Troy
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From Hurriyet: A team of German archaeologists, conducting excavations for nearly 25 years in the ancient city of Troy in Turkey’s northwest, are set to turn over their positions to U.S. archaeologists, daily Hürriyet reported. The German team is leaving the excavations to the Americans because of financial problems, Professor Ernst Pernicka, the head of…
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem iii idus junias Matralia — a festival held in honor of Mater Matuta involving matrons and their nieces (with some slave abuse thrown in as well) 1184 B.C. — Greeks capture Troy (according to one reckoning) during the time of Servius — dedication of the Temple of Mater Matuta and the…
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Image via Wikipedia Some ClassCon in Maclean’s (Canada’s News Magazine): On a recent Tuesday evening, seven members of McMaster University’s classics club gathered in Room 719 of Togo Salmon Hall to watch Disney’s animated movie Hercules. So far this academic year they’ve screened Gladiator, 300 and the 1966 classic A Funny Thing Happened on the…
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