Month: June 2025

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 11, 2025

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Archaeology in the age of big data: User-friendly software streamlines analysis of past collections
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-archaeology-age-big-user-friendly.html

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-wheel-simulations-reveal-birth-world.html

Ancient Pharaonic Wall, Bronze Workshops Among New Finds in Luxor, Egypt – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Pharaonic Wall, Bronze Workshops Among New Finds in Luxor, Egypt

How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-uncovered-potential-ancient-rome-wine.html

How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam
https://theconversation.com/how-i-uncovered-a-potential-ancient-rome-wine-scam-258215

2,700-year-old kohl from Iran reveals first known use of graphite in ancient eye makeup | Archaeology News Online Magazine

2,700-year-old kohl from Iran reveals first known use of graphite in ancient eye makeup

Archaeologists unearth Roman-era sarcophagus showing Greek gods in drinking contest | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/sarcophagus-greek-gods-drinking-israel-b2767866.html

Romans traded exotic animals across empire | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/06/romans-traded-exotic-animals-across-empire.html

Mysterious grave of woman and girl from 400 B.C. discovered in idyllic German town | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/mysterious-dumped-bodies-woman-child-found-archaeologists-picturesque-town

[AI?]Wall and vault collapse in Pompeii after Campi quake | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857302

Excavations reveal a vast Roman villa complex
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/06/excavations-reveal-a-vast-roman-villa-complex

Hoard of 13 Roman coins unearthed near Boughton in Norfolk | Eastern Daily Press
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25230561.hoard-13-roman-coins-unearthed-near-boughton-norfolk/

Roman-era ‘fast food’ discovered in ancient trash heap on Mallorca | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-era-fast-food-discovered-in-ancient-trash-heap-on-mallorca

Ancient Roman Fast Food: Songbirds Were a Popular Snack in 1st-Century Mallorca – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-roman-fast-food-songbirds-were-a-popular-snack-in-1st-century-mallorca/

A Roman Giant Emerges From Dutch Soil in Nijmegen – And Urban Development Might Destroy It

A Roman Giant Emerges From Dutch Soil in Nijmegen – And Urban Development Might Destroy It

Decorative terracotta pieces challenge existing ideas on Carpetania’s role in Mediterranean globalization
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-terracotta-pieces-ideas-carpetania-role.html

[AI?]Intact Roman pot found at Drumanagh leaves archaeologists ‘breathless’ | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857307

[AI?]British Museum denies report of Parthenon Sculptures loan deal | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857303

David Frost is wrong about the Elgin Marbles
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/11/david-frost-is-wrong-about-the-elgin-marbles/

Rome to open up Caelian Hill with new green areas, walks and views
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-caelian-hill-new-green-areas-views.html

Pompeii, Hercules’ Garden House inaugurated. Philologically reconstructed garden
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/museums/pompeii-hercules-garden-house-inaugurated-philologically-reconstructed-garden

Picasso Forgery at Heart of Busted Greek Antiquities Ring – tovima.com

Picasso Forgery at Heart of Busted Greek Antiquities Ring

Stolen Syrian antiquities flood online marketplace after Assad fall | The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2025/06/11/syrian-antiquities-facebook-marketplace-trafficking/

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey takes over Findlater Castle for filming
https://www.scotsman.com/regions/aberdeen-and-north-east/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-filming-scotland-moray-findlater-castle-5171858

What was the early modern reception and status of Herodotus? – Herodotus Helpline

What was the early modern reception and status of Herodotus?

Vol. 18 (2024) | Histos
https://histos.org/index.php/histos/issue/view/3

Reading the Roman Revolution 23: Crisis in Party and State | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Reading the Roman Revolution 23: Crisis in Party and State

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Monotonization of the World
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-monotonization-of-world.html

Murdered Immigrant Children and a Plague: A Different Medea Story – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Murdered Immigrant Children and a Plague: A Different Medea Story

(1) Aeneid II.199-297 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii199-297-48d?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164267966&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

A Metaphor About Academic Writing – Noodlings

A Metaphor About Academic Writing

PaleoJudaica.com: Mythological sarcophagus relief excavated in Caesarea
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/mythological-sarcophagus-relief.html

On the Origins of Naqraus, the Legendary First Antediluvian King of Egypt – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/on-the-origins-of-naqraus-the-legendary-first-antediluvian-king-of-egypt

