Hodie est pr. Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 12 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• 4,000-year-old plague DNA found — the oldest cases to date in Britain — ScienceDaily
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• Paleolithic discovery made on Lesvos | eKathimerini.com
• Iron Age House From the 10th Century BC Discovered in Greece
• Trendy style. A 50 BC mosaic that was under the portico in the peristyle of a domus has been brought to light in Ostia – Stile Arte

In Case You Missed It

• How AI is helping us read ancient literature – Reader’s Digest
• ArtDependence | Israeli Operation to Prevent Looting has Led to Discovery of Burial Caves
• Three 1,850-Year-Old Stone Ossuaries Retrieved by Israeli Authorities – ARTnews.com
• Embalming workshops found – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
• Archaeologists unearth more than 50 pairs of tweezers during excavation of 2000-year-old settlement  | Daily Mail Online
• Newly found Pompeii skeletons give further evidence of earthquake | Daily Sabah
• New evidence reveals Ancient Egyptian and Greek trade extended to the Bronze Age – Neos Kosmos

Classicists and Classics in the News

• News – 2023 AIA Fellowships Spotlight: AIA-NEH Grant for Post-fieldwork Research and Publication – Archaeological Institute of America AIA News

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Κόσοβο

Public Facing Classics

• Price capping with the Romans | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• I use a robot to restore Pompeii’s shattered frescoes

Fresh Bloggery

• Trojans, Teukrians, and Dardanians: Diodoros on their origins (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Taurians and Kolchians: Diodoros on the origins of human sacrifice in the Black Sea area (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Our Bias Toward Shared Beliefs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: What Is the Matter with the Man?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Is the Pentecost story a lost resurrection appearance?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Re-creating the Balm of Gilead?
• Will Our Story Shine? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Scholia on Cicero’s Speeches: Contexts and Perspectives
• A Farewell to the Birds – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Messene, Olympia, and the Greek Dark Ages | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Ambiorix tegen Caesar – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Worth Living For
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Adler, The Origins of Judaism
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of More New Testament Apocrypha volume 3 (with an update on MOTP2)
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• Memorabilia Antonina: Review of Fairy Tales of London

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Introducing an augmented translation of Thucydides: Book 1 – The Kosmos Society
• What is an Open Day with Warwick Classics Like? – OurWarwick

Other Blog-like Publications

• 4,000-year-old plague DNA found – the oldest cases to date in Britain
• Why Archaeologists Matter
• The Archaeological Story of the Etruscan People
• Introduction | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
• 31 May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.586-598

Fresh Youtubery

• Nuovi scavi della Regio IX – Emergono alcuni scheletri di vittime dell’eruzione del 79 d. C. – YouTube | Pompeii
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• What an Ass! – Theseus #shorts – YouTube | Extra History
• I will always love The Wolf Den #shorts #ancienthistory #pompeii #ancientrome #elodieharper – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Fresh Podcasts

• The Endless Knot: A Quiverful of Time Arrows on Apple Podcasts

We look at the history of English’s conceptualization of time, and update Mark’s research on spatiotemporal metaphor. Also, words for arrows, the surprising origin of ‘toxic’, and a bit of Latin poetry!

• Dan Snow’s History Hit: Murder in the Roman World on Apple Podcasts

The Roman approach to murder is starkly different to how the modern world recognises it, and frankly, it’s a bit weird. Description: The Ancient Romans are often thought of as ahead of their time. They invented concrete, sophisticated road systems and even underfloor heating. But their approach to murder is starkly different to how the modern world recognises it, and frankly, it’s a bit weird. These people saw 26 emperors murdered in one 50-year period and would watch people being killed for entertainment in the Colosseum. Today Kate is Betwixt the Sheets with Emma Southon to talk about murder in Ancient Rome.

• Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society: The Rise of Celebrity Culture on Apple Podcasts

Any of us who have happened to see a celebrity in the wild can admit to the strange thrill you get. It doesn’t matter if it’s C, D, or Z-list celebrities, even, they all count! But why are we as a society so obsessed with celebrities? From Ancient Greek Gods to Kim Kardashian, our obsession has endured. And what does it say about us, when most young people just want to be famous when they grow up? Without a thought for what they might be famous for. Kate is joined by Landon Jones, former managing editor of People Magazine and author of Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved Into A Culture Of Fans And Followers. He’s here to take us back through history to where it all began, speculate what the future of celebrity may hold, and share tales of his own, such as why Princess Diana refused to dance with him.

