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Stanford Posts Modeling Program for Mapping the Ancient World
Stanford has just launched Orbis, a self described: “Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated with a wide range of different types of...
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Great Resource on Greek Mythology: Theoi
Theoi.com is a great, free online resource for Greek mythology in literature and art. Theoi (the plural of the Greek Theos, meaning God) categorizes all Greek deities, stories, art galleries, and...
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Engineers & Archaeologists Pair up to Examine Roman Coins
Computer Rendered hoard, ©Science Daily At the University of Southamptom, archaeologists and engineers have teamed up to study Roman coin hoards in England. The x-ray equipment they are using can...
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A Don’s Life: A closer look at the Tyrant Slayers
This month, Mary Beard focused her blog (A Don’s Life) on the Tyrant slayers, Harmodius and Aristogeiton. The two Tyrannicides (τυραννοκτόνοι) gained popularity and fame in Ancient Athens for slaying...
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Daily Infographic – Olympics: Then vs. Now
Today’s Daily Infographic highlights the differences between the Ancient Olympic games (776 BCE) and the modern experience.
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How Pompeii Perished – Scientific American
Me in the Forum of Pompeii with Vesuvius in the Background Every school child knows the story of Pompeii, the ill-fated city at the base of Mount Vesuvius. Pliny the Younger, an eye witness to the...
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Ancient Pompeii’s Social Media
Pompeii shadowed by Mt. Vesuvius courtesy of Wikimedia The Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed and buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. The preserved city allows archaeologists, historians,...
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Women in the Ancient Record: A Brief Discussion of Ideas
Reblogged from GraecoMuse: George Eliot wrote that ‘the happiest women...have no history’; such a philosophy embodies that for women in the ancient world there is a great lack of communication from...
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Tufts Releases the Perseus Catalogue
Tufts, publisher of the Perseus Project, announces the launch of the Perseus Catalogue: The Perseus Digital Library is pleased to announce the 1.0 Release of the Perseus Catalog. The Perseus Catalog is...
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Digital Roman Archaeology
The famous Serapium at Hadrian’s Villa, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons My friend and former Professor Bernie Frischer, Ph.D. has just formally launched his Digital Archaeology Project of Hadrian’s...
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