Batumi Archaeological Museum Treasure. Catalog | Spartokos read

Batumi Archaeological Museum Treasure. Catalogue

Karthago: archäologische Stadtbiographie – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Karthago: archäologische Stadtbiographie

Traité d’accentuation grecque – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Traité d’accentuation grecque

Judea under Greek and Roman rule – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Judea under Greek and Roman rule


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Vespasian #1 – Welcome to Vespasian – Life Of The Caesars

Vespasian #1 – Welcome to Vespasian

The Ultimate Mesopotamian Mystery – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast

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(824) CASA DEL GIARDINO DI ERCOLE – Ricostruzione filologica del giardino – YouTube

Understanding Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/understanding-ancient-egypt-with?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=752411&post_id=164740970&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(824) Inside the Curia Julia Then and Now – YouTube

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The Next Ovid(s) | ScuolaNormaleSuperiore
https://www.sns.it/it/evento/next-ovids

The Conversation: How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam

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Conor Trainor, University College Dublin

Before artificial sweeteners, people satisfied their cravings for sweetness with natural products, including honey or dried fruit. Raisin wines, made by drying grapes before fermentation, were particularly popular. Historical records show these wines, some known as passum, were enjoyed in the Roman Empire and throughout medieval Europe. The most famous of raisin wine of the period was Malmsey, with varities of this type produced across the Mediterranean.

Today, the popularity of raisin wines has declined, although some still are held in very high esteem. The best-known of these are Italy’s appassimento (literally “withering”) wines, such as Amarone. High-quality modern raisin wines from the Veneto region of Italy are left to dry for three months before being pressed and undergoing fermentation, a time-consuming process.

Ancient sources describe similar techniques for producing raisin wines. Columella, a Roman agricultural writer, noted that drying and fermentation together took at least a month. The Roman author, Pliny the Elder, mentioned a process in which grapes were partially dried on the vine, then further dried on racks before being pressed eight days later.

For the past ten years, I have been studying the process of how this wine was created at the archaeological site of Knossos in Crete. While famous for its earlier, Minoan, remains, Crete was renowned throughout the Roman empire for producing high-end sweet raisin wine, which was traded far and wide.

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High-quality raisin wines required patience and time but it seems as if Knossos’s wine producers might not have been following these traditional methods.

What my archaeological investigations of a wine production site, as well as at wine shipping container (amphora) production sites at Knossos, is that Cretan wine-producers may have been deceiving their Roman-era customers with a knock-off version of passum.

Crete’s winemaking legacy

Remains of a wine production facility in Knossos present a picture of winemaking practices a generation or so before the Romans conquered Crete. More intriguingly, ongoing studies of excavated Roman-era pottery kilns revealed a repeated pattern of four key artefacts being produced in one region of Knossos: amphorae for transporting wine, amphora stands for filling them, large ceramic mixing bowls, and ceramic beehives.

Crete, the largest Greek island, has been producing wine for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence from Myrtos suggests winemaking as early as 2170 BCE. Its strategic location between Greece and North Africa made it a valuable asset and in 67 BCE, after a brutal three-year campaign, the Romans conquered the island.

Following the conquest, Crete’s economy underwent major changes. The Romans established a colony at Knossos, transformed the governance system, and significantly expanded wine production. Rural activity surged, and archaeologists have found large numbers of amphorae (clay jars used for transporting wine) suggesting that Cretan wine was exported in huge quantities.

Romans bought so much Cretan wine partly because of shipping routes. Grain shipments that helped feed the people of Rome frequently stopped at Crete en route from Alexandria to Italy, allowing merchants to load additional cargo. But demand was also driven by the reputation of Cretan raisin wine, which was considered a luxury product, much like Italy’s appassimento wines today. Beyond taste, it was also valued for supposed medicinal properties. The Roman army physician Pedanius Dioscorides wrote in his famous five-volume medical work Materia Medica that the wine cured headaches, expelled worms and even promoted fertility.

The sudden rise in demand for sweet Cretan wine in Rome and on the Bay of Naples in the early days of empire may have encouraged winemakers to speed up production.

Pliny the Elder described one shortcut for making raisin wine – boiling grape juice in large pots. However, the mixing basins found at Knossos show no evidence of heating. This suggests another possibility: adding honey to wine before packaging. The beehives, excavated from Roman-era pottery kilns and identifiable by their rough interior surfaces designed for honeycomb attachment, hint at a connection between winemaking and honey. Similar discoveries at other Greek sites suggest that honey and wine may have been mixed before shipping.

