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Ancient Roman Villa is Discovered Under Lake Fusaro in Italy

Geological Shift Causes Ancient Roman Villa To Re-Emerge From Lake Fusaro in Italy

Greek guard charged in crackdown on antiquities smuggling rings | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greek-guard-charged-crackdown-antiquities-smuggling-rings-2025-03-20/

Greek Culture Ministry Suspends Serres Guard Over Antiquities Looting Scandal

Greek Culture Ministry Suspends Serres Guard Over Antiquities Looting Scandal

Police Raid On Shipping Family Estates Reveals Suspected Antiquities

Police Raid on Shipping Family Estates Reveals Suspected Antiquities

Military commander tomb dating back to King Ramses III uncovered in Ismailia – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/543333/Antiquities/Military-commander-tomb-dating-back-to-King-Ramses.aspx

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-greek-and-roman-statues-were-not-only-beautiful-but-also-smelled-nice-too-180986280/

Ancient Greek jar holds curse against 55 people | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/03/ancient-greek-jar-holds-curse-against-55-people.html

Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at ‘Armageddon’ when biblical king was killed, study suggests | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptian-soldiers-and-greek-mercenaries-were-at-armageddon-when-biblical-king-was-killed-study-suggests

Long before debates over ‘wokeness’, Epicurus built a philosophy that welcomed slaves, women and outsiders
https://theconversation.com/long-before-debates-over-wokeness-epicurus-built-a-philosophy-that-welcomed-slaves-women-and-outsiders-250772

Figs, meat – and not too much sex. A good diet in ancient times was more than what you ate
https://theconversation.com/figs-meat-and-not-too-much-sex-a-good-diet-in-ancient-times-was-more-than-what-you-ate-249571

How can we ethically display the dead in museums? What about resin casts of those who died violently in Pompeii?
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ethically-display-dead-museums-resin.html

This 5,000-Year-Old Civilization Was Discovered Thanks To AI

5,000-Year-Old Civilization Discovered Beneath the Sand in the Arabian Peninsula Thanks To AI

Royal tomb of mystery Pharaoh who ruled 3,600 years ago unearthed in Egypt | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/mystery-pharaoh-tomb-egypt-royal-b2717650.html

Iron Age House From the 10th Century BC Discovered in Greece – GreekReporter.com

Iron Age House From the 10th Century BC Discovered in Greece

Ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets discovered in Iraq reveal intricate details of how empire was governed – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/20/ancient-mesopotamian-clay-tablets-discovered-iraq-reveal-intricate-details-how-empire-governed

Herculaneum reopens the House of the Tuscan Colonnade and the House of the Wooden Sacellum
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/herculaneum-reopens-the-house-of-the-tuscan-colonnade-and-the-house-of-the-wooden-sacellum

[AI?]1,600-year-old tear bottle from Late Roman Period discovered in Turkey – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846654

Excavations at Late Bronze Age Erimi-Pitharka, Cyprus: The 2024 season. Recht et al. Internet Archaeology 69.
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue69/1/index.html

(5) ANE Today, 20 Mar 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-20-mar-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=159420848&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Wheel of Fortune
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/wheel-of-fortune.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Empire and excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878–1960
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/empire-and-excavation-critical.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue – Volume 2. Sessions 3, 7 and 8 from the Conference Broadening Horizons 6 Held at the Freie Universität Berlin, 24–28 June 2019
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/bridging-gap-disciplines-times-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Livy Study Maps: Book 22
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/livy-study-maps-book-22.html

Three Things Thursday: Talking Pseudoarchaeology with Flint Dibble | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Talking Pseudoarchaeology with Flint Dibble

(5) Never far from Rome IV – by Agnes Crawford
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/never-far-from-rome-iv?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=508757&post_id=154989359&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(5) Pasts Imperfect (3.20.25)
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-32025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=342873&post_id=158505708&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: Review panel on Neis, When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven (1)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/review-panel-on-neis-when-human-gives.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “Oldest Hebrew book” on display at JTA NYC
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/oldest-hebrew-book-on-display-at-jta-nyc.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Gupta on Josephus
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/gupta-on-josephus.html

Roman Constantinople in Byzantine perspective – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Roman Constantinople in Byzantine perspective

Emotion and historiography in Polybius’ Histories – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Emotion and historiography in Polybius’ Histories

