08/15/2015
I love stories like this! Bring back all the extinct ancient plants!
Extinct tree grows anew from ancient jar of seeds unearthed by archaeologists
This tree was grown from a 2,000-year-old seed discovered at the site of Herod the Great's palace.
05/06/2015
7 secrets to learning a new language
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
EIDOLON
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
Fanboy Catullus meeting Sappho in the afterlife
04/28/2015
The Elegy Brothers
We’re on a mission from the Muses.
04/28/2015
Seen on Deviantart today: A tribute to Catullus!
But we remember you
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...
03/11/2015
TPG : The Pericles Group
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
The Spook Who Spoke Again: A Flavia Albia Short Story (Kindle Single)
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! | Vicky Alvear Shecter | Official Author Site
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)