A new project aims to restore five ancient theaters in central Greece, including Nicopolis and Dodona, in order to increase tourism to the sites.
An article in Daily Sabah discusses the contribution of Çatalhöyük, Alacahöyük, and Kültepe to Anatolian and Mesopotamian history.
Live Science has more about the amphitheater recently discovered in western Turkey.
Carl Rasmussen shares photos of the theater at Miletus and its inscription mentioning “the place for the Jews and the God-worshipers.”
Gardens of the Roman Empire “is the first complete and authoritative online scholarly corpus of all the gardens attested in the Roman Empire.”
On the British Museum blog, Francesca Bologna considers what we really know about the life and reign of Nero.
Some Syrian refugees are finding shelter in archaeological ruins.
The961 highlights 21 interesting Phoenician artifacts on display at the British Museum.
Ariane Thomas discusses the life of a curator at the Louvre on the Thin End of the Wed podcast.
Zoom lecture on April 27: “What Makes a Great Invention? The Invention of the Alphabet in the Sinai Desert C. 1840 BCE,” by Orly Goldwasser.
Zoom lectures on April 29: “Food in the Ancient Near East,” with Cynthia Shafer-Elliott and Rosaura Cauchi.
HT: Agade, Joseph Lauer, Arne Halbakken, Explorator
