Hodie est a.d. IV Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 14 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- An ancient Egyptian mummified head and hand monitored in auction Hall in London – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- Remains of 1,500-year-old church unearthed in Istanbul
- British Museum launches research into Vindolanda Tablets on 50th anniversary of Northumberland discovery – Chronicle Live
- Ancient relics discovered on construction site in northern Iran – Tehran Times
- Brown University project is digitizing 10,000 ancient Israel inscriptions – JNS.org
- Traces of ancient life come to surface in Mobolla
- A Way for King Charles to Honor His Greek Father – Bloomberg
- Ancient Greek Healing Temple of Trikala to Be Restored
- Opinion | Why Conservatives Can’t Stop Talking About Aristotle – The New York Times
In Case You Missed It
- US hands Cyprus ancient artifacts, some 4,000 years old | eKathimerini.com
- How archaeologists reconstructed a Roman gateway to tell the story of Britain’s invasion
- Roman ruins in London get listed status | Evening Standard
- Kunsthistorisches Museum and Greece Eyeing Return of Parthenon Marbles – ARTnews.com
- Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum in talks to send back Parthenon marble pieces to Greece
- Austria Will Return Two Small Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Officials Hope the Move Will Encourage Britain to Follow Suit
- Austrian museum returns Parthenon fragments to Greece, reigniting hope for repatriation of stolen Parthenon Marbles held in British Museum – Neos Kosmos
- Pompeii chariot stars in Rome exhibit probing ancient roots | AP News
- Ancient Roman-era Buddha statue discovered in Egypt – Middle East Monitor
- Ancient Roman camps from secret military mission spotted using Google Earth | Live Science
- What Queen Cleopatra really looked like – according to history
- What Did Queen Cleopatra Look Like?
- Buddha statue uncovered in Egypt’s Red Sea reveals ancient trade route – The Jerusalem Post
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Indians: Bardaisan of Edessa on Indian ambassadors’ tales and the Brahmans (early third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Serians (Chinese), Ottorokorians and others: Pliny the Elder on the savage silk people (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- A Fake Research Proposal: An Archaeological Study of Wear Patterns and Distribution of Dog Toys in a Suburban Environment | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Recent update on the archaeology of Didyma | Turkish Archaeological News
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Confidence Gives Capacity
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Early Egyptian Travel Accounts from Late Antiquity to Napoleon
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Travels in the 19th-Century Ottoman Empire
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La peur chez les Grecs: Usages et représentations de l’Antiquité à l’ère chrétienne
- Skepsis (1): Wat is waar? – Mainzer Beobachter
- Pompeii ceremonial chariot reconstructed – The History Blog
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Fellow Greeks
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Fats
- PaleoJudaica.com: Power, The Significance of Linguistic Diversity in the Hebrew Bible (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: SBL review panel on Carlson, Unfamiliar Selves; Carlson responds
- PaleoJudaica.com: An Akkadian translation algorithm
- Outlaw Wealth? Maybe Not – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Behind the Autistic Barricade – Asterion | Celebrating Neurodiversity in Classics
- Looting Matters: Sourcing Makron
- OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: The Original Language of the New Testament
Other Blog-like Publications
- The Joys and Perils of Keeping a Latin Diary – Antigone
- Reconstruction of the ceremonial chariot from Civita Giuliana
- Pasts Imperfect (5.4.23)
- The Horns of Moses – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Long live the King… of Kings! Accession ritual in ancient Persia | British Museum
- The 6,000-year-old settlement found in island of Corsica – Arkeonews
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
How did a freshly looted Egyptian antiquity end up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Why did it take Kim Kardashian to crack the case? And how much of what you see in any museum is stolen? (Part 1 of “Stealing Art Is Easy. Giving It Back Is Hard.”)
As Shirley Bassey once said, “He’s the man. The man with the Midas touch.” But who was the man that’s inspired stories from Greek myths to Bond bangers? In this episode, Tristan Hughes is joined by archaeologist and classicist Professor Brian Rose to discuss the real King Midas, ruler of the Phrygian Kingdom in West Central Turkey between 740 and 700 BCE. They delve into the two sides of Midas: the historical and the mythical, explaining the origins of the both the Golden Touch myth, and why Midas is sometimes depicted with donkey’s ears, and what we know about the real man and his kingdom based on Rose’s excavations at the site of Gordian.
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! We’re joined today by YA romance author and Tiktok star Bea Fitzgerald, who brings Greek mythology to life on her Tiktok channel Chaos on Olympus. In this conversation, we talk about the female goddesses, monsters and heroines of Greek mythology: what makes them tick, which ones are the most fun to skewer in bite-sized video format, and the surprising queer romance hiding in monster mythology.
When we think of the ancient Mediterranean, our minds first turn to familiar names, such as the Greeks and Romans. Yet the ancient world was full of peoples, all of them living in sophisticated societies that were no less interesting than those we we know well. Professor Peter van Dommelen is an expert in these less traveled places of the ancient world, especially Sardinia, and how they fit into the broader world beyond.
Fresh Youtubery
- King/Genealogy #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
- Intro to Ancient Greek Art – YouTube | Flint Dibble
- How did the Huns break the Roman army’s shield wall? – YouTube | History Marche
- Who Were The Ancient Persians? LLOYD LLEWELLYN-JONES On The Age Of Great Kings – YouTube | Moan Inc.
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Hannah M. Cotton, Ofer Pogorelsky, Roman rule and Jewish life: collected papers. Studia Judaica, 89. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Michael Philip Penn, Scott Fitzgerald Johnson, Christine Shepardson, Charles M. Stang, Invitation to Syriac Christianity: an anthology. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
- Italy displays Pompeii chariot in Rome exhibition – Wanted in Rome
- Rome: Great Works Of Greek Museums Will Travel To The Eternal City For An Exhibition
Dramatic Receptions
- LAB explores the Greek myth of Prometheus • St Pete Catalyst
- First Look: NYT’s Bakkhai – Theatre Weekly
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Hypatia: The Female Greek Philosopher Killed for Her Beliefs
- Rabbis in the Roman public bathhouse | Princeton University Press
- Colchester’s historic events could be witnessed in VR | Gazette
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 mild weather ad plentiful 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)
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