The Blogs: Netanyahu and the Trial of Socrates | Yehuda Halper | The Times of Israel
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-and-the-trial-of-socrates/

Emily Wilson to deliver 2025 Distinguished Lecture | ASU News
https://news.asu.edu/b/20250319-emily-wilson-deliver-2025-distinguished-lecture
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NT Pod: NT Pod 109: The Last Supper (2025)
https://podacre.blogspot.com/2025/03/nt-pod-109-last-supper-2025.html

The Iliad – The Ancients | Acast

Episode 159 – The Fall of Veii: Part II – The Partial Historians

Episode 159 – The Fall of Veii: Part II

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(643) The Life & Work of PINDAR (Ancient Greek Lyric Poet) – YouTube

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The Emergence and Spread of Animal Management In the Eastern Mediterranean

The Emergence and Spread of Animal Management In the Eastern Mediterranean

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Reimagining Didyma’s Sacred Way | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/reimagining-didymas-sacred-way

2,200-year-old shackles discovered at ancient Egyptian gold mine | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/2-200-year-old-shackles-discovered-at-ancient-egyptian-gold-mine

‘Not enough survives to read the king’s name’: Tomb discovered of unknown ancient Egyptian pharaoh | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/not-enough-survives-to-read-the-kings-name-tomb-discovered-of-unknown-ancient-egyptian-pharaoh

Possibly An Elite Ancient Greek Necropolis: Ukrainian Soldiers Uncover 6th–5th Century BC Burial Site In Southern Ukraine

Possibly an Elite Ancient Greek Necropolis: Ukrainian Soldiers Uncover 6th–5th Century BC Burial Site in Southern Ukraine

A Roman Settlement Destroyed During the Gothic Raids of the Mid-3rd Century AD Discovered in Bulgaria

A Roman Settlement Destroyed During the Gothic Raids of the Mid-3rd Century AD Discovered in Bulgaria

Rare Ancient Greek Armor Unveiled At Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum

Rare Ancient Greek Armor Unveiled at Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum

Archaeologists Discover Mosaics of Two Fighting Cupids and a Mysterious Inscription at an Ancient Greek City Hall | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-mosaics-of-two-fighting-cupids-and-a-mysterious-inscription-at-an-ancient-greek-city-hall-180986248/

Archaeologists Unearth Monumental Tomb Near Fabled Ancient Greek City

Archaeologists Unearth Monumental Tomb Near Fabled Ancient Greek City

What Was Daily Life Like in Ancient Greece? – GreekReporter.com

What Was Daily Life Like in Ancient Greece?

Ancient Greek Jar From 2,300 Years Ago Holds Curse Against 55 People – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Greek Jar From 2,300 Years Ago Holds Curse Against 55 People

When Rome Turned Ancient Greece’s Sparta into a Theme Park – GreekReporter.com

When Rome Turned Ancient Greece’s Sparta into a Theme Park

Greek Police Raid Finds Antiquities in Greek Shipowner’s Home – The National Herald

Greek Police Raid Finds Antiquities in Greek Shipowner’s Home

Police raid on shipping family estates uncovers suspected antiquities | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1264472/police-raid-on-shipping-family-estates-uncovers-suspected-antiquities/

London Museum receives Roman artefacts and £20m gift from Bloomberg – Museums Association
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/03/london-museum-receives-roman-artefacts-and-20m-gift-from-bloomberg/#

The Magdala Stone: Does It Show God’s Chariot in the Temple? – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-03-18/ty-article-magazine/the-magdala-stone-does-it-show-gods-chariot-in-the-temple/00000195-aa0c-d280-a79d-ef8d93f90000

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Used to Be Scented

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Used to Be Scented

[AI?]1,600-year-old tear bottle from Late Roman Period discovered in Turkey – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846654

Bringing History to Life: Conservation of the Alexander Frieze Underway at The Harris – Preston City Council
https://www.preston.gov.uk/news/Bringing-History-to-Life-Conservation-of-the-Alexander-Frieze-Underway-at-The-Harris

Laudator Temporis Acti: Thanks to the Gods
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/thanks-to-gods.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: No Such Person
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/no-such-person.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Prokop von Caesarea
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/prokop-von-caesarea.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Small Stuff of Roman Antiquity
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-small-stuff-of-roman-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Milk and Dairy Products in the Medicine and Culinary Art of Antiquity and Early Byzantium (1st–7th Centuries AD)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/milk-and-dairy-products-in-medicine-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Eleatic Ontology from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/eleatic-ontology-from-hellenistic.html

Wat is een diadeem? – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is een diadeem?