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Marc Van De Mieroop, Before and after Babel: writing as resistance in ancient Near Eastern empires. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Exhibition Related Things

• Return of the Gods | The Past

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• ARTS237023 Teaching Associate in Ancient History (Fixed term) – Jobs at the University of Nottingham
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• A human–AI collaboration workflow for archaeological sites detection | Scientific Reports

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• The Sea Monsters of Ancient Greek Mythology
• How Would Emperor Tiberius Have Handled the Silicon Valley Bank Bailout? | Essay

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

No entry for today.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 11 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient symbolic Trojan horse of Çanakkale set for restoration | Daily Sabah
• Excavations start on popular Sedir Island
• New evidence reveals Ancient Egyptian and Greek trade extended to the Bronze Age – Neos Kosmos

In Case You Missed It

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• Archaeologists unearth ancient Egyptian mummification workshop | The Independent
• Skeletons Of Two Women And Child Are Newest Victims Found At Pompeii | IFLScience
• Sangiuliano, Zuchtriegel hail new Pompeii finds – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
• “Unique” 2,000-Year-Old Roman Phallus, Face, And Horn Carving Discovered In Spain | IFLScience

Fresh Bloggery

• Sikanians, Sicilians, and Sardinians: Diodoros on their encounters with Herakles (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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• Laudator Temporis Acti: Learned Idiot
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La population de la région du Kouban du début de l’âge du fer selon le système squelettique (VIe siècle av. n. è. – IIIe siècle de n. è.)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Zotero styles for Classics and Archaeology
• Het Koninkrijk Kommagene – Mainzer Beobachter
• Ancient quarry found in Malta – The History Blog
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Gianfranco Adornato on Some Objects Repatriated From Dodgy US Market
• Archaeology and the Post-Modern Novel | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Historical Fiction
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Apollo’s Advice
• #MeToo & the Looted Medea Vase – OSCILLATIONS

Other Blog-like Publications

• Archaeological excavations at Agios Ioannis/Vretsia-Roudias, Cyprus
• The Era of Greek Colonization – by David Roman
• Second Temple Period Receipt Found in the City of David – Biblical Archaeology Society
• What Was the Gallic Empire?
• Operation to prevent looting has led to discovery of burial caves | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• New discoveries at Pompeii’s Regio IX | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem — ScienceDaily
• End of May 44 BCE: To Mark Antony (at Rome) from Brutus and Cassius (at Lanuvium)

Fresh Podcasts

• Dan Snow’s History Hit: Why Empires Fall on Apple Podcasts

For centuries, the Roman Empire commanded unparalleled control over the world around it. It expanded its borders through trade and conquest, sucking resources from the periphery into its thriving centre – Rome. And then, suddenly, everything changed. The Empire entered a state of crisis, and rapidly disintegrated. The West has experienced a similarly dramatic rise and fall over the last 3 centuries, moving from an era of global dominance to one of economic stagnation and political division. But is the decline and fall of empires inevitable? And what can be done to avoid the fate of Rome? In this episode, historian Peter Heather and political economist John Rapley join Dan to compare the West’s current crisis with that of Rome, and discuss what comes next.

• Live from Mount Olympus: Atalanta 7: “With all that has happened, do you think she could ever learn to love us?” on Apple Podcasts

Invited back to meet her human parents, Atalanta must navigate the challenges of royal life and the complicated responsibilities of being a princess.

• History Extra podcast: Living the life of luxury with the Persians & Greeks on Apple Podcasts

When Greek soldiers captured the royal command tent of the Persian king during the Greco-Persian wars, they were stunned by what they saw. Their mighty adversary’s seat of power was absolutely dripping with dazzling decadence – and, to the Greeks, indulging in this luxurious lifestyle was the reason for the Persians’ downfall. Speaking to Emily Briffett, curators Jamie Fraser and Kelly Accetta Crowe explain what a new British Museum exhibition can reveal about how the Persians and Greeks thought about luxury, wealth, democracy and power.

• Ancient History Fangirl: RE-RELEASE: Cleopatra and the Urban War on Apple Podcasts

When Cleopatra met Julius Caesar, sparks flew. The daring Egyptian queen beguiled the conquering Roman general—and then enlisted him to fight her battles. Outnumbered five to one in a city full of ancient wonders, Cleopatra and Caesar spent the next ten months barricaded in a luxurious palace while outside, the enemy howled for their blood–fighting a deadly urban war for Cleopatra’s throne and both of their survival.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Who Doesn’t Like a Good (If, Deadly) Riddle? Laius, Chrysippus & the Sphinx on Apple Podcasts

Why was Thebes the way it was? Why was the Sphinx sent there, and was it Laius’ fault? We’re looking at all the Sphinxian background to Oedipus Tyrannos.

