Hodie est a.d. V Kal. Aug. 2776 AUC ~ 11 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Clandestine excavations, in Caserta huge seizure of archaeological finds – Tuttoggi.info
- New insights into the origin of the Indo-European languages
- Origin of Indo-European languages traced back to 8000 years ago | New Scientist
- Ritrovata antica nave romana con un «tesoro» all’interno: centinaia le anfore recuperate dal fondale marino
- Wreck of ancient Roman cargo ship found off the coast near Rome
- Ancient Roman cargo ship found on bottom of Mediterranean | Italy | The Guardian
- Hartwig Fischer to leave British Museum director role – BBC News
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- Emperor Nero’s lost theatre found under site of hotel in Rome | Archaeology | The Guardian
- Team discovers 2,000-year-old Roman house during excavation in Malta
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- Earliest Known Glass Workshop in Transalpine Europe Found in Czech – ARTnews.com
- ‘Perfectly Preserved’ Glassware Recovered From 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- Sparta Is No Model for U.S. Soldiers
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- Illegal construction on biblical site prompts rare Israeli action – Israel Today
Public Facing Classics
- Plato the constitutionalist—and the Supreme Court | Princeton University Press
- Challenging a 50-Year-Old Factoid About the Illegal Antiquities Trade
Fresh Bloggery
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- Laudator Temporis Acti: Worthy to be Despised
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- Struck coin finds from Vicarello – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Vicarello Bibliography – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Les Mélanges de l’École française de Rome – Antiquité (MEFRA)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Archaeology of South-East Italy in the First Millennium BC: Greek and Native Societies of Apulia and Lucania between the 10th and the 1st Century BC
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Matriarchal Societies of the Past and the Rise of Patriarchy
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Script and Society: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit
- A cut Lucerian As – Liv Mariah Yarrow
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- Italic Horned God – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Medusa mosaic emerges at Mérida – The History Blog
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- PaleoJudaica.com: Nero’s theatre found in Rome?
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- Turkey’s second ancient lighthouse found in the Bathonea – Arkeonews
Fresh Podcasts
In this week’s Any Warfare Answers, Murray answers this question sent in by Jamie. ‘The rest of the guys on the podcast all have their areas of expertise and are each an expert in a different, very specific aspect of ancient history, whereas you seem to have a grasp of all of it. How did you become such a generalist?’
The first year of the Peloponnesian war is now upon us. The first phase of this nearly 30-year struggle would be known as the Archidamian War, named after the Spartan king Archidamus, who had tried to prevent war developing in the first place. Archidamus being the only available Spartan king, the other not yet of age, would find himself leading the Peloponnesian forces as they invaded Attica in 431 BC. Sparta would launch a campaign where the main focus was on ravaging the Athenian country side to try and force the Athenians from out behind their walls. This then, as the Spartan calculated, would see a large battle between two hoplite armies develop, where Sparta excelled. However, Athens had been working on its defences and security for some 50 years. This would see that their long walls would neutralise an invading land force, while the strength of their navy and empire would see that resources would still flow in during a siege….
Liv reads Book 10 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, translated by Brookes More. We’ve got Orpheus and Eurydice, lost loves of Apollo, Atalanta’s foot race, and the horrifying origins of Adonis, among others!
Fresh Youtubery
- Tattoos in the Ancient World – The Archaeology of Tattooing | Getting a Tattoo for 30,000 Subs – YouTube | Dig it with Raven
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- Tour Nero’s Golden House – The Domus Aurea – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
- Ouvrage de l’EFA : Les mosaïques de Délos, par A-M Guimier-Sorbets – YouTube | Ecole française d’Athènes
- Storytelling 24. Argyris Xafis. National Greek Theater. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
Book Reviews
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Re-Imagining Tragedy Across Africa and the Global South – hybrid conference | University of Oxford
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- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
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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 shortage of water and a plague of venomous reptiles
… 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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