This method would have been quicker and cheaper than drying grapes for weeks. But if Cretan producers were substituting honey for traditional drying techniques, was this truly raisin wine? And, were Roman consumers aware? The vast quantities of Cretan wine imported into Rome suggest that buyers weren’t too concerned either way. Based on the sheer volume of now-empty wine amphoras from Crete that have been found in archaeological sites in Rome, I suspect that the populous of Rome likely cared less about authenticity than we do today.The Conversation

Conor Trainor, Ad Astra Research Fellow / Assistant Professor, University College Dublin

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 10, 2025

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Forged 5,000 Years Ago: The World’s Oldest Swords Discovered at Arslantepe Mound, Türkiye – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/forged-5000-years-ago-the-worlds-oldest-swords-discovered-at-arslantepe-mound-turkiye/

Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-teen-girl-years-cone-skull.html

Unearthing Ithaca’s Past: New Discoveries at Homer’s School – GreekReporter.com

Unearthing Ithaca’s Past: New Discoveries at Homer’s School

Romans traded exotic animals across empire | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/06/romans-traded-exotic-animals-across-empire.html

Decorative terracotta pieces challenge existing ideas on Carpetania’s role in Mediterranean globalization
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-terracotta-pieces-ideas-carpetania-role.html

Archaeologists in France Discover Giant Roman Gallic Villa Hiding in Plain Sight
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-in-france-discover-giant-roman-gallic-villa-hiding-in-plain-sight-2000613250

Spectacular Roman Mosaics Unearthed in Thalheim bei Wels: A Unique Discovery in Upper Austria – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/spectacular-roman-mosaics-unearthed-in-thalheim-bei-wels-a-unique-discovery-in-upper-austria/

Looted Antiquities From Syria Sold on Facebook Marketplace
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/looted-antiquities-sold-facebook-marketplace-palmyra-syria-1234744748/

Israel, rare Roman sarcophagus with drinking contest between Hercules and Dionysus discovered
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/israel-rare-roman-sarcophagus-with-drinking-contest-between-hercules-and-dionysus-discovered

‘Extraordinary’ sarcophagus discovered in Israel shows carving of Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/extraordinary-sarcophagus-discovered-in-israel-shows-carving-of-dionysus-beating-hercules-in-a-drinking-contest

The Bubon Statue Departs: Farewell Display of Monumental Ancient Bronze | Cleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/bubon-statue-departs-farewell-display-monumental-ancient-bronze?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

The young Athenians: America in the age of Trump | OUPblog

The young Athenians: America in the age of Trump

Is Nigel Farage like a Roman tribune? | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/is-nigel-farage-like-a-roman-tribune-blog-post

[paywalled] Why it’s time to return the Parthenon sculptures to Greece
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/why-its-time-to-return-the-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece-rxb90g0z6

The Marbles: David Wilkinson’s Documentary Film on the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures –

The Marbles: David Wilkinson’s Documentary Film on the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Locus Desperatus
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-locus-desperatus.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “Enoch” AI and new Carbon dating may push the dates of some DSS back
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/enoch-ai-and-new-carbon-dating-may-push.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Walter Brueggemann (1933-2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/walter-brueggemann-1933-2025.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Inschriften von Pergamon: 1. Bis zum Ende der Königszeit
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/die-inschriften-von-pergamon-1-bis-zum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Machina Callida
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/machina-callida.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Spätklassische und frühhellenistische Gefäßkeramik aus Priene: Formuntersuchung, Kontext und soziokulturelle Interpretation
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/spatklassische-und-fruhhellenistische.html

De Zevenslapers van Efese – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevenslapers van Efese

Aeneid II.105-198 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii105-198-20d?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164267453&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Aenesidemus Was Not the Founder of Pyrrhonism
https://ataraxiaorbust.substack.com/p/aenesidemus-was-not-the-founder-of

Two for Tuesday: Slavic Ware in Greece | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two for Tuesday: Slavic Ware in Greece

Plunder? How Museums Got Their Treasures, by Justin M. Jacobs | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736684?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

Villae maritimae del Mediterraneo occidentale: Nascita, diffusione e trasformazione di un modello architettonico, edited by Giulia Ciucci, Barbara Davidde Petriaggi, and Corinne Rousse | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736689?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

