazette
- Making the ‘invisible’ visible: New technique analyzing archaeological bones
In Case You Missed It
- Scientists finish 200-year decryption of ancient Greek-Egyptian treatise – The Jerusalem Post
- Roman, Coptic, and Byzantine tombs discovered in Minya | The Past
- Analysis shines light on ingredients of mummification | The Past
- Mosaics of Greek Medusa Found in Ancient Roman Villa
- New Treasures Identified In The Sunken Roman City Of Baiae | IFLScience
- Greek Minister of Culture receives stolen antiquities from Manhattan DA – Hellenic News of America
- Delaware, the Met, and a ‘Homecoming’ of Sorts for 161 Greek Antiquities | Balkan Insight
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Power of Thetis: Allusion and Interpretation in the Iliad
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Reading Sappho: Contemporary Approaches
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Representations: Images of the World in Ciceronian Oratory
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Senecan Drama and Stoic Cosmology Thomas G. Rosenmeyer UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford © 1989 The Regents of the University of California
- 97 of 234 days: Italic style – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Sappho Springs to Mind – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Old Interpretations… – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Hate Among UK Metal Detector Users
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- De zeven wereldwonderen – Mainzer Beobachter
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- Archaeological Evidence of Solomon and Sheba?
- Bronze Age and Roman-era settlements unearthed in Newquay – Arkeonews
- Marble inlay floors found in a Sunken Roman villa in Baia, the Las Vegas of the ancient world – Arkeonews
- Bronze Age and Roman-period settlement discovered in Newquay | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Fragment of giant Roman statue uncovered in Chersonesos | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Underwater survey reveals new discoveries in sunken town of Baia | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Mosaic discovered in ruins of submerged Roman town | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
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- 11 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Astura)
- The Pyramid Tombs of Libya | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- The Battle of Teutoburg Forest: Give Me Back My Legions!
- Why Aristotle believed that philosophy was humanity’s highest purpose | Aeon Videos
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Fresh Podcasts
At the beginning of the 6th century BC Athens was in crisis and by the end of it there was a new political system in place. In this episode I discuss the changes, characters and events which occured. Bizarre political campaigning, Spartans, tyrants and of course the new way of politics by the end of it all. It’s an archaic rollercoaster ride!
Euripides’ Orestes continues, Orestes pleads his case to Menelaus and Tyndareus, and we meet his beloved bestie, Pylades.
Fresh Youtubery
- Orphic Hymn 4, to Ouranos, read in Ancient Greek (10-minute loop, meditative) – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
- Catullus 70 in Latin & English: Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi – YouTube | David Amster
- What Happens when a Roman Soldier Dies? #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
- 4 Fun Facts About Ancient Thebes (Thanks To PAUL CARTLEDGE’s “The Forgotten City Of Ancient Greece”) – YouTube | Moan Inc.
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Jean-François Pradeau, Aristote. Métaphysique: livre bêta. Quadrige. Paris: PUF, 2021.
- The wonders of ancient Rome: A guided tour | Culture | EL PAÍS English
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Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
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Research Papers of Possible Interest
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- Could AI Language Models Like ChatGPT Unlock Mysterious Ancient Texts? | Discover Magazine
- Alexander the Great Captured This Island With Innovative Engineering and—As Usual—His Personal Bravery
- This ancient Dutch goddess was nearly lost to time—and rising seas
- ‘AI-based research suggests the Israelites wandered in the Sahara, not Sinai’ – www.israelhayom.com
- Boudicca’s Tomb: The Remains Of The Iconic Rebel Are Still A Mystery | IFLScience
- The 300-year war: Historian on how Scotland resisted Roman invaders across centuries
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 the same as yesterday.
… 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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