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

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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

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2nd gold ring found in City of David sheds light on enigmatic Hellenist era in Jerusalem | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2nd-gold-ring-found-in-city-of-david-sheds-light-on-enigmatic-hellenist-era-in-jerusalem

Gold ring from Second Temple period discovered in Jerusalem’s City of David
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/05/gold-ring-from-second-temple-period-discovered-in-jerusalems-city-of-david/155276

Amateur archaeologists unearth winged goddess at Hadrian’s Wall | Archaeology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/21/amateur-archaeologists-unearth-winged-goddess-hadrians-wall-vindolanda-victory

Ancient Roman goddess of victory sculpture found at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/hadrians-wall-vindolanda-goddess-victory-statue-archaeology-b2755360.html

The Roman massacre that never happened according to a new study of an iconic archaeological site | Bournemouth University
https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-05-20/roman-massacre-never-happened-according-new-study-iconic-archaeological-site

1,800-Year-Old Roman Victory Goddess Relief Discovered Near Hadrian’s Wall at Vindolanda Fort – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/1800-year-old-roman-victory-goddess-relief-discovered-near-hadrians-wall-at-vindolanda-fort1800-year-old-roman-victory-goddess-relief-discovered-near-hadrians-wall-at-vindolanda-fort/

Gela, scoperte sei tombe arcaiche: il ritrovamento in Sicilia

A Gela si scava e si trova un tesoro: riemergono sei tombe arcaiche in un parco siciliano

Lost Byzantine city resurfaces in S. Jordan: Ancient settlement of Tharais identified – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/a-lost-byzantine-city-resurfaces-in-southern-jordan-ancient-settlement-of-tharais-ide-3201738

Emperor bust used as novelty hat stand was genuine Roman artefact…worth £160k | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14732705/Emperor-bust-used-novelty-hat-stand-genuine-Roman-artefact-worth-160k.html

Lapis Lazuli, The Blue Road: Seeking the sources of the longest trade – The Past

Lapis Lazuli, The Blue Road: Seeking the sources of the longest trade

Metropolitan Museum Returns Three Ancient Sculptures to Iraq
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-returns-antiquities-iraq-robin-symes-1234743148/

Archeologist Creates Parthenon’s Original, Intimate Interior

Archeologist Uses 3D Models To Create the Parthenon’s Original Interior

The mysteries of the ancient treasure: New theory for the Antikythera Mechanism – ProtoThema English

The mysteries of the ancient treasure: New theory for the Antikythera Mechanism

Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic
https://theconversation.com/aristotle-would-scoff-at-mark-zuckerbergs-suggestion-that-ai-can-solve-the-loneliness-epidemic-256758

Review: ‘Scream, Echo. Scream’ at Metro Theater Company
https://www.laduenews.com/arts-and-culture/summer-baer-scream-echo-scream-play/article_1860a3e1-8a28-49a6-acb9-efcbff1bb785.html

From Greek Mythology to Modern Times: Kathleen Kidder, Ph.D., Connects the Classics
https://www.shu.edu/arts-sciences/news/from-greek-mythology-to-modern-times-kathleen-kidder-phd-connects-the-classics.html

In Memory of Professor Emeritus John North | History – UCL – University College London
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/news/2025/may/memory-professor-emeritus-john-north

Summer Projects 2025 – Noodlings

Summer Projects 2025

Lucian of Samosata – The Historian’s Hut

Lucian of Samosata

Polyhymnia, By Joseph Fagnani (1819–1873) – The Historian’s Hut

Polyhymnia, By Joseph Fagnani (1819–1873)

(12) The System of Homeric Epic – by Casey Dué
https://homericquestions.substack.com/p/the-system-of-homeric-epic?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

(12) Royal Conspiracy: A Pharaoh’s Assassination And The Epic Trial That Followed
https://historyphilosophyaction.substack.com/p/royal-conspiracy-a-pharaohs-assassination?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1543976&post_id=163967229&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Greece, excavations at the Hellenistic sculpture workshop in Paros: what archaeologists have discovered
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/greece-excavations-at-the-hellenistic-sculpture-workshop-in-paros-what-archaeologists-have-discovered