Fresh Youtubery

• What Happened in the Aftermath of the Battle of Thermopylae? #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
• Darius, King Of Kings? More Like KING OF LIES! Book Review of Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones PERSIANS – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Improvisation. Nikolaos Bras’s Workshop. Athens, Greece. Ancient Greek lyre. Bettina Joy de Guzman. – YouTube
• Sam Dorf. Capturing Ancient Dance in Modern France. CCA South Conference. Cal State Long Beach. – YouTube
• 62. Constantine II – Betrayer or Betrayed – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Antti Lampinen, Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz, Seafaring and mobility in the late antique Mediterranean. Ancient environments. London: Bloomsbury, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Phiroze Vasunia, The politics of form in Greek literature. London; New York: Bloomsbury, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Lecture Announcement: Continuity and Transformation in the Ionic Architecture of Hierapolis of Phrygia During the Hellenistic and Imperial Period – DAİstanbul
• The eternal cycle of Roman victory
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• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• A human–AI collaboration workflow for archaeological sites detection | Scientific Reports

Alia

• The Philistines Were Likely of Greek Origin, According to DNA
• How did patriarchy actually begin? – BBC Future
• Why the Age of Revolution loved the classical world | Aeon Essays
• Sol Invictus: The sun god who helped Christianity conquer Rome

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 frost for sprouting crops.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. IV Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 10 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient Canaanites at Megiddo Raised a Glass to the Dead, Archaeologists Find – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• When Roman merchants and soldiers came to Madurai to trade in pepper – The Hindu
• In Photos: Largest ever intact embalming workshop uncovered in Saqqara – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
• Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground | Reuters
• Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis | The Times of Israel
• Mycenean Era Tomb Unearthed In Central Greece Reveals Its Secrets

In Case You Missed It

• Heavy rains expose ancient phallus and ‘imposing’ face carvings at Roman fort in Spain | Live Science
• Ancient Greek “School Yearbook” Discovered on Stone
• Israeli Archaeologists Retrieve 1850-year-old Stone Ossuaries With Greek Writing

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Λευκορωσία
• Ephemeris ~ COMITIA TURCICA De Erdogan 

Public Facing Classics

• Frieze Frame: Part I | The Hudson Review
• Frieze Frame: Part II | The Hudson Review
• 2,500-year-old poop from Jerusalem toilets contain oldest evidence of dysentery parasite | Live Science

Fresh Bloggery

• PaleoJudaica.com: Sims-Williams et al., A Manichaean Prayer and Confession Book (Brepols)
• Better When Things Break? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The People We Are Today – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Crimean Coin Taken by Soviets from Museum Collection Sold for Record Price
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Bubbly Fields on Merovingian Coins: The ‘Peckham Hoard’
• Het Byzantijnse Rijk (2): Bloei – Mainzer Beobachter
• Embalming workshops unearthed at Saqqara – The History Blog
• Think Your Feelings, Write Your Thoughts – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Outstanding Virtue – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: Weiss, De 2 à 4 Maccabées (Mohr Siebeck)
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Barley Cake
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Fields of Study
• Last Call for Summer School! – Classical Studies Support
• Escape Politics and Have Lunch on Your Own Time – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Excavations and Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Texts Added to the TLG Since January 2022
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access monograoh Series: Gli Album del Centro di Studi Papirologici dell’Università degli Studi di Lecce
• Autism and Classical Myth: Getting ready to look back – and ahead – by sharing five publication covers
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Remembering the War Dead

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• The Final Paper – OurWarwick

Other Blog-like Publications

• The Politics of Punctuation: Changing History One Mark at a Time – Antigone
• Lead tablets of Dodona in the ‘Memory of the World’ of Unesco
• Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem
• New mummification workshops and tombs found in Saqqara
• Unique archaeological find in Thorikos, Greece
• Why ancient Mesopotamians buried their dead beneath the floor | Psyche Ideas
• Faeces from early toilets indicates dysentery in Kingdom of Judah | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Archaeologists discover Ancient Egyptian tombs and mummification workshops | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• How Did the Fall of Roman Britain Create King Arthur?
• Archaeologists conducting excavations at the Roman Fort of Apsaros in Georgia, found evidence of the Legion X Fretensis – Arkeonews
• Ancient quarry discovered near Tas-Silġ archaeological complex in Malta – Arkeonews
• Two monumental Roman carved heads unearthed in Carlisle – The Archaeology News Network
• Carabinieri seize 3,500 antiquities – The Archaeology News Network
• Ancient Greek coin sells for record price at Swiss auction – The Archaeology News Network
• 29 May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)

