Hodie est Non. Iul. 2776 AUC ~ 19 Skirophorion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- The power of the Copper Age ‘Ivory Lady’ revealed
- Highest-ranking person in Copper Age Spain was a woman, not a man, genetic analysis shows | Live Science
- Dental Analysis Reveals Startling Truth About Copper Age ‘Ivory Man’ of Iberia – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Spain’s entombed ‘Ivory Lady’ reveals leadership role of women in antiquity | Reuters
- New season of archaeological excavations begin in ancient Aizanoi | Daily Sabah
- French woman returns marble fragment to Greece – Neos Kosmos
- Gateway to Ancient City Abandoned Thousands of Years Ago Discovered
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- Turkey seeks return of ‘stolen’ severed statue head | CNN
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Classicists and Classics in the News
- Yarrow Book Wins Royal Numismatic Society’s Lhotka Prize
- What Matters Now to archaeologist Aren Maeir: Indiana Jones’s new adventure | The Times of Israel
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- Lonely Spiders Weaving #Threads – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Lexicon Magnum Latino-Sinicum
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sea peoples in Canaan, Cyprus and Iberia (12th to 10th centuries BC)
- ReLight: an RTI game-changer | Aegean prehistory
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- Supernatural Heat, Some Words – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De tempel van Elagabal in Rome – Mainzer Beobachter
- Kiwi Hellenist: How Eratosthenes measured the earth. Part 4
- PaleoJudaica.com: New head of UC’s Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
- Spencer Alley: Three-Dimensional Artifacts at the Royal Academy
- The Shelbiad Summer Book Club 3: The Heroines by Laura Shepperson
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- (In)Visible Ptolemaic Queens at the Recurring Egyptology Conference 2023 – Entangled Africa
- (In)Visible Ptolemaic Queens auf der Ständigen Ägyptologiekonferenz 2023 – Entangled Africa
- Gonçalves’ Lexicon Magnum Latino-Sinicum | Dickinson College Commentaries
- New book: A Citizen of Nowhere | Classics at Reading
Other Blog-like Publications
- Tombs rich in artifacts discovered by Swedish expedition in Cyprus
- ANE Today – Digitizing Manuscripts from Southwest Asia: Access, Ethics, and Sustainability
- Genetic Analysis Reveals A Woman As The Highest-Ranking Individual In Copper Age Spain: ‘Ivory Lady’ – Arkeonews
- Ornate marble head found in Rome’s Piazza Augusto Imperatore | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Royal tombs found in Cyprus full of precious artefacts | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Aeneid V.604-699 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
Fresh Podcasts
We’re travelling back in time to the ancient world with Dr Jane Draycott, as we discuss the use of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity. What was the lived experience of people with disabilities and impairments? What were the different types of prostheses and assistive technology available? Who created them, and what materials were they made from? Jane talks to Cia about the literary and archaeological evidence as to when, how, and why people in classical antiquity might have adopted prostheses and assistive technology, as well as societal attitudes towards medicine, science, and the human body.
In this episode, Murray muses on a question sent in by Nathan asking if, in the ancient world, there was some sort of volley fire such as we see in the 19th century with ranks of infantry.
Caligula is a 1979 film made by pornographers, starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Sir John Gielgud, and Peter O’Toole. It’s also completely bananas. Join Emma (seen it dozens of times) and Janina (not seen it before) as they discuss this scandalous and notorious historical film.
As history shows, ruling a vast empire is no mean feat. But in the second century AD the Romans seemed to be able to manage it with relative ease. This was the golden age of Ancient Rome, or “Pax Romana”, where peace and prosperity was said to have prevailed across the Mediterranean world. So, how did the Romans do it? Speaking with Rob Attar, historian, author and podcaster Tom Holland considers just this – from the fall of Nero to the reign of Hadrian.
Liv reads Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book IX, translated by Brookes More. Heracles angers a centaur and dies a painful death, his mother and Iole tell stories. Byblis falls for her brother and Iphis loves Ianthe.
Fresh Youtubery
- Annual Dabis Lecture (2023): Lene Rubinstein & Elena Isayev – ‘Ancient War and Displacement’ – YouTube | RHUL Classics
- How did Hannibal defeat Publius Scipio? Masterful cavalry leadership at Ticinus! ⚔ – YouTube | History Marche
- Warwick Ancient Drama Festival 2023: Prof Eric Csapo on The Iconography of “Attic” Comedy – YouTube
- Warwick Ancient Drama Festival 2023 Dr Xavier Buxton The Domestication of the Polis in Aristophanes – YouTube
- Hesitate/Adhesive #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
- Was Oedipus A Willing Participant In His Fate? TRAGEDY, THE GREEKS AND US Book Review – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Classics for All: Teaching Awards 2023 – YouTube
- The Flavian Dynasty of the Roman Empire – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
Book Reviews
- Women Expressed Pain Through Belief In Female Monsters, Know Why
- BMCR ~ Selfhood and rationality in ancient Greek philosophy from Heraclitus to Plotinus
- BMCR ~ Jessica Powers, Roman landscapes: visions of nature and myth from Rome and Pompeii. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023
- BMCR ~ Lee M. Jefferson, Death and rebirth in late antiquity: essays in honor of Robin M. Jensen. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- Sophocles’ Antigone raises curtain on International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama | Cyprus Mail
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- Trojan Women coming to ancient Curium | Cyprus Mail
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Research Fellow (Papyrology) job with MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY – SYDNEY AUSTRALIA | 345413
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Research Papers of Possible Interest
- Sending Laurion Back to the Future: Bronze Age Silver and the Source of Confusion. Wood et al. Internet Archaeology 56.
- Listening to Dura Europos: An Experiment in Archaeological Image Sonification. Graham and Simons. Internet Archaeology 56.
- From Archive to GIS: Recovering Spatial Information for Tholos IV at the Palace of Nestor from the Notebooks of Lord William Taylour. Loy, Stocker and Davis. Internet Archaeology 56.
- Creation of Functional Replica Roman and Late Antique Musical Instruments through 3D Scanning and Printing Technology, and their use in research and museum education. Swift and Bosworth. Internet Archaeology 56.
- Big Data on the Roman Table. Table of Contents. Internet Archaeology 50.
Alia
- The Griffin Warrior: A Staggering Discovery from Ancient Greece
- Philoxenia: The Ancient Roots of Greek Hospitality
- In a Word: Cracking Onomatopoeia | The Saturday Evening Post
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 rainfall which will damage the grain fields.
… 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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