Pompeii, Survey, Chalet: Links for 3 July

CANE Media Coordinator
July 3, 2015

Here are some of the articles and items of interest we’ve seen on the Web this week!

The Smithsonian has an article on Pompeii and the troubles it’s been having.
Did you miss the ACL Institute in Storrs, CT? Chris Buczek has compiled a Google doc full of links to presentations given there!
Elliot Goodman’s National Latin Survey is now releasing its results, and there is sure to be conversation and controversy!
Popular Archaeology has an article talking about a 3-D imagining project mapping Ammaia, a Roman town in Portugal. Note that the full article and video is accessible only through a paywall.
The Villia Domitia is open again after 15 years. Go visit a Neronian family home on your next trip to Tuscany!
Finally, an unusual request for Harvard admission documented in 1891, brought to you by the Harvard Crimson.

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