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Links for the week of 4 November

Comparisons of mummy portraits with the mummies’ faces: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224029/First-Century-Photoshop-Study-brings-mummies-life-reveals-talent-ages-painters-eerie-portrait-likenesses.html (via @DrKillgrove)

A new online Latin dictionary: http://instantlatin.com (via @etclassics)

A reconstruction of a dish from Apicius: http://pass-the-garum.blogspot.de/2012/10/pork-and-fruit-minutal.html (via @Nihil_Novi_Net)

Cat sanctuary may be pushed out of Torre Argentina: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20152238 (via @AIRomanCulture)

A cartoon about a day in the life of a rich Roman boy: http://rogueclassicism.com/2012/10/30/video-upper-class-teen-boy-life-in-ancient-rome/ (Warning: does contain cartoon nudity at the beginning as part of a discussion about Roman fires and briefly in the baths, as well as vomiting). (via @rogueclassicist)

Virtual tour of the Ara Pacis (requires Flash): http://tourvirtuale.arapacis.it/eng/index.html (via @ProfChristensen)

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Project Domus

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For the past couple of years, I have enjoyed leading my eighth-grade Latin class in a project on Roman houses. I am sure that many

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After a little under a decade of of strict, schoolmarm-ish attention to the old-fashioned grammar-translation method of Latin, last year I had my perceptions realigned by

Valentine’s Day Resources

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Links for the week of 30 September

September 30, 2012

A new Latin dictionary: http://www.instantlatin.com (via @twostraws) NCLG Book Grant Application: @http://www.promotelatin.org/index.php?option=com_smartformer&Itemid=79 (via @etclassics) Fundraising for a movie about the Roman army with “authentic gear:”