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Eight-year-old boy finds 1,700-year-old statuette fragment while hiking in Negev | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/eight-year-old-boy-finds-1700-year-old-statuette-fragment-while-hiking-in-negev/

Rare imperial purple cloth found in Roman infant burials in York – Department of Chemistry, University of York
https://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/about/news/2026/imperial-purple-cloth/

Advanced construction techniques and domestic layouts discovered in Roman-Byzantine villages of Syria
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-advanced-techniques-domestic-layouts-roman.html

Alexandria, Roman villa with mosaics, a public bath and marble statues emerged
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/alexandria-roman-villa-with-mosaics-a-public-bath-and-marble-statues-emerged

Rare Roman villa near Halberton becomes focus of major community dig
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/rare-roman-villa-near-halberton-becomes-focus-of-major-community-dig/158036

Rare Roman Cup Found in Spain Names Four Forts From Hadrian’s Wall Nearly 2,000 Kilometers Away
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/rare-roman-cup-found-in-spain-names-four-forts-from-hadrians-wall-nearly-2000-kilometers-away/

New Thessaloniki Metro Museum showcases 300,000 archaeological finds spanning more than 2,300 years
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/11/thessaloniki-metro-museum-archaeological-finds/

[paywalled] Archaeologists Discovered a Roman Superhighway Buried Deep Underground
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71018057/roman-canal-superhighway-germany/

Knesset advances controversial West Bank antiquity bill in first reading | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/knesset-approves-controversial-west-bank-antiquity-bill-in-first-reading/

Ancient Weapons Workshop Linked to Alexander the Great’s Successors Found on Greece’s Andros – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/12/ancient-weapons-alexander-great-successors-andros-greece/

Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525923-huge-study-of-ancient-british-dna-reveals-only-minor-roman-influence/

Excavation reveals vast scale of Amphipolis Kasta Tomb
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/excavation-reveals-vast-scale-of-amphipolis-kasta-tomb/158043

Massive ancient tomb of Amphipolis to open to the public in early 2028 | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1303434/massive-ancient-tomb-of-amphipolis-to-open-to-the-public-in-early-2028/

Late Roman copper slag found in Larnaca Salt Lake area | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/05/12/late-roman-copper-slag-found-in-larnaca-salt-lake-area

Roman woman’s remains found during Colchester hospital dig
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9p05y31p8o

Roman chamber pots in Bulgaria reveal ancient parasites | Science in Poland
https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C112561%2Croman-chamber-pots-bulgaria-reveal-ancient-parasites.html

Pompeii wasn’t frozen in time. Its lost voices are still speaking to us. – Big Think
https://bigthink.com/books/historys-lost-voices-pompeii/

Iconic “Greek Slave” Statue Depicts Orphaned Girl from Greece’s Psara – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/11/iconic-greek-slave-statue-depicts-orphaned-girl-greece-psara/

Elliot Page Replacing Brad Pitt in Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’? New Theory Has Fans Talking – IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65834779/?ref_=nmnw_art_perm

Elliot Page as Achilles is not as far-fetched as it seems – UnHerd
https://unherd.com/newsroom/elliot-page-as-achilles-is-not-as-far-fetched-as-it-seems/

Queen’s welcomes international Classics conference | Queen’s University Faculty of Arts and Science
https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/news/queens-welcomes-international-classics-conference

The Greek City-State of Thebes That Defeated Sparta | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/thebes-forgotten-greek-city/

Laudator Temporis Acti: Cicero, On the Laws
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/cicero-on-laws.html

The Gamemaster’s Anger and Fear: Homeric Contrafactuals and Rescuing Aeneas – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Gamemaster’s Anger and Fear: Homeric Contrafactuals and Rescuing Aeneas

Summer Reading List | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Summer Reading List

PaleoJudaica.com: Expansive cultural and material range in the new Posen Library volume
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/expansive-cultural-and-material-range.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Boy finds late-antique god figurine-fragment in Negev
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/boy-finds-late-antique-god-figurine.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Revised bill for new West Bank antiquity authority passes first Knesset reading
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/revised-bill-for-new-west-bank.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Van Maaren, The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism ….
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/review-of-van-maaren-gospel-of-marks.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’Abkhazie à l’époque pré-antique et antique
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/labkhazie-lepoque-pre-antique-et-antique.html

Abkhazia in Pre-Ancient and Ancient Times | Spartokos has read

L’Abkhazie à l’époque pré-antique et antique

Plautus: Casina – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.09/

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The Plautus Thickens: Miles Gloriosus, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 219) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/the-plautus-thickens-miles-gloriosus-part-i-ad-navseam-episode-219/

