2015-10-06

Hear The Epic of Gilgamesh Read in the Original Akkadian & Enjoy the Sounds of Mesopotamia http://t.co/oWmy1x6BwR pic.twitter.com/m5QL0KBQF8

— Open Culture (@openculture) October 5, 2015

Bradley's Arnold Question Thread http://t.co/kxrxna4qMu #latin #LatinGrammar

— LatinD.com (@LatinDiscussion) October 5, 2015

I woke up hoping the destruction of the Arch of Triumph at #Palmyra might not actually have happened. Seems it has. http://t.co/B6IgWBf786

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) October 5, 2015

Worth browsing through https://t.co/0rmlYILyHM

— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) October 5, 2015

Graffitied, spliced, photoshopped – its ancient Greco-Roman art, but not as you know it: http://t.co/WrJ6Gf3bNy pic.twitter.com/9HIngmO3bR

— FT How To Spend It (@htsi) October 5, 2015

Celebrating the Monumental Arch in #Palmyra. Images by Borra in Robert Wood's Palmyra book: https://t.co/9syY8Qhrc6 pic.twitter.com/YvL4wEjbzN

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 5, 2015

Call for Papers: The Reception of Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche from 1600 to Today. University of Leeds, 13-15 July 2016 pic.twitter.com/Fs9R2DePyH

— Classics at Leeds (@LeedsClassics) October 5, 2015

A graffito from Ostia. An elephant runs riot at the games while the retiarius seems more interested in the juggler. pic.twitter.com/XiExhruObP

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) October 5, 2015

More on this image (last tweet): http://t.co/6KOGnJAfKG pic.twitter.com/dYrVGtXP2F

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) October 5, 2015

Isis destroys Roman triumphal arch in ancient city of Palmyra http://t.co/2n46jW3wqX

— volkan (@arzawa) October 5, 2015

Great to watch @edithmayhall @holland_tom debate/argue today. Book signing after too, glad I already got both beforehand! Encore soon pls!?

— James Bennett (@CockySockhead) October 4, 2015

.@TheTLS candid discussion with @edithmayhall @holland_tom had great impact on my students love of classics today! pic.twitter.com/MkYxQZrzcY

— NKSClassics (@NKSClassics) October 4, 2015

Rev Halifax 1691 account of Palmyra, one of 1st westerners to visit, to prof Bernard, a contemporary of Isaac Newton pic.twitter.com/7Y93sLxJXB

— Christopher Whittell (@Whittell1880) October 5, 2015

Rev Halifax in his 1691 account described to Prof Bernard the magnificence of Palmyra ruins inc temples of Bel & Baal pic.twitter.com/G6ldXnVArf

— Christopher Whittell (@Whittell1880) October 5, 2015

Not only Magdalena visited Winnipeg , Canada, this weekend : this beautiful Venus also stopped by as part of a… http://t.co/WUHs5mCfC8

— Classics UWTSD (@ClassicsUWTSD) October 5, 2015

Today to @AlmeidaTheatre to talk to @robertwicke about his #Oresteia and all things Greek for @pvcrs @OU_Classics.

— Emma Bridges (@emmabridges) October 5, 2015

Déesse de #Artemisium sculpture,480 avant JC, Musée #archéologique d'Ephèse #Selçuk #Turquie Par @ozgurozgulgun pic.twitter.com/cC2PgWAp6O

— Arif Özavci (@ahmetarifaltun3) October 5, 2015

Ancient Lycian tombs used by modern locals for storage! Now cleared up, thankfully.

http://t.co/oT3T5sUZPI

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) October 5, 2015

We condemn the destruction of the ancient & beautiful Arch of Triumph at #Palmyra #Unite4Heritage pic.twitter.com/6Kuk06VXay

— UNESCO (@UNESCO) October 5, 2015

Mouse-shaped Roman flask. Intriguing design.

