Hodie est a.d. XVIII Kal. Sept. 2776 AUC ~ 29 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Ostia, ritrovati due nuovi frammenti dei Fasti Ostienses | Corriere.it
- 2,000-year-old gold treasure from Iron Age tribe unearthed by metal detectorists in Wales | Live Science
- Ancient Greek Gold Coins From Iron Age Unearthed in Wales
- Europe’s ancient languages shed light on a great migration and weather vocabulary
- Archaeologists start new dig at site previously yielded urn-like tombs in southwest Iran – Tehran Times
- Lifeguard turns ‘accidental archaeologist’ with amphora find – English – ANSA.it
- One of the World’s Oldest Synagogues Has Just Been Discovered
- Synagogue unearthed in ancient Greek city of Phanagoria – Neos Kosmos
- Sarsina, tracce di un tempio “Scoperta eccezionale”
- Discovery of Israel’s oldest gate resets clock on local urbanization by centuries | The Times of Israel
- Archaeologists Unearth Earliest Monumental City Gate in Israel, From 5,500 Years Ago – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Israeli archeologists find ‘most ancient gate’ discovered in Holy Land – The Jerusalem Post
- Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry
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- The Parthenon Marbles And The Culture Of Protest
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Fresh Bloggery
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- Melqart in meervoud – Mainzer Beobachter
- Pliny Plans a Staycation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Antiquarian Twaddle
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- Ignoring the Cause, Assailing the Symptoms – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Pilier des nautes – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Briquel Chatonnet & Debie, The Syriac World (Yale)
- It’s called an illusion – Noodlings
- The Roman Bath at Isthmia and the Hexamilion, Part I | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
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- Host. Two fragments of the Fasti Ostienses have now been brought to light. Translated the passage. The meaning, the history – Art Style
- Archaeologists discover ancient synagogue in the Black Sea region | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Is Poetry Dangerous? Plato’s Philosophy of Art
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Andreas et Ilsa (Clara, proh dolor, absente) c*m amicis nobis carissimis ac desideratissimis Timotheo et Catharina adsumus ut de Rusticatione quam una celebravimus mense Iulio colloquamur!
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- When I Am Laid in Earth – “ubi ego moriar” [Dido and Aeneas – Purcell] – YouTube
- Wilby’s Guide to Latin Conversation – YouTube | LatinPerDiem
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Fernando Echeverría, Adolfo J. Domínguez Monedero, César Fornis, José Pascual, Laura Sancho Rocher, Jerjes contra Grecia: la Segunda Guerra Médica, 2500 años después. Col. Instrumenta, 82. Barcelona: Edicions Universitat de Barcelona, 2022.
- Book Review: ‘House of Odysseus’ by Claire North
- BMCR ~ Robert Maltby, Niall W. Slater, Fragmentary Republican Latin, volume VI: Livius Andronicus. Naevius. Caecilius. Loeb classical library, 314. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press, 2022.
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a change for the worse in business.
… 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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