Dragon Slayer–Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts

“I’ll Find a Place”–Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts

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(458) 8-Year-Old Boy Stuns Archaeologists With 1,700 Year Old Discovery in #Israel – #archaeology – YouTube

(459) Did You Know Ancient Greece Had Its Dark Ages? – YouTube

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At the Thermopylae of the Peloponnese: The Discovery of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Samikon | Eventi | UniTN
https://eventi.unitn.it/en/thermopylae-peloponnese

Multi-scale pigment analysis of an Etruscan ostrich egg: from on-site portable methods to synchrotron radiation | npj Heritage Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-026-02516-5

• 19 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of Mars Ultor on the Capitoline
• 2 B.C. — opening of the Forum of Augustus
• 113 A.D. — opening of the restored Temple of Venus Genetrix
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Dionysius and Pancras at Rome

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Amphipolis Tomb: Entire 497-Metre Perimeter Enclosure Revealed for the First Time
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/11/amphipolis-tomb-entire-497-metre-perimeter-enclosure-revealed-for-the-first-time/

Ancient Iron Slags on Andros Point to a Hidden War-Era Industry from the Age After Alexander – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-iron-slags-on-andros-point-to-a-hidden-war-era-industry-from-the-age-after-alexander/

Lion’s head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboons | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/lions-head-pendant-an-ancient-egyptian-board-game-piece-that-was-later-repurposed-into-a-magical-religious-object-with-baboons

Child’s desert discovery leads to rare Roman-era archaeological find | JNS | clevelandjewishnews.com
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/child-s-desert-discovery-leads-to-rare-roman-era-archaeological-find/article_520fb365-5504-5f3e-bfb3-ca446086493b.html

[stale] Archaeologists May Have Found Odysseus’ Sanctuary on Ithaca
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/archaeology-odysseus-sanctuary/

Greek, Roman and Byzantine Artifacts Unearthed in Egypt’s Alexandria
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/10/a-major-archaeological-discovery-in-alexandria-egypt-has-revealed-greek-roman-and-byzantine-artifacts-including-deity-statues-roman-villas-and-ptolemaic-baths/

US returns 337 artifacts to Italy in massive handover ceremony | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895579

Alexander the Great Bust Returns to Italy After Recovery of Stolen Antiquities – La Voce di New York

Alexander the Great Bust Returns to Italy After Recovery of Stolen Antiquities

The Fall of the Roman Empire Was Less a Clash of Civilizations and More an Opportunity to Mix and Mingle, a New Genetics Study Shows
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-fall-of-the-roman-empire-was-less-a-clash-of-civilizations-and-more-an-opportunity-to-mix-and-mingle-a-new-genetics-study-shows-180988699/

Archaeologists discover rare, well-preserved Roman grave
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/archaeologists-discover-rare-well-preserved-roman-grave/158030

The new museum mapping Thessaloniki’s buried past | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1303312/the-new-museum-mapping-thessalonikis-buried-past/

Iraq Restores Ancient Ziggurat of Ur Using Traditional Methods – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/11/iraq-restore-ancient-ziggurat-ur/

How Ancient Greece Shaped Ovid, Rome’s Master Poet – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/10/ancient-greece-shape-ovid-rome-poet/

[source???] An Ancient Greek Mother’s Wish Only Comprised of Vowels – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/10/ancient-greek-language-richness-mother-wish-vowels/

Nolan’s The Odyssey Sparks Debate Over “Medieval” Armor and Achilles Casting Rumors – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/10/nolan-odyssey-armor-medieval-achilles-cast/

The Lost Treasure of Odysseus and the Theories Surrounding It – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/09/lost-treasure-odysseus/

How the Mines of Laurion Changed Ancient Athens and the World – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/09/mines-laurion-athens-western-civilization/

The Ancient Greek Myth That Gave Europe Its Name – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/09/europe-name-europa-myth/

What If Everything You See Is a Lie? Parmenides’ Mind-Bending Greek Philosophy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/09/parmenides-ancient-greek-philosopher/

Why Greek Philosopher Empedocles’ Four Elements Theory is Still Relevant – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/08/greek-philosopher-empedocles-four-elements-theory-relevant/

The Genius of Ptolemy: How a Lost Ancient Greek Treatise Mapped the Universe – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/08/ptolemy-ancient-greek-treatise-universe/

