Links for 24 October

The website medievalists.net has had a plethora of great articles lately. Since Halloween is coming up, why not check out the legend of Hellequin’s Army?
Jesse Eisenberg at the New Yorker has a funny piece entitled Final Conversations at Pompeii. You’ll need to be a subscriber to access!
Free from the New Yorker, however, is Keith Houston’s article on the roots of ancient punctuation. Hashtags and pilcrows and ampersands galore!
Pass the Garum, a Roman cooking blog, has a Apician recipe for “French” toast.
The BBC has a piece on the sound of ancient Greek music.
Bethanie Sawyer brought this to my attention – Ever wonder just how many words Latin has for “kill?” Check out Fished Up Classics‘s blog for a disturbing answer!
Have an iPad? Want to spend some free time on a Roman-themed game? Check out Touch Arcade’s review to see if Ancient Battle: Rome is for you.

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Links for 13 June

Archaeologists are sharing the treasures of the ancient Egyptian city Heracleion!  These are some COOL pictures! The Met Museum has their Sleeping Eros statue on

Vindolanda letters

One of my favorite projects to do with students is a Vindolanda simulation. I start out by giving groups copies of letters from Vindolanda (favorites

Conditions Powerpoint

Ruth Breindel has generously shared a powerpoint to explain conditional sentences in Latin. CONDITIONS.ppt