• ludi Plebeii (day 3) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues
• 63 B.C. — Lucius Sergius Catilina and his co-conspirators meet, with nefarious plans for the morrow
• 15 (or 16) A.D. — birth of Julia Agrippina (“the younger”), daughter of Germanicus, sister to the emperor Gaius (Caligula), mother of the emperor Nero, wife of the emperor Claudius … a very powerful woman

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5,000-year-old winepress, Canaanite ritual artifacts uncovered near Tel Megiddo
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/byfc49dyzx

Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old temple in Northern Iraq, redefining early Mesopotamian history – SyriacPress

Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old temple in Northern Iraq, redefining early Mesopotamian history

Announcement of the Discovery of an Archaeological Site in Libya – Sada News Agency
https://www.sadanews.ps/en/news/247348.html

Cleveland Museum Buys Could Re-Ignite Antiquities Debate – Chronicle of Philanthropy

Cleveland Museum Buys Could Re-Ignite Antiquities Debate

New Hellenistic discoveries at Pyla-Vigla
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/new-hellenistic-discoveries-at-pyla-vigla/156289

What Ancient Greek Sculptures Reveal About the Real Faces Across Time – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/04/ancient-greece-sculptures-real-faces/

Public Trials in the Letter of James – Biblical Archaeology Society

Public Trials in the Letter of James

Ancient Greeks and Romans knew harming the environment could change the climate
https://theconversation.com/ancient-greeks-and-romans-knew-harming-the-environment-could-change-the-climate-257556

The Chilean Retiree Who Returned an Acropolis Fragment to Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/05/chilean-retiree-returned-acropolis-fragment-greece/

A Man Brought His Father’s ‘Piece of the Parthenon’ to Greek Officials. They Said It Was From an Even Older Temple in the Acropolis of Athens
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-brought-his-fathers-piece-of-the-parthenon-to-greek-officials-they-said-it-was-from-an-even-older-temple-in-the-acropolis-180987628/

The Marbles review – thoughtful outline of case for giving the Parthenon marbles back to Greece | Film | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/05/the-marbles-review-thoughtful-outline-of-case-for-giving-the-parthenon-marbles-back-to-greece

Greek Art in All Its Stunning Glory: The Jockey of Artemision – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/05/jockey-artemision-greek-art/

Egyptologists Call on British Museum to Return Rosetta Stone (Again)
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/egyptologists-call-on-british-museum-return-rosetta-stone-again-2708336

The Rosetta Stone does not belong in Egypt | The Spectator Australia

The Rosetta Stone does not belong in Egypt

Greece renews appeal for return of Parthenon Marbles – The Greek Herald
https://greekherald.com.au/news/greece-renews-unesco-appeal-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles/

A store of secrets: Excavating Roman military kit and personal possessions at Caerleon – The Past

A store of secrets: Excavating Roman military kit and personal possessions at Caerleon

Why the Agora Was the Heart of Athenian Democracy
https://www.history.com/articles/agora-athens-democracy

Barsabas of Jerusalem – the earliest witness to the Trinity? – Roger Pearse

Barsabas of Jerusalem – the earliest witness to the Trinity?

Ancient Greek History Gift Guide (Part 3): The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-greek-history-gift-guide-part-3-the-rise-and-fall-of-classical-greece

Filmmaker Claims “New Evidence” of Egyptian Atlantis Knowledge, But It’s Just Plato – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/filmmaker-claims-new-evidence-of-egyptian-atlantis-knowledge-but-its-just-plato

Het Comitium in Rome – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Comitium in Rome

PaleoJudaica.com: Proto-Persian polemic planted in Genesis 14?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/proto-persian-polemic-planted-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Lecture: “Syriac Parallels with Lectio Divina: Monastic Reading in the Church of the East (400-700 CE)”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/lecture-syriac-parallels-with-lectio.html

PaleoJudaica.com: An archaeology PhD at age 81
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/an-archaeology-phd-at-age-81.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Preview of The Oxford Handbook of the Textual Criticism of the Bible
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/preview-of-oxford-handbook-of-textual.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sultan Tepe site near Pergamon (Turkey): extended catalogue and survey data
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/sultan-tepe-site-near-pergamon-turkey.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Everchanging Road Networks Through the Ages on the Mount Nif and its Surroundings. Supplementary Figures
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/everchanging-road-networks-through-ages.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Rewritten Bible in Late Antiquity: »Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer«, »Jubilees« and the »Cave of Treasures«
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-rewritten-bible-in-late-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hellénisme et iranisme dans le sud de la Russie. Aperçu général
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/hellenisme-et-iranisme-dans-le-sud-de.html

Màrturi mytho: poésie, histoire et société aux époques imperiale et tardive – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Màrturi mytho: poésie, histoire et société aux époques imperiale et tardive

Pinelli e gli Excerpta de legationibus: l’Ambrosiano G 72 inf. – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Pinelli e gli Excerpta de legationibus: l’Ambrosiano G 72 inf.

