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The Workshop of the Final Day of Construction in a Luxurious Seaside Villa Discovered in Herculaneum

The Workshop of the Final Day of Construction in a Luxurious Seaside Villa Discovered in Herculaneum

Archaeologists Find Elite Family 14th Century BC Tombs in Cyprus
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/06/archaeologists-find-elite-family-14th-century-bc-tombs-in-cyprus/

Rare Lead Pipe Reveals Petra’s Advanced Ancient Aqueduct Engineering – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/06/lead-pipe-petra-advanced-ancient-aqueduct-engineering/

Roman head discovered at Hadrian’s Wall dig to go on display in Northumberland museum | Chronicle Live
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/roman-head-discovered-magna-fort-33368420

Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Regensburg Old Town, Revealing Bavaria’s Oldest Mithraeum – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-roman-mithras-temple-discovered-in-regensburg-old-town-revealing-bavarias-oldest-mithraeum/

Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Scarab Seal and Amulet at Nuragic Ruinas in Sardinia – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-unearth-2700-year-old-phoenician-scarab-seal-and-amulet-at-nuragic-ruinas-in-sardinia/

Archaeologists find evidence of Hannibal’s war elephants in Spain
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-hannibals-war-elephants-in-spain/156943

Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/possible-remains-of-a-monumental-persian-garden-complex-identified-near-tabriz/

Marseille’s Ancient Greek Quarry: A Bittersweet Victory for Heritage Preservation – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/06/marseille-ancient-greek-quarry/

“Render Unto Caesar” and the First Jewish Revolt – Biblical Archaeology Society

“Render Unto Caesar” and the First Jewish Revolt

Ancient Greek and Roman scholars were often more advanced than we are in challenging science misinformation – Genetic Literacy Project

Ancient Greek and Roman scholars were often more advanced than we are in challenging science misinformation

‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ Creator on What Happens to Ashur in Potential Season 2 – IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65695330/

New Hellenic Heritage Portal Includes All Museums, Monuments, Archaeological Sites – tovima.com

New Hellenic Heritage Portal Includes All Museums, Monuments, Archaeological Sites

[paywalled] Rebuilding the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Block by Virtual Block – The New York Times

Why the Ancients Ate These Bizarre Foods — and Why We Don’t Anymore | Discover Magazine
https://www.discovermagazine.com/why-the-ancients-ate-these-bizarre-foods-and-why-we-don-t-anymore-48651

Fireside Friday, February 6, 2026 (On Ancient Migrations) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Fireside Friday, February 6, 2026 (On Ancient Migrations)

In Sappho we trust – The Bowdoin Orient

In Sappho we trust

Incredible Prophecies, Sick Truths | Los Angeles Review of Books
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/oedipus-rex-sophocles-arundhati-roy-mother-mary-essay/

Friday Quick Hits and Varia | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Quick Hits and Varia

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

January Reading Notes – Noodlings

January Reading Notes

Did Cleopatra Really Die by Suicide Using an Asp (Snake)? – Bad Ancient
https://www.badancient.com/claims/did-cleopatra-really-die-by-suicide-using-an-asp-snake/

ALKE, KAIROS and ALALA | Greek Myth Comix
https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/7275/

(1244) Explore three amazing tombs on the Via Latina! – YouTube

De samenzweringen tegen Julius Caesar – Mainzer Beobachter

De samenzweringen tegen Julius Caesar

PaleoJudaica.com: Chief curator of the Museum of the Bible
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/chief-curator-of-museum-of-bible.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Implications of the oldest Sabbath names
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/implications-of-oldest-sabbath-names.html

PaleoJudaica.com: CT memorializes Barkay
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/ct-memorializes-barkay.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Silver Beyond Empire: The transition between late Roman and early medieval Europe
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/silver-beyond-empire-transition-between.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Blog: The History of the Study of Antiquity through the Lens of Autobiography
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/11/blog-history-of-study-of-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Honour in Aristotle’s Ethics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/honour-in-aristotles-ethics.html

The ancient world in alternative history and counterfactual fictions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.09/

