Dr Simon Trafford
Curriculum Leader of Classics at a state grammar school; IB examiner; author of a few Classics related bits. Swansea University, University of Oxford alumnus. Living in Kent; working in SE London.
https://swansea.academia.edu/SimonTrafford
https://swansea.academia.edu/SimonTrafford
Rome unearths ruins of ancient garden linked to Caligulawww.wantedinrome.com The ruins of an ancient Roman garden likely owned by Emperor Caligula have been excavated as part of a major Jubilee construction project near the Vatican.
Sutton Hoo 6th Century Byzantine bucket pieces unearthed in dig - BBC Newswww.bbc.com A month-long excavation finds further fragments from a bucket that was first discovered in 1986.
Polish archaeologists discover papyruses containing a list of Roman centurions at Berenikearkeonews.net Papyruses with lists of Roman centurions stationed in Egypt were found by Polish archaeologists in Berenike. These unique documents were...
The statue head of Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health, found stuck between two rocks in Laodikeiaarkeonews.net A 2100-year-old statue head of the Hygieia (Health) Goddess was found during the excavations in the ancient city of Laodikeia...
A mosaic floor from the 2nd century BC depicting the muse Kalliope was discovered in ancient city of Side, southern Türkiyearkeonews.net During the excavations carried out in the ancient city of Side, a mosaic floor from the second century BC, depicting...
Submerged Roman structure of concentric walls discovered on Italy’s western coastarkeonews.net Archaeologists have recently uncovered a significant Roman-era structure submerged near the coastline of Campo di Mare on Italy’s western coast....
Roman-era structures unearthed in northwestern Turkiye dam site rescue excavationsarkeonews.net Rescue excavations at the Reşitköy Dam site in the northwestern Turkiye province of Balıkesir have unearthed Roman structures, including a...
Roman 'service station' may have been found by archaeologists - BBC Newswww.bbc.com Archaeologists working on a dig near the A417 in the Cotswolds analyse items from their recent dig.
ERIS: A WORDPLAY IN CATULLUS 40 | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Corewww.cambridge.org ERIS: A WORDPLAY IN CATULLUS 40
The 14 Best Greek Mythology Retellingswww.pastemagazine.com These are 14 of the best Greek mythology retellings you can read right now, recontextualizing stories from Circe to Medea and more.
Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Platoarstechnica.com Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.
Archaeologists discover lost medieval settlement and "unique" Roman findswww.newsweek.com The medieval settlement is thought to date to the 11th to 13th centuries, but there is also older evidence of Roman activity at the site.
Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient citywww.bbc.co.uk Archaeologists unearth significant new paintings in the ancient Roman town buried by a volcano in AD79.