New Ground for the Colosseum

Recently, Dario Francheschini, the Italian Minister for Cultural Assets, Activities and Tourism, announced on twitter that the Colosseum is set to have facelift. ‘A commitment maintained: the Colosseum will have its arena again. The restoration project has been financed’ he said to his almost two hundred thousand followers. The drama of the statement makes it … Continue reading →

Linguistics Baking Part IX: Lycian

I actually made the latest addition to the Linguistics Baking series back in Easter term for the most recent Linguistics Reading Group but didn’t have time to blog about it then. However, better late than never, so here (finally) is the Lycian Cake: Lycian is a language that was spoken in south-western Asia Minor (now … Continue reading →