[edited April 17, 2020]  As most folks in the Classics world today are aware, Professor Dirk Obbink has been under a major cloud of suspicion for quite a while due — among other things —  to allegations that he illegally sold papyrus fragments from the Oxyrhynchus Collection to the Museum of the Bible (via Hobby…

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Hodie est pr. XVI Kal. Mai. 2772 AUC ~ 24 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News [closest I can come to ‘news’ today] Mummified body of Princess of Ukok stands on guard of Russia’s Altai Republic In Case You Missed It A plague can wipe out peoples – and…

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Hodie est pr. XVII Kal. Mai. 2772 AUC ~ 23 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News [?] Ram’s head discovered in 2,100 year-old warrior’s grave baffles archaeologists – Daily Star Classicists and Classics in the News [Christopher Moore] Two Philosophers Win National Humanities Center Fellowships – Daily Nous Public…

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Hodie est pr. XVIII Kal. Mai. 2772 AUC ~ 22 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Archaeologists uncover anti-Roman sentiment in Jesus’s hometown of Nazareth Baghdad’s monuments fall apart or destroyed despite laws In Case You Missed It Three Well-Preserved Ancient Boats Unearthed in Serbia – Archaeology Magazine Classicists…

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Hodie est Id. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 21 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News ISIS the Art Dealer | The Regulatory Review Greek/Latin News [AkropolisWorldNews] Κινητὴς ἐξ εροπλάνου νεφέλαις καθαίρει πόλιν Ρωσικήν  (Mari van de Ven)  Fresh Bloggery Untroubled as Day Passes to Night? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE AWOL –…

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