“Naturheiligtümer” im westlichen Kleinasien. Natur in sakralen Kontexten von der Archaik bis zum Ausgang des Hellenismus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.08/
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Ancient History Podcast – A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-a-new-history-of-ancient-roman-theatre

Tetrarchy – Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA395 – Gladiators and the Roman Army
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa395-gladiators-and-the-roman-army

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(1244) The Real Troy: A Geopolitical Chokepoint of the Bronze Age – YouTube

(1244) The Ancient Lyre and Kithara | Michael Levy – YouTube

(1244) Greek Immigration, Literature, and Identity in Egypt, Ancient and Modern – YouTube

(1244) Explore three amazing tombs on the Via Latina! – YouTube

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THE NAME OF THE ORGANON | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/name-of-the-organon/776F6A1B2A8BED46A97F4D9DA2100724?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

NEW FRAGMENTS FROM ON MELANCHOLY OF RUFUS OF EPHESUS IN AL-RĀZĪ’S THE COMPREHENSIVE BOOK | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/new-fragments-from-on-melancholy-of-rufus-of-ephesus-in-alrazis-the-comprehensive-book/EEC12C4B8997E1AFB219F8F0DB857E65?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

ATTITUDES TO THE LAW IN MENANDER: PAROCHIAL PANHELLENISM AND RADICAL CONSERVATISM | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/attitudes-to-the-law-in-menander-parochial-panhellenism-and-radical-conservatism/42BBD884B927F0ABAD38079DEC8F6751?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Call for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary | Call for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/support-calgary-classics/

• 46 B.C. — victory of Julius Caesar over pro-Pompey forces at Thapsus
• 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Theophilus Scholasticus ‘The Lawyer’
• 1811 — birth of H.G. Liddell (co-author of the massive Greek Lexicon which is still standard and father of Alice in Wonderland)
• 2001 — death of Emily Vermeule (author of Greece in the Bronze Age, among several other works)

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Hannibal’s famous war elephants: Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-hannibal-famous-war-elephants-bone.html

Archaeologists find evidence of Hannibal’s war elephants in Spain
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-hannibals-war-elephants-in-spain/156943

Divers find ancient Roman shipwreck off Puglia

Divers find ancient Roman shipwreck off Puglia

Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by ‘sniffing’ the air around Egyptian mummies
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scents-afterlife-embalming-recipes-sniffing.html

Breathing in the past: How museums can use biomolecular archaeology to bring ancient scents to life
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-museums-biomolecular-archaeology-ancient-scents.html

Petra aqueduct survey uncovers rare 116-meter lead conduit beside terracotta pipe
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-petra-aqueduct-survey-uncovers-rare.html

Archaeology in the City of David Yields New Treasures – Christianity Today

Archaeology in the City of David Yields New Treasures

Ancient Egyptian letter hints at existence of giants | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-885660

The Roman Magna excavations: uncovering the past to safeguard its future | The National Lottery Heritage Fund
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/roman-magna-excavations-uncovering-past-safeguard-its-future

Volcanic vulvas and hermaphrodite marble: Ovid’s Metamorphoses reshaped at the Rijksmuseum | Museums | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/05/ovid-metamorphoses-rijksmuseum

Egyptian and Indus Valley civilisations ‘were in contact’ – Pakistan – DAWN.COM
https://www.dawn.com/news/1971071

Why We’re Still Fighting Over Elgin’s Marbles | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/frieze-frame-elgin-marbles-ae-stallings/

Ancient Greek Genius Archytas Built a Flying Machine 2,400 Years Before Drones – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/05/ancient-greek-archytas-flying-machine-drone/

Greek Temples May Be Stone Echoes of Ancient Ships – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/05/greek-temples-ancient-ships/

How Livy Turned Rome’s Past Into the Epic History We Still Read Today | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/livy-history-rome/

Alceste, By Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752), Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne Belle (1722-1806), And Michel Audran (1701-1771) – The Historian’s Hut

Alceste, By Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752), Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne Belle (1722-1806), And Michel Audran (1701-1771)

