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Conservation project for Tel Hebron’s Second Temple mikveh nearly complete | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-894778

Nearly 4,000-Year-Old Wooden Doors Identified at Seyitömer Höyük in Türkiye – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/nearly-4000-year-old-wooden-doors-identified-at-seyitomer-hoyuk-in-turkiye/

Athena bowl: A silver and gold vessel of the goddess and her owl, buried in a German forest 2,000 years ago | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/athena-bowl-a-silver-and-gold-vessel-of-the-goddess-and-her-owl-buried-in-a-german-forest-2-000-years-ago

First Portable Eclipse Calculator Invented by Minoans Nearly 4,000 Years Ago – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/04/first-portable-eclipse-calculator-invented-minoans/

[AI?] The Roman Navy’s Secret Weapon Wasn’t Iron or Fire — It Was Tree Sap and Pollen | History
https://vocal.media/history/the-roman-navy-s-secret-weapon-wasn-t-iron-or-fire-it-was-tree-sap-and-pollen

ArtDependence | Berlin’s Pergamon Museum reopens in June 2027
https://artdependence.com/articles/berlins-pergamon-museum-reopens-in-june-2027/

Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found Wrapped In Something Never Seen Before : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-egyptian-mummy-found-wrapped-in-something-never-seen-before

This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier’s Service at Hadrian’s Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-souvenir-bowl-may-have-commemorated-an-ancient-roman-soldiers-service-at-hadrians-wall-it-was-discovered-on-a-spanish-farm-1900-years-later-180988665/

The Greek Gods From Sicily Now Speak English: A Public Reading Of The Musical “The Reawakening Of The Gods” (March 2026) – College Of Humanities And Social Sciences – Montclair State University

The Greek Gods from Sicily Now Speak English: A Public Reading of the Musical “The Reawakening of the Gods” (March 2026)

The Odyssey: A New Trailer Is Set To Debut Tomorrow
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/the-odyssey-a-new-trailer-is-set-to-debut-tomorrow/

How Many Days Were in the Israelite Week? – Biblical Archaeology Society

How Many Days Were in the Israelite Week?

(7) The Iliad as Propaganda Justifying Aristocratic Rule
https://www.richardhanania.com/p/the-iliad-as-propaganda-justifying

Weekly Varia no. 180, 05/03/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 180, 05/03/26

All Kinds Of Everything | Sphinx

All Kinds Of Everything

AD 126 – Hadrian spends the year in Rome and dedicates the Templum Divorum (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN

AD 126 – Hadrian spends the year in Rome and dedicates the Templum Divorum (#Hadrian1900)

PaleoJudaica.com: Was the Roman destruction of Jerusalem inevitable?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/was-roman-destruction-of-jerusalem.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Hebron’s Second Temple-era mikveh almost ready for visitors
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/hebrons-second-temple-era-mikveh-almost.html

PaleoJudaica.com: New ISF study on Hebrew bullae announced
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-isf-study-on-hebrew-bullae-announced.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Lag B’Omer 2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/lag-bomer-2026.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Хронологія Північного Причорномор’я IV–I ст. до Р. Х. Вибрані праці / Chronology of the Northern Black Sea region in the 4th – 1st centuries BC. Selected works
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/ivi-chronology-of-northern-black-sea.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Jonah in the Ethiopic Biblical Tradition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/jonah-in-ethiopic-biblical-tradition.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Dangerous Latin Literature: From Antiquity to the Modern Age. Proceedings of the International Conference in Turin, June 30 to July 1, 2022
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/dangerous-latin-literature-from.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Time in Byzantine Apocalyptica
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/time-in-byzantine-apocalyptica.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Bibliographie analytique de l’Afrique antique LIV (2020)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/bibliographie-analytique-de-lafrique.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Funerary Spectacle: Applied Digital Humanities in the Roman Forum
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/funerary-spectacle-applied-digital.html

The Trace of the Achaemenids in the Northern Black Sea Region. Exhibition Catalogue | Spartokos has read

