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Israel seizes rare artifacts in Palestinian villa built atop major archaeological sit
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/s1rseskfzx
Thermal Complex Discovered at Roman Villa in Ancient Greek City of Agrigento – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/04/thermal-complex-roman-villa-ancient-greek-city-agrigento/
Forest Exploitation in Antiquity: Roman expansion altered the forests north of the Alps – University of Freiburg
Forest Exploitation in Antiquity: Roman expansion altered the forests north of the Alps
Important discovery at Vulci: a maiden’s head found, a rare example of Greek statuary in Etruscan territory
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/important-discovery-at-vulci-a-maiden-s-head-found-a-rare-example-of-greek-statuary-in-etruscan-territory
The Roman mosaic discovered in the Roman villa of Rutland contains a lost version of the Trojan War that does not appear in the Iliad
Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world – Popular Archeology
1,900-Year-Old Medusa Cameo Unearthed in Hallstatt: One of the Most Significant Roman-Era Finds in Alpine Austria – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/1900-year-old-medusa-cameo-unearthed-in-hallstatt-one-of-the-most-significant-roman-era-finds-in-alpine-austria/
An Exceptional Roman Cameo with the Image of Medusa Carved in Agate, Found in Hallstatt
An Exceptional Roman Cameo with the Image of Medusa Carved in Agate, Found in Hallstatt
Archaeologists discover 2,600-year-old tomb in Switzerland – SWI swissinfo.ch
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/research-frontiers/archaeologists-discover-2600-year-old-tomb-in-switzerland/90591049
Five artifacts and the only known Sanskrit inscription mentioning a Roman emperor prove the presence and worship of Indians in the port of Berenike
A sneak peek at Berlin’s Pergamon Museum – DW – 12/05/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/berlins-iconic-pergamon-museum-a-preview-of-its-restoration/a-75026467
Ancient Etruscan monster gets new state-of-the-art home in Florence museum – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/05/ancient-etruscan-monster-gets-new-state-of-the-art-home-in-florence
Etruscans Forged Their Weapons and Tools Using Ancient Advanced Techniques – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/05/etruscans-weapons-tools-ancient-advanced-techniques/
The Birth of Writing – Biblical Archaeology Society
Ancient DNA Shows Unexpected Italian Link in Mycenaean Livestock – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/05/ancient-dna-italian-link-mycenaean-livestock/
New discoveries in Villa of the Slaves at Pompeii – Arts Culture and Style – Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2025/12/05/new-discoveries-in-villa-of-the-slaves-at-pompeii_064f3156-1397-4466-b819-c738ab32ef57.html
Ancient Roman slaves often ate better than ordinary people, new discoveries show | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ancient-roman-slaves-often-ate-better-than-ordinary-people-new-discoveries-show-2025-12-05/
The Gnostic Gospels: An Introduction to the Forbidden Teachings of Jesus | Open Culture
The Gnostic Gospels: An Introduction to the Forbidden Teachings of Jesus
Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Why humans need humanities | Blog post | Mary Beard
PaleoJudaica.com: “Lost” Languages That Shaped Culture
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/lost-languages-that-shaped-culture.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Ruins of an ancient palace excavated at Sartaba-Alexandrium
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/ruins-of-ancient-palace-excavated-at.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Israel seizes artifacts from damaged West Bank site
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/israel-seizes-artifacts-from-damaged.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: World’s first film in ancient Sumerian released by Trinity filmmakers
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/worlds-first-film-in-ancient-sumerian.html
