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Wreck of ancient Roman ship found off coast of Puglia – Arts Culture and Style – Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2026/02/03/wreck-of-ancient-roman-ship-found-off-coast-of-puglia_5e6787ac-993c-43f2-9746-8bb21cad88dd.html

Greece and Italy form a joint front against the illicit trafficking of cultural property – ProtoThema English

Greece and Italy form a joint front against the illicit trafficking of cultural property

‘Landmark’ elephant bone finding in Spain may be from time of Hannibal’s war against Rome | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/landmark-elephant-bone-finding-in-spain-may-be-from-time-of-hannibals-war-against-rome

Ancient Romans used human poo as medicine, scientists say | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-romans-human-poo-medicine-b2912841.html

Una statua per la compagna. Svelato in queste ore il segreto del blocco di pietra con iscrizioni romane trovato in una cavità. E’ la base di una scultura scomparsa, dedicata ad Annia, la moglie ideale. Stava nel Foro. Il marito innamoratissimo la trasformò in una piccola grande dea

Una statua per la compagna. Svelato in queste ore il segreto del blocco di pietra con iscrizioni romane trovato in una cavità. E’ la base di una scultura scomparsa, dedicata ad Annia, la moglie ideale. Stava nel Foro. Il marito innamoratissimo la trasformò in una piccola grande dea

CT scans unwrap secrets of ancient Egyptian life
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-ct-scans-unwrap-secrets-ancient.html

Rare Greek Funerary Sculpture Priced North of $600,000 Heads to TEFAF
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/rare-greek-funerary-sculpture-tefaf-david-aaron-1234771808/

Demetrios: The Ancient Greek Who Traveled to England – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/03/demetrios-ancient-greek-travel-england/

Meet the “grossly underappreciated” Roman emperor who became the enemy of the ancient world | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-emperor-domitian-enemy-ancient-world/

Nolan’s Odyssey Casting Sparks Outrage: “No Greek Actors in the Greek Epic”
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/03/nolans-odyssey-casting-sparks-outrage-no-greek-actors-in-the-greek-epic/

Violence now rising again in prison where inmates are taught about ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15520395/Violence-rising-prison-inmates-taught-ancient-Greek-philosophy.html

Classicist Harry Tanner links homophobia in ancient texts to moments of socioeconomic upheaval – The Brown Daily Herald
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026/02/classicist-harry-tanner-links-homophobia-in-ancient-texts-to-moments-of-socioeconomic-upheaval

Nothing lasts forever, except maybe Stoicism | Connecticut Public
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2026-02-03/nothing-lasts-forever-except-maybe-stoicism

Reconciling 19th century hoard reports and modern museum holdings – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Reconciling 19th century hoard reports and modern museum holdings

De werken van Herakles (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

De werken van Herakles (2)

PaleoJudaica.com: When did Torah law become authoritative?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/when-did-torah-law-become-authoritative.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient stone jar display at the Knesset
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/ancient-stone-jar-display-at-knesset.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Is the Gospel of John “having a moment?”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/is-gospel-of-john-having-moment.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: 480 BCE. The Persian Attack on Athens and its Impact on the Study of Ancient Greece
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/480-bce-persian-attack-on-athens-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Studien zu queeren Lesarten der Hebräischen Bibel
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/studien-zu-queeren-lesarten-der.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Liturgical Targum: The Aramaic Translation of the Torah in Mahzorim
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-liturgical-targum-aramaic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Beacons and Military Communication from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/beacons-and-military-communication-from.html

Classical reception: new challenges in a changing world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.03/

Menander ‘Misoumenos’ or ‘The hated man’: introduction, translation, and commentary – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.02/

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(1133) Extraordinary discovery in Taranto: a Roman shipwreck from the Imperial Age has been discovered. – YouTube

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Summer Placement with the British School at Rome & University of London
https://www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prizes/Summer-Placement-with-the-BSR-University-of-London

Project MUSE – State of Play: Computing Homer from Wissenschaft to AI
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/980346

Nestor – February 2026 issue available
https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/news/861-february-2026-issue-available

• 316 . — martyrdom of St. Blaise
• 1995 — death of John Pinsent (classicist and founder of Liverpool Classical Monthly)

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Two rare 5th millennium BC fetal burials in Iran reveal variable prehistoric practices
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-rare-5th-millennium-bc-fetal.html#goog_rewarded

Greece, Italy work together to study, conserve looted ancient pottery | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1294070/greece-italy-work-together-to-study-conserve-looted-ancient-pottery/

Ivory Pomegranate Revisited: A Relic from Solomon’s Temple? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Ivory Pomegranate Revisited: A Relic from Solomon’s Temple?

