Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal.Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 29 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- I Carabinieri del Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale presentano i dati dell’attività operativa relativa all’anno 2022. – Radio Erre
- Ancient Hebrew Bible sells for $38m in New York auction | Books | The Guardian
- Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Sells for $38.1 Million – The New York Times
- First records of human kissing may date back 1,000 years earlier than estimated | Archaeology | The Guardian
- Humanity’s earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago, claims new study
- Humans were kissing as early as 4,500 years ago – research | The Independent
- Romantically Kissing Our Lovers Might Not Be The Fashion We Thought It Was : ScienceAlert
- The first kisses were recorded in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago | Science & Tech | EL PAÍS English
- Nascondeva in casa 9 epigrafi: denuncia e sequestro della collezione a un fanese
- Archaeologists discover 1,800-year-old writing tool in Turkey
- Moot court debates BM’s right to Parthenon Sculptures | eKathimerini.com
- A massive full scale Roman fort is being built in Wales on 120-acres of land and people from across Europe are coming to be trained as soldiers – Wales Online
- Archaeologists find 1,700-year-old Roman sandal in melting ice in Norway
- The Lion of Kythera: A tale of discovery, loss and repatriation – Greek Herald
In Case You Missed It
- Remains of 7,000-year-old sunken stone road discovered off Croatia’s coast | Live Science
- 9,000-Year-Old Drawings of Hunting Traps Found in Saudi Arabia, Jordan – ARTnews.com
- A metal detectorist in Wales discovered an ‘adorable’ ox-headed bowl. It could reveal a lost Roman settlement. | Live Science
- Ancient statute of Hercules neglected in the Vatican to be restored – Greek Herald
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- A literary festival with a difference | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- The Myth of the ‘Dark Ages’ Ignores How Classical Traditions Flourished Around the World | History | Smithsonian Magazine
Fresh Bloggery
- Greek diasporas and indigenous Iberians and Celts: Herodotos, Aristotle, Trogus and others on tales of Phokaian colonization (mid-fifth century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Arabians and Judeans: Jubilees, Molon, and Josephos on identifying the Ishmaelites (second century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Glory to God
- Isthmia 2023: Data, Notebooks, and Sherds | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Autism and Classical Myth: Plan B: slides for Fairer Societies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New from the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures: NE 12. The Second Cataract Fortress of Dorginarti
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Forms of Representation in the Aristotelian Tradition. Volume One: Sense Perception
- Exploring the Heights and the Depths | The Second Achilles
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Forms of Representation in the Aristotelian Tradition. Volume Three: Concept Formation
- De Tigris – Mainzer Beobachter
- Some Weekend Reading | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Oudheidkunde is een wetenschap – maar dan anders – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Ghost Word
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Acknowledgments
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Lysias
- PaleoJudaica.com: On the Lachish Letters
- The Five Causes of Our Ruin – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Day Seven: Petra – Reading Acts
- Blogging ancient epigram: A lost bronze athlete
Other Blog-like Publications
- What Did Palaeo-European Peoples Write? Local Languages of the Western Mediterranean – Antigone
- New study says earliest recorded kiss occurred 4500 years ago in Mesopotamia – Arkeonews
- Pasts Imperfect (5.18.23)
- Archaeologists discover oldest scale plans for humanmade mega-structures | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- 2,000-year-old “receipt” uncovered in Jerusalem | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
In which we discover how the ancients made and appreciated art. From bricks as art in ancient Persia to art as storytelling in ancient Rome to joke art in ancient Greece, the ancient world is full of beauty!
‘Even before the empire split into two separate halves, the Augusti in the East had to contend with devastating Gothic raids and near-constant wars with the Sasanian Empire.’ The team discuss issue XVI.3 of the magazine Goths, Sasanids and Romans: The Roman Empire in the East at bay.
Athens support of Corcyra had seen hostilities once again develop with Corinth who had been engaged in a dispute with the island polis. Athens would send ships to support Corcyra, as the Corinthian set sail to impose their will. Out of this affair would see the battle of Sybota take place and with it the first engagement seeing Athenian and Corinthian ships openly fight one another. This would see tension raised further and questions around the official statue between the two….
Liv speaks with Masters student (and TikTok star!) Hannah Parker “Historical Han”, about the goddess Tyche, and teaching through Tiktok.
Fresh Youtubery
- Medea | Reading Greek Tragedy Online – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
- The AP Interview: Greek PM on Parthenon Sculptures – YouTube
- Occasion/Cheat #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
- Two victims of Mount Vesuvius eruption found in Pompeii – YouTube | NBC
- The Real Story Of Ancient Rome’s Brutal Campaign Against Gaul | History Of Warfare | Odyssey – YouTube
- How COSTANZA CASATI Breathed New Life Into Greek Mythology With Her Novel CLYTEMNESTRA – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type, Getty Conversations – YouTube | Smarthistory
- Ancient Assyria | The Very Short Introductions Podcast | Episode 67 – YouTube | Oxford Academic
- Happy International Museum Day | 2023 – YouTube | ACOR Jordan
- Lecture: Mary Beard—Will the Real Emperor Vitellius Please Stand Up? – YouTube | Art Institute of Chicago
- Combating Looting and Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage in Cyprus – YouTube | Chau Chak Wing Museum
Book Reviews
- AJA ~ The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy, by Paul D. Scotton, Catherine de Grazia Vanderpool, and Carolynn Roncaglia
- AJA ~ Musarna 4: La céramique à paroi fine, by Julie Leone
- Retelling the Story of Little-Known Warrior, Lover & Hero of Greek Mythology | BookTrib.
- Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life by Emily A. Austin – The Objective Standard
- BMCR ~ Niklas Holzberg, Carmina Priapea: griechisch – lateinisch – deutsch. Sammlung Tusculum. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Dulce et Decorum – to Die for the Fatherland in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Participation and Political Life: Cross View of the Greek West and the Roman East
- The role of local communities throughout the Red Sea history
- Work-in-Progress: George Gazis, “Lamenting for the wrong crime” Tickets, Wed 24 May 2023 at 13:00 | Eventbrite
- Ancient Sparta in the 21st Century: Recent Trends and New Developments
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- ‘Rhetoric’ doesn’t need to be such an ugly word – it has a lot to teach echo-chambered America
- From Love to Work and Play: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt | Egyptian Streets
- The shapeshifting Queen of Sheba: legends, facts and fictions | CBC Radio
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 a good man rising to the peak of good fortune through the goodwill of the city.
… 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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