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Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities – Egypt Independent

Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities

The treasure in the mud: the bronzes of San Casciano, history of discovery
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/the-treasure-in-the-mud-the-bronzes-of-san-casciano-history-of-discovery

A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks

A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks

The attack that changed the history of the Vascones: evidence of a Roman Republic battle found at the oppidum of Irulegi

The attack that changed the history of the Vascones: evidence of a Roman Republic battle found at the oppidum of Irulegi

What happened to the Minoan civilization? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/what-happened-to-the-minoan-civilization

Pompeii Evidence Points to an Ancient Automatic Weapon Used More Than 2,000 Years Ago — The Polybolos – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/pompeii-evidence-points-to-an-ancient-automatic-weapon-used-more-than-2000-years-ago-the-polybolos/

Buried Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt hints at shocking rituals | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260405003937.htm

Roman camp discovery linked to Battle of Pydna
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/04/roman-camp-discovered-linked-to-battle-of-pydna/157662

Previously Unknown 2,500-Year-Old Achaemenid Cemetery Discovered in Northern Iran—Includes Woman Buried with Horse Gear – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/previously-unknown-2500-year-old-achaemenid-cemetery-discovered-in-northern-iran-includes-woman-buried-with-horse-gear/

Bybon, the Ancient Greek Strongman Who Lifted a 316-Pound Stone With One Hand – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/04/ancient-greek-weightlifter-bybon/

Explore the Ancient Greek World Through a Revolutionary Digital Map – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/04/ancient-greek-world-digital-map/

Apollonius of Rhodes: The Man Who Changed Ancient Greek Literature for Ever – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/05/apollonius-rhodes-man-change-greek-literature/

Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter – Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) – Greek, Attic – Classical – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/256791

Terracotta mug with horizontal rills – Greek, South Italian, Apulian – Classical – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/255791

Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument – Late Period–Ptolemaic Period – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/570309

Mosaic of the House of Citharist of Pompeii – Roman – Late Republican – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/ja/art/collection/search/900498

Pompeii Study Confirms Roman ‘Wine’ Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts
https://gizmodo.com/pompeii-study-confirms-roman-wine-ritual-previously-known-only-from-texts-2000739384?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQ3q8hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe8hvEZv1g295vC-k_l-k7JZa_I0Dr_56qO59lXJzMgxoO3XauI2Rx8RcfJI8_aem_4ZFxkVezqBuQEYQY8zChyw

Spectacular Roman Villa Being Restored in Amyntaio near Florina – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/spectacular-roman-villa-being-restored-in-amyntaio-near-florina/

A crisis in the Classics and Religious Studies department: U of O Honours BA in Greek and Roman Studies suspended again  – The Fulcrum

A crisis in the Classics and Religious Studies department: U of O Honours BA in Greek and Roman Studies suspended again 

[paywalled] Mary Beard: ‘I’ve annoyed people. It comes with the territory’
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/mary-beard-ive-annoyed-people-it-comes-with-the-territory-rx3n3pn8z

Erin L. Thompson | The Epstein Marbles
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/march/the-epstein-marbles?fbclid=IwVERTSAQ88sJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5V1I2KssUFtg4ARWI-wTvxnfdtO3aP4Oo84biVV2JVa-evXpsmrQQKwNYSpw_aem_SGorfajk1eyYaPmbBXKMMQ&sfnsn=mo

Japan gets its first “ancient Roman VTuber” as author of legendary Thermae Romae series announces debut  – AUTOMATON WEST

Japan gets its first “ancient Roman VTuber” as author of legendary Thermae Romae series announces debut 

‘Lysistrata’ in Shanghai | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1299948/lysistrata-in-shanghai/

Cuneiform Written Artifacts and Missing Evidence in the Study of the Ancient Near East – The Ancient Near East Today

Cuneiform Written Artifacts and Missing Evidence in the Study of the Ancient Near East

Eusebius Gallicanus, Homily 12, De Pascha 1 – English translation

Eusebius Gallicanus, Homily 12, De Pascha 1 – English translation

Security, Spectacle, and Return – Illicit Cultural Property

Security, Spectacle, and Return

Laudator Temporis Acti: Contentment
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/contentment.html

Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (8) de zeeën – Mainzer Beobachter

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (8) de zeeën

PaleoJudaica.com: Isaiah between Judaism and Christianity (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/isaiah-between-judaism-and-christianity.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Easter 2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/easter-2026.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Does the Exodus story subvert Egyptian propaganda?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/does-exodus-story-subvert-egyptian.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Levin, The Chronicles of David and Solomon (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/levin-chronicles-of-david-and-solomon-t.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “Mixed Aorists” in Homeric Greek
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/mixed-aorists-in-homeric-greek.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/lovers-of-soul-lovers-of-body.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Women Weaving the World: Text and Textile in the Kalevala and Beyond
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/women-weaving-world-text-and-textile-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Agamemnon, the Pathetic Despot: Reading Characterization in Homer
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/agamemnon-pathetic-despot-reading.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Equine Poetics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/equine-poetics.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Au prisme des goûts: Sociétés phéniciennes et puniques
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/au-prisme-des-gouts-societes.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Histoires des handicaps à travers les siècles: Identifications, trajectoires, institutions et sociabilités
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/histoires-des-handicaps-travers-les.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Imaginaires des reines des steppes: Regards croisés entre Orient et Occident
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/imaginaires-des-reines-des-steppes.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Violences extrêmes et transgression en temps de guerre: Dialogue entre mondes anciens et contemporains
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/violences-extremes-et-transgression-en.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry and the Polis in Euripidean Tragedy
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/poetry-and-polis-in-euripidean-tragedy.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Culture of Kitharôidia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-culture-of-kitharoidia.html

The Bosporus Necropolis from the Great Migration Period. Last Quarter of the Fourth Century to the Early Seventh Century | Spartokos read

The Bosporus Necropolisfrom the Great Migration Period. Last Quarter of the Fourth Centuryto the Early Seventh Century

‘Those Who Are About to Die’ Review: Ancient Martial Artists – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/those-who-are-about-to-die-review-ancient-martial-artists-9e3cac58?st=eSn4vm&reflink=article_email_share

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Anima Latina 05.04.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/04/anima-latina-05-04-2026.html

Judas Iscariot – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 04.04.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/04/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-04-04-2026.html

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(593) The surprising truth about archaeology – YouTube

(593) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem 📖 | St. John Passion (Latin Audiobook) – YouTube

(593) Movies We Dig Watch Party: Romulus S02:E01 with The Partial Historians ‪@partialhistorians‬ – YouTube

(593) Evidence For Ancient Greek Myths That PREDATE Homer – YouTube

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explorator 28.14 ~ April 5, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.14 ~ April 5, 2026

Call for Papers: ‘Trauma, Tragedy and Redemption in the Ancient World and beyond’ (Exedra Mediterranean Centre, Siracusa) – The Classical Association | The Classical Association

Call for Papers: ‘Trauma, Tragedy and Redemption in the Ancient World and beyond’ (Exedra Mediterranean Centre, Siracusa)

• ludi Megalesia in honour of Cybele (day 2)
• rites in honour of Fortuna Publica
• 347 B.C. — death of Plato (by one reckoning)

• 357 B.C. — Aristotle observes the transit of the moon past Mars (source?)
• ludi Megalesia (day 1 … associated with the next item, obviously)
• 204 B.C. — the image and cult of the Mater Magna (a.k.a. Cybele) is brought to Rome during the conflict with Hannibal on the advice of the Sybilline books
• 37 A.D. — the ashes of Tiberius are placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus
• 186 (or 188) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Septimius Bassianus (later known as M. Aurelius Antoninus Caesar; better known as Caracalla)

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Ancient Medusa mosaic at Kibyra accessible to visitors again | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/ancient-medusa-mosaic-at-kibyra-accessible-to-visitors-again/news

Marble bowl buried 1,300 years ago in Golan church sheds light on ancient baptisms | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/marble-bowl-buried-1300-years-ago-in-golan-church-sheds-light-on-ancient-baptisms/