How Romans would have known how to deal with Epstein | The Spectator Australia

How Romans would have known how to deal with Epstein

Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by ‘sniffing’ the air around Egyptian mummies
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scents-afterlife-embalming-recipes-sniffing.html#goog_rewarded

Ann Harnwell Ashmead, renowned classical archaeology researcher and writer, has died at 96
https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/ann-harnwell-ashmead-obituary-penn-haverford-philadelphia-archeology-20260204.html

June LeRay (nee Smith) Bates Obituary – The Leader
https://www.the-leader.com/obituaries/pnys1401394

Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts back online?

Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts back online?

Teaching Thursday: Chasing AI | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: Chasing AI

De vele namen van Belgrado (4) – Mainzer Beobachter

De vele namen van Belgrado (4)

De werken van Herakles (slot) – Mainzer Beobachter

De werken van Herakles (slot)

De werken van Herakles (4) – Mainzer Beobachter

De werken van Herakles (4)

Laudator Temporis Acti: Timon
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/timon.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On Moses’ horns, once more
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-moses-horns-once-more.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Forthcoming Aitken memorial volume
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/forthcoming-aitken-memorial-volume.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rome’s Visceral Reactions: Politics and Poetics in Flesh and Blood
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/romes-visceral-reactions-politics-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Heroines of Greek and Roman Myth: An Intermediate Latin Reader
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/heroines-of-greek-and-roman-myth.html

La fabrique des bébés dans l’Antiquité. Enquête sur les “biberons” gallo-romains – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.07/

Eliano. Lettere rustiche – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.06/
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Polyphemus Last Words: Live at Michigan Junior Classical League (Ad Navseam, Episode 209) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/polyphemus-last-words-live-at-michigan-junior-classical-league-ad-navseam-episode-209/

Special Episode – The Emperor Titus with Marc Hyden – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Special Episode – The Emperor Titus with Marc Hyden

Alexander the Great | Rise to Power – The Ancients | Acast

Roman Brick and Tile–Build Like a Roman – Apple Podcasts

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(1211) Spotlight Lecture: Judge like an Egyptian: Legal processes and dramas in the Pharaonic courts – YouTube

(1211) Inside Rome’s Best-Preserved Tombs: on the Via Latina – YouTube

(1213) Irene de Jong on her narratological commentary on Herodotus’ Histories – YouTube

(1215) Spartan Warriors? Modern myths and Ancient realities. – YouTube

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Why We Call It Psychology, Not Animology | Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/platonic-psychology/202602/why-we-call-it-psychology-not-animology

(19) ANE Today, 5 February 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-5-february-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=186876388&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Pasts Imperfect (2.5.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-2-5-26/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

• 211 — death of Septimius Severus at York; his son Caracalla assumed the title of pontifex maximus at this time

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An Ancient Aqueduct and Tunnel System Discovered Supplying the Villa of the Casoni in the Sabina, Predating the Roman Conquest

An Ancient Aqueduct and Tunnel System Discovered Supplying the Villa of the Casoni in the Sabina, Predating the Roman Conquest

Rare Roman Panther Figurine with Its Paws on a Severed Head Is a Propaganda Tool Used in Britain
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/rare-roman-panther-figurine-with-its-paws-on-a-severed-head-is-a-propaganda-tool-used-in-britain/

(19) A 2,000-year-old reminder that everyone starts somewhere…
https://www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/a-2000-year-old-reminder-that-everyone

Ancient Greek Stele Found in WWI Trenches Honored at Thessaloniki Museum – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/04/ancient-greek-stele-wwi-trenches-honored-thessaloniki-museum/

Exceptional Discovery in the Ionian Sea: Newly Revealed Roman Shipwreck Found off Gallipoli, Italy – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/exceptional-discovery-in-the-ionian-sea-newly-revealed-roman-shipwreck-found-off-gallipoli-italy/

Poop as medicine? A Roman vial’s chemistry backs up ancient medical texts
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-poop-medicine-roman-vial-chemistry.html

