ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 20, 2025

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LEGENDA
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3rd-century Roman mosaic emerges in Iznik amid preparations for Papal visit – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/3rd-century-roman-mosaic-emerges-in-iznik-amid-preparations-for-papal-visit-3210156

Ancient honey-barley bread revived in Türkiye as scholars recreate 3,000-year-old recipe – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/ancient-honey-barley-bread-revived-in-turkiye-as-scholars-recreate-3000-year-old-reci-3210160

2,000-year-old Roman fruit found at ancient fort in northern England | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/ancient-roman-fort-yields-2000-year-old-fruit-survived-centuries-other-treasures

Completion of the 2025 season of archaeological excavations at the Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/completion-of-the-2025-season-of-archaeological-excavations-at-the-bronze-age-settlement-of-kissonerga-skalia/

Ancient Anchorage and Three Shipwrecks Discovered off Fethiye Reveal 4,000 Years of Maritime Traffic – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-anchorage-and-three-shipwrecks-discovered-off-fethiye-reveal-4000-years-of-maritime-traffic/

Five New Roman-Era Theatrical Masks Unearthed in Kastabala, Including a Rare Depiction of an Elderly Philosopher – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/five-new-roman-era-theatrical-masks-unearthed-in-kastabala-including-a-rare-depiction-of-an-elderly-philosopher/

A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Discovered Where Merchants Traveling Between Mesopotamia, India, and Arabia Made Offerings Before Crossing the Persian Gulf

A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Discovered Where Merchants Traveling Between Mesopotamia, India, and Arabia Made Offerings Before Crossing the Persian Gulf

225 royal ushabti figurines unearthed in Nile Delta Tanis archaeological site – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/557221/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/-royal-ushabti-figurines-unearthed-in-Nile-Delta-T.aspx

Israel to Expropriate Hundreds of Acres of Palestinian Land for West Bank Archaeological Site – West Bank
https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2025-11-20/ty-article/.premium/hundreds-of-acres-of-palestinian-land-to-be-expropriated-by-israel-for-archaeological-site/0000019a-a054-dd6e-a5fa-fbf495620000

Richest Iron Age burial assemblage in Southern Levant discovered at Horvat Tevet
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-richest-iron-age-burial-assemblage.html

Europol: Antiquities worth more than 100 million euro seized in Bulgaria – The Sofia Globe

Europol: Antiquities worth more than 100 million euro seized in Bulgaria

Gold coins stolen from Roman Museum in Switzerland – SWI swissinfo.ch
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/gold-coins-stolen-from-the-roman-museum-in-lausanne/90404651?utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o

[paywalled] The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/roman-emperors-augustus-nero-antoninus-pius

National Archaeological Museum unveils new room for the Chimera of Arezzo | The Florentine The Florentine
https://www.theflorentine.net/2025/11/19/national-archaeological-museum-unveils-new-room-for-the-chimera-of-arezzo/

Step inside the ancient Roman empire’s gladiatorial arenas, and witness 24 hours of shocking violence | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-rome-empire-gladiatorial-arena-24-hours/

Ephemeris ~ POENA CAPITIS ASIATICA Hasina condemnata est
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2450

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Secrecy Surrounds former Whereabouts of Ancient Akkadian Seal Stolen from the Duhok Museum in 1991.
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/secrecy-surrounds-former-whereabouts-of.html

Touching history in the Princeton University Numismatic Collection – The Princetonian
https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/11/princeton-features-retrospective-numismatic-collection-touching-history

The History Girls: The Nuclear Option: Love Spells and Curses in the Ancient World by Elisabeth Storrs
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-nuclear-option-love-spells-and.html

The Chaotic Ascent And Dramatic Murder Of The Ancient Cypriot Ruler, Evagoras – The Historian’s Hut

The Chaotic Ascent And Dramatic Murder Of The Ancient Cypriot Ruler, Evagoras

Backing Up the Future: Characterization and Rivalry in Iliad 4 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Backing Up the Future: Characterization and Rivalry in Iliad 4

Plato’s “Ship of Fools” Allegory Shows How Incompetent Rulers Sink the State | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/plato-ship-of-fools/

Lost in translation | Blog post | Mary Beard

Lost in translation

Nub Nefer – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Nub Nefer

Further Monogram Musings – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Further Monogram Musings

PaleoJudaica.com: The Poetics of Prophecy series – author response
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-poetics-of-prophecy-series-author.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Anneli Aejmelaeus (1948-2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/anneli-aejmelaeus-1948-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: TC has moved and has a new volume out (30, 2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/tc-has-moved-and-has-new-volume-out-30.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Behemoth in the Book of Job
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/behemoth-in-book-of-job.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient dueling Abraham exegesis
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-dueling-abraham-exegesis.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Il papiro Westcar
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/il-papiro-westcar.html

The Orphic hymns: poetry and genre, with a critical text and translation – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The Orphic hymns: poetry and genre, with a critical text and translation

Naissance du discours sur les édifices chrétiens dans la littérature latine occidentale: d’Ambroise de Milan à Grégoire de Tours – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Naissance du discours sur les édifices chrétiens dans la littérature latine occidentale: d’Ambroise de Milan à Grégoire de Tours

Urbanism and its impact on human health: a long-term study at Knossos, Crete – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Urbanism and its impact on human health: a long-term study at Knossos, Crete


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[old news]BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, Zeno’s Paradoxes (Archive Episode)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m9rl29

Zoroastrianism – The Ancients | Acast

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VIDENDA
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(498) Fall of Rome: Elon Musk’s Crazy Doomsday History – YouTube

(500) Vittorio Cisnetti on Cambyses’ fleet and the first naval endeavour of the Persians – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Pasts Imperfect (11.20.25)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-11-20-25/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

City and Micro-region in the Ancient Mediterranean

City and Micro-region in the Ancient Mediterranean

The Reception of the Ancient World in Cards

The Reception of the Ancient World in Cards

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xii kalendas decembres

  • Mercatus — time to restock the cupboards after the Jupiterfest!
  • 63 A.D. — shipwreck of St. Paul (by one reckoning)
  • 270 (?) — birth of the future emperor Maximinus Daia
  • 284 A.D. — elevation of Diocletian to the rank of Caesar