IN THE NEWS … Excavations uncover Roman temple and earlier remains at Caraca 2,400-Year-Old Hybrid Tomb with Three Stone Beds Discovered in Türkiye | Arkeonews 2,700-year-old mummy head yields first molecular evidence linking aloe to Egyptian embalming Satellite images reveal secrets of 2,000-year-old Egyptian city A 2800-year-old bone flute has been discovered in Turkish Troy…

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1656 B.C. — traditional date for the start of the Great Flood (according to one calculation) 285 B.C. — Ptolemy II Philadelphus ascends the throne of Egypt as co-ruler with Ptolemy I (by one reckoning) 188 A.D. — martyrdom of Eustachius/Placidus (in a bronze bull!) 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Justus of Trieste 304 A.D.…

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ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 7) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 82 B.C. — Lucius Cornelius Sulla is victorious over the Samnites at the Battle of the Colline Gate 36 A.D. — major fire at Rome 1903 — death of Theodore Mommsen 1993 — death…

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ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 6) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 286 — martyrdom of Quentin

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IN THE NEWS … When the Antikythera Ephebe was hidden in the trapdoors: The secret operation to save ancient treasures from the Nazis – ProtoThema English Discoveries and Rediscoveries in Saqqara Forget Fido! Ancient Egyptians called their dogs names like ‘He-of-the-Underworld’, new discovery reveals | Daily Mail Online BTA :: New Rooms, Floor Surfaces Unearth…

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