Via @ancientpeoples

http://t.co/Ughr44XdWv pic.twitter.com/Op8PE4j7Qj

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) October 5, 2015

Our final excavation blog for 2015 has just been posted.
http://t.co/LYjcfLp6gF pic.twitter.com/IgCWDyqmA9

— Vindolanda Trust (@VindolandaTrust) October 5, 2015

What's New In Roman Greece? Find out this week! http://t.co/ORi8BnmYV6

— James C Wright (@ascsadirector) October 5, 2015

The ancient Roman equivalent of plastic bag 'chaos'. Monte Testaccio. pic.twitter.com/jSF64SM5XW

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) October 5, 2015

Seldom-seen bust displayed to honor curator’s sacrifice – The Boston Globe
https://t.co/f1dgk5GyGL

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Girls gone wild: Adena Jacobs injects modern sensibility into Greek tragedy The Bacchae
http://t.co/7sBL7ckIYU

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Episode 54 – Dionysius of Halicarnassus | The Partial Historians
https://t.co/DpTKECmWAu

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: ISIL Antiquities Dealer Killed
http://t.co/Q4SudAzVsV

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Sententiae Recentiores: Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, de Liberorum Educatione cp.6 | Sententiae Antiquae
http://t.co/EMSRipUDuq

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Medea, Almeida Theatre, London — review – http://t.co/86Uq0bunk2
http://t.co/itdAsVIv2q

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Tesoriero's Twelve Caesars on Gold Coins at Wall Street Bourse
http://t.co/tDQZYa3xOX

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Medea review – a female voice both ancient and modern | Stage | The Guardian
http://t.co/qi53FbiTN4

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Morphosis: Wine and Wisdom: or, the Tipling Philosophers (1710)
http://t.co/Vgb1c2SKq0

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Palmyra’s sites could disappear within 3-4 months, says antiquities director | euronews, world news
http://t.co/1fg8mwuXrS

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

The modern heirs of Odysseus – The Globe and Mail
http://t.co/cpO9TmXWGt

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Repititiationes ~ 10/04/15 http://t.co/UulRlMXIvD

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

This Day in Ancient History ~ iii nonas octobres http://t.co/oXrKip5YnG

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

is the 'mundus' opened today the mundus cerialis in the circus maximus? I've confused myself ….

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Engineer 3D Prints an Ancient Form of Dice – http://t.co/NiFMbkcH8s
http://t.co/ot9IP5oEOL

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Panoply Blog: Animation Launch for ‘Bad Karma’
http://t.co/QOrT8IGR9V

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

Interview: MacArthur Winner Dimitri Nakassis Talks About Archaeology And Ancient Greece's 99% – Forbes
http://t.co/jX63tx3cmv

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) October 5, 2015

In case you didn't know – I have a blog all about ancient history. Here's a link to the archives, have a browse! http://t.co/49VeZfl2dv

— Ancient History Gent (@ancientblogger) October 5, 2015

Highly accurate data for 167 places in Thessaly and Boeotia added or updated thanks to work by @komponisto pic.twitter.com/DFJXleCN6o

— Johan Åhlfeldt (@JohanAhlfeldt) October 5, 2015

#montemartini le macchine e gli dei @museiincomune @SaiCheARoma @MuseandoAtRoma pic.twitter.com/Dwx1B55EMa

— Alessandra R (@A1essandrar) October 5, 2015

Interesting: @TheArtNewspaper on the generally muted response in the Arab world to Palmyra's destruction http://t.co/4U7LdX9P46

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) October 5, 2015

#Ancient #art in a very #modern #industrial setting. The fantastic #Montemartini museum in #Rome @LPTraveller pic.twitter.com/AFXPzEgbw1

— Gabrielle Jaffe (@gjaffe) September 11, 2015

"We need to do a better job of studying the 99% of the ancient Greek world." – 2015 @MacFound Fellow @DimitriNakassis http://t.co/PrmINPoKYD

— Kristina Killgrove (@DrKillgrove) October 5, 2015

The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek—now in print and online http://t.co/E0GeoMBFka