Un public ou des publics? La réception des spectacles dans le monde romain entre pluralité et unanimité, edited by Sinclair Bell, Anne Berlan-Gallant, and Sylvain Forichon | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736683?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

Sick & Twisted Theatre reimagines Greek myth with blind and trans cast – Classic107: Winnipeg’s only dedicated classical and jazz radio station.
https://classic107.com/articles/sick–twisted-theatre-reimagines-greek-myth-with-blind-and-trans-cast
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Theseus & Ariadne 8: “I never … – Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts

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(799) How much do you really know about Ancient Rome? – Stephanie Honchell Smith – YouTube

(801) Today’s walk along the Tiber! – YouTube

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 9, 2025

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Ancient sarcophagus with mythological scene found in Caesarea, Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857056

Sarcophagus Showing Dionysus Trouncing Hercules Found in Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-06-09/ty-article/sarcophagus-showing-dionysus-trouncing-hercules-found-in-israel/00000197-53cd-deed-a9bf-5fef999e0000

Archaeologists find unique 1,700-year-old sarcophagus depicting booze battle with a god | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-find-unique-1700-year-old-sarcophagus-depicting-booze-battle-between-2-gods/

Exquisite marble sarcophagus unearthed near Caesarea
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/06/exquisite-marble-sarcophagus-unearthed-near-caesarea/155392

Contractor in Syria uncovers an ancient tomb complex | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/syria-civil-war-byzantine-tomb-discovery-824ced51a4176f1d02c83b0b4d0e6d16

Archaeologists in France Discover Giant Roman Gallic Villa Hiding in Plain Sight
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-in-france-discover-giant-roman-gallic-villa-hiding-in-plain-sight-2000613250

Massive shoe found at Northumberland Roman site astounds archaeologists | Chronicle Live
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/massive-shoe-found-northumberland-roman-31820610

Greece, British Museum Discuss ‘Long-Term Parthenon Marbles Loan’ – GreekReporter.com

Greece, British Museum Discuss ‘Long-Term Parthenon Marbles Loan’

The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100 – GreekReporter.com

The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100

In Odesa, vandals smashed the glass of a sarcophagus with Greek artifacts on Prymorskyi Boulevard | УНН
https://unn.ua/en/news/in-odesa-vandals-smashed-the-glass-of-a-sarcophagus-with-greek-artifacts-on-prymorskyi-boulevard

Integrated ancient city uncovered in Karnak, dating back to 2000 BC – Egypt Independent

Integrated ancient city uncovered in Karnak, dating back to 2000 BC

First Roman pot discovered in north Dublin archaeological dig
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/roman-pot-north-dublin

2,800-year-old royal tomb discovered near King Midas’ home in Turkey | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-800-year-old-royal-tomb-discovered-near-king-midas-home-in-turkey

Strange Metal From Beyond Our World Spotted in Ancient Treasure Stash : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-world-spotted-in-ancient-treasure-stash

Looting, trafficking of Syrian antiquties soar: Report – World News
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/looting-trafficking-of-syrian-antiquties-soar-report-210097

The Origin of Ancient Greek City-States rewritten

The Origin of Ancient Greek City-States rewritten

Antiquities Face More Red Tape

Antiquities Face More Red Tape

Mithridates’ Kingdom: What Alexander’s Empire Could Have Been?

Mithridates’ Kingdom: What Alexander’s Empire Could Have Been?

Alcestis: A Deceptively Happy Tragedy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Alcestis: A Deceptively Happy Tragedy

(13) Aeneid II.1-104 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii1-104-251?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164267328&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: McGeough, Readers of the Lost Ark (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/mcgeough-readers-of-lost-ark-oup.html

Wat is archeologie? (1) Onbegrip – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (1) Onbegrip

Wat is archeologie? (2) Structuur – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (2) Structuur

Wat is archeologie? (3) De media – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (3) De media

Wat is archeologie? (4) Museale antwoorden – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (4) Museale antwoorden

Wat is archeologie? (5) Toekomst – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (5) Toekomst

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Justice and Righteousness in the Old Testament: Reflecting on Slavery in the Hebrew Bible
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/justice-and-righteousness-in-old.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Histoire du texte des ›Parva naturalia‹ d’Aristote: Prolégomènes à une édition critique
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/histoire-du-texte-des-parva-naturalia.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poems on Bishops by Gregory of Nazianzus and Ephrem the Syrian
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/poems-on-bishops-by-gregory-of.html

