ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN December 9, 2024

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LEGENDA
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Repatriation of Cypriot antiquities from the United Kingdom – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/repatriation-of-cypriot-antiquities-from-the-united-kingdom/

Huge array of ancient artefacts returned to Cyprus from UK | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/12/09/huge-array-of-ancient-artefacts-returned-to-cyprus-from-uk/

Excavations at Kition-Bamboula for this season conducted by the French archaeological mission completed – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/excavations-at-kition-bamboula-for-this-season-conducted-by-the-french-archaeological-mission-completed/

The Ancient Story Behind ‘The Return’, Explained
https://movieweb.com/the-return-the-odyssey-story-explained/

Archaeologists unearth late Ptolemaic artifacts in Egypt’s Alexandria-Xinhua
https://english.news.cn/20241209/f492c1e359134578a7ff5e876bfba869/c.html

Public structures from 4th century BC discovered in northern Iraq – Iraqi News
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/public-structures-from-4th-century-bc-discovered-in-northern-iraq/

Statue Possibly Representing Cleopatra VII and Numerous Coins Featuring Her Effigy Found at the Temple of Taposiris Magna, West of Alexandria

Statue Possibly Representing Cleopatra VII and Numerous Coins Featuring Her Effigy Found at the Temple of Taposiris Magna, West of Alexandria

A Shipwreck from the 6th Century BC, Stone and Iron Anchors, Found Off the Southern Coast of Sicily

A Shipwreck from the 6th Century BC, Stone and Iron Anchors, Found Off the Southern Coast of Sicily

‘Barbarians’ May Have Been Inspired by Opium When Attacking Rome, Study Suggests – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-12-08/ty-article-magazine/germanic-warriors-who-stormed-rome-were-stoned-out-of-their-gills-study-suggests/00000193-a661-d6c1-a5fb-f7e3978d0000

Roman scutum: An 1,800-year-old shield dropped by a Roman soldier who likely died in battle | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/roman-scutum-an-1-800-year-old-shield-dropped-by-a-roman-soldier-who-likely-died-in-battle

Marble statue found in Athens during works to lay gas pipes | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1255789/marble-statue-found-in-athens-during-works-to-lay-gas-pipes/

Study finds first cave pearls containing archaeological artifacts in ancient Jerusalem tunnel
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-cave-pearls-archaeological-artifacts-ancient.html

Opulent statuettes found in Roman domus excavations
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/12/opulent-statuettes-found-in-roman-domus-excavations/154090

A 2,000-year-old Roman grave belonging to soldier Flaccus unearthed in Netherlands – Arkeonews

A 2,000-year-old Roman grave belonging to soldier Flaccus unearthed in Netherlands

Roman Soldier Flaccus’ Tomb Discovered in the Netherlands, Dating to the Late 1st Century BCE

Roman Soldier Flaccus’ Tomb Discovered in the Netherlands, Dating to the Late 1st Century BCE

Grave of Roman soldier unearthed in Heerlen
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/12/grave-of-roman-soldier-unearthed-in-heerlen/154074

Identity known: Roman grave is that of soldier Flaccus

Identity known: Roman grave is that of soldier Flaccus

Ancient Mesopotamians felt happiness in liver, anger in feet – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-832449

Archaeology breakthrough as 2,000-year-old coin solves mystery of ‘fake’ Roman Emperor | UCL News – UCL – University College London
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/2024/dec/archaeology-breakthrough-2000-year-old-coin-solves-mystery-fake-roman-emperor

Secrets of Abandoned 2,700-Year-Old City Revealed by New Discovery – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/secrets-abandoned-2700-year-old-city-revealed-new-discovery-1997599

1,500-year-old Anglo-Saxon burial holds a ‘unique’ mystery — a Roman goblet once filled with pig fat | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-500-year-old-anglo-saxon-burial-holds-a-unique-mystery-a-roman-goblet-once-filled-with-pig-fat

Naples: Professor at the Orientale identifies precious Etruscan mirror – Agenzia Nova
https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/napoli-docente-dellorientale-identifica-prezioso-specchio-etrusco/

Discovery and Identification of a Rare Etruscan Mirror
https://www.ilmattino.it/en/discovery_and_identification_of_a_rare_etruscan_mirror-8528799.html?next_page=2

A heroon with intact tombs filled with luxurious jewels and lions sculpted in Pentelic marble, found in the ancient Greek city of Ripes in Achaea

A heroon with intact tombs filled with luxurious jewels and lions sculpted in Pentelic marble, found in the ancient Greek city of Ripes in Achaea

Just in time for Christmas? Sarcophagus possibly belonging to Saint Nich – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-832452

How Hadrian Aqueduct is saving Athens amid climate change – Türkiye Today

How Hadrian Aqueduct is saving Athens amid climate change

Archaeologists wary over Egypt’s Giza plateau ‘upgrade’ plans
https://www.newarab.com/news/archaeologists-wary-over-egypts-giza-plateau-upgrade-plans

Chester’s Saturnalia parade brings Roman flair to festive season finale | Deeside.com
https://www.deeside.com/chesters-saturnalia-parade-brings-roman-flair-to-festive-season-finale/

Ancient Egyptian Coffin Painting Did Not Predict Marge Simpson | Snopes.com
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/painting-egypt-coffin-marge-simpson/

The Worst Part of a Plague: Despair – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Worst Part of a Plague: Despair

Romans (and Greeks) in Washington | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/romans-and-greeks-in-washington-blog-post-mary-beard

Autism and Classical Myth: Who picks the apple? The hero or… something else? Announcing this blog’s monstrous turn
https://myth-autism.blogspot.com/2024/12/who-picks-apple-hero-or-something-else.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Credit and Blame
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2024/12/credit-and-blame.html

No, it’s still not “Lysistrata time” – by Donna Zuckerberg
https://donnazuckerberg.substack.com/p/no-its-still-not-lysistrata-time?publication_id=2108238&post_id=151928474&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Don’t cancel Aristotle – we need his ideas to hone ours | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/dont-cancel-aristotle-we-need-his-ideas-to-hone-ours

Learning for Reading
https://latinum.substack.com/p/learning-for-reading?publication_id=3282716&post_id=152822092&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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AUDIENDA
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The Mesopotamian Map of Mystery, Or, From Babylon to the Boondocks and Back Again, Hopefully | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-mesopotamian-map-of-mystery-or-from-babylon-to-the-boondocks-and-back-again-hopefully/

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NOTANDA
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AWOL – The Ancient World Online: OCIANA: Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/11/ociana-online-corpus-of-inscriptions-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Amarna’s Leatherwork: Part I. Preliminary analysis and catalogue
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2024/12/amarnas-leatherwork-part-i-preliminary.html

Call for Papers: Revista Vivesiana, Journal of Humanism and Renaissance (10) 2025 – The Classical Association of Canada

Call for Papers: Revista Vivesiana, Journal of Humanism and Renaissance (10) 2025

Post-doctoral Fellowships in Critical Classical Studies (Department of Classics, Brown University) – The Classical Association of Canada

Post-doctoral Fellowships in Critical Classical Studies (Department of Classics, Brown University)

The Modernity of Minoan Art

The Modernity of Minoan Art

Facing down the furies: suicide, the ancient Greeks, and me – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Facing down the furies: suicide, the ancient Greeks, and me

Valuing labour in Greco-Roman antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Valuing labour in Greco-Roman antiquity

From photography to 3D models and beyond: visualizations in archaeology – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

From photography to 3D models and beyond: visualizations in archaeology

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