Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Nov. 2776 AUC ~ 11 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Origin of ancient mummified baboons found in Egypt | ScienceDaily
- Ukrainian ‘Artifacts’ Seized in Spain May Not Be Treasures, Experts Say – The New York Times
- Carlisle’s Roman bath excavation project to return – BBC News
In Case You Missed It
- Ancient Greek Inscription Found in Bulgaria’s Roman Baths
- Ancient Egyptian cemetery holds rare ‘Book of the Dead’ papyrus and mummies | Live Science
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Halloween is Next Week: Werewolf Week Returns – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Barbaric Mind
- Survey Archaeology and Modern Greece: Close to Done | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- #ClassicsTober23 23: Orpheus | Greek Myth Comix
- #ClassicsTober23 22: Midas | Greek Myth Comix
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Exploring Writing Systems and Practices in the Bronze Age Aegean
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Social Network of the Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Akkadian Conjugator
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: GigaMesh
- The Kind of Monster Story We Need: Cyrene the Lion-Slayer – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Burning Of Peregrinus / Proteus – The Historian’s Hut
- Metellus Scipio rukt op – Mainzer Beobachter
- Scythian gold grouping illicitly removed from Ukraine recovered by Spain’s Policía Nacional ~ ARCAblog
- PaleoJudaica.com: Second Temple Judaism job at Cambridge
- PaleoJudaica.com: Preview of Berkovitz, A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- On the trail of a great mystery
- Results of the 2023 excavations at Kouklia-Marchello, Cyprus – The Archaeology News Network
- A new finding in Persepolis reveals a Royal wall – Arkeonews
- Archaeologists excavate a lamassu at ancient Khursbad | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
- ‘Nano lime’ protects Nemrut: Throne of the Gods – Arkeonews
- Genetic analysis of baboons provides evidence that ancient Punt and Adulis were the same place | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
- 25 October 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Come dream with me as we go Deep into the year 51 BCE and embark on a spiritual quest to save The Republic of Rome.
Part Two of our conversation with Lindsay Powell, an expert on classical Roman history and co-author of a book about Julius Caesar, as well as a solo author of a book about his successor, Caesar Augustus. In this episode we talk about the events that led up to the assassination of Caesar and the general incompetence of the assassins in preparing for the power vacuum that would follow. They did not anticipate the chaos of Rome without Caesar, nor did they realize that the majority of Romans would not see them as liberators, but rather, as traitors
The werewolf myth as we know it today generally involves getting bitten by a werewolf, transforming during the full moon, and being very susceptible to silver bullets. But werewolves in ancient Greece and Rome were a little different. Join us for a spooky-season deep dive into ancient werewolf mythology from thousands of years ago. We’ll take a look at the pre-Christian origins of the werewolf myth and its connections to death, starvation, cannibalism, and transformation.
Revisiting last’s year’s spooky… It’s time for the infernal goddesses of the dead… Chthonic Cuties… the realm of the Underworld itself, and how the real people of ancient Greece worshipped and interacted with that realm while they’re still in the land of the living… Find all six years of Spooky Season content on this Spotify Playlist!
Fresh Youtubery
- Alexandria: The Cultural Heart of Ancient Egypt, One of the Seven Wonders – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- A tour of the ancient Greek Underworld – Iseult Gillespie – YouTube | TED-Ed
- Who is Hephaestus in Greek Mythology? #aphrodite #ares #shorts #greekgods #ancientgreece – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- How often do you think about the Roman Empire? – YouTube | Archaeology Leiden
- Who is Talos in Greek Mythology? #ancientgreece #shorts #giant #greekgods #greeklegends – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
Book Reviews
- Book Review: ‘Emperor of Rome,’ by Mary Beard – The New York Times
- [BMCR] Walter Ameling, Centre and periphery: working with the inscriptions of Iudaea/Palaestina. Antiquitas, 1.76. Bonn: Habelt Verlag, 2022.
- [BMCR] Dean Peeters, Shaping regionality in socio-economic systems: late Hellenistic-late Roman ceramic production, circulation, and consumption in Boeotia, central Greece (c. 150 BC-AD 700). Roman and late antique Mediterranean pottery. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2023.
Dramatic Receptions
- Korean theatre company gives classic Greek tragedy a radical reinterpretation for the 21st century | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech
- [REVIEW] Chariot races, swordsmanship take center stage in musical ‘Ben-Hur’ – The Korea Times
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Ancient Greek and Byzantine Technology, Athens 2024
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Forget Caesar! Why we need to listen to Cicero
- Want to get closer to your hubby? Explore the Roman Empire
- What Did India Learn From the Ancient Greeks? – GreekReporter.com
- The Three Judges of the Ancient Greek Underworld
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 major misery as a result of several misfortunate events.
… 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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