Regular posting will be starting again this week.
“Mt. Vesuvius from space” (via @tronchin)
More information about the Antikythera mechanism shipwreck, with a nice reconstruction of it: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/01/03/antikythera-shipwreck-survey/1804353/ (via @markhilverda and @ARCHAEOLOGYfans)
@CryForByzantium will be starting over on 1 February, tweeting Byzantine history from the beginning.
Mary Beard as a Vestal Virgin talking about Roman holidays: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20851654 (via @wmarybeard)
Information on the Mithraeum at the Baths of Caracalla, with pictures and how to get tickets: http://saverome.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/1152/ (via @AIRomanCulture)
"Telephone" history
December 10, 2013
If you have a school like mine, your students can probably find information more quickly using their phones than using the laptops on the laptop