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Paneas Volume I: The Roman to Early Islamic Periods Excavations in Areas A, B, E, F, G and H
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/paneas-volume-i-roman-to-early-islamic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Paneas Volume II: Small Finds and Other Studies
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/paneas-volume-ii-small-finds-and-other.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Salvage Excavations at Tel Moza: The Bronze and Iron Age Settlements and Later Occupations
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/salvage-excavations-at-tel-moza-bronze.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Book Lover
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-book-lover.html

Reading the Roman Revolution 20: Tota Italia | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Reading the Roman Revolution 20: Tota Italia

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Where the Wider Public Gets its History From These Days
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/05/where-wider-public-gets-its-history.html

De krater van Vix – Mainzer Beobachter

De krater van Vix

1700 jaar Nikaia (6): bronnen – Mainzer Beobachter

1700 jaar Nikaia (6): bronnen

PaleoJudaica.com: The archaeology of the Cave of Salome
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-archaeology-of-cave-of-salome.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Faraone Festschrift
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/review-of-faraone-festschrift.html

From Safin to Roman: cultural change and hybridization in central Adriatic Italy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05.27/

Confiscation or coexistence: Egyptian temples in the age of Augustus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05.28/

What Was the Polis? | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/polis-history-greece-james-ma/

Anno 117 is for anyone who thinks about the Roman Empire too much | Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/trailer/600313/anno-117-pax-romana-gameplay-roman-empire-city-builder
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(12) Listener Q&A – Texts, Tombs, and Destiny
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/listener-q-and-a-texts-tombs-and?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=752411&post_id=163945488&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card_show_title&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true

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(283) Haven’t we all been a Philocleon? – YouTube

(285) Dr Zahi Hawass on The Pyramids of Egypt Beyond Khufu – YouTube

(285) Volunteer archaeologists unearth winged goddess at Hadrian’s Wall – YouTube

(286) Big Test On Roman Hours – YouTube

(286) Debunking Fake History on the Internet with ‪@fakehistoryhunter‬ Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse – YouTube

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Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy (Education) x 2 | King’s College London
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/115325-lecturer-in-ancient-philosophy-education-x-2

About us: Open rank Professor in Latin – Faculty of Humanities
https://www.philhist.unibe.ch/about_us/now_happening/ausschreibung_latinistik/index_eng.html

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Egypt recovers antiquities smuggled to Australia
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/egypt-recovers-antiquities-smuggled-to-australia-209364

D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of Three Antiquities To The People Of Iraq – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of Three Antiquities To The People Of Iraq

Archaeologists uncover multi-period sanctuary at Khirbat Balu’a in Karak | Jordan Times
https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/archaeologists-uncover-multi-period-sanctuary-khirbat-balua-karak

Museum in Rome to restore masterpiece of Etruscan art in public
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-etruscan-museum-restoration-in-public.html

Intricately carved 2,700-year-old Assyrian relief unearthed in Iraq – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/513297/Intricately-carved-2-700-year-old-Assyrian-relief-unearthed-in

Ancient fresco mirrors the fate of Pompeii residents who sought shelter from an eruption | CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/17/science/pompeii-barricaded-house-frescoes

The American Academy, Rome : Women and Ruins : Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/the-american-academy-rome-women-and-ruins-archaeology-photography-and-landscape/

Ancient Greek Marble Workshop Unearthed on Paros Island – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-greek-marble-workshop-unearthed-on-paros-island/

Greece, excavations at the Hellenistic sculpture workshop in Paros: what archaeologists have discovered
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/greece-excavations-at-the-hellenistic-sculpture-workshop-in-paros-what-archaeologists-have-discovered

Paros: Impressive findings of ancient sculpture workshop

Paros: Impressive findings of ancient sculpture workshop

Roman-era mosaic panel discovered in Homs | Partners | Belarus News | Belarusian news | Belarus today | news in Belarus | Minsk news | BELTA
https://eng.belta.by/partner_news/view/roman-era-mosaic-panel-discovered-in-homs-168100-2025/

Hatnefer’s heart scarab: An exquisite ancient Egyptian gold necklace inscribed with the Book of the Dead | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/hatnefers-heart-scarab-an-exquisite-ancient-egyptian-gold-necklace-inscribed-with-the-book-of-the-dead

