Hodie est Id. Iul. 2776 AUC ~ 27 Skirophorion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Remains of a Roman domus now found in a cellar in Fano during works to consolidate the foundations of an old house – Stile Arte
- Ancient Roman ring found in Binchester, County Durham | The Northern Echo
- The new archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Nora have brought to light a square from the middle imperial age – Sardinia
- Italy Demands Louvre Return Looted Antiquities | Barron’s
- Auction site Catawiki under fire for trading in archaeological finds | NL Times
- Italy repatriates ancient stele from Zeugma to Türkiye | Daily Sabah
- ARCHEOLOGY / New discovery in Selinunte: it could be one of the ports of the ancient Sicilian city (PHOTO / VIDEO) – Stories & Archaeostories
- Importante scoperta archeologica a Selinunte: viene alla luce uno dei due porti
- New finds during the second excavation campaign on the Appia Antica
- Nuovi ritrovamenti nel sito archeologico della via Appia – Tiscali Cultura
- Project uses AI and archaeological materials for network analyses from the Middle Stone Age to antiquity
- D.A. Bragg Announces Return of Two Antiquities To The People of Libya – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
- Marine excavations offer glimpse into ancient history preserved under the sea | The Times of Israel
- Tourist carves her initials in Rome’s Colosseum – Wanted in Rome
- Amber treasure found in Roman burial tomb in Andalucía | Sur in English
- Claudius Tiberius Thermodon’s villa found in Umbria. Who was that man? And what do his names mean? – Art style
- PA warns of Israel’s plan to take over Palestine archaeological sites – Middle East Monitor
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Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archéologie du paysage. Modèles de villages aux alentours de Mésambria Pontica
- The Laws and the Soul of the State – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Uprising
- Connection | Sphinx
- A Bar of a Different Shape – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Paris’ First Wife and Astyanax’s Post-Trojan Life – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Some Clarity on the Reasons for Secrecy Surrounding Contentious Record in Public-Funded Database
- Elite Roman soldier buried in restraints found in Wales – The History Blog
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Populist Politicians Create Archaeological Heritage Disaster in Poland
- Israël en de Palestijnse gebieden (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Deeper Understanding | Sphinx
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Don’t Strain Too Hard
- Looting Matters: Italy Seeks Return of Antiquities from the Louvre
- Eating Rome: The Colosseum Concession Stand
- Looting Matters: Two Funerary Statues from Cyrene Returned to Libya
- “Phoenician Letters”: Greeks on Where Writing Game From – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Watch Your Tongue
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- Stoicism in the Fourth Satire of Persius – Antigone
- The 2800-year-old Urartians Lake, which is an engineering masterpiece of its time, is drying – Arkeonews
- Genesis and Gilgamesh – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Evidence of Necromancy during Roman era in the Te’omim Cave, Jerusalem Hills: Oil Lamps, Spearheads, and Skulls – Arkeonews
- Battle of Salamis: The Unexpected Greek Victory over the Persians
- Aeneid VI.477-561 – by publius vergilius maro
- Mid July 44 BCE: To Gaius Ateius Capito (in Epirus) from Cicero (in Pompeii)
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Fresh Podcasts
Liv speaks with PhD researcher Jerome Ruddick about material culture in Arcadia, Crete, and Tyre during the Hellenistic Period (plus, lots of Big P Pausanias).
Fresh Youtubery
- History of Dogs in Ancient Roman Society and Mythology – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- PCMA Seminar: Interesting Indic Finds from Berenike by Shailendra Bhandare – YouTube
- What Was The City Of Carthage Like Before Rome Eradicated It? | Lost Treasures | Odyssey – YouTube
- Hadrian’s Wall in the Car Park!? – YouTube | Archaeosoup
- The Political Agenda at Mt. Ebal | Bible & Archaeology – YouTube | Robert Cargill
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‘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:
[Saturday] If it thunders today it portends dissension among the common folk and a shortage of grain
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends the king of the east being defeated in war and dry hot weather will bring 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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