ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ May 23, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Huge Roman era mosaic found under home in Syria, photos show | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article307059261.html

Archaeologists Unveil 5,000-Year-Old Bread at Küllüoba Höyüğü Excavation – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-855162

Seven Hermitage museum employees named in illegal Crimean excavation report – Euromaidan Press

Seven Hermitage museum employees named in illegal Crimean excavation report

European police seize thousands of looted cultural goods – DW – 05/22/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/european-police-seize-thousands-of-looted-cultural-goods/a-72637815

Rome police catch German tourist carrying ancient marble slab on electric scooter | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/22/rome-police-stop-tourist-carrying-ancient-marble-slab-on-electric-scooter

Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant ‘harmal’ identified in Iron Age Arabia
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-earliest-psychoactive-medicinal-harmal-iron.html

Greek Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Marble Workshop Filled With Unfinished Statues

Greek Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Marble Workshop Filled With Unfinished Statues

Archaeologists Unearth Two Rare African Figurines in 1,500-Year-Old Christian Burials in Israel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-two-rare-african-figurines-in-1500-year-old-christian-burials-in-israel-180986656/

Campidoglio Dioscuri unveiled after 240-day restoration | ANSA.it
https://www.ansa.it/amp/english/news/2025/05/23/campidoglio-dioscuri-unveiled-after-240-day-restoration_d570530c-87b2-42bf-bd38-212166108bf9.html

Roman relief depicting Roman Victory goddess found

Roman relief depicting Roman Victory goddess found

The Roman massacre that never happened according to a new study of an iconic archaeological site
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-roman-massacre-iconic-archaeological-site.html

Rare winged Roman goddess statue unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall at Vindolanda | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Rare winged Roman goddess statue unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall at Vindolanda

Cyprus’ Lost Terracotta Warriors: Unearthing a 2,500-Year-Old Army at Agia Eirini – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/cyprus-lost-terracotta-warriors-unearthing-a-2500-year-old-army-at-agia-eirini/

What If Everything You See Is a Lie? Parmenides’ Mind-Bending Greek Philosophy – GreekReporter.com

What If Everything You See Is a Lie? Parmenides’ Mind-Bending Greek Philosophy

The search for the biblical blue dye is told in a new visitors center – JNS.org
https://www.jns.org/the-search-for-the-biblical-blue-dye-is-told-in-a-new-visitors-center/

Is the Biblical Book of Daniel a Forgery From Alexander the Great’s Empire? – GreekReporter.com

Is the Biblical Book of Daniel a Forgery From Alexander the Great’s Empire?

Jerusalem, gold ring found buried 2,300 years ago by a betrothed: here’s why
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/jerusalem-gold-ring-found-buried-2-300-years-ago-by-a-betrothed-here-s-why

Evidence of the Use of a Polybolos, the Mythical Greek Repeating Weapon, at Pompeii in 89 BCE Discovered

Evidence of the Use of a Polybolos, the Mythical Greek Repeating Weapon, at Pompeii in 89 BCE Discovered

Is THIS where Jesus turned water into wine? Archaeologists in Israel claim they’ve found the exact location where the miracle took place | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14731551/bible-true-jesus-water-wine.html

(12) Rehumanized: The Iliad on Violence, Lament, and Becoming Human
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/rehumanized-the-iliad-on-violence?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1870284&post_id=164244666&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(12) Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-842?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=163124160&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Announcing: YOU ARE ODYSSEUS – interactive novel coming this September! | Greek Myth Comix

Announcing: YOU ARE ODYSSEUS – interactive novel coming this September!

Meet the people the ancient Romans and Greeks desperately tried to hide | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-roman-greek-frontier-hidden-lives/

Netflix’s ‘Sirens’: Director on Reimagining Greek Mythology
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/netflix-sirens-director-interview-greek-mythology-1236221714/

Laudator Temporis Acti: Handy Phrase
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/handy-phrase.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Factors Essential to Happiness
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/factors-essential-to-happiness.html

Het einde van Marcus Claudius Marcellus – Mainzer Beobachter

Het einde van Marcus Claudius Marcellus

Foto Friday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Foto Friday

Homer’s Odyssey Summary: A Rhapsody-by-Rhapsody Breakdown | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/odyssey-summary-rhapsody-breakdown/

PaleoJudaica.com: Online, interactive Egyptian hieroglyphics instruction
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/online-interactive-egyptian.html

‘Frieze Frame’ Review: The Case of the Parthenon Marbles – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/frieze-frame-review-the-case-of-the-parthenon-marbles-382783d5

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976–1982, Part 2: Plates, Plans and Sections
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/excavations-at-kadesh-barnea-tell-el.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Kadesh Barnea (Tell el-Qudeirat) 1976–1982, Part 1: Text
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/excavations-at-kadesh-barnea-tell-el_22.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Necropolis of Bet Guvrin–Eleutheropolisi
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-necropolis-of-bet.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Maresha Excavations Final Report II: Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines from the 1989–1996 Seasons
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/maresha-excavations-final-report-ii.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tel Mor: The Moshe Dothan Excavations, 1959–1960
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/tel-mor-moshe-dothan-excavations.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: NYSA-Scythopolis: The Caesareum and the Odeum
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/nysa-scythopolis-caesareum-and-odeum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/josephus-and-jesus-new-evidence-for-one.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ‘En Esur (‘Ein Asawir) I: Excavatios at a Protohistoric Site in the Coastal Plain of Israel
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/en-esur-ein-asawir-i-excavatios-at.html

Name and identity: selected studies on ancient anthroponymy through the Mediterranean – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Name and identity: selected studies on ancient anthroponymy through the Mediterranean

L’Antiquité selon Guillaume Budé: à l’école d’un humaniste érudit – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

L’Antiquité selon Guillaume Budé: à l’école d’un humaniste érudit

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AUDIENDA
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA358 – What was an oblique phalanx?
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/awa358-what-was-an-oblique-phalanx

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VIDENDA
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(342) Such a highlight in Aristophanes ‘Women At The Thesmophoria’ – YouTube

(342) A Woman’s Revenge in Ancient Rome. Dr Jane Draycott on Fulvia and Cicero – YouTube

(342) Medea and Male Characters on Stage – YouTube

(343) Debunking Myths of Ancient Civilizations – YouTube

(345) Damion Searls | The Philosophy of Translation – YouTube

(345) Shadi Bartsch | Translating while Female: Is the New Aeneid “Feminist”? – YouTube