• Festival of Mars (day 12)

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13,000 ostraca discovered at Athribis archaeological site in Sohag – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/563811/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/,-ostraca-discovered-at-Athribis-archaeological-si.aspx

[AI?] Rare Archimedes text resurfaces in a French museum | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-889516

Scientists Discover Hidden Secrets Inside the Eyes of a 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Statue – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/hidden-secrets-eyes-etruscan-statue/

New Excavations Suggest Greece’s Samikon Temple May Have Served as an Ancient Archive – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/greece-samikon-temple-ancient-archive/

ArtDependence | Original Site of looted Roman Mosaic found in Pompeii
https://artdependence.com/articles/original-site-of-looted-roman-mosaic-found-in-pompeii/

Ancient Roman rite revealed by nail found in chest of Roman burial
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/ancient-roman-rite-revealed-by-nail-found-in-chest-of-roman-burial/157327

Cicero on Our Disengaged Age  – Public Discourse

Cicero on Our Disengaged Age 

The Judgment of Paris, Attributed to Antonio da Vendri (c. 16th century) – The Historian’s Hut

The Judgment of Paris, Attributed to Antonio da Vendri (c. 16th century)

Aristotle’s Views On Carthaginian Social Programs – The Historian’s Hut

Aristotle’s Views On Carthaginian Social Programs

Virgil – The Historian’s Hut

Virgil

What Stoic Philosophers Say About Health And Healthcare
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2026/03/09/what-stoic-philosophers-say-about-health-and-healthcare/

Engaged Leadership in Classics – Classics and Archaeology
https://brocku.ca/humanities/classics/2026/03/10/engaged-leadership-in-classics/

An interesting interview with a translator

An interesting interview with a translator

Ancient Roman sculptures provide a portal to the past at MMFA | Montreal Gazette
https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment_life/dunlevy-ancient-roman-sculptures-provide-a-portal-to-the-past-at-mmfa

Restoration and preservation work begins at rare pyramid-style tomb in Marmaris – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/restoration-and-protection-work-begins-at-rare-pyramid-style-tomb-in-marmaris-3215961

“Sealed According to Law”: The First Loan Closings in Antiquity – Part II | Burr & Forman – JDSupra
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sealed-according-to-law-the-first-loan-9394711/

Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel – The Ancient Near East Today

Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel

Back to Procopius of Gaza

Back to Procopius of Gaza

Ancient Roman walls in Chester vandalised in ‘heritage crime’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4zkw5qwv7o

Book Joy! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Book Joy!

Writing Wednesday: Fresh from the Notebook | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Writing Wednesday: Fresh from the Notebook

Ephemeris ~ NOVUS AYATOLLAH CREATUS EST
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2463

Geesteswetenschappen in oorlogstijd – Mainzer Beobachter

Geesteswetenschappen in oorlogstijd

PaleoJudaica.com: Lendering on that new Syriac (Arabic) world chronicle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/lendering-on-that-new-syriac-arabic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tohubohu?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/tohubohu.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume 5
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/another-review-of-corpus-inscriptionum.html

Maternity, monstrosity, and heroic (im)mortality from Homer to Shakespeare – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.14/

Unrest in the Roman Empire: a discursive history – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.13/

The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii, by Gabriel Zuchtriegel | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740824?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=2488cea145-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=2488cea145&mc_eid=693126d49d

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(615) Landscape, Loss, and Looting. Lessons Learned at an Early Bronze Age site, Jordan – YouTube

(616) Why Rome Banned Gladiators: The Slow Death of the Arena – YouTube

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Jobs – The University of York
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-assyriology-606942.html

SOTADES’ AMAZON RHYTON: A CASE STUDY IN CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIVITY | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/sotades-amazon-rhyton-a-case-study-in-crosscultural-connectivity/A17A7E6E69ECFB063209133CDCEA529C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

THE ‘PROBLEM OF UNITY’ IN PINDAR: AN OLD CHESTNUT, NEW PERSPECTIVES | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/problem-of-unity-in-pindar-an-old-chestnut-new-perspectives/1114DC21ECD56175271DF1E4197181C0?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

BEAUTIFUL HEPHAISTOS: A RE-PRESENTATION OF A KALOS-INSCRIPTION | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/beautiful-hephaistos-a-representation-of-a-kalosinscription/F242B241B1A62BD5C7D53FAF1C37A3D0?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

BRISEIS, XANTHUS, AND SUPPRESSED TENSIONS IN ILIAD 19 | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/briseis-xanthus-and-suppressed-tensions-in-iliad-19/3EA50B30F3230F8163C0B303CB1C6480?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Greek literature | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/greek-literature/B3D7FFF0C9225529142D03A0F27AB050?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Latin literature | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/latin-literature/056A7E4187C6F42F0EAC82937EF1838C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Art and archaeology | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/art-and-archaeology/E100F9B2ECA3587320CEA6FB87AB4CF9?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Philosophy | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/philosophy/5375777EC2CDDB66053DC902BE38E8B9?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Roman history | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/roman-history/A7C95DC609A1ADD72049F7F7CDD414C4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Reception | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/reception/F088880AD72C33A64431F71219CE9AC4?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

Experiments in Classical Reception: A Symposium in Honour of Professor Emerita Lorna Hardwick – CRSN

Experiments in Classical Reception: A Symposium in Honour of Professor Emerita Lorna Hardwick

Reimagining Pausanias

Reimagining Pausanias

Assistant Professor in the History of the Ancient Mediterranean (Ancient Numismatics) (111383-0326) – University of Warwick
https://warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre-ext/brand-4/spa-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/3923-Assistant-Professor-in-the-History-of-the-Ancient-Mediterranean-Ancient-Numismatics-111383-0326/en-GB

