Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Sept. 2776 AUC ~ 10 Metageitnion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Artefacts stolen from British Museum ‘may be untraceable’ due to poor records | British Museum | The Guardian
- Revealed: How expert turned sleuth to unmask the astonishing extent of British Museum thefts by snapping up the precious items on eBay then presenting bosses with damning dossier of evidence… which he claims they DIDN’T want to know | Daily Mail Online
- Saudi archaeologists claim ‘significant’ discoveries at Al Abla site
- British Museum recovers some of 2,000 stolen items – BBC News
- Recovery of British Museum artefacts under way, says George Osborne | British Museum | The Guardian
- Did the ancient Egyptians really marry their siblings and children? | Live Science
- Historic archaeological finds to be displayed in Carlisle | News and Star
- Chicken Bones Reveal Exact Date of Ancient Greek City’s Destruction
- Call for further investigation into Roman remains at Southwick | Wiltshire Times
- Unexpected new discoveries made at Vindolanda Charitable Trust excavation project at Fort of Magna
In Case You Missed It
- British Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigns after suspected thefts | British Museum | The Guardian
- British Museum thefts: Director Hartwig Fischer quits over stolen treasures – BBC News
- British Museum director steps down amid theft investigation | CNN
- British Museum thefts: Director Hartwig Fischer quits and deputy Jonathan Williams ‘steps back’
- British Museum director quits over stolen treasures scandal and his number two also steps down after ignoring warnings that precious items were being stolen two years ago | Daily Mail Online
- British Museum Director Resigns After Worker Fired for Theft – The New York Times
- Nightmare at the British Museum: why the theft scandal won’t have a Hollywood ending
- The Guardian view on the British Museum losses: a diplomatic own goal | Editorial | The Guardian
- British Museum’s director resigns, says he didn’t take warning about possible theft seriously enough | AP News
- Enslaved Individuals Slept in This Bedroom, Untouched Since Mount Vesuvius’ Eruption 2,000 Years Ago | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- British Museum thefts deeply damaging for a world-renowned institution – BBC News
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Leading archaeologist who dug with Yigael Yadin at Masada and Hazor dies at 88 | The Times of Israel
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Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Rather Late in the Day but Hartwig Fischer Does the Decent Thing
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Gouverner par le hasard : le tirage au sort des provinces à Rome (IIIe s. av. J.-C.-Ier s. ap. J.-C.)
- Pain-Relieving Dance – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Romulus Augustulus – Mainzer Beobachter
- Plutarch and the Moon – The Classical Astronomer
- Via Prima launches this Autumn! A Beginners’ Latin Course from the University of Birmingham – The Classics Library
- Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Other Blog-like Publications
- What can archaeology tell us about the Druids’ dark arts? | Aeon Essays
- Aeneid XI.498-596 – by publius vergilius maro
- They come across a mysterious lead tub in the waters in front of the Roman villa of Santa Marinella. Here comes the Superintendency – Stile Arte
Book Reviews
- [JCT] Seeing Color in Classical Art. Theory, Practice, and Reception, from Antiquity to the Present (J.M.S.) Stager Pp. xiv + 328, b/w & colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- [JCT] Walking the Antonine Wall: A Journey from East to West Scotland (A.) Montgomery Pp. 254, Perth: Tippermuir Books, 2022.
- [JCT] Sport: Antiquity and Its Legacy (P.J.) Miller Pp. x + 223, ills. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends war
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends war and conspiracies.
… 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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