The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum

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An Etruscan tomb find from Vulci:
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2016/09/08/new-etruscan-tomb-found-in-vulci-necropolis_08e6f071-7c7e-4a69-9e20-d1a04e044e8f.html

Not sure where to put this one … a translation of a 1700 years bp Greek epitaph of a Jewish woman from Egypt:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/health/oldest-obituary-translation-trnd/index.html?sr=twCNN090816oldest-obituary-translation-trnd1050PMStoryLink&linkId=28540755

… or a Byzantine-era inscription found during road construction in Turkey:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/byzantine-era-tablet-found-in-road-construction-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=103637&NewsCatID=375

Turkey has shut down the Austrian dig at Ephesus because of some diplomatic spat:
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/turkish-government-suspends-archaeological-work-at-ephesus/

A 2100 years bp statue of Cybele from Kuru Castle (Turkey):
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/2100-year-old-goddess-kybele-sculpture-unearthed-in-turkeys-black-sea-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=103755&NewsCatID=375

A Hellenistic burial from Samsun:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/burial-chamber-found-in-samsun.aspx?pageID=238&nid=103435&NewsCatID=375

A search for a stolen truck revealed a second century burial in Bursa (!):
http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2016/09/10/police-searching-stolen-vehicle-finds-2nd-century-tomb-in-bursa

A 1400 years bp mosaic from Konya:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mosaic-in-clover-field-under-protection-in-konya.aspx?pageID=238&nID=103510&NewsCatID=375

Latest finds from Teion (Byzantine):
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-tombs-church-found-in-tieion-in-northern-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=103682&NewsCatID=375

… and from Chedworth Roman Villa:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-37193116

Evidence of a Roman massacre at Dumfrieshire:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/bloody-history-uncovered-archaeologists-dumfrieshires-8746733

A Walsingham ‘stud’ with connections to Boudicca:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-37221815

Plans to dig a Roman harbour site at Dreamer’s Bay (Cyprus):
http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/04/unlocking-secrets-dreamers-bay/

They’ve been digging at Kaunos for fifty years:
http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2016/09/06/ancient-city-of-kaunos-continues-to-shed-light-on-history

Feature on the dig at Lake Viverone:
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14734114.University_leads_team_at_underwater_dig_in_Italy/

How London’s Great Fire revealed its Roman past:
http://www.historyextra.com/article/feature/how-great-fire-revealed-london-roman-past-vivius-marcianus

Pondering whether one of the Huqoq mosaics depicts Alexander:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/mysterious-mosaic-alexander-the-great-israel/

Plans to search for Roman remains in Tayside:
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/277668/search-lost-romans-tayside/

This ‘Recasting’ exhibition is getting some interesting attention:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/the-romans-meet-rihanna-as-cambridge-museum-hosts-a-historical-culture-clash/story-29701796-detail/story.html

Interesting feature on possible ways to distinguish between infanticide and natural death:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/09/08/infanticide-or-natural-death-new-method-may-answer-this-ancient-question/#17fd606f72e3

Greece is looking for ways to preserve its underwater antiquities:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/29/c_135643152.htm

The Roman theatre on Delos has ‘reopened’:
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/18140-ancient-theater-on-greek-island-of-delos-opens-after-2-000-years.html

The Roman dig at Littleborough has been shelved for a year:
http://www.retfordtimes.co.uk/littleborough-roman-archeology-dig-gets-shelved-for-a-year/story-29670795-detail/story.html

On ‘Greco-Roman LA’:
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/talking-greco-roman-la-with-art-historian-peter-j-holliday/

On Greek architectural influences in the US:
http://usa.greekreporter.com/2016/09/07/how-the-united-states-was-modeled-on-ancient-greek-architecture-pics/

On ‘avant garde’ Classicism in 1808:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20160904_Avant-garde_classicism_in_1808.html

Op ed on the Acropolis:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-acropolis-is-still-ruined/article/2004050

On the Allegory of the Cave:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/opinion/2016/08/29/editorial-allegory-cave-494484

What Angela Lorenz is up to:
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2016/09/revealing-the-victorious-secret

What Roland R.R. Smith is up to:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-life-dedicated-to-aphrodisias.aspx?pageID=238&nid=103591

Interview with Marion Meyer:
http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/newsDetails/meet-a-member-marion-meyer

Pondering Helen:
http://theconversation.com/was-helen-really-to-blame-for-the-trojan-war-or-just-a-scapegoat-64456

On Greek education:
http://blog.oup.com/2016/09/ancient-greek-education/

Latest from Chester regarding its Roman remains:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-37299992

I think we mentioned this Roman brick reuse at Gloucester:
http://www.archaeology.org/news/4797-160829-gloucester-roman-bricks

