Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 4 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Graves of Egypt’s kings to be bulldozed for highway
- Mysterious white, powdery substance found inside 3,000-year-old ruins in Armenia isn’t what it seems | Live Science
- Actualité | Un quartier artisanal antique sous les alluvions … | Inrap
- News | The ancient necropolis of La Robine is revealed (N… | Inrap
- What’s driving Israeli excavations under Al-Aqsa Mosque? | TV Shows | Al Jazeera
- Seeing the ‘Invisible Humans’ of Archaeology Through the Gunk on Their Teeth – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Next phase of Roman excavations begin at Carlisle Cricket Club | News and Star
- Israel Police save unique Bar Kochba revolt coffins from grave robbers – The Jerusalem Post
- Alderney dig unearths Roman pottery but no walls | Guernsey Press
- Hundreds of artifacts stopped from being smuggled out of Afghanistan in past year | Ariana News
- Authorities probing theft find Roman-era burial cave – JNS.org
- Family building a house in northern Israel destroys 1,800-year-old burial cave | The Times of Israel
- New Insights on What Ancient Greek Sounded Like
In Case You Missed It
- ArtDependence | Manhattan District Attorney Bragg Returns Two Ancient Stone Figures To Iraq
- U.S. Authorities Repatriated Two Ancient Sculptures to Iraq—One Belonging to Met Trustee Shelby White
- Archaeologists Discover the Oldest Known Blueprints | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- Greece Wins Back Hundreds of Stolen Artifacts From the Disgraced Dealer Robin Symes After a 17-Year Legal Battle
- Swimmer Stumbles Upon 1,800-Year-Old Marble Columns From Shipwreck Off Israel’s Coast | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- 2,000 year old Roman carving of smiley face discovered in Spain – The Jerusalem Post
- Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi undergo CT scans in Jerusalem hospital to reveal craft | The Times of Israel
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Vale Graeme Clarke AO FAHA: 1934-2023 – Australian Academy of the Humanities
- The Philadelphia Classical Society’s 84th annual Latin Week contests prove the longevity of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Classical Studies Honor Society Inducts New Members | University of Arkansas
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Josephos of Jerusalem: A guide for reading ethnographic passages | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Story of O
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Proceedings of the 12th ICAANE 2021, Bologna: Vol. 2: Field Reports. Islamic Archaeology
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 12th ICAANE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Antiquités africaines
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les sciences archéologiques à l’ère du virtuel
- A Universe of Change – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: In Unexpected Quarters
- Pain and Archaeology | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Qatarese archeologen in Nubië – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: In memory of Moshe Greenberg
- PaleoJudaica.com: A page number in a Psalms codex
- Raymond van Saint-Gilles – Mainzer Beobachter
- Ah, Death Sorts it All Out in The End – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Give and Take
Other Blog-like Publications
- Large amounts of flour residue discovered in 3,000 years old building
- Hundreds of looted artifacts of Robin Symes Limited repatriated to Greece
- Roman Shipwreck Found Off Israel’s Coast – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Archaeologists excavate Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- The Man in the Middle – Archaeology Magazine
- May 23 | Fastorum Liber Quintus: Maius – by M. – Ovid Daily
- Tante scarpe di 2000 anni fa e laboratorio calzaturiero degli antichi romani scoperti vicini a un canale. Era una filiera – Stile Arte
Fresh Podcasts
Meleager and Atalanta flee into the forest. But is there anywhere they can find safety?
In the finale episode of Sophocles’ Tyrannos… Well, everything we all know is coming, comes out…
In “The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives,” prize-winning historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney unpacks the myths and origin stories that underpin the history we thought we knew about western civilization and examines the institutions and structures that have been built on this shaky foundation, through the lives and times of fourteen remarkable individuals from antiquity to modern day.
Fresh Youtubery
- Roman bust found at Texas Goodwill store will journey back to Germany – YouTube
- Who Were the Scouts of the Roman Army? #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
- Itinerarium romanum Serbiae. Viminacium. – YouTube | Parco Colosseo
- Michèle Lowrie & Barbara Vinken | Civil War and the Collapse of the Social Bond – YouTube | Paideia Media
- Why Are So Many People Cooking Their Kids? The FULL Curse On The House of Atreus In Greek Mythology – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Boston Early Music Festival: Desmaret’s Circé Video Preview – YouTube
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Natalie Abell, Ayia Irini: area B. Keos, 12. Atlanta: Lockwood Press, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Sandrine Huber, William van Andringa, Côtoyer les dieux: l’organisation des espaces dans les sanctuaires grecs et romains. BCH supplément, 64. Athens: École française d’Athènes, 2022
- Book Review: ‘Cleopatra’s Daughter,’ by Jane Draycott – The New York Times
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Imagining a Greek Home for an Egyptian Goddess Tickets, Tue, May 30, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
- Egyptian Cultural Heritage Now Conference
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Three 36-month research fellowships in Venice
- Doctoral fellowship (full-time; 24 months, renewable once) in Greek History (UCLouvain, Belgium) | EURAXESS
- Doctoral fellowship (full-time; 24 months, renewable once) in Latin Literature (UCLouvain, Belgium) | EURAXESS
- Teaching Assistant Professor of Classics – HigherEdJobs
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Nefertiti: The beautiful Pharaoh who went from Egypt to Berlin – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- Forgotten Shavuot History: The 4 B.C.E Rebellion and the Therapeutae – TheTorah.com
- Pericles, the Ancient Greek Father of Democracy
- Cleopatra’s Lovers and the Fate of Ptolemaic Egypt
- Menander, the Greek King of India
- What Being An Archaeologist In The 1800s Was Really Like
- Famous travelers to Türkiye: Gertrude Bell, nation founder archaeologist | Daily Sabah
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 and productive rain.
… 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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