Archaeologists Discover 1,600-Year-Old Engraving That Could Push Back Stirrup Use in Europe by Over a Century – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-1600-year-old-engraving-that-could-push-back-stirrup-use-in-europe-by-over-a-century/

A Two-Thousand-Year-Old Papyrus with Thirty Unpublished Verses by Empedocles, the Philosopher Who Threw Himself into Etna, Found in Cairo

A Two-Thousand-Year-Old Papyrus with Thirty Unpublished Verses by Empedocles, the Philosopher Who Threw Himself into Etna, Found in Cairo

[questionable headline]Ancient Roman Cargo Lost for 2,000 Years Resurfaces in Swiss Lake
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/swiss-shipwreck-eagles-wreck-lake-neuchatel-2761466

[stale] “Learn Your Lesson”: Archaeologists Find Ancient Trash Talk on 2000-Year-Old Bullet
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/learn-your-lesson-archaeologists-find-ancient-trash-talk-on-2000-year-old-bullet/

Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box | Popular Science
https://www.popsci.com/science/bone-penis-sculpture-roman/

Phoebe A. Hearst Collection unearths ancient Etruscan artifacts at UC Berkeley | Visual Art | dailycal.org
https://www.dailycal.org/arts/visual-art/phoebe-a-hearst-collection-unearths-ancient-etruscan-artifacts-at-uc-berkeley/article_a4fbdedb-bfce-4be6-9475-6f804979843d.html

[old news]Burial Cave in Greece Used 8,000 Years Ago Was Later Reused by Mycenaeans – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/02/alepotrypa-cave-greece-neolithic/

Apaturia, the Ancient Athens Festival of Kinship and Citizenship – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/02/apaturia-ancient-athens-festival-kinship-citizenship/

Pompeii’s Digital Shield: High-Tech Safeguarding of an Ancient City
https://www.ilmattino.it/en/pompeii_s_digital_shield_high_tech_safeguarding_of_an_ancient_city-9452534.html

Marshall names Classics scholar as next executive director of the John Deaver Drinko Academy – Marshall University News

Marshall names Classics scholar as next executive director of the John Deaver Drinko Academy

Students gather for the Virgil Vigil – Hillsdale Collegian
https://hillsdalecollegian.com/2026/04/students-gather-for-the-virgil-vigil/

A Doublet Disposed: Time Travel Paradoxes and the Death of Euphorbus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

A Doublet Disposed: Time Travel Paradoxes and the Death of Euphorbus

Laudator Temporis Acti: Mathematics
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/mathematics.html

Blog #119: Unseen Hands: Recovering the Experiences of Garden Laborers in the Roman World with Kaja Tally-Schumacher – Peopling the Past

Blog #119: Unseen Hands: Recovering the Experiences of Garden Laborers in the Roman World with Kaja Tally-Schumacher

Friday Quick Hits and Varia (and some Photo Friday) | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Quick Hits and Varia (and some Photo Friday)

V Macedonica in Dacië – Mainzer Beobachter

V Macedonica in Dacië

V Macedonica aan de Donau – Mainzer Beobachter

V Macedonica aan de Donau

PaleoJudaica.com: On Easter and the Passover Haggadah
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/on-easter-and-passover-haggadah.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “Reclining” or sitting during the Last Supper?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/reclining-or-sitting-during-last-supper.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Jewish Responses to Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/jewish-responses-to-jesus-crucifixion.html

Metrica greca oggi. Prospettive di ricerca – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.03/