Mother of Rome (L.J.A.) Bear Pp. 403. London: Titan Books, 2025. Paper, £9.99. ISBN: 9781803364742. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/mother-of-rome-lja-bear-pp-403-london-titan-books-2025-paper-999-isbn-9781803364742/D4CAC1B962A64D53C1160AD105575C2C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The Roman Provinces, 300 BCE–300 CE, Using Coins as Sources (A.) Burnett Pp. xlii + 362, b/w & colour ills, colour maps. Cambridge University Press, 2024. Paper £29.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-42010-5 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/roman-provinces-300-bce300-ce-using-coins-as-sources-a-burnett-pp-xlii-362-bw-colour-ills-colour-maps-cambridge-university-press-2024-paper-2999-isbn-9781009420105/E508B09330B0269D3AAEC38A6416F69F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Creepy Classics. Ghost Stories from Ancient Rome Review of (J.) Harrison Pp. ii + 144. Independently published, 2024. Paper, £8.99. ISBN: 9798340129956 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/creepy-classics-ghost-stories-from-ancient-rome-review-of-j-harrison-pp-ii-144-independently-published-2024-paper-899-isbn-9798340129956/28B38B36DFA7D8B1378606ABF7874307?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Song of the Huntress (L.) Holland Pp. xviii + 410. London: Pan Macmillan, 2024. ISBN: 978-1529077407. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/song-of-the-huntress-l-holland-pp-xviii-410-london-pan-macmillan-2024-isbn-9781529077407/4EC3F9734AB7275F3DFDF32C0DCD0809?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke all the Rules in Ancient Rome (J.) Draycott Pp. xxii + 266, ills, maps, colour pls. London: Atlantic Books, 2025. Cased, £20. ISBN: 9781805461937. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/fulvia-the-woman-who-broke-all-the-rules-in-ancient-rome-j-draycott-pp-xxii-266-ills-maps-colour-pls-london-atlantic-books-2025-cased-20-isbn-9781805461937/78A5AF816226E823FE2CF9F03C05C7D9?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Latin Redux: A Second-Year Grammar Review by (S.O.) Shapiro Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2024. x pp. + 138 pp. £22.99, US$29.95. ISBN-13: 978-0806193915. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/latin-redux-a-secondyear-grammar-review-by-so-shapiro-norman-ok-university-of-oklahoma-press-2024-x-pp-138-pp-2299-us2995-isbn13-9780806193915/12DD7810DEF30DEE840693FE6AC9C7E5?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The Trojan Horse and Other Stories. Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human (J.) Kindt Pp. xiv + 356, b/w & colour ills. Cambridge University Press, 2024. Cased, £. ISBN: 978-1-009-41138-7. https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/classical-studies/ancient-history/trojan-horse-and-other-stories-ten-ancient-creatures-make-us-human?format+HB | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/trojan-horse-and-other-stories-ten-ancient-creatures-that-make-us-human-j-kindt-pp-xiv-356-bw-colour-ills-cambridge-university-press-2024-cased-isbn-9781009411387-httpswwwcambridgeorggbuniversitypresssubjectsclassicalstudiesancienthistorytrojanhorseandotherstoriestenancientcreaturesmakeushumanformathb/AE2AC9348A84C1A96ACB2E9BC543A115?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Reading the Odyssey. A Guide to Homer’s Narrative (J.) Grethlein (translated by Sabrina Stolfa). Pp. xii + 314, ills. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2024. Cased, £30, US$35. ISBN: 978-0-691-18249-0. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/reading-the-odyssey-a-guide-to-homers-narrative-j-grethlein-translated-by-sabrina-stolfa-pp-xii-314-ills-princeton-nj-princeton-university-press-2024-cased-30-us35-isbn-9780691182490/2CFFD3F900A19411A9FF5960500CAE6A?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Gods of Ancient Rome. Contracts with the Divine (L.) Telford Pp. 287, colour pls. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2024. Cased, £22.99. ISBN: 978-1-3981-11 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/gods-of-ancient-rome-contracts-with-the-divine-l-telford-pp-287-colour-pls-stroud-amberley-publishing-2024-cased-2299-isbn-9781398111/65D4B516C07743EF3C420B4AE747D8EA?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Bad Girls of Ancient Greece Review of (L.) Tiffin Pp. xii + 356. Manchester: Harper North, 2024. Cased, £14.99. ISBN: 978-0-00-868708-3. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/bad-girls-of-ancient-greece-review-of-l-tiffin-pp-xii-356-manchester-harper-north-2024-cased-1499-isbn-9780008687083/BB317CD0A68E4846D185332E5009AB60?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
(E.) HALL Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024. Pp. 242, illus. $28. 9780300273533. | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/abs/e-hall-facing-down-the-furies-suicide-the-ancient-greeks-and-me-new-haven-and-london-yale-university-press-2024-pp-242-illus-28-9780300273533/AEB4F0A7F7E83596C7C3D4360D128889?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Painting Pompeii: painters, practices, and organization – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Living with risk in the late Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Carthage : l’archéologie à bons ports | France Culture
