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Mursa’s mass grave reveals diverse origins of Roman soldiers
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-mursa-mass-grave-reveals-diverse.html

New study shifts the dating of major Bronze Age events
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/new-study-shifts-the-dating-of-major-bronze-age-events/156202

Roman coins found by detectorist could be Wales’ biggest find
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd67vv66wxxo

‘Biggest ever’ haul of 15,000 Roman coins found in Wales by dumbfounded metal detectorist who slept with trove in his car over fears it would be stolen | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15219663/Biggest-haul-15-000-Roman-coins-Wales-dumbfounded-metal-detectorist-slept-trove-car-fears-stolen.html

Excavation work begins in the eastern sector of Brescia’s Roman theater, after months of preliminary investigation
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/excavation-work-begins-in-the-eastern-sector-of-brescia-s-roman-theater-after-months-of-preliminary-investigation

Rare Roman Legionary Helmet Looted from Serbia Appears in U.S. Auction – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/rare-roman-legionary-helmet-looted-from-serbia-appears-in-u-s-auction/

Tracing Royal Highways: How the Persians Moved an Empire – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/23/royal-highway-persian-empire/

Ancient tombs in biblical city discovered, tied to St Paul’s letter
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/science/ancient-tombs-in-biblical-city-discovered-tied-to-st-pauls-letter/

[AI?] First Assyrian inscription found near Jerusalem Wall | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-871382

“Not in Italy or Europe”: an Italian declares which Roman colosseum is the best preserved in the world – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/not-in-italy-or-europe-an-italian-declares-which-roman-colosseum-is-the-best-preserved-in-the-world-f202510-n/

Rome, large 4th century basilica discovered between Appia and Ardeatina
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/rome-large-4th-century-basilica-discovered-between-appia-and-ardeatina

Final piece of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries to be revealed – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/23/final-piece-of-pompeiis-villa-of-the-mysteries-to-be-revealed

The Bremenium Fort archaeological dig

The Bremenium Fort archaeological dig

Bard professor gives lecture on his new translation of ‘The Odyssey’ – Yale Daily News

Bard professor gives lecture on his new translation of ‘The Odyssey’

Under Pompeii’s Ash, Harvard Researchers Unearth Everyday Life in Ancient Rome | News | The Harvard Crimson
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/23/Pompeii-harvard-researchers-investigate/

[FWIW] Legendary Hyperborea and the Ancient Greeks: Who actually discovered America? – Balkanweb.com – News24
https://www.balkanweb.com/en/The-legendary-Hyperborea-and-the-ancient-Greeks–who-actually-discovered-America/#gsc.tab=0

[paywalled] The Ancient Greek Who Profiled Trump – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-ancient-greek-who-profiled-trump-fabfb3be

Laudator Temporis Acti: Stoic Commonplaces
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/stoic-commonplaces.html

Alexander de Grote in Memfis – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote in Memfis

Simon J. Gathercole, The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs: New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels – Reading Acts

Simon J. Gathercole, The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs: New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels

PaleoJudaica.com: A late notice from the Assyrian taxman excavated in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-late-notice-from-assyrian-taxman.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Two people named Benaya
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/two-people-named-benaya.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On the evolution of Israeli archaeology
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-evolution-of-israeli-archaeology.html

Escape from Pompeii

Escape from Pompeii

Roman pottery in the low countries: past research, current state, future directions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Roman pottery in the low countries: past research, current state, future directions

Aztec Latin: Renaissance learning and Nahuatl traditions in early colonial Mexico – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Aztec Latin: Renaissance learning and Nahuatl traditions in early colonial Mexico

Epistula Consolatoria: olim De Consolatione in Aduersis (CPL 999) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Epistula Consolatoria: olim De Consolatione in Aduersis (CPL 999)

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(62) Scarlett Kingsley on luxury, wealth, and prosperity in Herodotus’ Histories – YouTube

(63) Spotlight | Who built the Egyptian pyramids and why? (Spoiler: it wasn’t aliens!) – YouTube

(64) Battle of Zama 202 BC – The Great Hannibal Meets his End! – YouTube

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Pasts Imperfect (10.23.25)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-10-23-25/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

