David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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IN THE NEWS … Akragas reveals its secrets: new excavations begin among the houses of the Valley of the Temples – Sicily Charred 2,000-year-old Roman bread found in Switzerland for first time | Fox News Scythian tomb over 2,000 years old discovered in east Moldova settlement Pompeii victim identified as Roman physician killed while fleeing…
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303 A.D. — martyrdom of Heradius 1510 — death of Botticelli (Birth of Venus, among other Classical subjects) 1875 — a horse named Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby (he ‘just’ won)
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Today’s headlines … [We’re still testing] High-status Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin with jet hairpins and exotic resins, archaeologists find | Live Science At the Threshold of Night — The Sacred Procession of Hecate | Turkish Archaeological News Fieldwork in the Hala Sultan Tekke Hinterland Archaeologists unearth hidden coffin cache at Luxor’s…
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Today’s headlines … High-status Roman woman discovered buried in ornate lead coffin The Lexden Lady to go on display in Colchester US returns two ancient coins to Israel after antiquities theft probe | The Jerusalem Post Imperial purple cloth discovered in Roman infant burials in York
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For the past while I’ve been pondering how this blog will evolve in the age of AI and I’m starting to fiddle with aesthetics as part of that. As a result, you’ll probably see a different ‘look’ in the next few days and ongoing fiddling … hopefully it isn’t too jarring and will be a…
