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Greek titan helios statue9/12/2023 ![]() The Partial Historians are back in the 420s BCE and we are wrapping up the decade with some first-class DRAMA! At the centre of it all are the trials of Sempronius and Postumia. The Partial Historians: The Trials of Sempronius and Postumia on Apple Podcasts.Exploring how the Lighthouse changed and expanded over the centuries, the geological landscape on which it was built, and the roles of famous figures such as Alexander the Great and Ptolemy – what can we learn from ancient sources and archaeology about this ancient Wonder – and what’s left of it today? But who commissioned this mighty marvel, and what eventually caused its collapse 1500 years later? In this episode, Tristan welcomes Professor Michael Higgins from the University of Quebec to delve into the long history of this monument. Serving as the only guiding beacon along 900km of Mediterranean coast, it played a vital role for sailors, merchants, and travellers in safely navigating into the harbour of Alexandria. The last monument to be added to the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Lighthouse of Alexandria (also known as the Pharos), was one of the tallest man-made structures in ancient history. The Ancients: The Lighthouse of Alexandria on Apple Podcasts.Aeneid V.519-603 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily.High status Iron Age burial found in Hallstatt | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News.Jason and the Argonauts: A Detailed Breakdown of the Greek Myth.2,500-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck Being Rescued By Spanish Archaeologists – Arkeonews.6 Monsters and their Roles in Homer’s Odyssey.2023 fieldwork season at Erimi-Pitharka site in Cyprus completed – The Archaeology News Network.Who Were the Maccabees and What Did They Do? – Biblical Archaeology Society.Fortress Londinium: Tracing London’s Roman defences | The Past.6 July 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Formiae).4 or 5 July 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Arpinum).4 or 5 July 44 BCE: To Lucius Plautius Plancus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Arpinum).Archaeologists uncover Roman hoard in Suffolk | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News.2,000-year-old Roman hoard discovered in Suffolk – The Archaeology News Network.Travel back to Ancient Greece in virtual reality – The Archaeology News Network.Spencer Alley: Pictures of the Built World.The best Classics PC games on the Steam Summer Sale.Laudator Temporis Acti: Writing a Letter.: On Paul, Plato, Philo, and the Talmud.Hellenistic family altar found in Sicily – The History Blog.Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Got Fed up With Antiquities.WTF Do I Know about other Things? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE. ![]() Emperor as model for social hierarchy – Liv Mariah Yarrow.AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Strabon von Amaseia AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Clausal relations at the interfaces: A study of Hittite correlatives at the intersection of syntax, semantics, and discourse.AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Contacts of Languages and Peoples in the Hittite and Post-Hittite World.AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The recorded lectures from the First Achaemenid Workshop, Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World, hosted at UCLA on April 12–14, 2023.Humility and Pride: The Masks We Wear Day-to-Day – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE.Greek Coin Typologies – Liv Mariah Yarrow.Laudator Temporis Acti: The Fasces Have No Power to Disturb Him.Laudator Temporis Acti: Amoebaean Verse.“When the heart of a pig has hardened, dice it small” | The Votives Project.Tom Holland’s favourite novels about ancient Rome.The Romans were graffiti masters – The Spectator World.Why archaeologists usually rebury their excavations.Ephemeris ~ SCELUS IN ISRAEL Petitio Telavivi.Tourist Seen Defacing Rome’s Colosseum Says He Didn’t Know It Was Ancient – The New York Times.Tourist from England accused of carving name in Colosseum says he did not realise its age | Italy | The Guardian.Turkey seeks severed head of stolen ancient statue from Danish museum | The Times of Israel.Lyon: archaeological excavations lift the veil a little more on the end of Lugdunum.Exceptional Ancient Weapons From Historic Roman Battle Uncovered.Israel’s Amnesty for Antiquities Looters Produces Treasures – Archaeology –.‘The most illiquid property you can have is a Greek vase’: Vincent Geerling on the challenges facing the antiquities trade.Were there Jewish gladiators in the Roman Empire? – The Jerusalem Post.New evidence says ancient Jews watched but didn’t participate in gladiatorial games – The Jewish Chronicle.Evidence that ancient Jews watched, but didn’t participate in, gladiatorial games – JNS.org.2776 AUC ~ 18 Skirophorion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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