Hodie est a.d. XV Kal.Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 28 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient coins, purse remains found in charred Spanish ruins | Miami Herald
- Berlin museums to look into origins of archaeological collections
- Desert Monoliths Reveal Stone Age Architectural Blueprints – The New York Times
- Stone Engravings of Mysterious Ancient Megastructures May Be World’s Oldest ‘Blueprints’ – Scientific American
- British Museum drops reference to the Rosetta Stone from title of major refurbishment plans
- Detectorists who targeted Baylham Roman site plead guilty | East Anglian Daily Times
In Case You Missed It
- Waltzing The Parthenon Sculptures
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- Archeologists discover receipt from time of Second Temple- study – The Jerusalem Post
- 2,000-year-old ledger found in City of David points to widespread 2nd Temple literacy | The Times of Israel
- Ruins of ancient Roman villa found under cemetery in France | Miami Herald
- 1,700-year-old Roman watchtower ruins discovered in Switzerland | Live Science
- Iraq recovers 6,000 antiquities that Britain ‘borrowed’ – Famagusta Gazette
- Swimmer discovers shipwreck loaded with Roman artifacts – DW – 05/16/2023
- 2 hidden male skeletons discovered under pile of rubble in Pompeii’s ‘House of the Chaste Lovers | Live Science
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Some students see classics as outdated, immaterial in modern world –UI prof
- What a second-century Roman citizen, Lucian, can teach us about diversity and acceptance
- Family and culture connect classics professor to Korea – News
Public Facing Classics
- Three lessons from Aristotle on friendship
- 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Arabia may be world’s oldest megastructure blueprints | Live Science
- 2,000-Year-Old Grave of Roman Doctor Unearthed in Hungary
- The Myth of the ‘Dark Ages’ Ignores How Classical Traditions Flourished Around the World | History | Smithsonian Magazine
- How the ancients handled old age | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- Greek diasporas and indigenous Libyans: Herodotos on tales of colonization (mid-fifth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Tar-Pot of English Literature
- Were Greek boxers ripped? – Bad Ancient
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Myth of Perseus and Images: From the Beginning to Today
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sammeln um jeden Preis: Die Entstehung der archäologischen Sammlung an der Berliner Universität im Kontext des Antikenhandels im frühen 20. Jahrhundert
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- 2023 Field Season Has Arrived | Ancient History Ramblings
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Shipwrecks, Legal Landscapes and Mediterranean Paradigms: Gone Under Sea
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning from the Past
- Het Romeins klimaatoptimum – Mainzer Beobachter
- Out Of Time | Sphinx
- After 100 Letters, Seneca Mentions His Wife – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Sit Down and Shut Up
- Day Five: Around the Sea of Galilee – Reading Acts
- Day Six: Jerash, Madaba, Mount Nebo – Reading Acts
- PaleoJudaica.com: On the Queen of Sheba legend
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- Laudator Temporis Acti: Alive
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- Paul and Sacred Prostitution in Corinth – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Neolithic Turkey: investigating the transition to settled and farming lifestyles on the Konya Plain | The Past
- 2,000-year-old financial record uncovered on Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, Jerusalem – Arkeonews
- 2,000-year-old “receipt” uncovered in Jerusalem | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- 2,000-year-old financial record uncovered on Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, Jerusalem – Arkeonews
- Archaeologists discover that Iranian farmers grew rice about 3,000 years ago – Arkeonews
- The Greek Philosopher Who Laid The Foundation For Christianity And Stoicism
- 18 May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Sinuessa)
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- ANE Today – “Proto-Rams”: Piecing Together the Early History of Naval Ram Development
Fresh Podcasts
Museums are purging their collections of looted treasures. Can they also get something in return? And what does it mean to be a museum in the 21st century? (Part 3 of “Stealing Art Is Easy. Giving It Back Is Hard.”)
It’s the end of our Women of Myth season, and wow, has it been a whirlwind! We had a blast on this season and we hope you did too. We’ll be back July 6 with a brand-new season–one that’s all about ancient history and returns to our roots. Listen in to hear some behind the scenes info, and all about our plans for the coming few months and the season beyond.
What was Rome like before it became one of the biggest cities in the ancient world? How did its early inhabitants adapt to the threat of flooding, and change the landscape to suit their needs? Dr. Andrea Brock of the University of St. Andrews is an expert on the archaeology of Rome’s first few centuries and especially the local environment.
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 murder in Ancient Rome. You can find out more about Emma’s book here.
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Marcin Kurpios, The reception of Thucydides in the theory and practice of Hellenistic historiography. Tyche supplement, 14. Wien: Verlag Holzhausen, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Julia Hoffmann-Salz, Im Land der räuberischen Nomaden? Die Eigenherrschaften der Ituraier und Emesener zwischen Seleukiden und Römern. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2022.
- Sparrow by James Hynes review – a boy’s life in a Roman empire brothel | Fiction | The Guardian
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- SASA Opening the Ancient World 2023 Virtual Conference
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Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Archaeology from the sky: how satellite and laser tech can reveal ancient secrets | The Independent
- From Indiana Jones to Netflix’s Beef – how ‘collectors’ of cultural artefacts have gone from heroic figures to villainous thieves
- Alexander the Great’s Tomb: One of History’s Greatest Mysteries
- Greek Philosopher Diogenes was the First to Give Someone the Finger
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 discord and war and shortages as a result of it.
… 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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