— Ctr Hellenic Studies (@HellenicStudies) October 5, 2015

ICYMI: I blogged about patricide, 007, animals as instruments, and Roman law. #mixedbag https://t.co/Jxo10ug8nD pic.twitter.com/r7surNCmxN

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) October 5, 2015

Oct. 5, 209: A man named Pabous pays the customs tax @ harbor of Memphis to export 2 camels. http://t.co/74uz9cjQxN pic.twitter.com/ZAsx00IPia

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) October 5, 2015

The #WWI Salonika Campaign began #otd 100 years ago. Discover the archaeology of the trenches http://t.co/GEkDkBodwI pic.twitter.com/87C5dKIOBp

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) October 5, 2015

Kudos + congrats to my (former!) PhD student @mia_out, who is the @britishlibrary's new Digital Curator in Digital Scholarship. Go Mia!

— Elton Barker (@eltonteb) October 5, 2015

Scientists Hope to Learn How Pompeians Lived, Before the Big Day http://t.co/ytwrxukdOQ

— elisabetta povoledo (@EPovoledo) October 5, 2015

Student at an Ontario university? Want to learn how to craft digital history, get credit? Now you can! my course: https://t.co/K0FcIRlGvA

— Shawn Graham (@electricarchaeo) October 5, 2015

"#Latin is good for your brain. It helps you to learn new things"

#Studentfeedback2015 pic.twitter.com/Ac7jE6du90

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) October 5, 2015

Citizens of Eboracum – beyond excited to be talking Caligula and Messalina this Thursday in your fair city! #Dynasty https://t.co/cKCVbxK7U0

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) October 5, 2015

To celebrate #WorldTeachersDay, a boy w/ a lyre stands in front of his music teacher. http://t.co/QrmVf4erf0 pic.twitter.com/K5XWChgMPv

— J. Paul Getty Museum (@GettyMuseum) October 5, 2015

So intriguing to map how the histories of feminism & sexual politics plays out in #Classics – different feminisms, impact of AIDS crisis.

— Carol Atack (@carolatack) October 5, 2015

RT @drzarrow: SOLI INVICTO: dedication to Sol, Luna, & Jupiter Dolichenus, barracks of the Equites Singulares, #Rome pic.twitter.com/XQdivi8Hg5

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) October 5, 2015

Mary Beard: why ancient Rome matters to the modern world http://t.co/haRNNdaWtn pic.twitter.com/5gMym6ZxRR

— Bolchazy-Carducci (@BCPublishers) October 5, 2015

What is your favorite amphigory?

Read the full definition here:
http://t.co/UnKJLBLhP1 pic.twitter.com/luNDPGmS2w

— Dictionary.com (@dictionarycom) October 5, 2015

Pittakis (1798-1863) was passionate about #antiquities becoming a leading advocate in the struggle to protect them http://t.co/to6GidPM31

— British Committee (@BCRPM) October 5, 2015

Professor Sheppard has edited an OA edition of BICS making some great ancient philosophy articles freely available: http://t.co/BshlXoRTxz

— Classics@RHUL (@ClassicsRHUL) October 5, 2015

What’s in a name? In this video #Celts Curator @julia_farley explores the meaning of 'Celtic' http://t.co/hlIsi8AVFD pic.twitter.com/8YQ6bgJnuT

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) October 5, 2015

Ahead of @NEIL_OLIVER_'s new series tonight, we ask: who were the #Celts? http://t.co/jNXEZ4S3ED @BBCTwo pic.twitter.com/07WunV9PgR

— BBC History Magazine (@HistoryExtra) October 5, 2015

Here we have Federico Casari, one of our Rome Scholars, talking about ancient Roman journalism #welcomeweek #bsr pic.twitter.com/clxy8pa6uU

— The BSR (@the_bsr) October 5, 2015

Matthew Hoskin, Raleigh Radford Rome Scholar, speaking eloquently about early papal letters #welcomeweek pic.twitter.com/awxA1kOAGo