DIVINE NAMES UNDER A MULTIFOCAL LENS | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-review/article/divine-names-under-a-multifocal-lens/19D0EFFD0EC084636A5EF7E2A7832432?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Tacitus: Annals XII. A Selection (S.) Allcock (ed.). Pp. viii + 124, map. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Paper, £12.99. ISBN: 9781350156388. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/tacitus-annals-xii-a-selection-s-allcock-ed-pp-viii-124-map-london-bloomsbury-academic-2023-paper-1299-isbn-9781350156388/A40B3AD44B674A3C92B60B4F009B0452?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Menander: Samia (M.) Wright. Pp. viii + 166, ills. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. Paper, £17.99. ISBN: 978-1-350-12476-9. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/menander-samia-9781350124769/. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/menander-samia-m-wright-pp-viii-166-ills-london-bloomsbury-academic-2021-paper-1799-isbn-9781350124769-httpswwwbloomsburycomukmenandersamia9781350124769/9E475FFFA7A5F1413CA11FADCA3955F4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Athena. A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology (M.) Teixeira (ed.). Pp. 286, ills. Contubernales Books, 2024. Paper, US$24.99. ISBN: 978-1-961822-16-0. https://contubernalesbooks.com/a-periodic-table-of-greek-mythology. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/athena-a-periodic-table-of-greek-mythology-m-teixeira-ed-pp-286-ills-contubernales-books-2024-paper-us2499-isbn-9781961822160-httpscontubernalesbookscomaperiodictableofgreekmythology/9811DB9E69009D52BDE302BF6E736276?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Isotta Nogarola’s Defense of Eve (F.P.) Boyle, (S.A.) Chapman, (D.) Goud, (T.G.) Hendrickson, (S.) Karmali, (K.) Leininger, (J.A.) Stern, (A.) Wilson-Bivera. Pp. v + 106. Stanford: Pixelia Publishing, 2022. Paper, US$8.99. ISBN: 9781737033028. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/isotta-nogarolas-defense-of-eve-fp-boyle-sa-chapman-d-goud-tg-hendrickson-s-karmali-k-leininger-ja-stern-a-wilsonbivera-pp-v-106-stanford-pixelia-publishing-2022-paper-us899-isbn-9781737033028/C47DA765FA6400836C6EC9FB1791BDC6?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Cambridge Latin Course: Book 1 (Fifth Edition). Cambridge School Classics Project. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-1009162647. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/cambridge-latin-course-book-1-fifth-edition-cambridge-school-classics-project-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-2022-isbn-9781009162647/2AA8C8AEA6CDE109672EC139EAE15E16?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

How to be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality. Sappho, Plato and Other Lovers (S.) Nooter (ed., trans.). Pp. xii + 245. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2024. Cased, £14.99, US$17.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-24861-5. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691248615/how-to-be-queer | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/how-to-be-queer-an-ancient-guide-to-sexuality-sappho-plato-and-other-lovers-s-nooter-ed-trans-pp-xii-245-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-2024-cased-1499-us1795-isbn-9780691248615-httpspressprincetonedubookshardcover9780691248615howtobequeer/A9940B2C991AE17AD041E91B51415398?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Book Review: “Hannibal” by Philip Freeman | Geeks
https://vocal.media/geeks/book-review-hannibal-by-philip-freeman

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Ancient History Podcast – Athena’s Sisters with Katherine Backler
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-women-classical-athens-with-katherine-backler

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA403 – Why does the Odyssey 2026 trailer feel wrong?
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa403-why-does-the-odyssey-2026-trailer-feel-wrong

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Analysis of Roman chamber pots to understand the health of the lower Danube inhabitants | npj Heritage Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-026-02475-x

Teaching Latin in medieval Iceland: an overview | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/teaching-latin-in-medieval-iceland-an-overview/BD46E84641DA23C2E8A729FB6E8BFCD8?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

A HEXAMETRICAL PROVERB IN THE SVDA (Α 651, Ο 828 ADLER) | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/hexametrical-proverb-in-the-svda-651-828-adler/17A5292C057287242E6EF4F9035E3702?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

THE ATHENIAN ARCHON DATES IN ARRIAN | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/athenian-archon-dates-in-arrian/10C431BEC10BED53AD052BE1A5FE8B24?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

• 13 A.D. — Augustus writes his will
• 33 A.D. — one of the calculated dates for the crucifixion of Jesus
• 68 A.D. — Galba rails against Nero and declares himself vir militaris (source?)
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Irene, Agape, and Chionia