• Festival of Mars (day 11)
• 222 A.D. — murder of the emperor Elagabalus
• ca. 263 A.D. — martyrdom of Heraclius
• ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Thalus
• ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Trophimus
• 1903 — birth of Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution, among other seminal works)

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Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html

3,300-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals How Ancient Egyptians Fixed Drawing Mistakes
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-papyrus-white-out-fluid-2752125

Lebanon’s ancient city of Tyre hit by missile strike as minister calls for Unesco intervention – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/10/lebanon-ancient-city-tyre-hit-by-strikes-minister-calls-for-unesco-intervention

Roman ruins in Türkiye ravaged by illegal treasure hunters despite protection – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/roman-ruins-in-turkiye-ravaged-by-illegal-treasure-hunters-despite-protection-3215981

Two Families in Southern England Continued Burying Their Dead in the Same Cemetery from the Iron Age to the End of the Roman Period

Two Families in Southern England Continued Burying Their Dead in the Same Cemetery from the Iron Age to the End of the Roman Period

2,000-year-old Phoenician coin was used as bus fare in England, but ‘how it got there will always be a mystery’ | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-000-year-old-phoenician-coin-was-used-as-bus-fare-in-england-but-how-it-got-there-will-always-be-a-mystery

New Technology Uncovers Pompeii’s Long-Lost Love Letters | Kansas City Star
https://www.kansascity.com/living/article314985436.html

Archaeologists Find Bronze Inscription and Possible Archive in 6th-Century BCE Temple at Kleidi Samikon – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-find-bronze-inscription-and-possible-archive-in-6th-century-bce-temple-at-kleidi-samikon/

Archaeologists discover one of the oldest buildings in Paphos
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/archaeologists-discover-one-of-the-oldest-buildings-in-paphos/157295

Eighteen Cypriot antiquities repatriated from US after online auction discovery | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/10/eighteen-cypriot-antiquities-repatriated-from-us-after-online-auction-discovery

Roman Forum Unearthed in Barcelona During Hotel Work – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/roman-forum-barcelona-hotel-work/

Romans Used Pressurized Water to Extract Gold – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/romans-pressurized-water-extract-gold/

Marble lion unearthed during excavations in Philippi
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/marble-lion-unearthed-during-excavations-in-philippi/157289

Who built Gobeklitepe? Hidden world of Tas Tepeler’s hunter-gatherers – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/who-built-gobeklitepe-hidden-world-of-tas-tepelers-hunter-gatherers-3215906

Hipparchia, the Greek philosopher of the Cynic school remembered in the annual festival in Athens that celebrated the incorporation of women into philosophy

Hipparchia, the Greek philosopher of the Cynic school remembered in the annual festival in Athens that celebrated the incorporation of women into philosophy

Archaeologists return to Rose and Crown and detailed search for Roman remains – St Albans Times

Archaeologists return to Rose and Crown and detailed search for Roman remains

[paywalled] Looted Roman marble bust to be returned to Italy | The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360964549/looted-roman-marble-bust-be-returned-italy

Mosaics Discovered in Ancient Greek City of Antipatrea in Albania Suggest Early Christian Churches – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/10/mosaics-early-churches-ancient-greek-city-antipatrea-albania/

When the past leaves fingerprints: Students unearth ancient Italian artifacts in a new Etruscan exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library | UC Berkeley Library
https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/news/etruscans

News – Announcing the 2027 AIA Gold Medal Winner: James C. Wright – Archaeological Institute of America

Announcing the 2027 AIA Gold Medal Winner: James C. Wright

The Trouble with Authentic Ancient Statues – JSTOR Daily

The Trouble with Authentic Ancient Statues

Towards corpus-based learning: exercises with Ancient Greek » Perseus Digital Library Updates

Towards corpus-based learning: exercises with Ancient Greek

Long-vanished pre-unicode Greek fonts embedded in PDFs – the problem of “Times Ten Greek”

Long-vanished pre-unicode Greek fonts embedded in PDFs – the problem of “Times Ten Greek”

Dream Archaeology on Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Dream Archaeology on Cyprus

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (7) het “image of limited good” – Mainzer Beobachter

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (7) het “image of limited good”

PaleoJudaica.com: Some palimpsest news
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/some-palimpsest-news.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Weitzman, Disasters of Biblical Proportions
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/review-of-weitzman-disasters-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Leeds Carthaginian bus fare
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/more-on-leeds-carthaginian-bus-fare.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/helots-and-masters-in-laconia-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Singer Resumes the Tale
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-singer-resumes-tale.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Singer of Tales
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-singer-of-tales.html

Cultural transformations in Germania Secunda: a holistic approach to ‘barbarian’ migrations – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.12/

Anchoring science and technology in Greco-Roman antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03.11/

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H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XX (Ad Navseam, Episode 213) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/hi-marrou-s-a-history-of-education-in-antiquity-part-xx-ad-navseam-episode-214/

Roman mosaic tells a forgotten story of the Trojan War | WAMC
https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-best-of-our-knowledge/2026-03-09/roman-mosaic-tells-a-forgotten-story-of-the-trojan-war

Ancient Warfare on Film – Visualising War and Peace – Apple Podcasts

• Festival of Mars (day 10) …
• 241 B.C. — Romans are victorious against the Carthaginians in the naval battle of Aegusa, bringing the First Punic War to an end
• 15 A.D. — Tiberius becomes pontifex maximus
• ca. 172 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander in Phrygia
• ca. 258 A.D. — martyrdom of Codratus of Corinth and companions