• Lemuria (day 1) — a Roman festival involving assorted rituals to keep the ghosts of one’s ancestors happy

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The Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of Days – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-05-07/ty-article/the-mysterious-copper-scroll-and-the-end-of-days/0000019d-fce2-dda2-adff-ffefc6d50000

4,000-year-old texts to reach new audiences in digital project
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-year-texts-audiences-digital.html

3200-Year-Old Bronze Age Towers in Sardinia Continued as Ritual Centers Into Iron Age – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/08/bronze-age-towers-sardinia-ritual-centers-iron-age/

Researchers Discover Hidden Structures Beneath Ancient Olympia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/hidden-structures-ancient-olympia/

Inscriptions from ancient Teos honoring the market supervisor show the activity of Roman negotiatores’ associations in greek cities in the 1st century BC

Inscriptions from ancient Teos honoring the market supervisor show the activity of Roman negotiatores’ associations in greek cities in the 1st century BC

An Archaeological Study Changes the View on the Etruscan City of Veii: It Was Not a Failure in Roman Times, but an Example of Community Resilience

An Archaeological Study Changes the View on the Etruscan City of Veii: It Was Not a Failure in Roman Times, but an Example of Community Resilience

Ancient grave in Jordan is earliest confirmed plague burial site, study reveals | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-895385

Discovery of Ancient Greek Mosaic Linked to Julius Caesar
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/07/discovery-of-ancient-greek-mosaic-linked-to-julius-caesar/

[paywalled] The Romans would tax anything | The Spectator Australia

The Romans would tax anything

The Internet Is Completely Wrong About Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer
https://collider.com/the-odyssey-trailer-christopher-nolan-internet-reaction-american-accent-tom-holland/

From papyrus to digital: a research center on written sources is born at Turin’s Egyptian Museum
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/ancient-art/from-papyrus-to-digital-a-research-center-on-written-sources-is-born-at-turin-s-egyptian-museum

New Findings Suggest Greek Alphabet Is Older Than Previously Thought – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/greek-alphabet-century-older/

[stale] Greek-inscribed “learn your lesson” message found on 2,000-year-old sling bullet from ancient Hippos near Sea of Galilee | Archaeology News Online Magazine
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/message-on-2000-year-old-sling-bullet-hippos/

Archaeologists Begin Restoring Shamash Gate – Biblical Archaeology Society

Archaeologists Begin Restoring Shamash Gate

Bethsaida excavation turning ‘Bible stories into Bible realities’
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/bethsaida-excavation-turning-bible-stories-into-bible-realities

How Carthage’s Maritime Empire Shaped the Mediterranean Long After Its Fall | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/carthage-maritime-empire-legacy/

The History Girls: Ancient Greece’s Strongest Man by L.J. Trafford
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2026/05/ancient-greeces-strongest-man-by-lj.html

Roman Times: Beyond the Antonine Wall: Rome’s Forgotten Frontier in the Highlands
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2026/05/beyond-antonine-wall-romes-forgotten.html

Is Edward Gibbon’s ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ Worth Reading Today? – Tales of Times Forgotten

Is Edward Gibbon’s ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ Worth Reading Today?

Chicago family returns ancient Greek artefacts to Greece – The Greek Herald

Chicago family returns ancient Greek artefacts to Greece

Harpur College students compete in Greek and Latin recitation contest – Binghamton News
https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/6242/harpur-college-students-compete-in-greek-and-latin-recitation-contest

The Odyssey trailer sparks complaints over ‘jarring’ accents and modern phrases | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-odyssey-movie-trailer-accents-christopher-nolan-b2971188.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Price of Food
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-price-of-food.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Collins on the limits of Jewish identity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/collins-on-limits-of-jewish-identity.html

PaleoJudaica.com: New proposals about the Copper Scroll
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-proposals-about-copper-scroll.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Cyprus and the Diaspora Revolt of 115-117 CE
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/cyprus-and-diaspora-revolt-of-115-117-ce.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mulier taceat: A Study of 1 Corinthians 14:34–35
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/mulier-taceat-study-of-1-corinthians.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Jüngerinnen und Jünger im Thomasevangelium: Ein narratologisch inspirierter Zugang zum Text als Einheit
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/die-jungerinnen-und-junger-im.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Synchronizing the Body in Ancient Medicine and Philosophy
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/synchronizing-body-in-ancient-medicine.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Lattanzio e la ›virtus‹: La critica a Lucilio e Cicerone nel VI libro delle ›Divinae Institutiones‹
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/lattanzio-e-la-virtus-la-critica.html