Epic Threads: A Journal of Reimagined Antiquity | Classical Studies | University of Waterloo
https://uwaterloo.ca/classical-studies/news/epic-threads-journal-reimagined-antiquity

• 42 B.C. — the forces of Marcus Antonius defeat those of Cassius and Brutus in the second Battle of Phillipi; Brutus subsequently commited suicide
• 12 A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates a triumph for his victories in Pannonia and Dalmatia
• 524 or 525 — martyrdom of Boethius

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Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian artifacts puts Thera (Santorini) volcanic eruption prior to Pharaoh Ahmose
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-radiocarbon-dating-egyptian-artifacts-thera.html

Türkiye nabs smugglers trying to sell 1,500-year-old Roman-era mosaic | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/turkiye-nabs-smugglers-trying-to-sell-1500-year-old-roman-era-mosaic

Ancient Greek Fortress Discovered in Aşağıseyit, Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/22/ancient-greek-fortress-asagiseyit-turkey/

Archaeologists unearth 1,500-year-old synagogue below abandoned Syrian village in Golan | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-unearth-1500-year-old-synagogue-below-abandoned-syrian-village-in-golan/

Major discoveries at Bremenium Roman Fort
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/major-discoveries-at-bremenium-roman-fort/156191

Secrets of the Persian Royal Road Revealed: How the King’s Court Traveled Between Susa and Persepolis

Secrets of the Persian Royal Road Revealed: How the King’s Court Traveled Between Susa and Persepolis

Scientists Reveal the Deadliest Weapon of the Bronze Age – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/deadliest-weapon-bronze-age/

Breaking ground without digging: In first, archaeologists ‘X-ray’ Jerusalem’s hidden layers | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/breaking-ground-without-digging-in-first-archaeologists-x-ray-jerusalems-underground/

Roman, Byzantine burial traditions unearthed in Türkiye’s Iznik | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/roman-byzantine-burial-traditions-unearthed-in-turkiyes-iznik

Biblical tax notice: 1st-ever Assyrian inscription found near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/biblical-tax-notice-1st-ever-assyrian-inscription-found-near-jerusalems-temple-mount/

Sumerian civilization may have been jump-started by the rise and fall of tides | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/sumerian-civilization-may-have-been-jump-started-rise-and-fall-tides

Pompeii’s Multilevel Buildings Were Once Lavish Villas with Towers
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pompeii-multilevel-buildings-digital-reconstructions-1234758104/

Meet The Romans: New smartphone immersive reality experience at Segedunum Roman Fort in Wallsend | North Tyneside Council
https://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/news/2025/meet-romans-new-smartphone-immersive-reality-experience-segedunum-roman-fort-wallsend

Pyrrhus of Epirus: The Ancient Greek King’s Legacy Beyond the Battlefield – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/22/pyrrhus-epirus-ancient-greek-king-legacy/

Hollywood’s classical obsession – Engelsberg ideas

Hollywood’s classical obsession

When Barbie met the Parthenon Marbles | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1284524/when-barbie-met-the-parthenon-marbles/

Is Celebrating Ancient Greek Legacy White Supremacy? European Scholars Respond – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/ancient-greece-white-supremacy/

How Thucydides Described Greeks and “Barbarians” in the Northern Settlements – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/thucydides-greeks-barbarians-northern-settlements/

When We Are All Enemies – by Elizabeth Bobrick
https://elizabethbobrick.substack.com/p/when-we-are-all-enemies?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1331359&post_id=175216828&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Roman Times: Echoes of Sacred Dance; A Tarentine Bronze Celebrating Fertility and Ritual Grace
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/10/echoes-of-sacred-dance-tarentine-bronze.html

Chronicles: Alexander – An Interview with Ben Angell
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/chronicles-alexander-an-interview-with-ben-angell

Alexander de Grote in Egypte – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote in Egypte

