Hodie est a.d. IX Kal Iul. 2776 AUC ~ 5 Skirophorion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeological excavation. Iron chalices and Etruscan buccheri discovered in the necropolis of the Crocifisso del Tufo in Orvieto – Stile Arte
- Tunisia’s Carthage Museum Gives Preview Of Expanded Renovation | Barron’s
- San Casciano bronzes go on show at Quirinale – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
- Rare find of 24 ancient bronzes in Tuscany goes on display in Rome | Italy | The Guardian
- Dealer of the ‘world’s most expensive coin’ which sold for $4.1M charged with grand larceny in NYC | Daily Mail Online
- Greek Coin Smuggler, Dealer Of ‘World’s Most Expensive Coin’ Arrested For Grand Larceny In New York
- Maltese conservator discovers fragment of ‘oldest-known book in the world’
- Tetisheri – The last known pyramid for a queen in Ancient Egypt is back! – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- Pontecagnano Faiano: from the excavations here is the tomb of the warrior
In Case You Missed It
- You Can Now Visit the Site Where Julius Caesar Was Stabbed | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- U.S. Returns ‘Priceless’ Ancient Coins to Greece at an NHM Ceremony
- Roman mosaic of Hercules illegally imported to California | The Sacramento Bee
- Purple from Holy Temple objects traced to snail guts at 3,000-year-old Haifa factory | The Times of Israel
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Parthians, Medes, and Babylonians: Pliny the Elder (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Trades
- Romans in the East – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Seuthes III – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: IG X 3, 3 Inscriptiones Scythiae minores: Sectio 1: Callatis et ager Callatianus
- A Fragment of An Odyssey – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aeolian Alexanders
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Assyrian Dictionary of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago (CAD)
- The Oldest Codex? | Variant Readings
- Free Speech Freeze – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De geboorte van Caesarion – Mainzer Beobachter
- LAST DAY of Legit Threads x Greek Myth Comix | Greek Myth Comix
- PaleoJudaica.com: Esther as a Source for Achaemenian History?
- Laudator Temporis Acti: I Hear the Twanging of the Bow
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Six to Eight Hours on One Greek Word
- Fireside Friday, June 23, 2023 (On Historical Judgement) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Short Prayer
- PaleoJudaica.com: More evidence for the site of Bethsaida?
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Otto Rubensohn and the excavations of the DAI in Paros (1898–1899) – People at the DAI Athens
- Developments in Ancient Language Pedagogy | Classics at Reading
Other Blog-like Publications
- Speaking Latin and Greek for a Day – Antigone
- Excavations at Dromolaxia-Vyzakia (Hala Sultan Tekke)
- ANE Today – The Book of Esther as a Source for Achaemenian History
- Archaeologists use artificial intelligence (AI) to translate 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Aeneid III.610-718 – by publius vergilius maro
- June 23 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
- 23 June 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Curt asks Murray, ‘did Alexander The Great’s army introduce Pankration to India? If so could Pankration have contributed to the future expansion of martial arts from India to China & other Asian countries?’
In the second installment of our Cleopatra x King Herod arc, the slow-motion train wreck continues. Herod makes increasingly ill-advised decisions as schemes and intrigue simmer around him. Meanwhile, Cleopatra influences things from afar, empowering Herod’s enemies and relatives (who are frequently one and the same). Find out how it all went down when their feud reached the boiling point.
Fresh Youtubery
- The Intense and Brutal Lives of Ancient Rome’s Gladiators – YouTube | Buzzfeed
- Julius Caesar’s assassination site reopens: Largo Argentina 4 Republican Temples! – YouTube | Ancient Rome Lie
- Moan Inc.
Book Reviews
- ‘King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great’ Book Review | National Review
- BMCR ~ Paul Kalligas, The Enneads of Plotinus: a commentary, volume 2. Trans. Nickolaos Koutras. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023.
- BMCR ~ Jeremiah Coogan, Eusebius the evangelist: rewriting the fourfold gospel in late antiquity. Cultures of reading in the ancient Mediterranean. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Trent LTA – The Classical Association of Canada
- Visiting Lecturer of Classics – Pittsburgh, PA – Indeed.com
- Harvard Academic Positions | Tenure-Track Professor in Archaeology and History of Ancient Israel and Its Environs
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
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 good times, a setting aside of differences, and an end to disease.
… 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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