Magistra Bush

08/15/2015

I love stories like this! Bring back all the extinct ancient plants!

This tree was grown from a 2,000-year-old seed discovered at the site of Herod the Great's palace.

05/06/2015

Children may learn languages best, but that doesn't mean adults should just give up. TED's translators (who speak many, many languages) share their tips and tricks.

04/28/2015

a modern way to write about the ancient world

04/28/2015

On the "Romans were not so different from all of us" theme...Yes, Catullus would definitely be a Sappho fanboy.

Fanboy Catullus meeting Sappho in the afterlife

04/28/2015

We’re on a mission from the Muses.

04/28/2015

Seen on Deviantart today: A tribute to Catullus!

He was young and lively and full of beauty.In the tragedy of a world falling apart, of the exhausted republic that was on the verge of crumbling down, two great souls ripped themselves apart from t...

04/17/2015

03/11/2015

VERBA is the new Latin language learning card game developed by The Pericles Group. The concept is incredibly simple -- one player (acting as a judge) draws a random card containing a fill in the blank sentence in the target language and the other players play a card containing a noun from their han…

03/08/2015

Marcus Didius Alexander Postumus is a special boy. He is twelve, or perhaps eleven. He has two mothers and various possible fathers, so he worries who will take care of him. He is self-confident yet vulnerable, intelligent yet sinister. He knows not many people like him. When his birth mother, Th...

03/08/2015

The Joy of Feasting Like a Roman–For Real! Posted on March 4, 2015 in Ancient Rome, Modern Echoes, News & Events | 0 comments Chef Jim Stacy. There’s a local chef celebrity in my neighborhood. Jim Stacy, owner of the Pallookaville restaurant, is known for his clever takes on traditional southern foo…

01/26/2015

A 190,000-block LEGO model of Pompeii has gone on display at a museum in Australia.

http://www.archaeology.org/news/2921-150123-sydney-lego-pompeii

(Craig Barker/Nicholson Museum)

01/25/2015