PaleoJudaica.com: The Seventh International Symposium of Turfan Studies
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-seventh-international-symposium-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: What happened to the Library of Alexandria?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-happened-to-library-of-alexandria.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Reviewlet of Barton (ed.), Understanding the Hebrew Bible
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/reviewlet-of-barton-ed-understanding.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: M/OTHERING
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/mothering.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Regional Demographic Trends and Settlement Patterns in Central Italy: Archaeological Sites and Radiocarbon Dates
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/regional-demographic-trends-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The BORDERSCAPE Project WebGIS Repository
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-borderscape-project-webgis.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Raetia Prima in der Langen Spätantike (3. – 8. Jh. n. Chr.). Ein georeferenzierter Datensatz aller archäologischen Fundstellen
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/die-raetia-prima-in-der-langen.html

Tropaeum Traiani: place of Roman memory II | Spartokos read

Tropaeum Traiani : lieu de mémoire ro(u)main II

Strabon. Géographie. Tome XI: Livre XIV – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Strabon. Géographie. Tome XI: Livre XIV

Augustus als Programm: eine Rezeptionsgeschichte des ersten Princeps (14-500 n. Chr.) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Augustus als Programm: eine Rezeptionsgeschichte des ersten Princeps (14-500 n. Chr.)

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Did the ancients love like us? – ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/cultural-history-of-love-marguerite-johnson-greeks-romans/105891710

Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 6 Cerva (… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(29) Nomen || Iuncturae verborum – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Corinth Excavations, Digital Curator/Archaeologist, position in Corinth | American School of Classical Studies at Athens
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/about/staff/positions-available#DigitalCuratorArchaeologist

Translation in a Golden Age – The Center for Hellenic Studies

Translation in a Golden Age

Classics – 2025-26 Professional Track Faculty Pool job with University of Texas at Austin | 37903946
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37903946/classics-2025-26-professional-track-faculty-pool/

• 4004 B.C. — 9.00 a.m. … according to Bishop Ussher, God created the universe
• 50 B.C. — the ‘Civil War’ between Pompey and Caesar began (not sure where this one comes from)

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‘Illegal’ metal detectorist found a huge hoard of Roman treasure in Germany — and kept it hidden for 8 years | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/illegal-metal-detectorist-found-a-huge-hoard-of-roman-treasure-in-germany-and-kept-it-hidden-for-8-years

Pompeii, a domus with a tower? A hypothesis based on “digital archaeology” developed by the Park and the Humboldt University of Berlin: the models are thought to be the villas of the super-rich     – Pompeii Sites
https://pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/pompeii-a-domus-with-a-tower-a-hypothesis-based-on-digital-archaeology-developed-by-the-park-and-the-humboldt-university-of-berlin/

Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Military Fortress in the Sinai Desert
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-3500-year-old-egyptian-military-fortress-in-the-sinai-desert-180987542/

The story behind the Roman altar found at Malaga’s Sagrario Church | Sur in English
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/the-story-behind-the-roman-altar-found-sagrario-church-20251016114942-nt.html#goog_rewarded

Rare Circular Roman Tomb Unearthed in Bavaria, Germany – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/circular-roman-tomb-bavaria-germany/

1,500-Year-Old Mosaic with Greek Inscription Unearthed in Sanliurfa, Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/20/mosaic-greek-inscription-unearthed-turkey/

Elon Musk donates $1 million for archaeological sites in Rome
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/elon-musk-donates-1-million-for-archaeological-sites-in-rome

Ancient Roman City Yields Huge 2,200-Year-Old Water Basin
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-roman-water-basin-architecture-gabii-2702170

Roman fort found on occupied Kerch Peninsula
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roman-fort-found-on-occupied-kerch-peninsula/156186

Bench is found in Pompeii where citizens sought help and work – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/bench-is-found-in-pompeii-where-citizens-sought-work-and-political-help-over-2000-years-ago/

Greece Blasts British Museum’s Glitzy Gala Held in Parthenon Marbles Gallery: ‘Offensive’
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-pink-ball-parthenon-marbles-greece-backlash-2702374

Tutankhamun Tomb perfectly stable and sound: Egypt’s antiquities ministry – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/555333.aspx

In Catonem: Reject the Spirit of Cato
https://stanfordreview.org/in-catonem-reject-the-spirit-of-cato/

Pro Catone: Recovering Cato’s Spirit of Republican Virtue
https://stanfordreview.org/pro-catone-recovering-catos-spirit-of-republican-virtue/