— The BSR (@the_bsr) October 5, 2015

Révisez vos mythes #PetiteGalerie!
Quelle saga s’inspire du "Héros aux mille et un visages"?
☛https://t.co/nfer6miwTY pic.twitter.com/Ul2fPRlpp7

— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) October 5, 2015

Three columns destroyed, rest of Arch at Palmyra has thus crumbled. Betting gets more coverage than civilian deaths. https://t.co/aqrqhYqrpK

— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) October 5, 2015

Perhaps the #manbun isn't a symbol of the apocalypse! For the ancients, it was a symbol of kick-ass warriors. http://t.co/eWVUhMhwmW

— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) October 5, 2015

I give you three views of the ruins at Palmyra as they were before 1820 by Charles Louis Clérisseau. pic.twitter.com/W8BVklz0ZY

— Sir William Davenant (@SirWilliamD) October 5, 2015

Basilea exhibe los tesoros del pecio de Antiquitera. http://t.co/06fWwcnWbZ pic.twitter.com/ndZymLzz0G

— Juan Aguilar (@latinategua) October 5, 2015

Another Hans-Ulrich Laukamp signature, this one from 2001 http://t.co/uDabrwxBRW #jesuswife pic.twitter.com/e49xxB0x3s

— Owen Jarus (@ojarus) October 5, 2015

New documents may allow for Gospel of Jesus's Wife Mystery to be Solved http://t.co/N34vYwsYLj @HarvardDivinity pic.twitter.com/iX3YCBPw8L

— Owen Jarus (@ojarus) August 24, 2015

Recrods show how Laukamp involved with #Jesuswife and how forgery could be done http://t.co/uDabrwxBRW #jesuswife

— Owen Jarus (@ojarus) October 5, 2015

The Great Cameo of France, a five-layered sardonyx cameo depicting members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ca. 23 AD. pic.twitter.com/9HnWH330fp

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 5, 2015

So cool. Linear B keyboard. @sentantiq
via https://t.co/TpdMHCW9z9 pic.twitter.com/m8Er2Fstvg

— Imogen Rhia Herrad (@ImogenHerrad) October 5, 2015

RT @pompei79: Wonderful theatrical decorations on Roman sarcophagi in Ephesus Museum #TurkeyOdyssey pic.twitter.com/PWTYlAQANO

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) October 5, 2015

Listen: "Podcastellum 8: Milecastles"
@PerLineamValli: http://t.co/0jt6I937cS

— Classics Collective (@ClassColl) October 5, 2015

@CarlyASilver's "Hardly a Mean Mug" is great fun http://t.co/rph0NyZias via @aboutdotcom #ancientgreece #arthistory pic.twitter.com/ow80Cv1gY7

— Ancient History (@ahencyclopedia) October 5, 2015

James Dawkins and Robert Wood discovering the ruins of Palmyra c.1751 by Gavin Hamilton (painted in 1758). pic.twitter.com/3qhG3oaYO2

— Sir William Davenant (@SirWilliamD) October 5, 2015

Much of our popular picture of the #Celts comes from very biased sources… http://t.co/jNXEZ4S3ED pic.twitter.com/jcRxwkEMDK

— BBC History Magazine (@HistoryExtra) October 5, 2015

I'm not a Roman army kinda person, but this video of Roman army structures is interesting (thanks @CRUKSwansea): https://t.co/vhw0knh5NF

— Evelien Bracke (@Evelien_Bracke) October 5, 2015

Steps up to the top of the 4th century BC city wall of Assos. #TurkeyOdyssey pic.twitter.com/7dvqccIO9Z

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 5, 2015

"Flora, woman picking flowers in the ruins of Pompeii (detail)"

#art pic.twitter.com/ysK4IPkAUc

— Teresa Veiga (@TeresaVeiga1) October 5, 2015

Inside face of the 4th C BC tower at the west gate of Assos looking like a game of Jenga #wallporn #TurkeyOdyssey pic.twitter.com/dNvsn0QEx2

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 5, 2015

Homer reciting his poems
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1790
Tate Gallery,London
Sera

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