Poetica spolia. Il reimpiego del testo dei poeti nei generi letterari della tarda latinità – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Poetica spolia. Il reimpiego del testo dei poeti nei generi letterari della tarda latinità

Continuity and change in ancient Umbrian cult places – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Continuity and change in ancient Umbrian cult places

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This Week in the Ancient Near East | thisweekintheancientneareast
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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(776) Newly opened Augustus Mausoleum PIAZZA! – YouTube

(776) One of the best-preserved Roman cities isn’t in Italy #ancientsitesunday – YouTube

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

Associate Professor, Greek Literature and Culture – University of Victoria (Deadline September 15) – The Classical Association of Canada

Associate Professor, Greek Literature and Culture – University of Victoria (Deadline September 15)

Register for CSI 2025! – CANE

Register for CSI 2025!

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 8, 2025

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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Parthenon Marbles Set to Return to Greece, UK Report Says – tovima.com

Parthenon Marbles Set to Return to Greece, UK Report Says

George Osborne is negotiating a ‘reciprocal long-term’ loan deal that will send the Elgin Marbles back to Greece | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14790213/George-Osborne-loan-deal-Elgin-Marbles-Greece.html

Where should the Elgin Marbles be displayed? | Mario Trabucco della Torretta | The Critic Magazine
https://thecritic.co.uk/where-should-the-elgin-marbles-be-displayed/

Parthenon Marbles: 6+1 Reasons for Their Return Now – tovima.com

Parthenon Marbles: 6+1 Reasons for Their Return Now

Ancient Roman mosaic discovered during infrastructure works in Türkiye’s Kahramanmaras – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/ancient-roman-mosaic-discovered-during-infrastructure-works-in-turkiyes-kahramanmaras-3202548

No kings, no slaves: Rethinking power in Bronze Age Cyprus | in-cyprus.com

No kings, no slaves: Who built Bronze Age Cyprus?

AI Unlocks Ancient Secrets: Dead Sea Scrolls May Be Centuries Older Than Previously Thought – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ai-unlocks-ancient-secrets-dead-sea-scrolls-may-be-centuries-older-than-previously-thought/

2,800-year-old royal tomb discovered near King Midas’ home in Turkey | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-800-year-old-royal-tomb-discovered-near-king-midas-home-in-turkey

2,700-Year-Old Tomb Uncovered in Turkey May Be Linked to King Midas’ Family –

2,700-Year-Old Tomb Uncovered in Turkey May Be Linked to King Midas’ Family

Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad | Syria | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/looted-from-syria-sold-on-facebook-antiquities-smuggling-surges-after-fall-of-assad

One of Gaul’s Largest Roman Villas Discovered Near Auxerre, France, Spanning Over 4,000 m² – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/one-of-gauls-largest-roman-villas-discovered-near-auxerre-france-spanning-over-4000-m%C2%B2/

Scavi a Pianosa per Bagno di Agrippa e grande fattoria romana | ANSA.it
https://www.ansa.it/amp/toscana/notizie/2025/06/07/scavi-a-pianosa-per-bagno-di-agrippa-e-grande-fattoria-romana_3d2f42c7-c5ef-413b-b5e7-51db1829f8a2.html

Is Pericles’ Wife, Aspasia, Still Worth Remembering Today? – GreekReporter.com

Is Pericles’ Wife, Aspasia, Still Worth Remembering Today?

Can we hope to understand how the Greeks saw their world? | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/can-we-hope-to-understand-how-the-greeks-saw-their-world

Menander in the Critical View of Quintilian and Gellius , Humanities and Social Sciences, Science Publishing Group
https://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/article/10.11648/j.hss.20251303.15

Why Star Trek Owes A Debt To Ancient Crete
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2025/06/07/why-star-trek-owes-a-debt-to-ancient-crete/

Scientists Have Recreated the Long-Lost Formula for Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment

Scientists Have Recreated the Long-Lost Formula for Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment

Rome unveils new piazza around the ancient Mausoleum of Augustus
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-open-piazza-augusto-imperatore.html

Rome, Augustus Emperor Square reopens: new urban space between archaeology and contemporary architecture
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/events/rome-augustus-emperor-square-reopens-new-urban-space-between-archaeology-and-contemporary-architecture