La trace des Achéménides dans la région septentrionale de la mer Noire. Catalogue d’exposition

Plutarch: Alexander – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.02/

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Ancient History Hound: Hannibal: surprise, Celts and not besieging Rome
https://ancientblogger.libsyn.com/hannibal-surprise-celts-and-not-besieging-rome

The Scandalous Life of Lord Byron – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast

Classics & Careers S3, E7: Sar… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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Nestor – May 2026 issue available
https://classics.uc.edu/nestor/pages/news/874-may-2026-issue-available

• 11 B.C. — dedication of the Theatre of Marcellus
• ca. 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Florian in what would become Austria
• ca. 304 A.D. — martydom of Pelagia at Tarsus
• 1406 — death of Coluccio Salutati (humanist and proto-Classicist)

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IAA reveals new study focused on studying ancient Jerusalem bullae | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-894849

Archaeologists discover collection of gold jewelry on Greek island | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-894646

Stolen Antiquities Return Home to Greece – tovima.com

Stolen Antiquities Return Home to Greece

New Study Reveals Sasanian Metalworkers Were Experimenting with Brass 1,400 Years Ago – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/new-study-reveals-sasanian-metalworkers-were-experimenting-with-brass-1400-years-ago/

Bath complex and villa remains found in Alexandria
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/bath-complex-and-villa-remains-found-in-alexandria/157964

Ancient Venus revealed: Rare Roman find emerges beneath Bodiam Castle
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/ancient-venus-revealed-rare-roman-find-emerges-beneath-bodiam-castle/157957

In Pompeii, ancient graffiti depicting daily life is being revealed thanks to modern technology | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pompeii-graffiti-corridor-technology-9.7184868

Forum of the Only Roman Colony in the Iberian Peninsula That Had Never Been Excavated Discovered in Andalusia

Forum of the Only Roman Colony in the Iberian Peninsula That Had Never Been Excavated Discovered in Andalusia

An Inscription Found in the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor in Tivoli Identifies the Basilica Where Augustus Dispensed Justice Cited by Suetonius

An Inscription Found in the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor in Tivoli Identifies the Basilica Where Augustus Dispensed Justice Cited by Suetonius

Ancient Belgian grave reveals trade system after Roman bronze coins disappeared | Archaeology News Online Magazine
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/belgian-grave-trade-system-after-roman/

Roman York infants buried in rare purple and gold cloth linked to elite families, study finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/roman-york-infants-buried-in-rare-purple/

‘Tiny’ Roman penis charm found at Carlisle Cricket Club
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7074n1xr42o

Ancient Roman Ship Coating Reveals Secrets Hidden for 2,200 Years
https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-roman-ship-coating-reveals-secrets-hidden-for-2200-years/

Ancient Mummy Found with Iliad Text | Egyptian Streets

Ancient Mummy Found with Iliad Text

Circe, the Enchantress of Greek Mythology, as Depicted in Paintings – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/03/circe-first-greek-witch-mythology-paintings/

How Ancient Greeks Invented the First Patent System – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/03/ancient-greeks-first-patent/

Ancient True Crime: The Unsolved Assassination of King Philip II – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/03/philip-ii-assassination-alexander-the-great-macedonia/

The Ancient Greek Cynic Philosophers and Their Fight Against Societal Norms – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/02/ancient-greek-cynics-fight-societal-norms/

The Greek Origins of Saint Mark’s Horses in Venice – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/02/greek-origins-saint-marks-horses-venice/

Ancient Greek Armor Protected Soldiers in an 11-Hour Battle Simulation – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/01/ancient-greece-armor-protection-battle-simulation/

Did Cleopatra Really Die From a Snake Bite? Here’s What History Tells Us
https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/mystery/did-cleopatra-die-from-snake-bite-history

A Tomb at Knossos Inspired by the Iliad?

