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Presentación del Bronce de Novallas en el Museo de Zaragoza

La presentación del Bronce de Novallas en el Museo Provincial de Zaragoza ha dado motivo a la difusión del evento en varos medios informativos de Aragón.  Os pasamos el artículo de ayer de Heraldo de...

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Blogosphere ~ October 24: Proverbial Lolcat

Bestiaria Latina Blog: October 24: Proverbial Lolcat.

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Blogosphere ~ Highlights from the Gallo-Roman Museum in Lyon, part 3

Bread and Circuses: Highlights from the Gallo-Roman Museum in Lyon, part 3.

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Blogosphere ~ Kings and regime change in the Roman Republic

History of the Ancient World: Kings and regime change in the Roman Republic.

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas novembres

ante diem ix kalendas novembres 31 A.D. — execution of Strabo, son of the Praetorian Praefect L. Aelius Sejanus 51 A.D. — birth of the future emperor T. Flavius Domitianus, better known as Domitian

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Classical Words of the Day

delate (Dictionary.com) demiurge (Merriam Webster) histrionics (Wordsmith) hybrid (OED) Latinitweets: adverb: mox , indeclinable => soon bit.ly/IKAclf #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab—   (@LatinVocab)...

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Double Take Headline of the Moment

From Mmegi Online: Zeus relocates to SA … no doubt after first visiting the blameless Ethiopians …

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Red Polished Philia pottery from Cyprus

October 24, 2012 - 12:36 PM - FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR Dr. Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou (University of Cyprus, Fitch Bursary Holder)

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Autumn field school at Amarna

The latest news update from Professor Barry Kemp, from the Amarna Project. On October 14th the current Amarna field school began to assemble, five overseas students and seven SCA inspectors (drawn...

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Colorizing Statuary Redux Redux Redux …

Smithsonian Magazine has the latest: The Greeks took their beauty seriously. It was a beauty contest, after all, that touched off the Trojan War. Athena, Hera and Aphrodite vied for Paris to decide who...

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More on the Iceman

The most-talked about man in prehistory must be Otzi, a.k.a. the Iceman or Hauslabjoch Man or Simalaun Man. Found eroding out of a glacier in 1991, the human remains of a 40-year-old mountain man who...

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FWIW: Mimesis in the News?

The things that make it into newspapers in Sri Lanka: Mimesis – what two Greek philosophers felt? … maybe there is a use for those notes you took in philosophy class twenty or thirty years ago …

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CJ Online Review: Arnason and Raaflaub, The Roman Empire in Context

posted with permission: The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Johann P. Arnason and Kurt A. Raaflaub. Malden and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Pp. viii + 319....

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Latin TweetUp Tomorrow!

In case you haven’t seen the notices, there will be a Pipiatio Latina tomorrow beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern time … further details at the AIRC page: Pipiatio Latina: Agere Latine #LTNL

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NEWS: Hundreds witness solstice at King Ramses II temple

Dawn breaks on statues of Pharoah Ramses II (right) and the god, Amun (left), in the inner sanctum of the temple of Abu Simbel (Source: Ahram Online). “Tourists gather at Aswan’s Abu Simbel to witness...

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EVENT: Culture vultures set to enjoy Glasgow Pharaoh

Some of the artefacts heading to Glasgow are 5000 years old (Source: Evening Times). “Some of the finest Egyptian objects owned by the British Museum will feature in an exhibition in Glasgow. Pharaoh:...

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Calendrier du séminaire 2012-2013

Le séminaire de méthodologie de l’ED 1 se réunira cette année en salle D421 de la maison de la recherche, rue Serpente. Le calendrier est le suivant : 31 octobre ; 28 novembre ; 19 décembre ; 30...

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Totenbuch-Projekt Bonn: Online-Publikationen

Totenbuch-Projekt Bonn: Online-Publikationen  Sie können hier unsere Datenbank zu Totenbuch-Besitzern der Spät- und Ptolemäerzeit herunterladen. Bitte lesen Sie zuerst die Datei "Hinweise". Für die...

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Basel Busts Portable Antiquities Smuggling Ring

.There is possibly more to this report than meets the eye:World radio: 'Basel busts antique smuggling ring', October 23, 2012Basel prosecutors say they’ve arrested a 27-year-old Swiss man for receiving...

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Christian Union banned at US university

The tide of religious persecution in our universities has reached yet another nadir.  I learn today via Virtue Online here of this news report: Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts has banned a...

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