Ancient Anchors: Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Northern Black Sea Region | Spartokos has read

Ancres anciennes : patrimoine historique et culturel de la région du nord de la mer Noire

Aristotle’s gynecology: facts, evidence, and early medicine – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.07/

Plautus: Trinummus (S.A.) Jeppesen, Pp. xii + 172, ills. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Paper, £17.99. ISBN: 978-1-350-126770. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/plautus-trinummus-9781350126787/ | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/plautus-trinummus-sa-jeppesen-pp-xii-172-ills-london-bloomsbury-academic-2023-paper-1799-isbn-9781350126770-httpswwwbloomsburycomukplautustrinummus9781350126787/584D3A95854C079DFA8FA5F8399E516B?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire (P.) Greenfield, (F.) Radford Pp. 303, ills. Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press, 2024. Paper, US$15.95. ISBN: 978-1-64604-733-8. https://ulyssespress.com/books/your-cheeky-guide-to-the-roman-empire/ | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/your-cheeky-guide-to-the-roman-empire-p-greenfield-f-radford-pp-303-ills-berkeley-ca-ulysses-press-2024-paper-us1595-isbn-9781646047338-httpsulyssespresscombooksyourcheekyguidetotheromanempire/CE28824B4596BAE8D4BB3816B849900C?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW408 – Why Germania?
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw408-why-germania

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Detailed Roman History with Robert Byrd | Video | C-SPAN.org
https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-proceeding/detailed-roman-history-with-robert-byrd/5078056

(361) Ted Turner: Why he studied classics from Brown University? CNN RIP Legend⚡Horatius at the Bridge – YouTube

(361) Why And How Did Rome Build a Giant Bridge Here? – YouTube

(362) The Challenge of Archaeology in Emergency – YouTube

(362) The final scene (exodos) of Euripides’ Bacchae – Part 1 – YouTube

(362) The final scene (exodos) in Euripides’ Bacchae – Part 2 – YouTube

(362) Spotlight Lecture: Investigating Pigments on Egyptian Cartonnage from the Graeco-Roman Period – YouTube

(362) A Young Country, an Ancient Manuscript – YouTube

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Full Time Lecturer in Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania
https://apply.interfolio.com/185913

New MA program at Freie Universität Berlin

New MA program at Freie Universität Berlin

At the Gates of Hades

At the Gates of Hades

The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
https://classicalstudies.org/awards-and-fellowships/erich-s-gruen-prize

Classical Association of Scotland Ancient Voices language school

Cultivating students’ critical thinking in the teaching of Ancient Greek in secondary education | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/cultivating-students-critical-thinking-in-the-teaching-of-ancient-greek-in-secondary-education/ECCC60D758AE6173AD8C0E1FC8A936A2?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

ODYSSEUS EX MACHINA: SOPHOCLES’ PHILOCTETES AND METATHEATRICAL DECEPTION | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/odysseus-ex-machina-sophocles-philoctetes-and-metatheatrical-deception/1BB75E1FEBB0D598C746DC1710ED68C4?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

FROM TROJAN ARGONAUTS TO A TYRANT’S SMILE: THREE READINGS IN THE AMYCUS EPISODE IN VALERIUS FLACCUS, ARGONAUTICA BOOK 4 | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/from-trojan-argonauts-to-a-tyrants-smile-three-readings-in-the-amycus-episode-in-valerius-flaccus-argonautica-book-4/0862B4916A4F3E8A5A92475DAE0815EC?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

• 1737 — birth of Edward Gibbon (Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire)

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‘Tryphe’: How a Greek Word Found in Turkey Defines Ancient Roman Extravagance – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/tryphe-single-greek-word-found-turkey-defines-ancient-roman-extravagance/

Researchers Tracked the Journey of a 2,200-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck By Analyzing Pollen
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/researchers-tracked-the-journey-of-a-2200-year-old-roman-shipwreck-by-analyzing-pollen/

A Cuneiform Tablet Workshop Found in Ancient Nineveh Reveals That Assyrian Scribes Never Fired or Carefully Prepared Them

A Cuneiform Tablet Workshop Found in Ancient Nineveh Reveals That Assyrian Scribes Never Fired or Carefully Prepared Them

Archaeologists unearth exceptionally rare intact Roman grave in eastern Croatia | Croatia Week

Archaeologists unearth exceptionally rare intact Roman grave in eastern Croatia

Rirha Site in Morocco Uncovers Life Before and During Roman Rule

Rirha Site in Morocco Uncovers Life Before and During Roman Rule

Roman penis charm unearthed during dig at Carlisle Cricket Club
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/roman-penis-charm-unearthed-during-dig-at-carlisle-cricket-club/158000