News in the History of the Alphabet – Biblical Archaeology Society

News in the History of the Alphabet

Every Reason Why The Odyssey Trailer is Hated by Fans
https://fandomwire.com/every-reason-why-the-odyssey-trailer-is-hated-by-fans/

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Looks More Hollywood Than Homer

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Looks More Hollywood Than Homer

Obituary: Barsby let deeds match words | Otago Daily Times Online News
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/obituary-barsby-let-deeds-match-words

Emily Lime Wins AIA Award for Presentation on Artificial Lighting Systems in Pompeii | Department of Classics

Emily Lime Wins AIA Award for Presentation on Artificial Lighting Systems in Pompeii

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part IV: Allies and Mercenaries – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part IV: Allies and Mercenaries

Weekly Varia no. 181, 05/10/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 181, 05/10/26

Summer 2026 Reading List – Noodlings

Summer 2026 Reading List

Down, Down, Deeper and Down… | Sphinx

Down, Down, Deeper and Down…

Blog interview: Me and the WCC UK | Classically Inclined

Blog interview: Me and the WCC UK

The sermons of three men named Eusebius: Eusebius of Emesa, Eusebius of Alexandria, and Eusebius Gallicanus

The sermons of three men named Eusebius: Eusebius of Emesa, Eusebius of Alexandria, and Eusebius Gallicanus

Spears and Stones will Break Your Bones But Words…Aeneas’ Speech to Achilles in Iliad 20 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Spears and Stones will Break Your Bones But Words…Aeneas’ Speech to Achilles in Iliad 20

Laudator Temporis Acti: On Changing One’s Mind
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/on-changing-ones-mind.html

De Kerkgeschiedenis van Eusebios – Mainzer Beobachter

De Kerkgeschiedenis van Eusebios

Faits divers (51) – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (51)

PaleoJudaica.com: Josephus’ effeminizing propaganda?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/josephus-effeminizing-propaganda.html

PaleoJudaica.com: History, Prophecy, Identity and Language in the Hebrew Bible (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/history-prophecy-identity-and-language.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Narsai: The Homilies. Volume 2 (Peeters)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/narsai-homilies-volume-2-peeters.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/serving-christian-state-in-late.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: 1 Thessalonians: Epigraphical Commentary on the New Testament I
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/1-thessalonians-epigraphical-commentary.html

‘The American School of Spies’ Highlights WWII Archaeologists’ Efforts in Greece – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/the-american-school-of-spies-highlights-wwii-archaeologists-efforts-in-greece/

Book Review: Carthage Must Be Destroyed – CANE
https://caneweb.org/book-review-carthage-must-be-destroyed/

Giving gifts and doing favours: literary classical Attic Greek support-verb constructions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.08/

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Anima Latina – CCXXXIV – 10.05.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/05/anima-latina-10-05-2026.html

(67) Vigiliae Vergilianae (11-… – Ab ovo (usque ad mala) – Apple Podcasts

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 09.05.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/05/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-09-05-2026.html

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(422) The Man Who Broke Rome: Caesar’s Rise and Assassination | David Potter – YouTube

(422) Romans Remembering Relatives — Latin – YouTube

(422) Olympias, the Mother of Alexander the Great and Second Consort to Philip II of Macedon – YouTube

(423) Vigiliae Vergilianae (11-18 m. Maii) | Spoken Latin Podcast (67) – YouTube

(424) The Odyssey’s $250 Million Scale Is Bigger Than Fans Realized – YouTube

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explorator 28.19 ~ May 10 , 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.19 ~ May 10 , 2026

The Getic Capital Helis and Its Contacts with the Greek Colonies in the Black Sea | Spartokos a lu

The Getic Capital Helis and Its Contacts with the Greek Colonies in the Black Sea

Project MUSE – Ancient Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/124305

• Lemuria continues (day 2) — a private and public appeasement of the dead; the Roman paterfamilias would rise at midnight to conduct a ritual involving beans and bronze
• rites in honour of Mania — a Roman divinity who was considered the goddess of the dead; she was also the mother of the Lares
• 14 A.D. — Augustus‘ last official census comes to an end
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Anthimus
• 330 A.D. — Constantine renames Byzantium and makes it his capital
• 1988 A.D. — death of E.T. Salmon (Samnium and the Samnites)

• 214 (?) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Claudius II Gothicus
• 232 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and Palmatius
• 238 A.D. — murder of Maximinus Thrax (by one reckoning)
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Epimachus at Alexandria
• 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyrinus, and Benedicta