Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Ian. 2776 AUC ~ 19 Poseideion II in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- The Parthenon Marbles Can be Loaned to Greece and Never Return
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- Greece seeks ‘definitive return’ of Parthenon Marbles
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- For the First Time, U.S. Repatriates an Artifact to the Palestinian Authority | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
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- French Archaeologists Make ‘Unprecedented Discovery’ of What May Be the Remains of a Roman-Era Mausoleum | Artnet News
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Fresh Bloggery
- Celts / Galatians: Thyatira inscription for a son rescued by the god Apollo out from under “the mob of Galatians” (276 BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Celts / Galatians: Parthenios on wife abductions in the Galatian invasion (first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Celts / Galatians: Kyzikos monument with Herakles clubbing a barbarian (278/277 BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Parthians: Panamara inscription on Zeus’ miraculous actions against invading Parthians (ca. 39 BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Asking for Directions
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- Wind in the Sails and the Ship of Songs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: By Their Fruits
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Taymāʾ II: Catalogue of the Inscriptions Discovered in the Saudi-German Excavations at Taymāʾ 2004–2015
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Solid Rock Hebrew Bible
- Day 7 of 234: Still more on RRC 486/1 – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Poisoned Arrows and an Etymology for Toxic – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Aristotle | The Historian’s Hut
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Christies’ Macaw Mosaic: A Conspiracy or One For The Conspiracy Theorists?
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- Spencer Alley: Figure Drawings by the Carracci and Unnamed Followers
- Find and Finder of the Month: Robert Kolb found a Spindle Whorl with a significant number – The Temple Mount Sifting Project
Other Blog-like Publications
- Returning to Horace. “Horace and Me” Will Make You Want To… | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Jan, 2023 | Medium
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- Archaeologists uncovered a kurgan tomb from a previously unknown culture – Arkeonews
- From Philistine Capital to Judahite City
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- January 10th | Fastorum Liber Primus: Ianuarius – by M.
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- On Reviewing Books in Classical Antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was one of the foremost thinkers and writers about race in the period directly after Reconstruction. He was also a professor of Classics who engaged closely with a number of Greek and Roman writers, including Cicero, Aristotle and Plato. Shivaike Shah speaks to Dr Mathias Hanses, Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University, about his characterisation of Du Bois as a ‘Black Cicero’. What light does Du Bois shed on Cicero’s relationship with race in orations like Pro Archia Poeta? And how does an acknowledgement of Du Bois’s engagement with the Classics – and of the limitations of his approach to Black empowerment – reposition us in relation to the field today?
In this introduction to the new series on ancient Sparta and the Spartan Mirage, Liv gives a rundown on the history of Archaic and Classical Sparta, truths and misconceptions.
Fresh Youtubery
- Top Ten Biblical Archaeology Discoveries of 2022 Presented by Marshalltown | Bible & Archaeology – YouTube | Robert R. Cargill
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
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- Homer and the Mycenaeans: The Mycenaean City of Iklaina and the Iliad
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- Gladiators Were Trained and Healed by Ancient Greeks
- Five of Iliad’s Lesser Known Characters Make Grandest Story Ever Told
- Ancient Greece Meets Anglicanism at London’s St. Pancras New Church
- The Parthenon is special, but not unique | Mario Trabucco della Torretta | The Critic Magazine
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a heavy wind and an abundance of grain, but a shortage of other crops.
… 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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