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Classical Studies in the News

17 April 2013, Highlights of Archimedes' career

1 April 2013, Cave with lethal vapors in Pamukkale identified as 'gate to hell' recognized in antiquity

23 March 2013, Scholar of Classical theatre Kate Bosher dies, aged 38

11 March 2013, Classical poetry attracts modern attention

6 March 2013, Cylinder recording policy-statement of Cyrus the Great, 539 BC, tours U.S.

5 March 2013, Attention to Roman remains in Libya

22 February 2013, Harvard University will offer ancient Greek MOOC starting 13 March

11 February 2013, Latinate reporter breaks news of papal resignation ahead of her colleagues

6 February 2013, Technical expert demonstrates Roman imperial women's hairstyles were possible

6 February 2013, Major restoration project begins at Pompeii, while Berlusconi-appointed special commissioner faces charges of corruption

4 February 2013, Rhodian bronze Sleeping Eros featured in special exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

22 January 2013, Ovarian teratoma found amid skeleton of 5c AD woman in Catalonia, the first example of its kind known from the ancient world

17 January 2013, Re-trial of Socrates by Chicago litigators

15 January 2013, New research focuses on martial elements of Minoan culture

7 January 2013, Chemical analysis of pills found in 2c BC shipwreck off Tuscany suggests they were dissolved and used to treat wounds and diseases of the eye

5 January 2013, 2c BC Iberian vessel recovered from Spanish antique shop

31 December 2012, The Root calls attention to 2c AD portrait-bust of Memnon

26 December 2012, Auditorium of Hadrian identified beneath Piazza Venezia

22 December 2012, 3c undergroud galleries of Baths of Caracalla, including Mithraeum, open to public for the first time

12 December 2012, Polish site yields evidence of Neolithic cheese-making

7 December 2012, French and Italian archaeologists locate river-port of ancient Ostia

4 December 2012, Bronze statue, part of triumphal monument at Volubilis, earliest known depiction of Scottish tartan

3 December 2012, Dallas Museum of Art returns looted 2c AD Orpheus mosaic to Turkey

3 December 2012, Publication of new history of the ancient staple beverage, wine

12 November 2012, Pope Benedict XVI establishes Pontifical Academy of Latinity

9 November 2012, Oldest complete skeleton evidencing gigantism, Fidenae, 3c AD

8 November 2012, Thracian gold treasure, late 4c - early 3c BC, uncovered in Bulgaria

31 October 2012, Soprintendenza of Rome's archaeological sites proposes evicting Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary; discussion taken up in Parliament

18 October 2012, Cave site of Neolithic community in Greece proposed as inspiration for myth of Hades

10 October 2012, Spanish researchers believe they have identified the exact spot where Julius Caesar was assassinated

5 October 2012, Beauty and bodies and Ancient Greek and Roman culture

3 October 2012, Greenland ice cap analyzed for atmospheric methane from Roman times through Industrial Revolution

18 September 2012, Harvard scholar publishes fragment of papyrus in Coptic in which Jesus refers to a wife

10 September 2012, "Bronze" exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts includes important Roman and other works

10 September 2012, Milvian Bridge unchained from lovers' locks

31 August 2012, Vatican plans to open Pontifical Academy of Latin

23 August 2012, 3c AD papyrus text discovered of poem celebrating the deification of Poppaea Sabina

23 August 2012, "The Ancient World in the Movies" offered at the University of Buffalo

3 August 2012, 4c BC Lion Attacking a Horse marks cultural partnership between the Getty Museum and the City of Rome

29 July 2012, Publisher Ladislaus J. "Lou" Bolchazy, Ph.D., dies 28 July, aged 75

29 July 2012, Radiolab reports color-language, including William Gladstone's inquiry into Homer

26 July 2012, Alabaster Sarcofago delle quadrighe, stolen 21 years ago, returns to Italy

25 July 2012, Archaeologists publish study of Karakiz quarry, including two Hittite lion sculptures

22 July 2012, Mayor of London commissions Olympic ode in ancient Greek and English

18 July 2012, Farms and rainwater-management systems found around ancient Palmyra

18 July 2012, Release of new on-line tool for Roman numismatics

10 July 2012, New x-ray technique reveals Roman coins sealed in pots or blocks of soil

26 June 2012, Three-quarter ton hoard of 1c BC Celtic and Roman coins unearthed in Jersey

26 June 2012, Subway construction in Thessaloniki uncovers 70m of Via Egnatia and earlier Greek road

22 June 2012, Blog recommendations of ancient Roman names for babies stir reactions

22 June 2012, Roman glass beads found in 5c AD Japanese tomb

18 June 2012, Interdisciplinary Classical historian Sabine MacCormack dies 16 June, aged 71

6 June 2012, Chemical analysis of First Punic War naval ram identifies materials and preservation risk

30 May 2012, Ultra-Orthodox group suspected in vandalistic desecration of 4c AD Hamat Tiberias synagogue

30 May 2012, American Latin teacher wins last-ever Orange Prize with retelling of Patroclus and Achilles

22 May 2012, Late Roman curse tablets identified in Bologna museum archives

15 May 2012, Interactive digital model, developed at Stanford University, of the Roman transportation system

1 May 2012, First Temple period seal found in Jerusalem

20 April 2012, New British series presents lively account of everyday Romans

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Revised 17 April 2013 by jlong1@luc.edu.

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