Authorities seize 450 ancient, forged coins in raid | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-885292

The forgotten Alexandria: Rediscovering a lost metropolis on the Tigris
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/the-forgotten-alexandria-rediscovering-a-lost-metropolis-on-the-tigris/156909

This Rare Roman Figurine of a Cat With Its Paws Atop a Severed Head Is One of Britain’s Newest Treasures
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-rare-roman-figurine-of-a-cat-with-its-paws-atop-a-severed-head-is-one-of-britains-newest-treasures-180988116/

ArtDependence | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam welcomes Greco-Roman Masterpiece from the Louvre
https://artdependence.com/articles/rijksmuseum-amsterdam-welcomes-greco-roman-masterpiece-from-the-louvre

‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site | Palestine | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/palestinian-uproar-israel-plan-seize-historic-site-sebastia-west-bank

Roman Egyptian mummy portrait to be auctioned in New York | National | khq.com
https://www.khq.com/national/roman-egyptian-mummy-portrait-to-be-auctioned-in-new-york/article_e34129e9-4344-47e2-bb04-a89b12aed380.html

Ribchester Helmet: A rare ‘face mask’ helmet worn by a Roman cavalry officer 1,900 years ago | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ribchester-helmet-a-rare-face-mask-helmet-worn-by-a-roman-cavalry-officer-1-900-years-ago

2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road to Temple Mount opens to public after years of digging | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2000-year-old-pilgrimage-road-to-temple-mount-opens-to-public-after-years-of-digging/

Sinai Before Sinai – Biblical Archaeology Society

Sinai Before Sinai

Helen of Troy: Why she was likely brown, not black or white – The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/helen-of-troy-why-she-was-likely-brown-not-black-or-white/articleshow/127850672.cms

How Did So Many Ancient Egyptian Antiquities End Up in Western Museums? | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/egyptian-antiquities-western-museums/

Latin pots and Greek casseroles: ceramics reveal the coexistence of Roman and Greek cooking in an Italian colony

Latin pots and Greek casseroles: ceramics reveal the coexistence of Roman and Greek cooking in an Italian colony

Classics Club Ideas from Milton Academy – CANE

Classics Club Ideas from Milton Academy

Greek Author Reveals Magical Practices in Aramaic Exorcism Cups
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/02/greek-author-reveals-magical-practices-in-aramaic-exorcism-cups

Laudator Temporis Acti: Factions
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/factions.html

De werken van Herakles (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De werken van Herakles (1)

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documents and Inscriptions of a Cretan Bronze Age Script
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-worlds-of-linear-interdisciplinary.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Luoghi di culto e ritualità in Oderzo antica: Atti della giornata di studi (Oderzo, 24 maggio 2024)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/luoghi-di-culto-e-ritualita-in-oderzo.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Querolus siue Aulularia: Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione e commento
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/querolus-siue-aulularia-introduzione.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’‘Omero tragico’: Sofocle e Omero: Studi sull’Aiace e sulle Trachinie
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/lomero-tragico-sofocle-e-omero-studi.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Venanzio Fortunato tra il Piave e la Loira: Atti del terzo Convegno internazionale di studi
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/venanzio-fortunato-tra-il-piave-e-la.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Aramaic funerary inscription discovered in eastern Türkiye
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/aramaic-funerary-inscription-discovered.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Jerusalem Pilgrimage Road finally opens to public
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/jerusalem-pilgrimage-road-finally-opens.html

Constructing Kingship under Rome: The Evolution of Bosporan Dynastic Ideology, ca. 50–230 AD | Spartokos a lu

Constructing Kingship under Rome: The Evolution of Bosporan Dynastic Ideology, ca. 50–230 AD

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Sejanus His Fall: ‘Ambition Makes More Trusty Slaves Than Need’ – The History Of European Theatre | Acast

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(1102) Tailored LLM for Ancient Texts Workshop – YouTube

(1102) The Roman Trophy: How Rome Turned War into Art – YouTube

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News – Call for applications: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age – Archaeological Institute of America

Call for applications: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age

Publication Announcement: Discovering Dionysos in the Hexameters of the >Sinai Palimpsest AR NF 66

Publication Announcement: Discovering Dionysos in the Hexameters of the >Sinai Palimpsest AR NF 66<, edited by Luisina Abrach, Radcliffe Edmonds, and Anne-France Morand

• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Apronian the Executioner at Ancona

… it’s also Candlemas Day … And for all you Latin teachers out there … you can present this Latin ‘distich’ quoted by Thomas Browne in Robert Chambers Book of Days (the quoting of) which predates Punxsutawney Phil (and Wiarton Willy, and the plethora of other large rodents that probablyreally aspire to be beavers, but that’s a different tail):

Si sol splendescat Maria purificante,
Major erit glacies post festum quam fuit ante

• Rites in honour of Juno Sospita: Juno Sospita was originally worshipped in Lanuvium, where she seems to have had started out as a fertility goddess of some sort and evolved into a warrior protectrix of the city. When Lanuvium was granted Roman citizenship in 338 B.C., the cult was also given special status and place under the control of the pontifices, who would annually perform a sacrifice to her. There also seems to have been a ritual whereby blindfolded girls would enter her grove to feed barley cakes to the sacred snakes therein. If the cakes were accepted, the girls were proven to be virgins and the fertility for the upcoming year was guaranteed. Which of these rituals — or perhaps both — took place on this day isn’t clear in my sources.
• Rites in honour of Elernus: Elernus (or Helernus, or maybe Avernus) is another one of those very ancient Roman deities about which we know little, as can be seen by the variations in name. He appears to have been some type of underworld divinity (perhaps being honoured with the sacrifice of a black ox by the pontifices).
• 1793 – death of John Lempriere (Classical Dictionary)