What would Thucydides say? – Telegraph – Telegraph
https://telegrafi.com/en/What-did-Thucydides-say/

Roman Roads Continued to Be Used in Medieval England for Over a Thousand Years After the Fall of the Empire

Roman Roads Continued to Be Used in Medieval England for Over a Thousand Years After the Fall of the Empire

Why Iberians Didn’t Adopt the Advanced Ancient Greek Bronze Techniques – GreekReporter.com

Why Iberians Didn’t Adopt the Advanced Ancient Greek Bronze Techniques

Museum Snaps Up the U.K.’s Largest-Ever Iron Age Gold Coin Hoard

Museum Snaps Up the U.K.’s Largest-Ever Iron Age Gold Coin Hoard

David Chipperfield Architects reveals Roman theatre revival plans

David Chipperfield Architects reveals Roman theatre revival plans

Ophthalmology in the Ebers Papyrus: a translation-based reassessment of ancient Egyptian eye remedies | Eye
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41433-025-03865-4

Eboracum Roman Festival brings centurions to the streets of York!
https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/106418/eboracum-roman-festival-brings-centurions-to-the-streets-of-york-/

‘Blood of Zeus’ and the Beauty of Greek Tragedy – But Why Tho?

‘Blood of Zeus’ and the Beauty of Greek Tragedy

A tragic play in Greek with song and dance? No prob | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1084437

The Father of Church History was Palestinian – #EOPalestine 21 – Everyday Orientalism

The Father of Church History was Palestinian – #EOPalestine 21

Mapping the myth: In search of Homer’s enchanted islands – Geographical

Mapping the myth: In search of Homer’s enchanted islands

HOMERIC STUDIES | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-review/article/homeric-studies/80798591EC4D9A11AA144778C6EDF7A8?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Issues

New light on ancient medicine in Macedonia and Northern Greece – News

New light on ancient medicine in Macedonia and Northern Greece

Laudator Temporis Acti: Love of One’s Own Kind, Hate of Outsiders
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/love-of-ones-own-kind-hate-of-outsiders.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Wind
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/wind.html

1700 jaar Nikaia (3): het concilie begint – Mainzer Beobachter

1700 jaar Nikaia (3): het concilie begint

1700 jaar Nikaia (4): beraadslagingen – Mainzer Beobachter

1700 jaar Nikaia (4): beraadslagingen

PaleoJudaica.com: Roman-era pine coffin excavated on the Incense Road
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/roman-era-pine-coffin-excavated-on.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Fredriksen, Ancient Christianities
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/review-of-fredriksen-ancient.html

1700 jaar Nikaia (5): de besluiten – Mainzer Beobachter

1700 jaar Nikaia (5): de besluiten

Back in the Apotheke | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Back in the Apotheke

Our House | Sphinx

Our House

How John North changed Roman Religion | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/how-john-north-changed-roman-religion-blog-post

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Horbat ‘Uza: The 1991 Excavations Volume I: The Early Periods
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/horbat-uza-1991-excavations-volume-i.html

Magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world: studies in honor of Christopher A. Faraone – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world: studies in honor of Christopher A. Faraone

Ancient science and technology of colour. Pigments, dyes, drugs and their experience in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Ancient science and technology of colour. Pigments, dyes, drugs and their experience in antiquity

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Did Josephus really write abou…–Tyndale House Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Season 4, Podcast 4: Curating with Care: Transparency in Museums with Lisa Saladino Haney – Peopling the Past

Season 4, Podcast 4: Curating with Care: Transparency in Museums with Lisa Saladino Haney

Theseus & Ariadne 5: ““Let’s s…–Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts

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(246) One of the best scenes in the entire play – YouTube

(248) Roman Way of Reading a Sundial – YouTube

(248) Bronzi di Riace. Gli interrogativi sulla loro provenienza. Rainews Pomeriggio24 19/5/25 – YouTube

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Framing the Sebasta

Framing the Sebasta

Akrotiri, Thera – Zakros, Crete: “Parallel Lives”

Akrotiri, Thera – Zakros, Crete: “Parallel Lives”

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

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

Join the Timeless Treasures Project

Join the Timeless Treasures Project

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Iconic Dolphin Mural Collapses at Knossos Archaeological Site – GreekReporter.com

