We have a great line-up of papers but we'd like a few more for our Connected Past/Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions conference on ancient religious networks. See below for CFP (deadline April 5th) 👇

Question to my more scientifically-minded friends: What is the best (and cheapest) way to freeze myself so I don't have to wait 2 days?

Save Greek and Latin at Queen's U. (Canada) - Sign the Petition! chng.it/ZmjCB92f via Change.org Canada

Sure, we talk about Homer's catalogue of ships and Hesiod's catalogue of women, but what about Xenophon's catalogue of good dog names (On Hunting VII.5)?

Some of my favorites are Aktis (Sunbeam), Froura (Look-out), Chara (Joy), Augo (Glitter), and Styrax (Spike).

The DRH is here at #AARSBL23 at both 217 come visit us to hear about the project and learn how to contribute!

This is a little late but 11 weeks ago, DRH coorganized a panel on Digital Databases and the Archaeology of Religion at the EAA conference in Belfast. I only just got the pics and I thought I'd share.

2 yrs ago this week, Ripley had her first vet visit. She was homeless and hanging around the apothiki of the CAPS project. 9600 km and 20 kilos later...

Many Latin words didn't survive in the Romance languages.
For example, 'fēlēs' (cat) was displaced by 'cattus', which became 'chat', 'gato' etc.

Using the laws of sound change, I worked out what 'fēlēs' and 8 other words would look like if they had survived.

Audio below! ⏬
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My former student, Mackenzie Lofgren, wrote a great paper on a pyxis in the WG Hardy Classics Museum for my Greek Arch class in 2019. She emailed me this morning to say that it has been published in COMPASS: The Student Anthropology Journal of Alberta.

journals.library.ualberta.ca/.../article/vi…

The DRH is excited to award three projects research grants to use the DRH. We're looking forward to working with them and seeing their eventual results: religiondatabase.org/landing/about/…

#PeoplingBlog is BACK for a new academic year! Today, in the latest instalment of our ‘Unknown Peoples’ series, Dr. Gino Canlas Dr. Gino Canlas introduces us to the Penestai, a people belonging to the serf class that lived in the Thessalian plains: peoplingthepast.com/2023/09/15/blo…

Still 3 days left to submit an abstract! It will be a great chance to present a paper on the under studied Roman #Thessaly Dr. Gino Canlas TRAC

Britannia et Germania: a comparative and collaborative approach

Roman Frontiers and Borderlands: theory and practice (Andrew Gardner 🇪🇺🇬🇧🔸#FBPE 🇺🇦)

Challenges in the Archaeology of Roman Thessaly (@archaeo_gino and Adam Wiznura)

If you study Roman Thessaly and want some place to present your work please apply to this panel I am co-organizing with Dr. Gino Canlas at the next TRAC in London! It will discuss the archaeological challenges faced when studying Roman #Thessaly

Adam Wiznura and I are organizing a conference panel on the archaeology of Roman Thessaly for the Roman Archaeology Conference/TRAC on 11-14 April 2024 in London and are currently looking for papers. Those interested, please email us abstracts by 15 Sep!

Happy Star Wars Day! Just finished Jedi Survivor.

Did you know that DRH has an entry on The Temple of the Jedi Order (which exists as an organization and is not affiliated with Lucasilm lol)?
#Maythe4bewithyou

religiondatabase.org/browse/812/#/

If you research the Greek Bronze Age and would like to do a poll entry on any aspect of Mycenaean religion for DRH, we would love to have your contribution! And we do compensate with an honorarium!

Come check us out in Exhibit Hall A at the SAAs! The DRH is here and suitably caffeinated. DRH Andrew J. Danielson Dr. Gino Canlas #SAA2023 #SAA2023 Portland