PaleoJudaica.com: What does the Magdala Stone depict?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-does-magdala-stone-depict.html

World Poetry Day at the Acropolis Museum: “The Iliad by Ear” | Acropolis Museum | Official website
https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/events/world-poetry-day-acropolis-museum-iliad-ear

Mary Beard’s top five powerful women in ancient Greece and Rome | British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/mary-beards-top-five-powerful-women-ancient-greece-and-rome

(4) The Pursuit of Love – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-pursuit-of-love?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=159428681&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Master of Actium – The Past

Master of Actium

“Heroic” Rape/Abduction in Classical Antiquity (2022) – A book by Rosanna Lauriola – Ancient World Magazine
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/reviews/heroic-rape-abduction-classical-antiquity-2022-book-rosanna-lauriola/

Antiquities of the Northern Black Sea Region, the Caucasus, and Central Asia: From the Discoveries of N.I. Veselovsky to Modern Science. | Spartokos read

Antiquités de la région nord de la mer Noire, du Caucase et de l’Asie centrale : d’après les découvertes de N.I. Veselovsky à la science moderne.

Anima animalis: el alma de los animales en la Grecia arcaica – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Anima animalis: el alma de los animales en la Grecia arcaica

Les Antigonides et la Grèce égéenne: numismatique et morceaux choisis – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Les Antigonides et la Grèce égéenne: numismatique et morceaux choisis

More on the Sacra Parallela of John Damascene – Roger Pearse

More on the Sacra Parallela of John Damascene

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diē duodēvīcēsimō mēnsis Martiī — Nuntii Latini

diē duodēvīcēsimō mēnsis Martiī

“Women of Trachis”: Sophocles’ Forgotten Play, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 177) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/women-of-trachis-sophocles-forgotten-play-part-ii-ad-navseam-episode-176/

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(612) A Mysterious Ancient City had a Giant Floating Pegasus Statue?! #ancienthistory #AncientGreece – YouTube

(612) Historian Tom Holland on Donald Trump and the collapse of the Roman Empire – YouTube

(612) What Shoes Did They Wear in Roman Britain? – YouTube

(613) The Portus Relief: A Roman Story in Stone – YouTube

Aeschylus Agamemnon 2025
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/agamemnon/
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PECUNIA is an ERC-funded project inviting applications

PECUNIA: Public Wealth in the Cities of Roman Asia Minor (27 BC-AD 235)

Summer School in Homer 2025 | Department of Greek & Latin – UCL – University College London
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/outreach-and-summer-schools/summer-schools/summer-school-homer-2025

2-Week Online Intensives | Latin & Ancient Greek | Oxford Latinitas

2-Week Online Intensives

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2,200-year-old shackles discovered at ancient Egyptian gold mine | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/2-200-year-old-shackles-discovered-at-ancient-egyptian-gold-mine

Investigating the psychedelic blue lotus of Egypt, where ancient magic meets modern science
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-psychedelic-blue-lotus-egypt-ancient.html

First-of-its-kind ancient Roman aqueduct found in Slovakia | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article302235054.html

Anti-plague amulets and IOUs: the excavation that brings Roman London thundering back to life | Museums | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/18/excavation-roman-museum-of-london

Thousands of Roman artefacts found during building work donated by Bloomberg Philanthropies to London Museum | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/london-museum-ancient-roman-artefacts-bloomberg-b2717156.html

A&S undergrad unearths miniature Hercules statue in Italy
https://as.cornell.edu/news/undergrad-unearths-miniature-hercules-statue-italy

Treasure Trove Of Roman Artefacts Gifted To London Museum | Londonist
https://londonist.com/london/museums-and-galleries/london-museum-roman-artefacts-bloomberg

Bloomberg gifts £20m and Roman artefacts to London Museum
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5z9x70dldo

Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed – DW – 03/18/2025
https://amp.dw.com/en/statues-in-ancient-greece-rome-were-colorful-and-perfumed/a-64426809

2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine

2,500-Year-Old Amphora Found by Ukrainian Troops in Southern Ukraine

Weiner Publishes Essay on “Fearful Laughter” – News – Hamilton College
https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/bodily-horror-roman-humor-jesse-weiner

Turkish Museum Director Suspended for Looting 4th Century Greek Church – GreekReporter.com

Turkish Museum Director Suspended for Looting 4th Century Greek Church

Art Seizures at the Met Caused Concern. His Job Is to Address It. – The New York Times

You’ve been getting Roman togas wrong your whole life – here’s why | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-toga-misconceptions/

Laudator Temporis Acti: Definitions
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/definitions.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Mixed Marriages
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/mixed-marriages.html

Fake Plastic Trees | Sphinx

Fake Plastic Trees

Does Virgil make you fall off your chair? | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/does-virgil-make-you-fall-off-your-chair-blog-post

Two Article Tuesday: Sun Ra and Edgar Cayce | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two Article Tuesday: Sun Ra and Edgar Cayce

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Against Moab: Interrogating the Archaeology of Iron Age Jordan
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/against-moab-interrogating-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Top 10 Book of Esther discoveries
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/top-10-book-of-esther-discoveries.html

(4) Spring Exhibitions in Rome – by Agnes Crawford
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/spring-exhibitions-in-rome?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=508757&post_id=158323885&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Mobility in mortuary contexts – The Past

Mobility in mortuary contexts

Early Modern Latin love poetry – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Early Modern Latin love poetry

Il pittore Felton e la sua officina. Ceramografia singolare a Taranto nell’età di Archita – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Il pittore Felton e la sua officina. Ceramografia singolare a Taranto nell’età di Archita

Athenian power in the fifth century BC – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Athenian power in the fifth century BC

Christianity, philosophy, and Roman power: Constantine, Julian, and the bishops on exegesis and empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Christianity, philosophy, and Roman power: Constantine, Julian, and the bishops on exegesis and empire

The World Premiere of ‘Aristotle/Alexander’ by Alex Lyras on March 29 in LA – The National Herald

The World Premiere of ‘Aristotle/Alexander’ by Alex Lyras on March 29 in LA

A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil ‹ Literary Hub

A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil

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(4) Solarism and the Great Hymn to the Aten
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/solarism-and-the-great-hymn-to-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=752411&post_id=158807525&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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(591) Ellon Souter CAARI Lecture – YouTube

(591) Warwick Classics’ Society’s 2025 production of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon at the Warwick Arts Centre – YouTube

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Doctoral Researcher in economic anthropology (southern Levant) Job Details | University of Helsinki
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Doctoral-Researcher-in-economic-anthropology-%28southern-Levant%29/814149302/

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A Tour of Ancient Rome’s Best Graffiti: “We Have Urinated in Our Beds … There Was No Chamber Pot” & More | Open Culture

A Tour of Ancient Rome’s Best Graffiti: “We Have Urinated in Our Beds … There Was No Chamber Pot” & More

Iron shackles found at Ghozza suggest at least some gold miners during Egypt’s Ptolemaic period were slaves
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-iron-shackles-ghozza-gold-miners.html

Ancient Greek Artifacts Discovered During Fortification Construction in Mykolaiv – Oj
https://odessa-journal.com/during-the-construction-of-fortifications-in-mykolaiv-region-burial-sites-from-the-6th-5th-centuries-bc-were-discovered

Bronze Age pottery reveals El Argar’s economic and political boundaries
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bronze-age-pottery-reveals-el.html

Elon Musk applauds The Winged Victory of Samothrace – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846410

Royal tomb of mysterious pharaoh is discovered in Egypt after 3,700 years | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14506509/Royal-tomb-pharaoh-Egypt-3-700-years.html

Royal tomb of unknown pharaoh discovered in Mount Anubis necropolis
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/03/royal-tomb-of-unknown-pharaoh-discovered-in-mount-anubis-necropolis/154730

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds | Archaeology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

Greek archivist suspected as kingpin in archaeology smuggling ring – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846223

A Mikveh in Roman Ostia – Biblical Archaeology Society

A Mikveh in Roman Ostia

[AI?]Archaeologists discover Roman-era twin babies face-to-face burial – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846392

[AI?]Archaeologists Find 1,305m Tunnel Under Taposiris Magna—Cleopatra Clue? – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846421

[AI?]New shade of grey: Pompeii study reveals ancient Roman artists’ pigment – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846420

“Pompeian Gray” Discovered in Pompeii Excavations: A Unique Color in the Roman World

“Pompeian Gray” Discovered in Pompeii Excavations: A Unique Color in the Roman World

History of art staff member publishes research on face pots | Cornell Chronicle
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/history-art-staff-member-publishes-research-face-pots

Rare Roman columbariums in Türkiye enter cultural records | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/rare-roman-columbariums-in-turkiye-enter-cultural-records

Ancient theatre of Aptera – The Past

Ancient theatre of Aptera

Olympian Milo Of Croton Won Gold Without Competing As Opponents Feared Facing Him

Olympian Milo of Croton Won Gold Without Competing as Opponents Feared Facing Him

‘Behind the Blue’: UK professor discovers Spartacus’ 1st battlefield | UKNow
https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/behind-blue-uk-professor-discovers-spartacus-1st-battlefield

Bvlgari Unveils “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection” – V Magazine

Bvlgari Unveils “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection”

Denmark returns smuggled head of Septimius Severus statue to Türkiye | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/denmark-returns-smuggled-head-of-septimius-severus-statue-to-turkiye/news

Homer’s ‘Iliad’ to be recited at Acropolis Museum for World Poetry Day | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1264342/homers-iliad-to-be-recited-at-acropolis-museum-for-world-poetry-day/

Ephemeris ~ NUNTIUS RUSSICUS
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2425

De slag bij Munda (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De slag bij Munda (1)

De slag bij Munda (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

De slag bij Munda (2)

De slag bij Munda (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

De slag bij Munda (3)

De slag bij Munda (4) – Mainzer Beobachter

De slag bij Munda (4)

De slag bij Munda (5) – Mainzer Beobachter

De slag bij Munda (5)

Laudator Temporis Acti: They Don’t Keep Quiet
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/they-dont-keep-quiet.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Klimonas: An Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village in Cyprus
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/klimonas-early-pre-pottery-neolithic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Guide to Strabo
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/guide-to-strabo.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Two Early Byzantine Bible Manuscripts in Christian Palestinian Aramaic: Codex Climaci Rescriptus II & XI
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/two-early-byzantine-bible-manuscripts.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Antiquity: Including the “East” As “Western Identity”
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/antiquity-including-east-as-western.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Biblical Herem: A Window in Israels Religious Experience
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-biblical-herem-window-in-israels.html

Weekly Varia, no. 122, 03/16/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia, no. 122, 03/16/25

Bridging the North Sea: Unveiling the Roman Maritime Network – Time Travel Rome

Bridging the North Sea: Unveiling the Roman Maritime Network

The Ancient Greek Guide to Creation (and a little beyond) – Retrospect Journal

The Ancient Greek Guide to Creation (and a little beyond)

PaleoJudaica.com: Guide to ethnographic passages in Strabo’s Geography
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/guide-to-ethnographic-passages-in.html

Lawless Republic by Josiah Osgood: 4-star review
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/review-lawless-republic-josiah-osgood/

Roman Feet and Shoes: The cultural significance of feet, footwear, and their representations in the north-western provinces – The Past

Roman Feet and Shoes: The cultural significance of feet, footwear, and their representations in the north-western provinces

The Oxford handbook of pre-Roman Italy (1000–49 BCE) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The Oxford handbook of pre-Roman Italy (1000–49 BCE)

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Hezekiah Gets His Grooves Off, Or, Cult Consolidator or Cost Cutter? | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/hezekiah-gets-his-grooves-off-or-cult-consolidator-or-cost-cutter/

Excavating Pompeii Emperors Of Rome podcast
https://player.fm/series/emperors-of-rome-2149383/excavating-pompeii

Babylon: The Most Important City of Antiquity – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast

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(564) Symbolism, Sacrifice, and the Textiles in modern productions of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Dr Leo Kershaw – YouTube

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Second Biennial North American Cicero Awayday | 12 April 2025 | Department of Classics | Wake Forest University

Second Biennial North American Cicero Awayday | 12 April 2025

Colloquium on Aeschylus’ Agamemnon | APGRD
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/23/03-agamemnon-colloquium

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Rare Roman columbariums in Türkiye enter cultural records | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/rare-roman-columbariums-in-turkiye-enter-cultural-records

Apollo gold ring with ‘healing serpent’ found in 2,000-year-old tomb in Greece | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/apollo-gold-ring-with-healing-serpent-found-in-2-000-year-old-tomb-in-greece

Cult centre revealed at ancient Amphipolis
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/03/cult-centre-revealed-at-ancient-amphipolis/154725

Royal Tomb, Greek-Language Writings Among Latest Discoveries in Egypt – GreekReporter.com

Royal Tomb, Greek-Language Writings Among Latest Discoveries in Egypt

Mystery ancient Egyptian royal tomb sheds light on history in Sohag – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/9/542019/Antiquities/Mystery-ancient-Egyptian-royal-tomb-sheds-light-on.aspx

Greek archivist suspected as kingpin in archaeology smuggling ring – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-846223

Headline: Antiquities Smuggling Rings Busted, Ancient Treasures Recovered

Headline: Antiquities Smuggling Rings Busted, Ancient Treasures Recovered

A Roman aqueduct lies beneath a Slovak chateau. No one knew until now. – The Slovak Spectator
https://spectator.sme.sk/culture-and-lifestyle/c/a-roman-aqueduct-lies-beneath-a-slovak-chateau-no-one-knew-until-now

Roman-era Jewish bath in Italy may be oldest outside of Israel, points to vibrant Diaspora | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/roman-era-jewish-bath-in-italy-may-be-oldest-outside-of-israel-points-to-vibrant-diaspora/

Assassination of Julius Caesar Re-Enacted at Original Rome Site – GreekReporter.com

Assassination of Julius Caesar Re-Enacted at Original Rome Site

Ukrainian soldiers discover 6th–5th century BC burial site during fortification works in southern Ukraine – photos | Ukrainska Pravda
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03/16/7503138/

When a goddess enters the digital age | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1264138/when-a-goddess-enters-the-digital-age/

A Stunning Collection of Rarely Seen Ancient Roman Sculptures Is Coming to North America for the First Time | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-stunning-collection-of-rarely-seen-ancient-roman-sculptures-is-coming-to-north-america-for-the-first-time-180986226/

Did the Minoan Civilization Really End Due to Giant Tsunamis? – GreekReporter.com

Did the Minoan Civilization Really End Due to Giant Tsunamis?

‘The Odyssey’ is having a moment. Again. — Harvard Gazette

‘The Odyssey’ is having a moment. Again.

The Trojan War and an Ancient Language Come to Ithaca – The Cornell Daily Sun
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/03/the-trojan-war-and-an-ancient-language-come-to-ithaca

Doing As the Romans Did | The Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/doing-romans-did

The Problem with the Ides of March: Not Enough Cicero, Not Enough MURDER – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Problem with the Ides of March: Not Enough Cicero, Not Enough MURDER

Obligatory Ides of March Post: Caesar Wanted to Go Out With A Bang, Not A Whimper – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Obligatory Ides of March Post: Caesar Wanted to Go Out With A Bang, Not A Whimper

(4) Beware the Ides of March – The Octavian Report
https://octavian.substack.com/p/beware-the-ides-of-march?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=439995&post_id=158874724&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Venus Cloacina: Meet the Roman Sewer Goddess | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/venus-cloacina-roman-sewer-goddess/

Everything I Liked and Hated about Uberto Pasolini’s ‘The Return’ (2024) – Tales of Times Forgotten

Everything I Liked and Hated about Uberto Pasolini’s ‘The Return’ (2024)

De Bijbelkennis van de duivel – Mainzer Beobachter

De Bijbelkennis van de duivel

Ephemeris ~ NUNTIUS RUSSICUS
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2425

Een depositie uit Bronstijd-Drenthe – Mainzer Beobachter

Een depositie uit Bronstijd-Drenthe

Aeneas Tacticus – Mainzer Beobachter

Aeneas Tacticus

Pompeius en Caesar bij Munda – Mainzer Beobachter

Pompeius en Caesar bij Munda

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Beware
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/03/beware.html

The Tower of the Scipios, the Best-Preserved Roman Funerary Monument in Hispania

The Tower of the Scipios, the Best-Preserved Roman Funerary Monument in Hispania

Shackled with Iron Chains: Archaeologists Reveal the Harsh Reality of Gold Mines in Ptolemaic Egypt

Shackled with Iron Chains: Archaeologists Reveal the Harsh Reality of Gold Mines in Ptolemaic Egypt