Iconic Dolphin Mural Collapses at Knossos Archaeological Site

Bronze Age Artifacts Unearthed in Cyprus, Only Seen Prior in Uluburun Shipwreck – GreekReporter.com

Bronze Age Artifacts Unearthed in Cyprus, Only Seen Prior in Uluburun Shipwreck

Roman-era mosaic panel discovered in Homs – Syrian Arab News Agency
https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=356078

New Roman-Era Complex Unearthed in Athens – GreekReporter.com

New Roman-Era Complex Unearthed in Athens

The Tomb of Amphipolis built by Alexander the Great for Hephaestion was found to be aligned with the winter solstice

The Tomb of Amphipolis built by Alexander the Great for Hephaestion was found to be aligned with the winter solstice

The unusual world of Roman Collegia — or how to start a company in Ancient Rome
https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/roman-collegia-ancient-corporations/

Ancient fresco mirrors the fate of Pompeii residents who sought shelter from an eruption | CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/17/science/pompeii-barricaded-house-frescoes

[AI?]Bronze lion-head coffin handles with rings found near Ibreika – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-854129

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

[AI?]Reviewing ‘When the Stones Speak,’ where King David lives on – Israel Culture – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-854088

[AI?]First Aleppo-pine coffin found on the Nabataean Incense Road near Avedat – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-854383

Rare Dionysian frieze in Pompeii – The Past

Rare Dionysian frieze in Pompeii

Lead isotopes in silver reveal earliest Phoenician quest for metals in the west Mediterranean | PNAS
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1817951116

Delikkemer Aqueduct: A Roman Engineering Wonder Along the Lycian Way – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/delikkemer-aqueduct-a-roman-engineering-wonder-along-the-lycian-way/

The Battle at Kokkalia in 279 BC and the defeat of the Gauls by the Aetolians and Eurytanians – ProtoThema English

The Battle at Kokkalia in 279 BC and the defeat of the Gauls by the Aetolians and Eurytanians

Ancient Greek Armor Protected Soldiers in an 11-Hour Battle Simulation – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Greek Armor Protected Soldiers in an 11-Hour Battle Simulation

Britain’s Largest Iron Age Gold Coin Hoard: A Possible Tribute to Julius Caesar? – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/britains-largest-iron-age-gold-coin-hoard-a-possible-tribute-to-julius-caesar/

‘Very rare’ African ebony figurines found in 1,500-year-old Christian burials in Israeli desert | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/very-rare-african-ebony-figurines-found-in-1-500-year-old-christian-burials-in-israeli-desert

George Clooney: “The Parthenon Marbles Are Going To Come Back To Greece”

George Clooney: “The Parthenon Marbles are going to come back to Greece”

2000-Year-Old Roman Origins Confirmed for Elche’s Monumental L’Assut de l’Argamassa Dam – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-roman-origins-confirmed-for-elches-monumental-lassut-de-largamassa-dam/

Who really led the Bar Kochba revolt? New research sheds light on rebellion’s enigmas | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-really-led-the-bar-kochba-revolt-new-research-sheds-light-on-rebellions-enigmas/

Herod Atticus Theater to close for 3 years for restoration | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1270005/athens-herod-atticus-theater-to-close-for-3-years-for-restoration/

Genetic Continuity of the Greeks: Tracing DNA Through the Millennia – GreekReporter.com

Genetic Continuity of the Greeks: Tracing DNA Through the Millennia

Gladiator Maximus’ house found in Türkiye? Mosaic in ancient Nicaea sparks debate – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/has-gladiator-maximus-house-been-found-in-turkiye-mosaic-discovery-in-ancient-nicaea-3201585

Why the man in charge of Pompeii doesn’t want you to visit
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/pompeii-visitors-gabriel-zuchtriegel-tourism/

Only Surviving Roman Cookbook Reveals Origins of Europe’s Most Iconic Recipes – GreekReporter.com

Only Surviving Roman Cookbook Reveals Origins of Europe’s Most Iconic Recipes

The Antikythera Mechanism Was Discovered on This Day in 1901 – GreekReporter.com

The Antikythera Mechanism Was Discovered on This Day in 1901

Forget luxury, Epicurus says all you need is friendship and food – Neos Kosmos

Forget luxury, Epicurus says all you need is friendship and food

The Lost Treasure of Odysseus and the Theories Surrounding It – GreekReporter.com

