Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Sept. 2776 AUC ~ 7 Metageitnion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- ! Murcia Today – More Roman Ruins Discovered On The Mazarron Beachfront In El Alamillo
- Ancient inscription honoring Roman governor found in Izmir | Daily Sabah
- 2000-year-old Roman walls discovered in Swiss canton Zug – SWI swissinfo.ch
- Researchers extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, revealing a time capsule of plant life
- The Hidden Archeologists of Athens | The New Yorker
- Alexander the fake – DW – 08/22/2023
- Restituted sculpture of Alexander the Great — a forgery? – DW – 08/22/2023
- British Museum Thefts: Parthenon Marbles Must Now Be Returned To Greece
- MP accuses Greeks of ‘blatant opportunism’ in demanding the Elgin Marbles be returned after thousands of artefacts in the British Museum were lost or stolen | Daily Mail Online
- Tory MP accuses Greeks of opportunism over missing British Museum items | British Museum | The Guardian
- Greek archaeologists claim British Museum thefts show Elgin Marbles are not safe
- Iran says U.S. will return thousands of ancient tablets after nine decades – Tehran Times
- Eighth excavation season to throw new light on 9,000-year-old site near Tehran – Tehran Times
- The eighth archaeological excavation campaign at the Pietrarossa site has been concluded – Umbriaradio
- Roman temple found in city of playwright Plautus – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
- Archaeology, discovered a Roman temple in the city of Plautus – Ministry of culture
In Case You Missed It
- ‘More than 1,500’ artefacts were stolen from British Museum, internal investigation reportedly reveals
- British Museum bosses first alerted to thefts in 2021 – BBC News
- Revealed: British Museum serial thief ‘has been plundering precious items for DECADES’ – and bosses ‘dismissed warnings two years ago that ancient artefacts were being looted’ | Daily Mail Online
- British Museum dismissed whistleblower Ittai Gradel allegations as ‘wholly unfounded’ two years ago
- British Museum Was Warned Gems Were Being Sold on eBay, Emails Show – The New York Times
- Cambridge dinosaur bone probably from Roman fossil hunter – BBC News
- Rare gold coins and cremated infants were possible sacrificial gifts to the ancient gods of Carthage | Live Science
- Newly Discovered Servant’s Quarters Near Pompeii Reveal Little-Known Details About the Lives of the Ancient Roman Underclass
- Looted Yemen antiquities to go on auction in Israel – Middle East Monitor
- Ancient fragments paint a picture of Roman emperor Hadrian’s daily life – The Jerusalem Post
- Blood-red walls of Roman amphitheater unearthed near ‘Armageddon’ in Israel | Live Science
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Archaeologist and Israel Prize laureate Amnon Ben-Tor dies at 88 | ערוץ 7
- The Recorder – D. Felton: UMass Classics Dept. had role in movie, too
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Modern Expressions in Translations of Ancient Works
- Reclame – Mainzer Beobachter
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: CDLI journals update
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les dieux d’Homère. Polythéisme et poésie en Grèce ancienne
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ittai Gradel of TimeLine Auctions
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Materiality of Hellenistic Ruler Cults
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The “electronic Babylonian Library” (eBL) Project
- Honoring the Dead with the Dead – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- DNA extracted from 2,900-year-old clay brick – The History Blog
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hadrianic aqueduct arch collapses at Caesarea
- PaleoJudaica.com: Amnon Ben-Tor, z’l’
- Money Money Money | Sphinx
- PaleoJudaica.com: Jerusalem: the upturned archaeological layer cake
- Art Crime Research Opportunities: 23 August 2023
Other Blog-like Publications
- Ancients abroad – Engelsberg ideas
- The enduring secret to Cyrus the Great’s success – Engelsberg ideas
- Aeneid XI.203-295 – by publius vergilius maro
- ARCHEOLOGY / New findings from the site of the battle of the Egadi: from the seabed of Levanzo helmets, swords, coins and two other beaks re-emerge [PHOTO] – Stories & Archaeostories
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Kenneth Harl joins us to talk about his fantastic new book “Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation”.
Fresh Youtubery
- The Odyssey: The Underworld | Public Acts | In Conversation with Emily Lim & Chris Bush – YouTube | National Theatre
- What Are the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM)?: In Conversation with DR Kirsten D Dzwiza @antikemagie – YouTube
- Are you team Cosi or team Erica? #greekmythology #ancientgreece #mythology #helenofsparta #shorts – YouTube | MoAn Inc
Book Reviews
- Caesar Rules by Olivier Hekster | Book review | The TLS
- [BMCR] Mike Lippman, Wilfred E. Major, Aristophanes: Men and their horses
- [BMCR] Luis Unceta Gómez, Helena González-Vaquerizo, En los márgenes del mito: hibridaciones de la mitología clásica en la cultura de masas contemporánea. Madrid: Catarata, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Entertaining the masses. Gladiators in the Pontic region | Spartokos a lu
- Call for Panels | Cardiffccc2024
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
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 moderately good business for the whole year.
… 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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