Much speculation about a Latin ‘legacy’ of Mussolini:
http://www.livescience.com/55979-mussolini-message-found-under-rome-obelisk.html

Some Ben Hur coverage:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/ben-hur/roman-chariot-racing-inspired-sports/?WT.mc_id=tmgspk_listfour_1468_AmjXn0NqPVPT

Developments in the Paphos Museum ‘scandal’:
http://in-cyprus.com/antiquities-complaints-do-not-appear-to-be-groundless/

Latest Atlantis claim:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/542630/atlantis-ancient-sunken-city-mystery-solved-italian-scientist

More on translating that Etruscan inscription:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/smu-oot082416.php

Review(ish) on Tim Whitmarsh’s book on ancient atheism:
http://hellenicnews.com/gods-marginal-atheists-greco-roman-world/

DNA and Justinian’s plague:
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-reconstructing-sixth-century-plague-victim.html

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Discovery of human remains at the Antikythera shipwreck site:
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-year-old-skeleton-mediterranean-shipwreck.html

… and there’s hype for a BBC documentary related to the site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047wnls

Interesting burial near Dorset wherein the deceased’s feet had to be bent back to fit in the sarcophagus:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-37451012

Remains of a Roman oven and other items from a dig near Falkirk:
http://www.livescience.com/56168-roman-oven-discovered-in-scotland.html

Plenty of hype for the latest shoe found at Vindolanda due to it’s soccer-boot-like appearance:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/21/roman-sandle-found-at-hadrians-wall-looks-just-like-david-beckha/

Not sure if we mentioned this find of a Roman military base at a crematorium site:
http://www.funeralservicetimes.co.uk/6027-ancient-roman-military-base-found-at-crematorium/

I think we mentioned this cache of Roman sling bullets from Scotland:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/largest-haul-of-roman-bullets-found-in-scotland-1-4235235

On Roman mines near Kent:
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/how_county_provided_building_blocks_to_roman_empire_s_reign_1_4709151

Overviewish thing on finds from the Hadrian’s Villa dig this summer:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/columbia-researchers-at-hadrians-villa-uncover-new-clues-about-everyday-life-in-ancient-rome-1474483336

Thankfully, the ‘chinese skeletons in Rome’ story got scant attention, but just so you’re aware:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/09/23/chinese-skeletons-in-roman-britain-not-so-fast/#6c54f3f1ef9b

Interesting Bronze Age (it seems) finds by a Swedish team near Larnaca airport:
http://sciencenordic.com/swedes-uncover-rich-cypriot-graves

Excavations at Kourion reveal evidence of a massive 4th century earthquake:
http://famagusta-gazette.com/excavation-at-ancient-cypriot-city-provides-evidence-of-massive-th-century-p36242-69.htm

An interesting Roman statue has returned to Gaziantep:
http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2016/09/24/romani-bambino-statue-brought-back-home-to-gaziantep-after-85-years

Ongoing concerns for the security of sites in Cyprus:
http://in-cyprus.com/cyprus-archaeological-sites-in-disarray/

In case you missed John Kerry’s Carthage reference:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/23/the-ancient-tragedy-john-kerry-used-to-explain-syria/

A call for Latin to be taught in all UK state schools:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/latin-classics-taught-state-primary-school-professor-dennis-haynes-leading-academic-a7322446.html

… related:
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/mea-culpa-why-i-love-latin-1.2798639

… and on the decline of Classics:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/killing-off-the-classics-elite-subjects-fall-from-prominence-1.2793506

What Cristina Carusi is up to:
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2016/09/18/classics-professor-gives-lecture-on-upcoming-book-material

Another feature on what vomitorium really means:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/greatmomentsinscience/latins-most-misused-word-vomitorium/7857798

Feature on Roman gladiators:
http://blog.oup.com/2016/09/roman-gladiators-facts/

There’s a conference on the Parthenon Marbles this weekend:
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/18706-international-conference-on-parthenon-marbles-this-weekend-in-athens.html

The archaeological museum of Kos has reopened:
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/18645-restored-archaeological-museum-of-kos-opens-to-the-public.html

Feature on the installation of Athena Parthenos at the Met:
http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2016/09/watch_athena_parthenos_get_installed_in_the_metropolitan_museum_of_art_video.html

More on those statues of Aphrodite from Petra:
http://www.livescience.com/56100-aphrodite-statue-from-petra.html

More on Turkey and Austria’s archaeological spat:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/austria-and-turkey-are-butting-heads-over-archaeological-dig-180960379/

Feature on coins of Julius Caesar:
http://www.coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-coins-julius-caesar/