Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Aug. 2776 AUC ~ 3 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Greek Gods Come to Life in Archaeological Finds from Turkey
- World Languages Researchers Take 360-Degree Photography of Ancient Sites in Tunisia | University of Arkansas
- From soldier to prince: new perspective emerges on recovered Sassanian relief – Tehran Times
- Russian archaeologists look for “evidence” of Chersonesos belonging to Russia
- Four arrested over €1.6m Celtic coin theft – BBC News
- “THE REDISCOVERED PORT” OF THE ANCIENT LUPIAE ON THE SEABED OF THE “LE CESINE” OASIS
- Roman settlement found at Healing housing development site – BBC News
- France’s Louvre museum set to return stolen Italian artifacts | Euronews
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Fresh Bloggery
- Buying Power in Early Rome – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Nothing Colonialist About the Classics…. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Religion and Cult in the Dodecanese during the First Millennium BC: Proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La necropoli di Opitergium: Atti della giornata di studi intorno alla mostra L’anima delle cose (Oderzo, martedì 25 maggio 2021)
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- Don’t Worry, Everything Turns Out Awful in the End! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Whosoever Will Save His Life Shall Lose It
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Profit from Artefacts Again in UK, Threats Now
- Italy returns looted funerary stele to Turkey – The History Blog
- Caesar en de senatoren – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Impervious to Evidence
- PaleoJudaica.com: Schmid, The Scribes of the Torah (SBL)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Waters, King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Belonging
- Human Transparency – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Other Blog-like Publications
- King David’s Nomadic Kingdom – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Remains of a Roman stylobate found in Montenegro – Arkeonews
- Aeneid VII.1-106 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
- Hunting for the remains of imposing Roman structures in the Cesine di Lecce sea. Achaean-sub at work. What did they find? – Art style
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- Take a High Def, Guided Tour of Pompeii | Open Culture
- Why Did Caracalla Aspire to Become Alexander the Great?
- 20 July 44 BCE: To Gaius Trebatius Testa (at Rome) from Cicero (at Velia)
- Early Christians struggled to distinguish themselves from pagans | Aeon Essays
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
EPISODE 60 | In Part II of our discussion on Cleopatra VII and reception, ownership, and race we welcome guests Dr. Mai Musie and Professor Rebecca Futo Kennedy. Dr. Musie and Professor Kennedy both study aspects of identity formation, race, and ethnicity in the ancient world and bring their expert perspectives to this discussion of Cleopatra VII, her world, and our modern obsession with her.
The roots of ancient Judaism, and the Abrahamic religions, are to be found in the arid hills and fertile valleys of Canaan more than 3,000 years ago. That was where the kingdoms of Israel and Judah came into being, and their inhabitants began to develop traditions that still shape the world millennia later.
Fresh Youtubery
- Pompeii: New discoveries as archaeologists begin biggest excavation in a generation – BBC News – YouTube
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- How We Speak About The Characters of Greek Myth Is Important, But Not For The Reason You May Think. – YouTube | Moan Inc.
Book Reviews
- Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – rogue’s gallery | History books | The Guardian
- Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald, review: a Greek myth retelling with Persephone
- Église double paléochrétienne à Pitsunda, Abkhazie | Spartokos a lu
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Teaching Fellow in Classics job with DURHAM UNIVERSITY | 346523
- Classics – 2022-2023 Non-Tenure Track Faculty Pool job with University of Texas at Austin | 37495394
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
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- Hygiene, Baths and Religion in Ancient Greece
- Greek Philosopher Pythagoras and His Famous Theorem
- Discovering Libya’s ancient city of Ptolemais – France 24
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 harmful drought.
… 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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