The Archer’s Tomb

In 1973, an excavator pulled out a pile of soggy wood chips and discovered the world’s oldest birthday invitation | – The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/in-1973-an-excavator-pulled-out-a-pile-of-soggy-wood-chips-and-discovered-the-worlds-oldest-birthday-invitation/articleshow/130673014.cms

Erm … Actually! A Nerd’s Guide to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – The Cornell Daily Sun
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/05/erm-actually-a-nerds-guide-to-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey

One Of The World’s First Epidemics Helped Sparta Defeat Greece. Now, We Might Finally Know What Caused This “Plague Of Athens” In 430 BCE | IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/the-plague-of-athens-was-one-of-the-worlds-first-epidemics-and-now-we-may-know-what-caused-it-83378

UNC Hosts Second Annual Colloquium in Classical Reception with King’s College | Department of Classics
https://classics.unc.edu/2026/05/01/unc-hosts-second-annual-colloquium-in-classical-reception-with-kings-college/

Achilles’ New Delight: Reactions to Weapons and Fun with the Homeric Scholia – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Achilles’ New Delight: Reactions to Weapons and Fun with the Homeric Scholia

(7) The Path from Aulis – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-path-from-aulis

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals

The Interpretation of Ancient Greek Literature – Antigone

The Interpretation of Ancient Greek Literature

Unshod Dido in Aeneid 4: Vergil and the Literary Transitive Property – Antigone

Unshod Dido in Aeneid 4: Vergil and the Literary Transitive Property

April Reading Notes – Noodlings

April Reading Notes

Glossolalie – Mainzer Beobachter

Glossolalie

De terugkeer van de Valse Marius – Mainzer Beobachter

De terugkeer van de Valse Marius

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Israel in Lebanon
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/05/israel-in-lebanon.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: An Asyndeton Filling Hexameter in Prudentius
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-asyndeton-filling-hexameter-in.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Misleading
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/misleading.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dillon, John the Baptist and Composite Intertextuality in the Fourth Gospel (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/dillon-john-baptist-and-composite.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Mirotznik, The Portrayal of Pagan Worship in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism (CUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/mirotznik-portrayal-of-pagan-worship-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeologies of the Roman Mediterranean: Papers Presented in Honour of Professor Simon Keay
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/archaeologies-of-roman-mediterranean.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Metis: ASCSA Archaeological Platform
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/metis-ascsa-archaeological-platform.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les lois barbares: Dire le droit et le pouvoir en Occident après la disparition de l’Empire romain
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/les-lois-barbares-dire-le-droit-et-le.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Giuseppe Tucci: Une biographie
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/giuseppe-tucci-une-biographie.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Canaanite Scribal Creativity and the Making of Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/canaanite-scribal-creativity-and-making.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Voix / Voies de Calliope: L’Épique hors de l’épopée de l’Antiquité à nos jours
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/voix-voies-de-calliope-lepique-hors-de.html

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Anima Latina 03.05.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/05/anima-latina-03-05-2026.html

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 02.05.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/05/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-02-05-2026.html

Ancient History Podcast – Political Violence in Ancient Greece
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-political-violence-in-ancient-greece
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(212) Europe’s first city is older than you think! – YouTube

(212) The Forma Urbis Romae: a mysterious plan of Rome – YouTube

(212) Colloquium abbatis et eruditae || Erasmus, “Colloquia familiaria” – YouTube

(212) A Pig in the Roman Empire – YouTube

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explorator 28.18 ~ May 3, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.18 ~ May 3, 2026

Lecturer in Latin Language Education at King’s College London
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRK231/lecturer-in-latin-language-education

• ludi Florae (possible day 7) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers and their blossoms
• c. 62 A.D. — martyrdom of James the Lesser in Jerusalem
• c. 80 A.D. — martyrdom of Philip the Apostle in Heirapolis, Phrygia
• 115 or 116 A.D. — martyrdom of Pope Alexander I in Rome
• c. 286 — martyrdom of Maura at Thebias
• 1810 — Byron swims from Sestos to Abydos, imitating Leander’s visits to Hero

• Floralia (day 6) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers and their blossoms