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pt barnum is alive and well — rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 24, 2016 Bronze statuette of a mounted Amazon w/ bow aimed forward,in Scythian fashion-ca.510-490 BC-Etrusco-Campanian,Caserta, Italy @britishmuseum pic.twitter.com/KZYmuCYURw — Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) October 21, 2016 On site today pic.twitter.com/FOGyb07oFY — Paphos Theatre Dig (@paphostheatre) October 24, 2016 In case you missed it……
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Way back in March/April there was an announcement of an important discovery at Phaleron which — due to the usual too-much-going-on reasons — I never had a chance to relate here or comment on. Briefly stated, during excavations of a large cemetery there (which has been an ongoing excavation for quite a few years) a…
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As readers of rogueclassicism are probably already aware, a couple of weeks ago Ariel Sabar wrote a lengthy piece in the Atlantic documenting his successful search for the owner of the so-called Gospel of Jesus Wife, who we now know is a certain Walter Fritz. It’s a sequel to an earlier piece he wrote for…
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From time to time I am asked why I link to the Daily Mail in my Explorator newsletter. As most folks are aware, the Daily Mail is a flashy, pop-culture-gossip-oriented British newspaper which generally is looked askance upon by folks who are fans of serious journalism. Indeed, when it comes to news about archaeology and/or…