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Urban civilization rose on the back of tides in Southern Mesopotamia
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-urban-civilization-rose-tides-southern.html

Quartz sphinx among antiquities pulled from the Mediterranean Sea off Egypt | The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2025/08/21/what-are-the-sunken-antiquities-recovered-from-abu-qir-bay-in-alexandria/

In Photos: Egypt recovers three massive ancient colossi from Abu Qir seabed – Greco-Roman – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/551647.aspx

Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria | Egypt | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/egypt-retrieves-parts-of-2000-year-old-sunken-city-canopus-off-coast-of-alexandria

Ibex motif linked to fertility and celestial symbolism in ancient Near East art
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ibex-motif-linked-fertility-celestial.html

[AI?]Ancient village tied to Jesus’ apostles emerges after fire | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864803

Palestine urges UNESCO to protect archaeological sites from Israeli theft
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestine-urges-unesco-to-protect-archaeological-sites-from-israeli-theft/3665594

Silver once used as form of currecy in Land of Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864913

Nine female burials at Türkiye’s Satala surprise archaeologists; remains described as unusually delicate – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/nine-female-burials-at-turkiyes-satala-surprise-archaeologists-remains-described-as-u-3205731

Purple Ambitions: Tel Shiqmona and the Rise of Israelite Dye Industry in the Iron Age – The Ancient Near East Today
https://anetoday.org/tel-shiqmona-purple-dye/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Ancient Greek Weighing Scale Found in Jerusalem Reveals Hellenistic Trade Practices – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/20/ancient-greek-weighing-scale-jerusalem/

News – Archanes 2025 – Archaeological Institute of America

Archanes 2025

Archaeology steps up as diplomatic tool—Türkiye leads new wave – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeology-steps-up-as-diplomatic-toolturkiye-leads-new-wave-3205726

The Great Escape: How 10,000 Ancient Greek Warriors Fled Persia Against All Odds – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/21/great-escape-ten-thousand-ancient-greek-warriors-fled-persia/

Ulysses as an Oblique Foil for Aeneas: Vergil’s calculated repudiation of the Romans’ Greek ancestry
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394767227_Ulysses_as_an_Oblique_Foil_for_Aeneas_Vergil%27s_calculated_repudiation_of_the_Romans%27_Greek_ancestry

The Ancient Roman Dodecahedron: The Mysterious Object That Has Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries | Open Culture

The Ancient Roman Dodecahedron: The Mysterious Object That Has Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries

The ancient dangers of ‘proscription’ | The Spectator Australia

The ancient dangers of ‘proscription’

The Bacchae at Edinburgh Fringe: stylish retelling of ancient story by Company of Wolves
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/the-bacchae-review-assembly-roxy-edinburgh-company-of-wolves-ewan-downie

The Cambridge Professor Who Decoded Keros Bronze Age Civilization in Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/21/cambridge-professor-keros-bronze-age-civilization-greece/

(14) Predicting Ancient Meteors – by Owen Rees
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/predicting-ancient-meteors?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=167977788&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(14) Aeneid XI.1-99 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-xi1-99-e13?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168994009&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Sweet It Is
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/08/sweet-it-is.html

Three Things Thursday: Teaching, Writing, and Reading | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Teaching, Writing, and Reading

Betwixt the Vestals! – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Betwixt the Vestals!

Reading the Odyssey | Blog post | Mary Beard

Reading the Odyssey

PaleoJudaica.com: “Two astonishing years” for lost scriptures
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/two-astonishing-years-for-lost.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On ancient wilderness narratives
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-ancient-wilderness-narratives.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Swinney, Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/swinney-reforging-history-in-persian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Textbook: Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/open-textbook-guide-to-ancient-egyptian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Taymāʾ III: Catalogue of the Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum and Other Collections
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/tayma-iii-catalogue-of-inscriptions-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/mythology-unbound-online-textbook-for.html

(14) ANE Today, 21 August 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-21-august-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=171384227&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Ashurbanipal: The Last Great King of Assyria – The Ancients | Acast

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(28) Rare Gold Coin of Egyptian Queen Berenice II Discovered in the City of David – Israel Antiquities – YouTube

(29) Alexander the Great: Ruthless Siege of Tyre Explained – YouTube

(29) Why and How the Battle of Teutoburg Happened – Who Was Varus? – YouTube

(29) Cleopatra’s Final Secret | Official Trailer | National Geographic – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Connecting Pillars: Phenomenon Herm in Perspective. Exploring the Semi-Figural, Tradition, and Innovation in Ancient Sculpture. | Institute of Archaeology | UZH
https://www.archaeologie.uzh.ch/de/Veranstaltungen/Tagung–Connecting-Pillars.html