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Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 8 ‘Pius’ … – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

112: The Seleucid Empire – Bre…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(115) Alexander vs. Gandhara: The FORGOTTEN WAR – YouTube

(116) Inside Egypt’s new King Tut exhibit – YouTube

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Fooled — Amazing Abruzzo Tours
https://www.amazingabruzzotours.com/blog/2025/11/4/fooled

• ludi Plebeii (day 2) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues

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2,000-Year-Old Wooden Statue of Hercules Discovered in Ibiza, Spain – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/04/wooden-statue-hercules-ibiza-spain/

Archaeological evidence places the origin of cavalry in the Aramean and Luwian states of the Iron Age, half a century before the Assyrians

Archaeological evidence places the origin of cavalry in the Aramean and Luwian states of the Iron Age, half a century before the Assyrians

Greece’s Parthenon Sheds Its Scaffolding for the First Time in 20 Years
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/greek-parthenon-scaffolding-removed-conservation-2707776

Romans in Ancient Olbia Watered Their Dead With Wine and Beer
https://gizmodo.com/romans-in-ancient-olbia-watered-their-dead-with-wine-and-beer-2000680824

A 1,700-Year-Old Roman Merchant Ship Lies Just Two Meters Below the Surface off Mallorca’s Playa de Palma – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-1700-year-old-roman-merchant-ship-lies-just-two-meters-below-the-surface-off-mallorcas-playa-de-palma/

5,500-year-old site in Jordan reveals a lost civilization’s secrets | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251104094150.htm

Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now: What cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-signatures-meant-mesopotamia-cylinder-ancient.html

Science history: Archaeologists discover King Tut’s tomb, and rumors of the ‘mummy’s curse’ begin swirling — Nov. 4, 1922 | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/science-history-archaeologists-discover-king-tuts-tomb-and-rumors-of-the-mummys-curse-begin-swirling-nov-4-1922

Ancient Greeks and Romans knew harming the environment could change the climate
https://theconversation.com/ancient-greeks-and-romans-knew-harming-the-environment-could-change-the-climate-257556

FSU unveils ‘Vires, Artes, Mores’ statues in Student Union, bridging Florence and Tallahassee – Florida State University News

FSU unveils ‘Vires, Artes, Mores’ statues in Student Union, bridging Florence and Tallahassee

Lina Mendoni at UNESCO: “I call on all Member States to support the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures” – ProtoThema English

Lina Mendoni at UNESCO: “I call on all Member States to support the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures”

‘Elektra’ opens at Madison Street Theater  – Forest Park Review

‘Elektra’ opens at Madison Street Theater 

The Women of Troy brings Greek tragedy to MSU

The Women of Troy brings Greek tragedy to MSU

UTC Theatre Co. presents “Medea” Nov. 18-22 | UTC News

UTC Theatre Co. presents “Medea” Nov. 18-22

SLU history professor reimagines ancient Rome – The University News

SLU history professor reimagines ancient Rome

U of O suspends honours program in Greek and Roman studies | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/u-of-o-suspends-honours-program-in-greek-and-roman-studies-9.6962030

Laudator Temporis Acti: Languages
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/languages.html

Chilean retiree returns Ancient Greek marble fragment his father took in the 1930s – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/03/chilean-retiree-returns-ancient-greek-marble-fragment-father-stole-1930s

Was the Roman Colosseum Really as Bloody as Gladiator Makes It Look? | History
https://vocal.media/history/was-the-roman-colosseum-really-as-bloody-as-gladiator-makes-it-look

Huge LEGO Roman City Has One Million Pieces – Give Bread and Circuses – Bell of Lost Souls

Huge LEGO Roman City Has One Million Pieces – Give Bread and Circuses

Thersites’ Body: Description, Characterization, and Physiognomy in Iliad 2 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Thersites’ Body: Description, Characterization, and Physiognomy in Iliad 2

Het Senaatsgebouw in Rome (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Senaatsgebouw in Rome (2)

AcWriMo 2025 – Noodlings

AcWriMo 2025

Ancient Homilies for All Saints Day? – Roger Pearse

Ancient Homilies for All Saints Day?

Laudator Temporis Acti: Examination of Conscience
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/examination-of-conscience.html

PaleoJudaica.com: When did Israel become monotheistic?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/when-did-israel-become-monotheistic.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A statement by the director of “The Carpenter’s Son”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-statement-by-director-of-carpenters.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ross on syntax of year expressions in LXX Greek
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ross-on-syntax-of-year-expressions-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “Turba piorum”: Anonyme christliche lateinische Dichtung der Antike. Texte, Übersetzungen, Untersuchungen / L’antique poésie latine anonyme d’inspiration chrétienne. Études, textes et traductions
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/turba-piorum-anonyme-christliche.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: „Quid poema frangat?“: Zur Poetik des Bruchs in den Carmina des Sidonius Apollinaris
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/quid-poema-frangat-zur-poetik-des.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Laktanz: „Divinae institutiones“: Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung und Anmerkungen
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/laktanz-divinae-institutiones.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La nécropole gétique de Ve-IVe siècles av. n. è. de Bugeac
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/la-necropole-getique-de-ve-ive-siecles.html

The Getic necropolis of 5th-4th centuries BC at Bugeac | Spartokos a lu

La nécropole gétique de Ve-IVe siècles av. n. è. de Bugeac

Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world

The temporality of festivals: approaches to festive time in ancient Babylon, Greece, Rome, and Medieval China – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The temporality of festivals: approaches to festive time in ancient Babylon, Greece, Rome, and Medieval China

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Maiden, Monster, Medusa with Ayana Gray – Ancient History Fangirl

Maiden, Monster, Medusa with Ayana Gray

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VIDENDA
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(85) Dr. Kathleen Martinez Uncovers an Ancient Port | Cleopatra’s Final Secret | National Geographic – YouTube

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Save Ancient Studies Alliance 2025-26 Recruitment for Undergraduate and Graduate students – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/sasa2526/

Non-Invasive geophysical imaging reveals ptolemaic tombs at ai-dyabat for global archaeological applications | Scientific Reports
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-23113-

9th Symposium for Archaeometry of the HSA

9th Symposium for Archaeometry of the HSA

• ludi Plebei (day 1) — a major festival in honour of Jupiter
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Agricola