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Storms reveal rare 2,000-year-old footprints on Scottish beach
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-storms-reveal-rare-year-footprints.html

Egyptian-Chinese mission uncovers new clues to King Apries’ temple in Mit Rahina – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/562666.aspx

2,500-year-old ‘primitive prosthetic’ found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-500-year-old-primitive-prosthetic-found-on-jaw-of-mummified-scythian-woman-who-survived-complex-jaw-surgery

Father, daughter find bronze scale pan in ancient Sussiya | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-887267

‘Cursed!’: Toledo Museum of Art to host exhibit exploring the power of ancient magic in the Mediterranean world | wtol.com
https://www.wtol.com/article/entertainment/arts/cursed-toledo-museum-of-art-exhibit-power-of-magic-in-ancient-world/512-c3a6c8e7-b297-490e-b03f-32b2ca30e41d

Ancient Roman bottles contained traces of fecal matter : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5718375/ancient-roman-medicine-fecal-history

Prof. Ready offers fanfic framing for Euripides’ Orestes — The Kenyon Collegian

Prof. Ready offers fanfic framing for Euripides’ Orestes

Recording your own books | Blog post | Mary Beard

Recording your own books

Poseidon, Divine Hypocrite: Impersonation and Interpretation in Iliad 13 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Poseidon, Divine Hypocrite: Impersonation and Interpretation in Iliad 13

From the Heart of Jerusalem to the People of Iran: A Sassanid Treasure in the Soil of the Temple Mount – The Temple Mount Sifting Project

From the Heart of Jerusalem to the People of Iran: A Sassanid Treasure in the Soil of the Temple Mount

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ukraine: Fifth Century Disc Brooch Seized by Police
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/ukraine-fifth-century-disc-brooch.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ukraine: Police in Vinnytsia Seize Metal Detectorist’s Loot AFTER He’d Destroyed a ‘Princely Grave’
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/police-in-vinnytsia-prevented-illegal.html

What is a Sycophant? | Greek Myth Comix
https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/what-is-a-sycophant/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Evacuating Ukraine’s Ancient Stone Guardians
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/evacuating-ukraines-ancient-stone.html

‘People are in awe’: exhibition unveils ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | Exhibitions | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/19/book-of-the-dead-exhibition-brooklyn-museum-ancient-egypt

Even the best writing about science recalls ancient myths
https://theconversation.com/even-the-best-writing-about-science-recalls-ancient-myths-272269

Teaching Thursday: Reading Difficult Books | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: Reading Difficult Books

Sara M. Koenig, The Ten Commandments through the Ages – Reading Acts

Sara M. Koenig, The Ten Commandments through the Ages

PaleoJudaica.com: Onomastic politics and What did Second Temple-era Jews call the Land of Israel?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/onomastic-politics-and-what-did-second.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Water Supply and Management Systems in the Western Mediterranean: Construction and Operation
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/ancient-water-supply-and-management.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Umm al-Quwain 2: A Neolithic settlement and graveyard in the United Arab Emirates
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/umm-al-quwain-2-neolithic-settlement.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Daughters of the Sun: Small Human Images in Megalithic Iberia, 4th-3rd Millennium BC
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/daughters-of-sun-small-human-images-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Edition osirianischer Ritualtexte auf fragmentarischen späthieratischen Papyri der Tempelbibliothek von Tebtynis
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/edition-osirianischer-ritualtexte-auf.html

Sixty-six toilets and urinals in the ancient city of Rome: sanitary, urbanistic, and social agency – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.28/
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Who’s Afraid of Lupercalia?–Instant Classics – Apple Podcasts

Episode 170 – The Gallic Sack of Rome – Part 5 – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Episode 170 – The Gallic Sack of Rome – Part 5

The Fall of Persia | Alexander the Great – The Ancients | Acast

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VIDENDA
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(70) How Parthia Beat Roman Legions – YouTube

(71) Minoan Pithos, Palace of Minos, Knossos – YouTube

(71) Elizabeth Irwin on Polycrates’ ring: fate and the reader – YouTube

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ANE Today, 19 February 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-19-february-2026

Ancient Egypt Magazine 153 – The Past

Ancient Egypt Magazine 153

Pasts Imperfect (2.19.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-2-19-26/

University of Basel: University lectureship for Latin language and literature (60%)
https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/universitaetsdozentur-fuer-lateinische-sprache-und-literatur/4979f52e-9556-4c53-8190-

