Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Through Jim Davila I read an article on the “Jesus Boat,” believed to be 2,000 years old. Just a short note — the picture of the wooden boat at Bible Places may give the impression that this is the boat. The Yigal Allon Centre Museum right next to the Sea of Galilee houses [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m moving. Not a blog move, but a physical move — relocation. I’ll be moving to Florida this weekend to start a degree in Classics at FSU. So there won’t be any blogging for the next several days (admittedly I’ve been blogging light since I started). Until then…. I hope to post on matters relating [...]
Posted in Latin, grammar, verbs on August 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve now uploaded a printable version of the Latin verb paradigm that I have at Google Docs. The PDF is 8 pages but looks really great if you have a laser color printer and card stock paper (or Kinko’s would be an alternative). Test it out and, if you see any errors, you’re [...]
Posted in Latin on August 18, 2007 | No Comments »
There is a really helpful resource, concentrating on spoken Latin, that just started several months ago. It is Latinum — The Latin Language Learning Podcast from London maintained by Millner. There are constant podcasts uploaded for learning Latin in other ways than just by reading and constant (sometimes mundane) memorization. One important emphasis I noticed [...]
Posted in blog on August 18, 2007 | No Comments »
The new template for the blog reminds me of Halloween. But every once in a while I decide to change the monotony up a bit. Any thoughts of it or if you prefer the previous template look, post a comment.
Posted in archaeology on August 16, 2007 | No Comments »
While we’re on things Etruscan, there is an article available by Robert Pool, at least worth browsing. The PDF version is also available.
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 16, 2007 | No Comments »
In the news, an intact Etruscan tomb has been found. Some of the reports can be found here, here (repeated from first link), and here. I’m sure more news will follow as the details unfold. Here is a quick excerpt from the first article:
The tomb, in the Tuscan town of Civitella Paganico, [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Reports in English are now emerging concerning the recent discovery of the colossal statue of Hadrian. Here are some quick excerpts:
BBC News:
The pieces of this giant monument to Hadrian were found about 5m below ground, among the buried ruins of a bath house on the site Sagalassos, an ancient mountaintop town in southern Turkey.
The [...]
Posted in Latin, grammar, verbs on August 10, 2007 | No Comments »
There have been two corrections made to the imperfect active indicative III (-iō) and IV of the comprehensive Latin verb chart. Thanks to Danny Lutz for pointing this out. Another reminder, if anyone catches any further errors post a comment or write me.More Latin material will be posted/linked in the upcoming weeks!
Update: for the latest [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 5, 2007 | No Comments »
No, not his actual head… but a statue bust of his. The discovery comes from Sagalassos in Turkey. David at rogueclassicism mentions that it’s “an obviously colossal head of Hadrian at the excavations of the Roman baths at Sagalassos.” No official reports in English yet. HT to Iconoclasm for the [...]