Archaeologists Unearth Stone Altar Inside Ancient Greek Home in Sicily – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/archaeologists-stone-altar-ancient-greek-city-finziade-sicily/

Roman-era mosaic resembling ‘Gypsy Girl’ unearthed in Tokat
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-era-mosaic-resembling-gypsy-girl-unearthed-in-tokat-221896

Roman mosaic uncovered in Tokat after illegal digging exposes buried site
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/roman-mosaic-uncovered-in-tokat-after-illegal-digging-exposes-buried-site/157997#:~:text=A%20mosaic%20dating%20back%20to,and%20began%20a%20controlled%20excavation.

Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary Europeans After the Western Roman Empire Fell
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-dna-europe-populations-fall-rome/

After Rome: genomic insights from southern Germany

After Rome: genomic insights from southern Germany

Are Animals Connected to Souls? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Are Animals Connected to Souls?

Why modern witches are making pilgrimages to an ancient Turkish temple | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/travel/lagina-sanctuary-hekate-turkey-ancient-temple-witches

Byblos, city of kings and gods, at the Arab World Institute
https://theconversation.com/byblos-cite-des-rois-et-des-dieux-a-linstitut-du-monde-arabe-279239′

Medea, Sculpted By William Wetmore Story (c. 1819–1895) – The Historian’s Hut

Medea, Sculpted By William Wetmore Story (c. 1819–1895)

Flogging a wooden horse: how faithful will Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey be? | The Odyssey | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/06/flogging-a-wooden-horse-how-faithful-will-christopher-nolans-odyssey-be

An epic time Nobody could miss: St. Olaf premieres The Odyssey! The Musical! – The Carletonian

An epic time Nobody could miss: St. Olaf premieres The Odyssey! The Musical!

A reimagined classic: Medea proves timeless at the ADC | Varsity
https://www.varsity.co.uk/theatre/31619

Greek Tragedy’s Untapped Canon – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/greek-tragedys-untapped-canon-cd51acf3

A New Article on P.Oxy. 7.1008 and 7.1009 (P15 and P16) | Variant Readings

A New Article on P.Oxy. 7.1008 and 7.1009 (P15 and P16)

De ambtstermijn van een dictator – Mainzer Beobachter

De ambtstermijn van een dictator

PaleoJudaica.com: Holm, Aramaic Literature from Egypt and the Levant (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/holm-aramaic-literature-from-egypt-and.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Identities in antiquity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/review-of-identities-in-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: MANTO data release
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/manto-data-release.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry in the Name of God: (Self-)Representation of Clerical Spiritual Authorityin the Carmina Latina Epigraphica of Italy (4th–5th Centuries CE)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/poetry-in-name-of-god-self.html

Divine music in archaic and classical Greek art: seeing the songs of the gods – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.05/

Unfertigkeit in antiker Architektur: Definitionen und Ursachen – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.06/

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The Ancients and the Afterlife…–Classical Wisdom Speaks – Apple Podcasts

How to Destroy a Democracy (We… – Ancient History Fangirl – Apple Podcasts

YHWH v JOVE – Vespasian #19–Life Of Caesar – Apple Podcasts

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(334) Alexander’s Impossible Conquest Explained – YouTube

(334) The Ancients and the Afterlife: Mythology, Mourning, and Mummies – YouTube

(337) The Aventinus Minor Project: Repartitioning Defensive, Domestic, and Religious Space on a Roman Hill – YouTube

(337) Can we trace the hands behind Egyptian artefacts—or just the systems that produced them? – YouTube

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14th International Congress of Cretan Studies

14th International Congress of Cretan Studies

Lecturer job with University of Minnesota | 37984182
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37984182/lecturer/?TrackID=108333&BatchID=2179&JobAlertId=312050&cmpid=JBE_TL_20260507_jobtitle

Ph. D. fellowship in Roman Sculpture | Job ad | Jobindex
https://www.jobindex.dk/jobannonce/h1662432/ph-d-fellowship-in-roman-sculpture

Call for papers: International conference “Clio at the School of Rhetoricians” (SU, 20-22/01/2027) | Rome and its Renaissances

Appel à communications : colloque international “Clio à l’école des rhéteurs” (SU, 20-22/01/2027)

New Classicists

Click to access f6d36b_9281c75b4bcf40bbba69ede7ba8e6dcb.pdf

• 431 B.C. — the “Peloponnesian War” began (according to one reckoning)
• 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (according to one reckoning)
• 1941 — death of Sir James Frazer (The Golden Bough)