The Lost Treasure of Odysseus and the Theories Surrounding It

The 1,500-Year-Old Lady’s Sandals With Sweet Message in Greek – GreekReporter.com

The 1,500-Year-Old Lady’s Sandals With Sweet Message in Greek

NEW VIDEO TOUR! – Epidaurus: A Tour of the Ancient Theatre |

NEW VIDEO TOUR! – Epidaurus: A Tour of the Ancient Theatre

KAN 11 Short Documentary about the TMSP – The Temple Mount Sifting Project

KAN 11 Short Documentary about the TMSP

Zahi Hawass Stumbles Through a Discussion of Occult Egyptology on Joe Rogan – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/zahi-hawass-stumbles-through-a-discussion-of-occult-egyptology-on-joe-rogan

Many Rivers To Cross | Sphinx

Many Rivers To Cross

1700 jaar Nikaia (1): iets nieuws? – Mainzer Beobachter

1700 jaar Nikaia (1): iets nieuws?

De opgraving van Alesia – Mainzer Beobachter

De opgraving van Alesia

PaleoJudaica.com: Gallagher, The Apocrypha through History (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/gallagher-apocrypha-through-history-oup.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Cifers, Dangerous Tales (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/05/cifers-dangerous-tales-sbl.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Bet She’an II: Baysān the Theater Pottery Workshop
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/bet-shean-ii-baysan-theater-pottery.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mary’s Well, Nazareth: The Late Hellenistic to the Ottoman Periods
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/marys-well-nazareth-late-hellenistic-to.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Azor Cemetery Moshe Dothan’s Excavations, 1958 and 1960
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-azor-cemetery-moshe-dothans.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Maresha Excavations Final Report III: Epigraphic Finds from the 1989–2000 Seasons
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/maresha-excavations-final-report-iii.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project: The Gazetteer
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-ramat-bet-shemesh-regional-project_18.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ramat Bet Shemesh Regional Project: Landscapes of Settlement from The Paleolithic to the Ottoman Periods
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-ramat-bet-shemesh-regional-project.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Numismatic News: One of the largest tranches of Greek data added to the Nomisma LOD cloud
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/numismatic-news-one-of-largest-tranches.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Youth
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/youth.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Bronze Banqueter
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/bronze-banqueter.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Critical Viewpoint
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-critical-viewpoint.html

Ancient Myths, Modern Masculinities: Achilles
https://theshelbiad.blogspot.com/2025/05/ancient-myths-modern-masculinities.html

Outrage in Greece after Adidas advert shows drone shoe ‘kicking’ Acropolis | Greece | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/17/outrage-in-greece-after-adidas-advert-shows-drone-shoe-kicking-acropolis

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Must Get This Vital Aspect Right To Be A Proper Adaptation
https://screenrant.com/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-fantasy-right-adaptation/

Horace by Peter Stothard: Plump, playboy poet who was in love with wine and the sunshine | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-14715629/Horace-Peter-Stothard-ancient-rome-history-review.html

5 best animated series to watch if you love Greek mythology
https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/5-best-animated-series-watch-love-greek-mythology
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Anima Latina 18.05.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/05/anima-latina-18-05-2025.html

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 17.05.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/05/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-17-05-2025.html

The Council of Nicaea – The Ancients | Acast

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(185) Wasps by Aristophanes is CHAOTIC – YouTube

(188) It works though?? So I guess it was worth it??? – YouTube

(185) Stunning views of the Roman Forum – YouTube

(186) Exploring Hadrian’s Villa! – YouTube

(188) Welcome to Palestrina & the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia – YouTube

(186) Virility of the Satyrs (Enchantment of the Tortoise Lyre) – YouTube

(188) Roman Women – Eumachia – Latin – YouTube

(188) AB OVO… usque ad mala! – YouTube

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The Inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism (With a Focus on New Readings and Restorations of the Back Cover Inscription) | MPIWG
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/inscriptions-antikythera-mechanism-focus-new-readings-and-restorations-back-cover-inscription