Roman Shipwreck Carrying Ancient Garum Sauce Discovered in Ionian Sea – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/03/roman-shipwreck-ancient-garum-sauce-ionian-sea/

Knesset education panel advances bill to create civilian body in charge of West Bank antiquities | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/knesset-education-panel-advances-bill-to-create-civilian-body-in-charge-of-west-bank-antiquities/

Culture Ministry to upgrade facilities at Athens site of Aristotle’s Lyceum | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1294347/culture-ministry-to-upgrade-facilities-at-athens-site-of-aristotles-lyceum/

Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years—far longer than we thought
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-olives-essential-life-italy-years.html

Is a Greek temple actually an overturned ship? A new theory revolutionizes the origin of classical architecture

Is a Greek temple actually an overturned ship? A new theory revolutionizes the origin of classical architecture

Vanilla-Spiced Afterlife at Canaanite Megiddo – Biblical Archaeology Society
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/vanilla-spiced-afterlife-at-canaanite-megiddo/

A new translation of Oecumenius’ Commentary on Revelation, plus an article on using your phone to scan articles (and other snippets)

A new translation of Oecumenius’ Commentary on Revelation, plus an article on using your phone to scan articles (and other snippets)

New project on Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s commentary on the Psalms

New project on Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s commentary on the Psalms

New Logos Libraries for 2026 – Reading Acts

New Logos Libraries for 2026

De vele namen van Belgrado (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

De vele namen van Belgrado (3)

De werken van Herakles (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

De werken van Herakles (3)

Scarcity and the Iliad: Thinking about Similes in Book 12 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Scarcity and the Iliad: Thinking about Similes in Book 12

PaleoJudaica.com: The Qumran Restaurant?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-qumran-restaurant.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On the fall of Cartagena to the Romans
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-fall-of-cartagena-to-romans.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “House of David” in the Mesha Stele?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/house-of-david-in-mesha-stele.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rethinking Empire: Materiality, Metaphysics, and Imperial Politics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/rethinking-empire-materiality.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Specialist literature on Sidonius Apollinaris
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/specialist-literature-on-sidonius.html

Ancient maritime loan contracts – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.05/

Performance and imagination: dramatic space in the comedies of Menander, Plautus and Terence – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.04/

What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us? | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/What_Have_the_Romans_Ever_Done_For_Us
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18 AFRI: Richard Rush | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
https://tllpod.podbean.com/e/18-afri-richard-rush/

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(1164) Did Egyptian gods and goddesses empower everyday worship—or reinforce state control? – YouTube

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Fully funded PhD scholarships in Ancient History
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/02/04/fully-funded-phd-scholarships-in-ancient-history/

Panel on Roman foreign relations

Panel on Roman foreign relations

Machiavelli’s Roman Empire | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/Machiavellis_Roman_Empire

The Educational Philosophy of Quintilian | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/The_Educational_Philosophy_of_Quintilian

Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me by Edith Hall | Issue 172 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/Facing_Down_the_Furies_Suicide_the_Ancient_Greeks_and_Me_by_Edith_Hall

EARLY BRONZE AGE SEAL IMPRESSIONS FROM THERASIA: NEW EVIDENCE FOR SEAL USE IN THE CYCLADES AND THE EMERGENCE OF SCRIPT IN AN AEGEAN CONTEXT | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-of-the-british-school-at-athens/article/early-bronze-age-seal-impressions-from-therasia-new-evidence-for-seal-use-in-the-cyclades-and-the-emergence-of-script-in-an-aegean-context/060184267491CAF4F238CD2C0930DAC9?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

EXPLORING POTTERY PRODUCTION AT PROTOPALATIAL TO POSTPALATIAL PALAIKASTRO (EAST CRETE) THROUGH INTEGRATED PETROGRAPHIC AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-of-the-british-school-at-athens/article/exploring-pottery-production-at-protopalatial-to-postpalatial-palaikastro-east-crete-through-integrated-petrographic-and-elemental-analysis/B96CAE06025F54B766EECD50B133AC12?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes