ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ May 19, 2025

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LEGENDA
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How is Roman concrete still standing after 2,000 years? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/how-is-roman-concrete-still-standing-after-2-000-years

Egypt considers underwater museum to showcase sunken cities off Alexandria coast – Tourism – Egypt – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1238/546509/Egypt/Tourism/Egypt-considers-underwater-museum-to-showcase-sunk.aspx

Egypt recovers 21 artifacts from Australia – Egypt Independent

Egypt recovers 21 artifacts from Australia

Teenager on hike finds 1,800-year-old ring depicting Roman goddess Minerva | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/teenager-ring-roman-goddess-minerva-b2753644.html

Monumental Relief of Last Assyrian King Turns Up in Ancient City

Monumental Relief of Last Assyrian King Turns Up in Ancient City

3D modeling demystifies the Parthenon’s lighting conditions in ancient Greece
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-3d-demystifies-parthenon-conditions-ancient.html

[AI?]4,500-year-old clay toys found in Syria – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-854382#google_vignette

Roman military fortress uncovered in ‘important strategic’ location in Egypt
https://nypost.com/2025/05/19/world-news/roman-military-fortress-uncovered-in-important-strategic-location-in-egypt/

The Blogs: The Scythians: Lords of the Steppe in the Shadows of History | Branko Miletic | The Times of Israel
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-scythians-lords-of-the-steppe-in-the-shadows-of-history/

UC Classics helps produce authentic-sounding ‘Antigone’ in Greek | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/05/uc-classics-helps-produce-authentic-sounding-antigone-in-greek.html

University of Cincinnati Strives for Authenticity in Greek Tragedy
https://hoodline.com/2025/05/university-of-cincinnati-strives-for-authenticity-in-greek-tragedy-performance-antigone-with-ancient-song-and-dance/

Apsaros Roman fort: Guarding a distant shore – The Past

Apsaros Roman fort: Guarding a distant shore

The Romans were blamed for massacring these Iron Age warriors. But did they actually murder themselves? | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/iron-age/the-romans-were-blamed-for-massacring-these-iron-age-warriors-but-did-they-actually-murder-themselves/

George Clooney Renews Push to Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece – GreekReporter.com

George Clooney Renews Push to Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece

A 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Was Just Unsealed—and the Mummy Inside is Mind-Blowing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-000-old-sarcophagus-just-125300004.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG2Yyfyq8tHFtGCuBFhxeHgKnUXSxUvyuHbczSJqEdSUfnnAtGuUf72YdLXnrG83Xtecf86Fc_RdRCn3930N_NudMuOWlq_L3NNMZj8EISkRFRWDvHNqLQcf7vN1JbKqs6BecHN8Nr-HEulxIN4iKI-Zx3PlszkbfFSyVi5q6PLK

Man Finds Nearly 1,500 Priceless Ancient Coins While Out for a Walk: Thought He Might Be ‘in a Dream’
https://www.aol.com/man-finds-nearly-1-500-110000688.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMBSTjiSndbC1DhaBVZy4kgRkc_-X22lw1ZrfmLIrjcRszjzw4uEQX589Jo3I3DxMKy-CYhuXdlhFEkAdp-lxH6ty7mSjqvvNESpSF1cemQ_PTBsK6zkIV6e9j3aPNrIvQD9C-F1f0HfWQmjoIaIdcbaoo9KBp56-2uUqYBebmbQ

Sarcophagus of the Spouses undergoes restoration in public view

Sarcophagus of the Spouses undergoes restoration in public view

In the West Bank, the archaeological site of Sebastia under Israeli control
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/19/in-the-west-bank-the-archaeological-site-of-sebastia-under-israeli-control_6741403_4.html

Summer 2025 Reading List – Noodlings

Summer 2025 Reading List

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der Senat von Rom: Politische Kontinuität und Wandel in der Zeit von 235 bis 757
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/der-senat-von-rom-politische.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Paneas: Volume IV: The Aqueduct and the Northern Suburbs
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/paneas-volume-iv-aqueduct-and-northern.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Nahal Haggit: A Roman and Mamluk Farmstead in the Southern Carmel
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/nahal-haggit-roman-and-mamluk-farmstead.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Gamla II: The Architecture The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations, 1976–1989
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/gamla-ii-architecture-shmarya-gutmann.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Roman pig-jaw funerary offering at the Legio VI Ferrata camp?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-roman-pig-jaw-funerary-offering-at.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Pilgrimage Road
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-pilgrimage-road.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Plataea
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/plataea.html

Weekly Varia no. 131, 05/18/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 131, 05/18/25

Ephemeris ~ FOEDUS SINE FOEDERE
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2432

How to Help Gazan History & Archaeology Students Finish their Degree – Everyday Orientalism

How to Help Gazan History & Archaeology Students Finish their Degree

Fathers of Geography – The Milesian school | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/fathers-geography-%E2%80%93-milesian-school

Roman miniature padlock – The Past

Roman miniature padlock

Laudator Temporis Acti: Aischrologia
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/aischrologia.html

1700 jaar Nikaia (2): de gastenlijst – Mainzer Beobachter

1700 jaar Nikaia (2): de gastenlijst

Surveying the Pontic landscape through the fortresses of the Mithradatids | Spartokos read

Surveying the Pontic landscape through the fortresses of the Mithradatids

Homer’s living language: formularity, dialect, and creativity in oral-traditional poetry – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Homer’s living language: formularity, dialect, and creativity in oral-traditional poetry

New book explores how Rome’s ruins have resonated in art and literature over centuries – undefined
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/19/new-book-explores-how-romes-ruins-have-resonated-in-art-and-literature-over-centuries

Fragmentary modernism: the classical fragment in literary and visual cultures, c.1896-c.1936 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Fragmentary modernism: the classical fragment in literary and visual cultures, c.1896-c.1936


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AUDIENDA
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Judea Capta: The Romans Coins … – Jewish History Nerds – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(217) I love the collective buzzing ngl – YouTube

(217) Uncovering the Vatican Hill from Roman Emperors to Popes – YouTube

(217) Il sarcofago del magistrato di Tarquinia – Sapiens 17 maggio 2025 – YouTube

(217) A Sundial’s “Stretchy” Seasonal Hours – YouTube

(217) Ancient Roman Egg Found with Liquid Still Intact – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Reception and the Epistemic Violence of the Classical | Institute of Classical Studies
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/reception-and-epistemic-violence-classical

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