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/l-entretien-archeologique/carthage-l-archeologie-a-bons-ports-4781765
Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke: A Fresh Assault on the Synoptic Problem, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 202) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/redating-matthew-mark-and-luke-a-fresh-assault-on-the-synoptic-problem-part-ii-ad-navseam-episode-202/
Ancient History Podcast – Killing the Messiah
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/ancient-history-podcast-killing-the-messiah
Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA386 – Let the die be cast
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa386-let-the-die-be-cast
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(21) Meet the Gladiators of the Lost Colosseum (Full Episode) | Lost Treasures of Rome | Nat Geo – YouTube
(21) Julius Caesar’s Gallic War Today: Cynthia Damon on Translating an Ancient Classic – YouTube
(23) Ancient Greek Art Advent | Day 1! – YouTube
(23) The Bronze Age of Achilles – YouTube
(24) Have We Broken the Golden Thread? Why the West’s Future Depends on Remembering Its Past – YouTube
(24) The Revenge Plot: Orestes’s Foreshadowing in The Odyssey – YouTube
(24) The Roman Temple at the Edge of the World #romanempire – YouTube
Enormous Roman Mosaic In Turkey – video Dailymotion
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Theophrastus and Pliny the Elder on Silphium – World History Encyclopedia
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2252/theophrastus-and-pliny-the-elder-on-silphium/?esh=2add7268bcca33815120c93ab3526689e9e5bea398e9b466a205b93dcb9e163f&emd=8c0e50d78baa9cec14dfc0eefc6ed47b&lid=ac74a77c22&utm_campaign=newsletter_en&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rss2&mc_cid=26eec610ca
The nature of poetry and the proper way of reading it. A modern look at Plutarch’s pedagogical views in ‘How to study poetry’ | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/nature-of-poetry-and-the-proper-way-of-reading-it-a-modern-look-at-plutarchs-pedagogical-views-in-how-to-study-poetry/284147CCD8131038F347EF9828D4C26C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Teaching Ancient Greece. Lesson Plans, Vase Animations, and Resources (S.) Nevin (ed.) Pp. 345, b/w & colour ills. Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press, 2024. Cased, zl50, ISBN: 978-83-235-6235-1 https://www.wuw.pl/product-eng-19615-Teaching-Ancient-Greece-Lesson-Plans-Vase-Animations-and-Resources-PDF.html | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/teaching-ancient-greece-lesson-plans-vase-animations-and-resources-s-nevin-ed-pp-345-bw-colour-ills-warsaw-university-of-warsaw-press-2024-cased-zl50-isbn-9788323562351-httpswwwwuwplproducteng19615teachingancientgreecelessonplansvaseanimationsandresourcespdfhtml/2C7D2BF04F58BEB0886F52A544D81411?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
The Acholla Archaeological Project: 2025 Fieldwork Report | Libyan Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/libyan-studies/article/acholla-archaeological-project-2025-fieldwork-report/4E9EAD778E6E30B7B8F51A0E01F595C1?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
EAST OF KNOSSOS, WEST OF MALIA. CHANGING SETTLEMENT PATTERNS BETWEEN TWO MAJOR MINOAN POLITIES | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-of-the-british-school-at-athens/article/abs/east-of-knossos-west-of-malia-changing-settlement-patterns-between-two-major-minoan-polities/3BD94BDC6064D94019396AF2BCE5D2BF?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
LABOUR AND STATUS IN CLASSICAL ATHENS: THE CASE OF THE UNSPECIALIZED WAGE-LABOURER | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/labour-and-status-in-classical-athens-the-case-of-the-unspecialized-wagelabourer/690E2869847BA38196A1657391353A36?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
ANCIENT GREEK PERCEPTIONS OF DOVES | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/ancient-greek-perceptions-of-doves/4CB5D98AFD62432FB5FAD3FCFD726030?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
Troy Story: The Ketton Mosaic, Aeschylus, and Greek Mythography in Late Roman Britain | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/troy-story-the-ketton-mosaic-aeschylus-and-greek-mythography-in-late-roman-britain/AF6081088C925F10AB0DC670A7540A7D?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
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