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Ancient Studies Articles

Sarah Bond and Kristina Killgrove

A blogcast of academic articles and reviews on interdisciplinary subjects within classical antiquity.

Episodes

11 episodes

I have been interested in sensory history for a long time now, so the chance to read aloud this article by Miriam Kolar on the archaeoacoust...

Jan 28, 2014

" Abstract: The Antikythera Mechanism is a fragmentarily preserved Hellenistic astronomical machine with bronze gearwheels, made about the s...

Jan 22, 2014

Area of the Cloaca Maxima later repaired under Domitian. This week we dive into the major sewer of Rome, the Cloaca Maxima, and attempt to d...

Jan 10, 2014

Detail of a snail-and-fruit basket from a 4th century mosaic in Basilica Patriarcale in Aquileia. ( wikimedia commons ) Kristina finally jum...

Jan 3, 2014

Hematite magic scarab gem with a "uroborus" serpent. Protective gem. (1st century CE, Roman Egypt) Today we delve into the world of magic! N...

Dec 29, 2013

In this episode, Sarah reads two open-access palaeopathology articles. Simona Minozzi, Federica Bianchi, Walter Pantano, Paola Catalano, Dav...

Dec 18, 2013

This podcast ventures into the exciting realm of digital humanities by taking a look at the aims and methods of the HESTIA Projec t ! We wil...

Dec 11, 2013

David Rohrbacher (NCF) is a prominent scholar of late antique historiography. In this important article, he weighs in on the sources of the...

Dec 5, 2013

Few who work with the Theodosian Code are unfamiliar with Clyde Pharr' s (Vanderbilt University) massive 1952 translation (Princeton Univers...

Nov 27, 2013

In this episode, Sarah Bond reads: Scarborough, John. 2013.Theodora, Aetius of Amida, and Procopius: Some Possible Connections. 53 (2013) 74...

Nov 24, 2013

This is a podcast of audio versions of ancient studies journal articles and book reviews. Conceived by Sarah Bond , an ancient historian at...

Nov 24, 2013