Links for the week of 28 July

Archaeology

• “Heat, steam, and Roman cooking”, “A very versatile Roman oven”, and “From Parthian Chicken to flat breads” make up an interesting series of blog posts on Roman food. (via @carolemadge)

• An interview with the Baltimore hairdresser who reconstructed hairdos from the ancient world. (via @HortulusJournal)

• A report from an AIRC dig. (via @AIRomanCulture)

• Anchors from the Punic Wars. (via @Caecilius_CLC)

• Information and resources for teaching about archaeology. (via @epiacum)

Books

• Alpha is for Anthropos, a new book from Ascanius, is available for preorder.

Teaching tools

• A comparison of phrases in the Aeneid and Caesar. (via @DCComm).

• Core vocabulary resources for Latin students.

• A Prezi on Latin meter (via @banatoli)

• LOLCats in Latin (via @Caecilius)

Alphabets

• “Venn diagram of Greek, Latin and Cyrillic alphabet correspondences” (via @AncientGRGames)

• “Chart of Ancient Greek Alphabets” (via @AncientGRGames)

Visiting Rome

• The soprintendenza has a free app out about museums and sites in Rome. (via @DorothyKing)

Latin and Social Media

• Latin in the age of social media (via @classicslibrary and @ClassColl)

• Schola is a social media site like Facebook, but in Latin.

Philosophy

• A philosophical essay on whether or not Zeus existed.

Conferences

• A post on how to write conference abstracts (via @lizgloyn)