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Bad Man
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-bad-man.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: In Charge
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/in-charge.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Fewer Have More
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/fewer-have-more.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Lasso
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/lasso.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Forgiveness
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/forgiveness.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Peasant
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-peasant.html

The Ancient Greeks Who Converted to Buddhism | Open Culture

The Ancient Greeks Who Converted to Buddhism

PaleoJudaica.com: Zellentin, Rabbinic Parodies of Jewish and Christian Literature (Mohr Siebeck, open access)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/zellentin-rabbinic-parodies-of-jewish.html

PaleoJudaica.com: For the Ides of March
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/for-ides-of-march.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Conference: The Bible in its Ancient Iranian Context
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/conference-bible-in-its-ancient-iranian.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Ophir, In the Beginning Was the State
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/review-of-ophir-in-beginning-was-state.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Obituary: Ze’ev Meshel (1932–2024)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/obituary-zeev-meshel-19322024.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, Vol. 2!

PaleoJudaica.com: Bodner (ed), The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/03/bodner-ed-cambridge-companion-to.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/orthographic-traditions-and-sub-elite.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Biblical Terror: Why Law and Restoration in the Bible Depend Upon Fear
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/biblical-terror-why-law-and-restoration.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A digital corpus for Greco-Arabic studies
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-digital-corpus-for-greco-arabic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Semites, Iranians, Greeks, and Romans: Studies in their Interactions
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/semites-iranians-greeks-and-romans.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Antikythera Mechanism
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-antikythera-mechanism.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tokens and Social Life in Roman Imperial Italy
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/tokens-and-social-life-in-roman.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/ancient-pasts-for-modern-audiences.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/03/poetry-and-number-in-graeco-roman.html

The History Girls: A taste of Homer, Virgil and Ovid by Caroline K. Mackenzie
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-taste-of-homer-virgil-and-ovid-by.html

Roman Times: The Harpax: A much lighter more effective substitute for the corvus in Roman naval battles
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-harpax-much-lighter-more-effective.html

Friday Quick Hits and Varia | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Quick Hits and Varia

Perils of biography | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/perils-of-biography-blog-post

Q&A | Joe Goodkin keeps the bardic tradition alive with ‘The Blues of Achilles’ – The Daily Iowan

Q&A | Joe Goodkin keeps the bardic tradition alive with ‘The Blues of Achilles’

Roman Feet and Shoes: The cultural significance of feet, footwear, and their representations in the north-western provinces – The Past

Roman Feet and Shoes: The cultural significance of feet, footwear, and their representations in the north-western provinces

Private baths at Pompeii – The Past

Private baths at Pompeii

Reading a new Herculaneum scroll – The Past

Reading a new Herculaneum scroll

Gold, the Horse, and the Man. Collection of Articles for the 60th Anniversary of Alexander Vladimirovich Simonenko | Spartokos Read

L’or, le cheval et l’homme. Recueil d’articles pour le 60e anniversaire d’Alexander Vladimirovich Simonenko

Pompeian pigments. A glimpse into ancient Roman colouring materials – ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325000500

What pigments were used in the frescoes of Pompeii? Study published on the subject
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/what-pigments-were-used-in-the-frescoes-of-pompeii-study-published-on-the-subject
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Anima Latina 16.03.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/03/anima-latina-16-03-2025.html

(530) Beware the Ides of March – YouTube

Duo mūnera docendī — Nuntii Latini

Duo mūnera docendī

105: The Sixth Syrian War and Day of Eleusis by The Hellenistic Age Podcast

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW348 – Greece in the fourth century BC
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/aw348-greece-in-the-fourth-century-bc
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VIDENDA
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(530) Beware the Ides of March! Great event by Gruppo Storico Romano in Largo Argentina – YouTube

Rise of Julius Caesar – The Ancients | Acast

(530) Little Dark Age cover in Classical Latin (SOFTBARDCORE) – YouTube

(530) De philologia, pars I || Spoken Latin podcast (51) – YouTube

(530) Avenging Leonidas – The 2nd Greco Persian War (ALL PARTS) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

(531) Is Translation Cheating? – YouTube

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Arts & Science Lecture in Classics: Dr. Emily Greenwood | Department of Classics
https://www.classics.utoronto.ca/events/arts-science-lecture-classics-dr-emily-greenwood

Guest Lecture: Dr. Luke Roman | Department of Classics
https://www.classics.utoronto.ca/events/guest-lecture-dr-luke-roman