• 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood begins (according to someone’s reckoning!)
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Mercurius
• 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Moses of Rome

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

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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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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

• 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

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

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

Excavations at Blaundos ancient city reveal stadium from Alexander the Great era – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/excavations-at-blaundos-ancient-city-reveal-stadium-from-the-era-of-alexander-the-gre-3210276

[AI?] Jerusalem stone quarries beneath modern city | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-874854

Roman engineering genius comes to life beneath the streets of ancient Ratiaria – History and religion
https://bnr.bg/en/post/102243540/roman-engineering-genius-comes-to-life-beneath-the-streets-of-ancient-ratiaria

Ancient Roman coffin disturbed by archaeologists for the first time in 1,700 years | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15314645/Ancient-Roman-sarcophagus-budapest.html

Europe-wide raids smash major antiquities trafficking ring | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/europe-wide-raids-smash-major-antiquities-trafficking-ring/news/

2,000-year-old skull found at Celtic fort was likely a ‘war trophy’ displayed by conquering Romans | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/archaeologists-discover-decapitated-head-the-romans-used-as-a-warning-to-the-celts

3,500-Year-Old Minoan Royal Road: Europe’s Oldest Paved Path – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/22/3500-years-old-minoan-road/

Ancient Curse Tablets Found in Athens Reveal Dark Side of Classical Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/23/ancient-curse-tablets-athens-well/

Greece’s Persephone and Rome’s Proserpina: How One Myth Changed Empires – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/22/greece-persephone-rome-prosepina/

The Monumental Greek Beauty of Berlin’s Pergamon Museum – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/23/greek-pergamon-museum-berlin/

Did the eruption that destroyed Pompeii happen in summer? A new study reopens the enigma
https://en.ara.cat/culture/did-the-eruption-that-destroyed-pompeii-happen-in-summer-new-study-reopens-the-enigma_1_5570653.html

Tang Museum Reveals Secrets of Ancient Mystery Religion – Saratoga TODAY newspaper

Tang Museum Reveals Secrets of Ancient Mystery Religion

The Boudican Revolt: When a British queen took on Rome | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-boudican-revolt-rome

‘Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s love of Ancient Rome hides a secret fascination with imperialism’
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/11/23/elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg-s-love-of-ancient-rome-hides-a-secret-fascination-with-imperialism_6747738_23.html

Braggart Soldier – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/braggart-soldier?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=179728366&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Better than our Fathers! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Better than our Fathers!

AI in the Classroom is a Social Problem – Noodlings

AI in the Classroom is a Social Problem

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part II: Hoplite Equipment, Hoplight or Hopheavy? – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part II: Hoplite Equipment, Hoplight or Hopheavy?

Feit en betekenis – Mainzer Beobachter

Feit en betekenis

PaleoJudaica.com: Festscrift for SEERI (Gorgias)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/festscrift-for-seeri-gorgias.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bremmer, Jews, Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/bremmer-jews-pagans-and-christians-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sculpturo: Plateforme de recherche sur la sculpture romaine en Méditerranée
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/sculpturo-plateforme-de-recherche-sur.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani (CSIR)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-corpus-signorum-imperii-romani-csir.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Oxytone: The Bleeding Edge of Ancient Language
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/oxytone-bleeding-edge-of-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The “electronic Babylonian Library” (eBL) Platform
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-electronic-babylonian-library-ebl.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Relativism and the Frontiers of Empire: Critical Perspectives on Roman Soldiers, Communities and Military Landscapes
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/relativism-and-frontiers-of-empire.html
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Anima Latina 23.11.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/11/anima-latina-23-11-2025.html

Emperor Tiberius: Monster or Misunderstood? – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 22.11.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/11/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-22-11-2025.html

144. The two millennia of Roma… – Byzantium & Friends – Apple Podcasts

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(569) Return Nefertiti: Egypt renews claims while Germany cites fragility of bust – YouTube

(572) De philologia musica, cum Henrico de Corrigia – YouTube

(572) Why Ancient Greek is so hard… and how to fix it! – YouTube

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explorator 27.49 – Explorator

explorator 27.49

Clodia of Rome: Champion of the Republic, Thursday, December 4, 2025, 6:30 – 7:45 PM EST – Smithsonian Event | Smithsonian Institution
https://www.si.edu/events/detail?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D190828998

• ca. 101 — martyrdom (?) of Clement I