What Thucydides Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry – Modern Diplomacy

What Thucydides Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics – HigherEdJobs
https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=179368847&Title=Visiting%20Assistant%20Professor%20of%20Classics

• Parentalia (Day 7) — the period for honouring the dead continues
• 198 A.D. — death of emperor wannabe Clodius Albinus
• 1806 — death of Elizabeth Carter (Classicist who translated Epictetus)

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Archaeologists identify elders in Iron Age Israel through household artifacts
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-archaeologists-elders-iron-age-israel.html

The Princess of Bagicz: Dendrochronology settles debate over age of rare Roman-era wooden coffin
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-princess-bagicz-dendrochronology-debate-age.html

Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal’s Legendary War Elephants
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearthed-a-2200-year-old-bone-they-say-it-could-be-the-first-direct-evidence-of-hannibals-legendary-war-elephants-180988185/

Archaeologists Identify Previously Unknown Monumental Theater and Forum in Roman Irpinia – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-identify-previously-unknown-monumental-theater-and-forum-in-roman-irpinia/

Roman temple stones used in village houses
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-temple-stones-used-in-village-houses-219052

Were the Ancient Greeks Xenophobic? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/18/xenophobic-ancient-greeks/

Ancient Greeks Used Processed Ergot Fungus in the Eleusinian Mysteries, Study Finds – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/17/ancient-greeks-ergot-fungus-eleusinian-mysteries/

AI Transforms 50 Iconic Roman Figures into Modern-Day People – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/17/ai-roman-iconic-figures-modern-people/

The Assyrians Are Coming | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/assyrians-are-coming

Did the British Museum Remove Palestine From Its Displays?
https://hyperallergic.com/did-the-british-museum-remove-palestine-from-its-displays/

Israel orders seizure of land in northern West Bank, including key archaeological site
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-orders-seizure-of-land-in-northern-west-bank-including-key-archaeological-site/3833024

Where the word ‘Olympics’ comes from : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/18/nx-s1-5717092/winter-olympics-2026-word-of-week

How learning a “dead language” can make you a better programmer
https://www.howtogeek.com/why-learning-a-dead-language-can-make-you-a-better-programmer/

The Colosseum gets a modern makeover – but critics are unimpressed | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-15569945/The-Colosseum-gets-modern-makeover-critics-unimpressed.html

Enslaved Scribes and the New Testament – Biblical Archaeology Society

Enslaved Scribes and the New Testament

The Graeco-Roman museum in Alexandria – The Past

The Graeco-Roman museum in Alexandria

Laudator Temporis Acti: Shouting for Joy
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/shouting-for-joy.html

Pythagoras’ Revolutionary Olympic Boxing Revenge – The Historian’s Hut

Pythagoras’ Revolutionary Olympic Boxing Revenge

Erasistratus Discovers The Love Of Antiochus For Stratonice, By Edward Francis Burney (c. 1760–1848) – The Historian’s Hut

Erasistratus Discovers The Love Of Antiochus For Stratonice, By Edward Francis Burney (c. 1760–1848)

Faits divers (48) – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (48)

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: British Museum Admits to Mislabelling Heritage Objects since May 1948 (UPDATED)
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/british-museum-admits-to-mislabelling.html

Augustus’ Tokens – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Augustus’ Tokens

Country Feedback | Sphinx

Country Feedback

Writing Wednesday: Two Abstracts | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Writing Wednesday: Two Abstracts

PaleoJudaica.com: The Cairo Codex of the Prophets: digital edition
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-cairo-codex-of-prophets-digital.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Pitting public vs. private property in the Talmud
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/pitting-public-vs-private-property-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the newly-found ancient stone workshop in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-on-newly-found-ancient-stone.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Africam defendere: Byzantinische Fortifikationen in der nordafrikanischen Region Thugga im 6. und 7. Jahrhundert
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/africam-defendere-byzantinische.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Creditor defuncti: Zur Forderungsdurchsetzung nach dem Tod des Schuldners im klassischen römischen Recht
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/creditor-defuncti-zur.html

The pioneer kingdoms of Macedon and Qin: a triumph of the periphery – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.27/

Sicilia archeologica vista dal cielo: dalla preistoria all’età romana – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.26/