Zeno of Citium: From ancient Larnaca to the world of philosophy | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/20/zeno-of-citium-from-ancient-larnaca-to-the-world-of-philosophy

The ingenious Roman invention that sparked the ancient empire’s obsession with luxury | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-invention-symbol-of-luxury/

Trump Is Using ‘Classical Architecture’ as ‘A Dog Whistle for White Nationalists’ – TPM – Talking Points Memo
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-classical-architecture-triumphal-arch-white-house-ballroom

Savannah’s Ancient Roman Statuary Story | Savannah Magazine

Ōtium Owner Finds Her Vibe Tribe 

Is Athena Named After Athens, or Vice Versa? – Tales of Times Forgotten

Is Athena Named After Athens, or Vice Versa?

The Curious Family Categorization System Of The Ancient God, El – The Historian’s Hut

The Curious Family Categorization System Of The Ancient God, El

The Meeting Of Diogenes Of Sinope And Alexander The Great, Engraved By Quirin Mark (1753–1811) After Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) – The Historian’s Hut

The Meeting Of Diogenes Of Sinope And Alexander The Great, Engraved By Quirin Mark (1753–1811) After Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

Is Celebrating Ancient Greek Legacy White Supremacy? European Scholars Respond – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/21/ancient-greece-white-supremacy/

How Hollywood turned archaeologists into adventurers, treasure hunters – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/how-hollywood-turned-archaeologists-into-adventurers-treasure-hunters-3208746

Did Rome and Carthage sign 1985 peace treaty for wars that began more than 2,000 years earlier? | Snopes.com
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rome-carthage-peace-treaty/

A Walk in the Imperial Fora | Variant Readings

A Walk in the Imperial Fora

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Dead, Then and Now
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-dead-then-and-now.html

The End of Painful Signs, Redux – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/the-end-of-painful-signs-redux?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1870284&post_id=176689498&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Returning to Painful Signs: Posts on the Iliad – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Returning to Painful Signs: Posts on the Iliad

Returning to Painful Signs: Posts on the Iliad – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Returning to Painful Signs: Posts on the Iliad

Two Thing Tuesday: Esoteric Orientalism and Reparative Reading | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two Thing Tuesday: Esoteric Orientalism and Reparative Reading

PaleoJudaica.com: On marine archaeology
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-marine-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Late-antique Greek mosaic inscription excavated at Edessa
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/late-antique-greek-mosaic-inscription.html

PaleoJudaica.com: What is the agenda of the Aramaic DSS?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-is-agenda-of-aramaic-dss.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Beyond Death: Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/beyond-death-beliefs-practice-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Torregarcía, Purpura y Agua: Aplicación Histórica de Metodología No Invasiva en una Officina Purpuraria en el Litoral Almeriense (España)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/torregarcia-purpura-y-agua-aplicacion.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Corinth Excavations
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/corinth-excavations.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Princeton University joins Nomisma LOD cloud
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/princeton-university-joins-nomisma-lod.html

Religion and the making of Roman Africa: votive stelae, traditions, and empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Religion and the making of Roman Africa: votive stelae, traditions, and empire

Rescatando a Helena: caracterización de Helena en la tragedia homónima de Eurípides – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Rescatando a Helena: caracterización de Helena en la tragedia homónima de Eurípides

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AUDIENDA
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The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part IX (Ad Navseam, Episode 198) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/the-golden-age-of-the-classics-in-america-by-carl-richard-part-ix-ad-navseam-episode-198/

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VIDENDA
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(116) CULTURE. HOUSE OF THE TIASO: LOST POMPEII REVIVED IN 3D – YouTube

(117) City of Rome | Simulacrum Molis Hadriani. Interpreting the Mausoleum of Hadrian in High Renaissance – YouTube

(117) No Stone Left Unturned: Archaeogaming, Archives, Audiences – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Jon D. Mikalson Assistant Professor of Classics
https://apply.interfolio.com/172896

Iphigenia | Faculty of Arts and Humanities
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/classics/events/classical-play/iphigenia

PhD opportunities in Classics and Ancient History at Warwick

PhD opportunities in Classics and Ancient History at Warwick

DAI Hauskolloquium about the oldest temple of Olympia

DAI Hauskolloquium about the oldest temple of Olympia