Hodie est a.d. XVI Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 27 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Unpacked: A Little Greek Museum of Mysteries Gets a Modern Makeover | The New York Sun
- Bronze Age long-distance connections: Baltic amber in Aššur
- Ancient Romans sacrificed birds to the goddess Isis, burnt bones in Pompeii reveal | Live Science
- Anfore preziosissime e quadri storici venduti online in Sardegna, i carabinieri denunciano 65 persone – Casteddu On line
- Alderney dig uncovers masses of Roman pottery – BBC News
- Israeli Archaeologists Find 2,000-year-old Financial Record in Jerusalem – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- 2,000-year-old ledger found in City of David points to widespread 2nd Temple literacy | The Times of Israel
- Kythnos finally gets its archaeological museum | eKathimerini.com
- Libyan News Agency – Discovery of an archaeological site dating back to the Roman era in Sabratha.
- 4 Statues of Horus Sons Discovered in Beni Suef Archaeological Site | Sada Elbalad
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- Pompeii’s victims weren’t just killed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius! People also died in EARTHQUAKES | Daily Mail Online
- Diver discovers 1,800-year-old shipwreck off Israel with “rare” marble artifacts – CBS News
- Swimmer discovers shipwreck loaded with Roman artifacts – DW – 05/16/2023
- Metal detectorists stumble on 1,600-year-old treasure — and find forgotten Roman site
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Spartans and Judeans: First Maccabees’ and Josephos’ claims about kinship ties (ca. 100 BCE / ca. 90s CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Unfaithful to Sophocles
- Isthmia 2023: Early Days | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Yurta-Stroyno Archaeological Project. The Pottery Studies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aurores et crépuscules dans la Thébaïde de Stace
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Philosophical Perspectives on Galen of Pergamum: Four Case-Studies on Human Nature and the Relation between Body and Soul
- De barre tocht van Orpheus – Mainzer Beobachter
- Two skeletons found in Pompeii were killed by earthquake – The History Blog
- Mickey Mouse Funhouse: “Minnie’s Big Delivery” (2021) – Animated Antiquity
- PaleoJudaica.com: Rock receipt recovered on the Pilgrimage Road
- Stoic Paranoid Style: People Like Ruining Each Other – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: More inscriptions in ‘Atiqot
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- Bronze Age long-distance connections: Baltic amber in Aššur
- Cargo of marble artifacts uncovered in coastal waters north of Netanya
- House of the Chaste Lovers: New victims from Pompeii emerge
- New archaeological work begins at Pompeii | The Past
- a love letter to my favourite museums
- Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Egypt
- Aristotle: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
- Copper artefacts reveal changing connections in prehistoric Europe | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- 17th May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)
- The Amazons: From Herodotus to Wonder Woman | by George Dillard | May, 2023 | Medium
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Fresh Podcasts
In this episode, we interview linguist and language teacher Dr. Robert Fradkin about his article Latin Conjugation: The Stem Vowel Speaks, published in the 50th issue of NECJ. We encourage you to join the conversation and consider a new vision of Latin verb organization. What is the best way to learn and teach Latin verbs? Is there one? Well, take a listen to our conversation with Dr. Fradkin about his linguistic approach to learning Latin.
Oedipus defends himself against the accusations, but there’s much more to the death of Laius than he understands… Plus, gods so many prophecies!
Ramesses II is the only pharaoh in history to be known as ‘the great’, but does he deserve that title? Was he the pharaoh in the Exodus story? And was his mummy really given a passport when he travelled to France? Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has just written a new biography of Ramesses and he answered these questions and more in conversation with Rob Attar.
Fresh Youtubery
- 60. Martinianus – Little More Than A Name – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- The Crisis of the Third Century Explained – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- How Alexander the Great’s Tomb Was Stolen – YouTube | History Hit
- The Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi – YouTube | Flint Dibble
- ISAC Smartphone Film Festival – YouTube
- Performance in Antiquity – YouTube | Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
- Storytelling 21. Jerolyn Morrison. Bronze Age Feast in Crete! Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
- Nuove vittime emergono dallo scavo dei Casti Amanti – YouTube | Pompeii
Book Reviews
- The Yurta-Stroyno Archaeological Project. The Pottery Studies | Spartokos a lu
- BMCR ~ John F. Miller, Jenny Strauss Clay, Tracking Hermes, pursuing Mercury. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Exhibition Related Things
- Alexandria in Marseilles – Culture – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
- Francesco Vezzoli confronts the legacy of the classical
- Power or decadence? Luxury under the Achaemenids, Athenians, and Alexander the Great | The Past
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Herodian Jerusalem – In Light of New Finds from the Western Wall Tunnels Tickets, Thu 1 Jun 2023 at 16:45 | Eventbrite
- Listening to Tutankhamun Tickets, Fri, May 26, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
- Greek Dialogues – Blushing Philosophers or Flushed Philosophers?: Women at Four Symposia | Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Classics – 2022-2023 Non-Tenure Track Faculty Pool job with University of Texas at Austin | 37460455
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Bones Of Around 100 Male Infants Found In Roman-Era Sewer Have A Grim Explanation | IFLScience
- University of Oxford drops Sackler name from buildings – BBC News
- On This Day In 1902, The Antikythera Mechanism Was Discovered
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 rainy weather.
… 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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