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(34) Ancient Coin Podcast with Aaron Berk – Episode 75! – YouTube

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Save The Date! Antiquity in Media Studies Event (February 28th) – Register Now – The Classical Association of Canada

Save The Date! Antiquity in Media Studies Event (February 28th) – Register Now

Professor of Greek | Ralston College
https://www.ralston.ac/employment-opportunities/professor-of-greek-2026

• Parentalia (Day 7) — the period for honouring the dead continues
• 198 A.D. — death of emperor wannabe Clodius Albinus
• 1806 — death of Elizabeth Carter (Classicist who translated Epictetus)

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Ancient assembly building to be restored
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-assembly-building-to-be-restored-219012

The Chemical Formula of the Ancient Greeks’ “Magic Elixir” Discovered: A Study Reveals the Hallucinogenic Secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries

The Chemical Formula of the Ancient Greeks’ “Magic Elixir” Discovered: A Study Reveals the Hallucinogenic Secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries

Greece to return small group of Egyptian antiquities | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1295583/greece-to-return-small-group-of-egyptian-antiquities/

On This Day: Howard Carter opens King Tut’s burial chamber | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-886857

First Solid Evidence of Hannibal’s Infamous War Elephants Discovered in Spain : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/first-solid-evidence-of-hannibals-infamous-war-elephants-discovered-in-spain

Inside the life of an antiquities collector – Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Inside the life of an antiquities collector

An Animated Introduction to the Antikythera Mechanism: The World’s First Analog Computer from Ancient Greece | Open Culture

An Animated Introduction to the Antikythera Mechanism: The World’s First Analog Computer from Ancient Greece

Researchers crack the rules of unknown Roman board game

Researchers crack the rules of unknown Roman board game

The ‘Greek Villa’ on Epstein’s Island: Classical Design in a Dark Legacy
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/17/greek-villa-epstein-island

The Digital “Kidnapping” of the Marbles – tovima.com

The Digital “Kidnapping” of the Marbles

Boston musical “Penelope” allows audiences hear story of Odysseus from his wife’s point of view – CBS Boston
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-musical-penelope-odysseus-wife/

The Anti-Empathy Movement & the End of the Iliad | by Maximus Planudes | Feb, 2026 | Medium
https://planudes.medium.com/the-anti-empathy-movement-the-end-of-the-iliad-d77470865a8c

The Plague | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

The Plague

(18) A volcano scorched these Roman scrolls — can AI recover their text?
https://www.understandingai.org/p/a-volcano-scorched-hundreds-of-roman

How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color
https://hyperallergic.com/how-white-elites-drained-ancient-art-of-its-color/

Laudator Temporis Acti: Speaking Latin at Home
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/speaking-latin-at-home.html

De olifanten van Hannibal – Mainzer Beobachter

De olifanten van Hannibal

PaleoJudaica.com: Caesarea aqueduct to be repaired
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/caesarea-aqueduct-to-be-repaired.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Muraoka obituary
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/muraoka-obituary.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Psychology, Qoheleth, and Plato?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/psychology-qoheleth-and-plato.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/chroma-ancient-sculpture-in-color.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Greek WordNet
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/greek-wordnet.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Almanach archéologique (Donetsk)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/almanach-archeologique-donetsk.html

Almanach archéologique (Donetsk) | Spartokos a lu

Almanach archéologique (Donetsk)

Misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda in Greek historiography – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.25/

Daimôn: modalités de l’action des dieux en Grèce ancienne – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.24/
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Carl P. E. Springer’s “The Latin Poetry of Martin Luther” (Ad Navseam, Episode 211) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/carl-pe-springers-the-latin-poetry-of-martin-luther-ad-navseam-episode-211/

Odysseus: Trickster King Part … – Greek Mythology Retold – Apple Podcasts

Odysseus: Trickster King Part … – Greek Mythology Retold – Apple Podcasts

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(106) Lo scavo della villa di Poppea apre al pubblico, ogni giovedì dalle 10,30 alle 12 – Arianna Spinosa – YouTube

(107) Remembering Colin Renfrew: a life’s work in the Cyclades and beyond – YouTube

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Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates, Friday 20th February 2026 – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Digital Encoding of Epigraphic Manuscripts and Surrogates, Friday 20th February 2026

Threads of Prestige
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/threads-of-prestige/

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 17 February 2026

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 17 February 2026