ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 24, 2025

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A 1,700-Year-Old Portable Roman Steelyard Balance Found in Leptis Magna in Northwestern Libya

A 1,700-Year-Old Portable Roman Steelyard Balance Found in Leptis Magna in Northwestern Libya

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh moved another ruler’s body and stole his tomb, hundreds of funerary figurines suggest | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-moved-another-rulers-body-and-stole-his-tomb-hundreds-of-funerary-figurines-suggest

Tanis in Sharqia reveals more of its secrets

Tanis in Sharqia reveals more of its secrets

Cultural watchdog denounces Israeli land seizure to develop West Bank archaeological site | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/cultural-watchdog-denounces-israeli-land-seizure-to-develop-west-bank-archaeological-site/

Ancient columns in Türkiye’s Kyzikos shed light on Roman art | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-columns-in-turkiyes-kyzikos-shed-light-on-roman-art/amp

A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity

A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity

Antiquities and Museums: Roman-era tomb uncovered in al-Hara, Daraa countryside

Antiquities and Museums: Roman-era tomb uncovered in al-Hara, Daraa countryside

Restoration of the Temple of Apollo Opilite in Karditsa, Greece, gets underway.
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/restoration-of-the-temple-of-apollo-opilite-in-karditsa-greece-gets-underway

Syrian crowds stormed cave they thought full of gold, but instead discovered a Roman
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/by41cfbw11x

Turkey basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251124-turkey-basilica-emerges-from-lake-illuminating-early-church-life

‘Truly rare’: Archaeologists uncover 1,700-year-old Roman tomb in Budapest | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/11/24/truly-rare-archaeologists-uncover-1700-year-old-roman-tomb-in-budapest

Large Roman olive press found in Tunisia

Large Roman olive press found in Tunisia

A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Unearthed at Tell Abraq Reveals How Merchants Crossing the Persian Gulf Sought Divine Protection – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-sanctuary-unearthed-at-tell-abraq-reveals-how-merchants-crossing-the-persian-gulf-sought-divine-protection/

Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/should-we-act-morally-towards-trees-empedocles-says-yes

Onward to Rome | | UZH
https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2025/onward-to-rome.html

The Roman Republic Crumbled When Patriarchy Prevailed | TIME
https://time.com/7326211/roman-republic-women/

The Hellenistic – Roman transition in glass technology: insights from Nysa-Scythopolis | npj Heritage Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-02139-2

[paywalled] Roger Ling, archaeologist and scholar of the art and architecture of ancient Pompeii – obituary
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/11/24/pompeii-roger-ling-manchester-university-archaeology/

Mischief of the Gods [Kamigami No Asobi: Ludere Deorum / 神々の悪戯] (2014) – Animated Antiquity

Mischief of the Gods [Kamigami No Asobi: Ludere Deorum / 神々の悪戯] (2014)

Weekly Varia no. 157, 11/23/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 157, 11/23/25

Back in Athens | Blog post | Mary Beard

Back in Athens

The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World

PaleoJudaica.com: AI is transcribing the whole Cairo Geniza
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ai-is-transcribing-whole-cairo-geniza.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient quarry sites in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-quarry-sites-in-jerusalem.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The prutah and the penny
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-prutah-and-penny.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: War Traditions from the Qumran Caves: Re-Thinking Textual Stability and Fluidity in the War Text manuscripts
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/war-traditions-from-qumran-caves-re.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Fables and Literary Genres: Texts, Contexts, Interactions
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-fables-and-literary-genres.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Poetry of Being and the Prose of the World in Early Greek Philosophy
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-poetry-of-being-and-prose-of-world.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Things Unseen: Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/things-unseen-essays-on-evidence.html

Die Besiedelung der Küsten des Pontos Euxeinos durch die Milesier | Spartokos read

Die Besiedelung der Küsten des Pontos Euxeinos durch die Milesier

Eleusis and enlightenment: the problem of the mysteries in eighteenth-century thought – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Eleusis and enlightenment: the problem of the mysteries in eighteenth-century thought

Dire le décor antique: textes grecs et latins au miroir des realia (IIIe s. av.-VIIIe s. ap. J.-C.) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Dire le décor antique: textes grecs et latins au miroir des realia (IIIe s. av.-VIIIe s. ap. J.-C.)

The religious history of the Roman Empire: the Republican centuries – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The religious history of the Roman Empire: the Republican centuries


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AUDIENDA
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113: The War of the Three King…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(604) Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass) – YouTube

(606) J. Kates | Swimming with Translators – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Call for Papers for a Panel in Honour of James (“Jim”) Russell at the 2026 CAC Meeting / Appel à communications pour une table ronde en l’honneur de James (« Jim ») Russell lors du congrès de la SCÉC de 2026 – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/jimrussellpanel2026/

Current Research in Egyptology 2026

Current Research in Egyptology 2026

Macedonia & Sparta

Macedonia & Sparta

Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens

Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas decembres

  • 29/30 A.D. — partial solar eclipse in the eastern Mediterranean which is sometimes associated with the crucifixion
  • 62 A.D. — death of the satirist Aulus Persius Flaccus (source?)
  • 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Felicissimus and Firmina
  • 1977 — the discovery of a tomb believed to be that of Philip II of Macedon is announced
  • 1998 — death of John Chadwick