Sorry to Barge In - Ep 133

This week, Anna and Amber are playing catch-up after attending the SAA conference, recovering from vaccine shots, and life in general. We'll be taking the rest of April off for a short break. In the meantime, please enjoy a cleaned-up version of a Dirt After Dark episode where Anna treats Amber to the story of the Roman emperor Caligula's absurd pleasure boats on a tiny, tiny lake.

Links

• Nemi Ships: How Caligula's Floating Pleasure Palaces Were Found and Lost Again (Discover)

• Divers to scour lake for Emperor Caligula’s 2,000-year-old pleasure ship (Washington Post)

• A missing mosaic from Caligula’s ship served as a coffee table in NYC home for 45 years (The Vintage News)

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Queryin' the Illyrians - Ep 104

This week, on a sponsored episode, Anna and Amber examine the traces left by the various ancient cultures called "Illyrians." We've got some architecture, coin-nerdery, a smattering of religion, and a complicated political legacy. It all makes for an excellent entry in our collection of supporting characters from the Classical world!

Links

• The Illyrians on WorldCat

• Discovery of ‘Lost City’ in Albania Thrills Archaeologists (Balkan Insight)

• Image of a Liburnian Ship on Wikimedia Commons

• Nadin-Gradina Archaeological Project Gallery

• A Liburnian Necropolis from Nadin, Croatia (Institute for Study of the Ancient World)

• Illyrian Temples Found At Ancient Doclea In Montenegro (Archaeology News Network)

• Who are the Illyrians? The Use and Abuse of Archaeology in the Construction of National and Trans-National Identities in the Southwestern Balkans (via ResearchGate)

• Ancient Illyria : An Archaeological Exploration on WorldCat

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