Fresh Podcasts

• The Ancients: Babylon and the Bible on Apple Podcasts

When looking at the Hebrew Bible, the city of Babylon plays a prominent role – especially in the Old Testament. A city famed for it’s architectural beauty and gardens, also holds stories of suffering and captivity. Travelling back to the 6th Century BCE, the Babylonian Captivity was a defining moment in both Judaean history, and faith. With enormous numbers of the Judaean elite banished to Babylon, there was a religious, and social, overhaul for all involved. So what happened in this pivotal moment in history – and what sources can we use to examine this event? In the final episode in our Babylon mini-series, Tristan welcomes Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones back to the podcast to look at Babylon within the Bible. Looking at surviving art and archaeology, cuneiform texts and biblical passages – what can we learn about this moment in ancient history, and the legacy that can still be felt today?

• The Ancient World: Episode C20 – Like a Fire on Apple Podcasts

Synopsis: In Shalmaneser’s final years, his eldest son – the crown prince Assur-danin-pal – enters into rebellion, while his younger son, Shamshi-Adad, struggles to defend his father’s legacy. “Where my brother Assur-danin-pal, in the time of Shalmaneser, his father, acted wickedly, bringing about sedition, rebellion, and wicked plotting, caused the land to rise in revolt, prepared for war, brought the people of Assyria, north and south, to his side, and made bold speeches, brought the cities into the rebellion and set his face to begin strife and battle… 27 cities, along with their fortifications… revolted against Shalmaneser, king of the four regions of the world, my father, and… had gone to the side of Assur-danin-pal.” – Annals of King Shamshi-Adad V

• The History Of European Theatre: Marlowe’s Mighty Line on Apple Podcasts

Marlowe as a playwright at the beginning of the greatest period of Elizabethan creativity.

• The Exploress Podcast: Celebrating Women of Myth with Ancient History Fangirl on Apple Podcasts

Season 4 is taking an intermission for the moment; I hope to have us traveling back to the 1920s soon. Until then, I’ve got something fun for you: a chat with the wonderful Genn McMenemy and Jenny Williamson of Ancient History Fangirl about their new book, Women of Myth. It’s a beautiful compendium of stories from all around the world about a diverse cast of heroines, goddesses, and monsters, all told with Genn and Jenny’s signature humour, empathy, and wit. So grab a drink, settle in, and let’s dive into the stories of some women from mythology.

• Thin End of the Wedge: 55. Agnès Garcia-Ventura: The historiography of assyriology on Apple Podcasts

Agnès discusses the history of the field, and why that matters now. Cast collections were an important part of Spain’s early interest in ancient Iraq. How did these collections form? Who was interested? What were they interested in? And why? The history of the field has also impacted how we interpret objects, and how we read ancient texts. What lessons does that teach us?.

Fresh Youtubery

• Not my cup of tea. #margaretatwood #shorts #bookreview #greekmythology – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• A Medusa retelling that deserves more attention  #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Carmenta, prima poetria? – YouTube | Satura Lanx
• Egypt death rites: Mummification workshop found in Saqqara – YouTube
• Demeter/Ceres: Greek Myth Comix explains the Olympian Gods (OCR GCSE Classics learning and revision) – YouTube
• Ideal Masculinity: Inside Ancient Greek Male Beauty Competitions – YouTube | Classics in Color
• Historical Warfare – Spartan Hoplites (5th Century BC) – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
• Mary Beard. 01. Museums & cultural property; impact of Classics & archaeology. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
• Chi (RI)cerca trova – Il restauratore racconta – La Latona di Veio: dalla scoperta al restauro – YouTube | Etruschannel

Book Reviews

• La population de la région du Kouban du début de l’âge du fer selon le système squelettique (VIe siècle av. n. è. – IIIe siècle de n. è.) | Spartokos a lu

Dramatic Receptions

• Ancient Greek drama given new lease of life | Cyprus Mail
• Review:  “An Iliad” is indictment of modern rage, violence – Charleston City Paper
• Helen: the futility of war – St. Albert Gazette

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Giardia duodenalis and dysentery in Iron Age Jerusalem (7th–6th century BCE) | Parasitology | Cambridge Core

Alia

• Red Traces, Part 5: Stop the Trojan War | Counterfire
• The End of Humanity According to Ancient Greek Mythology
• The School of Aristotle: One of the First Universities in the World
• In Sicily at Europe’s oldest surviving mikvah – The Forward
• The trouble with Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra | The Spectator
• 8 Secret Workout Tips from Ancient Greek Athletes

