Hodie est pr. Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 12 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Paleolithic discovery made on Lesvos | eKathimerini.com
- Iron Age House From the 10th Century BC Discovered in Greece
- Trendy style. A 50 BC mosaic that was under the portico in the peristyle of a domus has been brought to light in Ostia – Stile Arte
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- Embalming workshops found – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
- Archaeologists unearth more than 50 pairs of tweezers during excavation of 2000-year-old settlement | Daily Mail Online
- Newly found Pompeii skeletons give further evidence of earthquake | Daily Sabah
- New evidence reveals Ancient Egyptian and Greek trade extended to the Bronze Age – Neos Kosmos
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- Price capping with the Romans | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- I use a robot to restore Pompeii’s shattered frescoes
Fresh Bloggery
- Trojans, Teukrians, and Dardanians: Diodoros on their origins (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Taurians and Kolchians: Diodoros on the origins of human sacrifice in the Black Sea area (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Our Bias Toward Shared Beliefs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: What Is the Matter with the Man?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Is the Pentecost story a lost resurrection appearance?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Re-creating the Balm of Gilead?
- Will Our Story Shine? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Scholia on Cicero’s Speeches: Contexts and Perspectives
- A Farewell to the Birds – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Messene, Olympia, and the Greek Dark Ages | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Ambiorix tegen Caesar – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Worth Living For
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Adler, The Origins of Judaism
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of More New Testament Apocrypha volume 3 (with an update on MOTP2)
- Avoiding The Elections of Fortune – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Memorabilia Antonina: Review of Fairy Tales of London
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
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- Why Archaeologists Matter
- The Archaeological Story of the Etruscan People
- Introduction | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
- 31 May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Youtubery
- Nuovi scavi della Regio IX – Emergono alcuni scheletri di vittime dell’eruzione del 79 d. C. – YouTube | Pompeii
- The Ancient Roman Emperor Hadrian – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- What an Ass! – Theseus #shorts – YouTube | Extra History
- I will always love The Wolf Den #shorts #ancienthistory #pompeii #ancientrome #elodieharper – YouTube | Moan Inc.
Fresh Podcasts
We look at the history of English’s conceptualization of time, and update Mark’s research on spatiotemporal metaphor. Also, words for arrows, the surprising origin of ‘toxic’, and a bit of Latin poetry!
The Roman approach to murder is starkly different to how the modern world recognises it, and frankly, it’s a bit weird. Description: 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 about murder in Ancient Rome.
Any of us who have happened to see a celebrity in the wild can admit to the strange thrill you get. It doesn’t matter if it’s C, D, or Z-list celebrities, even, they all count! But why are we as a society so obsessed with celebrities? From Ancient Greek Gods to Kim Kardashian, our obsession has endured. And what does it say about us, when most young people just want to be famous when they grow up? Without a thought for what they might be famous for. Kate is joined by Landon Jones, former managing editor of People Magazine and author of Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved Into A Culture Of Fans And Followers. He’s here to take us back through history to where it all began, speculate what the future of celebrity may hold, and share tales of his own, such as why Princess Diana refused to dance with him.
Book Reviews
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Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- ARTS237023 Teaching Associate in Ancient History (Fixed term) – Jobs at the University of Nottingham
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Research Papers of Possible Interest
Alia
- The Role of Slavery in Ancient Greece
- Archestratus: The Ancient Greek Gourmand on the Secrets of Gastronomy
- Pythagoras The Prankster And His Greedy Pythagorean Cup | IFLScience
- The Sea Monsters of Ancient Greek Mythology
- How Would Emperor Tiberius Have Handled the Silicon Valley Bank Bailout? | Essay
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:
No entry for today.
… 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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