Winds Played Key Role in Minoan Collapse After Thera Eruption, Study Finds – GreekReporter.com

Winds Played Key Role in Minoan Collapse After Thera Eruption, Study Finds

Democracies, Republics, and Ancient Greek Philosophy – GreekReporter.com

Democracies, Republics, and Ancient Greek Philosophy

Cyprus stages to welcome back ancient Greek drama | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/06/08/cyprus-stages-to-welcome-back-ancient-greek-drama

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is Still Shooting, and It’s Only Halfway Done — World of Reel
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/6/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-is-still-filming-production-now-headed-to-scotland

A Greek Mythology Movie Is A Netflix Hit Despite Its 26% Rotten Tomatoes Score
https://www.slashfilm.com/1879078/greek-mythology-movie-wrath-of-the-titans-streaming-netflix/

Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius enjoys social media revival – DW – 06/08/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/roman-emperor-marcus-aurelius-enjoys-social-media-revival/a-72737567

Rome and Zama meet at the Colosseum with the “Magna Mater” exhibition
https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/roma-e-zama-si-incontrano-al-colosseo-con-la-mostra-magna-mater/

What The Right Doesn’t Know About Rome
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/what-the-right-doesnt-know-about-rome

(13) Aeneid I.613-722 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-i613-722-cff?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164266107&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(13) Aeneid I.723-756 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-i723-756-36b?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164266718&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Latin Adjectives Ending in -ax
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/latin-adjectives-ending-in-ax.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Address to His Heart
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/address-to-his-heart.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Miserable Sycophant?
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-miserable-sycophant.html

De Libanese burgeroorlog (2): Thuis in Beiroet – Mainzer Beobachter

De Libanese burgeroorlog (2): Thuis in Beiroet

De Libanese burgeroorlog (3): Slachtoffers – Mainzer Beobachter

De Libanese burgeroorlog (3): Slachtoffers

De Libanese burgeroorlog (4): Veerkracht – Mainzer Beobachter

De Libanese burgeroorlog (4): Veerkracht

De Libanese burgeroorlog (5): Emoties – Mainzer Beobachter

De Libanese burgeroorlog (5): Emoties

De Libanese burgeroorlog (6): Voetbal – Mainzer Beobachter

De Libanese burgeroorlog (6): Voetbal

Mattias, een van de Twaalf – Mainzer Beobachter

Mattias, een van de Twaalf

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Akeldama Tombs: Three Burial Caves in the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-akeldama-tombs-three-burial-caves.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Yiftaḥ’el: Salvage and Rescue Excavations at a Prehistoric Village in Lower Galilee, Israel
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/yiftahel-salvage-and-rescue-excavations.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Villages, Terraces, and Stone Mounds: Excavations at Manḥat Jerusalem, 1987–1989
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/villages-terraces-and-stone-mounds.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rogue History: Navigating East Roman History, Archaeology, and Public History in the Digital Age
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/rogue-history-navigating-east-roman.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: INSTALLATIONS HYDRAULIQUES ROMAINES EN TUNISIE
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/installations-hydrauliques-romaines-en.html

Ostia’s Museum – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Ostia’s Museum

PaleoJudaica.com: Rubenstein, Studies in Rabbinic Narratives, Volume 2 (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/rubenstein-studies-in-rabbinic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Feldt, Ancient Mythologies of the Wilderness (CUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/feldt-ancient-mythologies-of-wilderness.html

Documents sur la numismatique ancienne de la côte de la mer Noire | Spartokos a lu

Documents sur la numismatique ancienne de la côte de la mer Noire


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Vitellius #20 – Despite Everything, I Was Your Emperor – Life Of The Caesars

Vitellius #20 – Despite Everything, I Was Your Emperor

Anima Latina 08.06.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/06/anima-latina-08-06-2025.html

Episode A4 – The Pinnacle – The Ancient World – Apple Podcasts

Rise of the Minoans – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 07.06.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/06/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-07-06-2025.html
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(752) Pentecost ️2025 inside the Pantheon! Rose petals through the oculus. – YouTube

(752) Cult Of The Dead: How Pharaohs Cheated Death In Ancient Egypt – YouTube

(752) The Roman Eagle Restored 🦅 Germanicus at the Angrivarian Wall, 16 AD – Lost Eagles (Part 4) – YouTube

(752) An propter intelligentiam artificialem munere carebo? || Spoken Latin podcast (57) – YouTube