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 in the north but it won’t affect trade.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 8 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Brew your own ancient beer: Yeast from 3,000-year-old Philistine beer jug now on sale | The Times of Israel
• Ancient quarry discovered during trenching works in Marsaxlokk
• National Archaeological Museum of Naples opening new branch in the city’s famous Real Albergo dei Poveri
• Egypt announces the discovery of the two largest mummification workshops, two tombs, a number of artifacts in Saqqara – EgyptToday

In Case You Missed It

• From the Romans to Sex and the City: how body hair went out of fashion in the UK | Roman Britain | The Guardian
• Romans to blame for no-body-hair trend, says English HEritage | English Heritage
• Researchers discover what a perfume from Ancient Rome smelled like: patchouli | Culture | EL PAÍS English
• Ancient Roman perfume likely to be patchouli, archaeologists say
• Ancient Greek gold coin from Crimea sells for a record-breaking £4.8m
• Heavy rains expose ancient phallus and ‘imposing’ face carvings at Roman fort in Spain | Live Science
• Early evidence of dysentery found in biblical-era Jerusalem toilets – The Jerusalem Post

Greek/Latin News

• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 27.05.2023 – Vatican News

Public Facing Classics

• Luxury at Athens and Rome | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• Classics: Inside Out and Upside Down by Joshua T. Katz | NAS
• War has shown Ukrainians – and the rest of us – why museums are so important for telling our stories | Charlotte Higgins | The Guardian

Fresh Bloggery

• That Ancient Roman Rex Factor – The Partial Historians
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Jackdaws
• The Countless Lives Within Us – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: You Are an Idiot
• A Prygian Helmet for Ptolemy?! – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Earliest Iron Age house in Attica found – The History Blog
• Corrupt Ages and the Character of Speech – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Knaxzbi, Chthyptes, Phlegmo, Drops

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

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Other Blog-like Publications

• Archaeologists discovered the earliest Iron Age house in Athens and Attica – Arkeonews
• Colossal carved heads found at Roman bathhouse near Hadrian’s Wall | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Study finds evidence of Legio X Fretensis in Georgia | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Faeces from early toilets indicates dysentery in Kingdom of Judah | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• 27 May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Seneca, Hercules 84-99
• @DocCrom on Seneca, hercules 782-797

Fresh Podcasts

• Accessible Art History: The Temple of Dendur on Apple Podcasts

In this episode of Metropolitan Masterpieces, I am exploring the Temple of Dendur!

• Rex Factor: The Seven Kings of Rome (Partial Historians) on Apple Podcasts

This week, we chat with Dr Fiona Radford and Dr Peta Greenfield (AKA Dr Rad and Dr G, the Partial Historians) about their new book Rex: The Seven Kings of Rome. Much to Ali’s surprise, before the Emperors and before the Republic, ancient Rome was ruled by kings. From Romulus and the founding of Rome to Tarquinius Superbus and the fall of the kings, we learn about the kings and the early history of Rome, then decide how well the kings would fare under the Rex Factor criteria.

Fresh Youtubery

• Being Egyptian – Expressing home – YouTube | Egypt Exploration Society
• Hecate | The Ancient Origins of the Goddess of Witchcraft – YouTube | Lady of the Library
• Trajan: The FIERCEST Roman Emperor | Rome: Rise And Fall Of An Empire (S1, E6) | Full Episode – YouTube | Military Heroes
• Female Gladiators of the Ancient Roman Empire – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
• Jennifer Saint’s “Atalanta” #shorts #greekmythology #ancientgreece #artemis #atalanta – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Up Close: The Archaeology of the Athenian Acropolis – YouTube | Flint Dibble
• What made Mark Knowles want to write about the #Jason of #greekmythology ? #shorts #ancientgreece – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Who were the #amazons in #greekmythology ? #shorts #ancientgreece #greekmyth #penthesilea #hippolyte – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• The bachelor meets the hunger games in this #ancientrome inspired novel  #shorts – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Book Reviews

• Review: “Crassus: The First Tycoon” by Peter Stothard | Merion West

Exhibition Related Things

• From Aphrodite to Eros: Greek vases exhibition at archaeology museum

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Tragedy Queered – Queer Tragedy
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• YorkU CLST4103 – The Classical Association of Canada
• 23-505 Course Instructor – Trent University2 – The Classical Association of Canada
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• In pictures: Depictions of Cleopatra through the ages | Middle East Eye
• The Sword of Damocles: Why Great Power Comes with Great Danger
• What is the ‘ship of Theseus’ thought experiment? | Live Science
• Minoans’ Sophisticated Diet Included Imported Spices From Asia
• At 9,400 Years Old, Çatalhöyük Is One Of The Oldest Buildings Still Standing | IFLScience

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends omens and the appearance of a comet.

[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)

Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 7 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends good things for those who work on farms.

… 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)