Hodie est a.d. XVI Kal. Nov. 2776 AUC ~ 3 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- MPs to ask British Museum about thefts and damage to international reputation | The Independent
- New research shows Romans were early pioneers of recycling – News – University of Liverpool
- New research shows Romans were early pioneers of recycling
- Coins help support exhibits at Canada’s largest museum
- Ancient Egyptian Cemetery Found With High Priest Daughter’s Colorful Coffin
- A non-exploitative economy favored the splendor of the Iberian Peninsula’s Copper Age communities, says study
- How a Bronze Age rock became a ‘treasure map’ for researchers
- See gorgeous ancient Egyptian ‘mummy portraits’ from nearly 2 millennia ago | Live Science
In Case You Missed It
- Herculaneum manuscript is deciphered after 2,000 YEARS: Scientists use AI to read an ancient scroll that was charred during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius | Daily Mail Online
- 11,000-year-old statue of giant man clutching penis unearthed in Turkey | Live Science
- This 21-Year-Old Used A.I. to Decipher Text From a Scroll That Hasn’t Been Read in 2,000 Years | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Public Facing Classics
- Reading Horace | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- Emily Wilson brings ‘The Iliad’ alive for a modern audience | Connecticut Public
- How a translation of ‘The Iliad’ into modern language reinforces its relevance | PBS NewsHour
- A magic dolphin & flying snakes: Herodotus and the power of story | CBC Radio
Fresh Bloggery
- Persian and Babylonian wisdom: Pseudo-Demokritos and others on Demokritos’ training by Magians and Chaldeans (first century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- A Tunic of Flesh and Kirke [#Circe] as an Allegory – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Answer Is No
- Little Lies | Sphinx
- Bronze Age jewelry set found in Swiss carrot field – The History Blog
- Arm en straatarm in het antieke Rome (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
- #ClassicsTober23 16: Circe | Greek Myth Comix
- PaleoJudaica.com: Mysterious jars buried at Qumran
- PaleoJudaica.com: Baden & Stackert (eds.), The Pentateuch and Its Readers (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Bloch, Ancient Jewish diaspora
- Slides for Gonçalves’ Lexicon Magnum Latino-Sinicum and Its Digitization | Dickinson College Commentaries
- Ruspina: Titus Labienus verslaat Caesar – Mainzer Beobachter
Other Blog-like Publications
- New Kingdom cemetery revealed at Ghoreifa, Egypt
- Herculaneum Scrolls Reveal New Secrets – Biblical Archaeology Society
- 3,000-year-old necropolis found in southeast of Türkiye – Arkeonews
- New Kingdom cemetery found at Tuna el-Gebel | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Recorded on the eve of our postgraduate workshop and public lecture in London (Monday 16th October). Jacopo Tabolli was in conversation with Jessica Hughes and Emma-Jayne Graham.
Anthony Adolf joins us to talk about the classical world and his new book “In Search of Aeneas: Classical Myth or Bronze Age Hero?”
Fresh Youtubery
- What is the Sacred Band of Carthage? #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
- From Stone to Silicone: Technologies for Scholarship – YouTube | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
- The Rorarii – Historical Warfare – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- Who is Circe in Greek Mythology? #shorts #greekgods #ancientgreece – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- Let’s Hear It For The Trojans: Reviewing HORSES OF FIRE by A.D. Rhine – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
Book Reviews
- Pompeii, a never-ending journey of discovery | Culture | EL PAÍS English
- [BMCR] Vili Apostolakou, Philip P. Betancourt, Thomas M. Brogan, Bramiana: salvaging information from a destroyed Minoan settlement in southeast Crete. Prehistory monographs, 66. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2021.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- The lecture programme 2023/2024 of the Istanbul Department is online – DAİstanbul
- The North Slope of the Acropolis: An archaeological palimpsest
- International Archaeological Film Festival – AGON, 2024
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor New York University: NYU – NY: Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS): Department of Classics
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Athens Tower of the Winds Is World’s Oldest Meteorological Station
- Circe, the First Witch of Greek Mythology
- Poem of the Day: ‘The First From Far Troy’ | The New York Sun
- Introduction to Legion: life in the Roman army | British Museum
- Greek Goddess Aphrodite Was First Mother Caught Spanking Her Child With a Sandal
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 good fortune for the wealthy and well-born.
… 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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