ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ December 11, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Unknown Alphabet in Dead Sea Scrolls Has Been Cracked, Scholar Says – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-12-11/ty-article-magazine/unknown-alphabet-in-dead-sea-scrolls-has-been-cracked-scholar-says/0000019b-0d44-df61-a7fb-4dd7f07b0000

Hellenistic-era goddess sculpture head unearthed in western Türkiye
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/hellenistic-era-goddess-sculpture-head-unearthed-in-western-turkiye/3768801

Video. Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/12/10/archaeologists-uncover-intact-section-of-ancient-jerusalem-wall-from-hanukkah-era

Roman urbanism was bad for health, new study confirms
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-roman-urbanism-bad-health.html

Archaeologists uncover rare Late Roman reception hall with untouched mosaics in Türkiye – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeologists-uncover-rare-late-roman-reception-hall-with-untouched-mosaics-in-turki-3211160

Archaeologists find intact 2,700-year-old room at Cyprus excavation site | in-cyprus.com
https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/archaeologists-intact-2700-year-old-room-cyprus-kition-bamboula/

New discoveries at Hadrian’s Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/new-discoveries-at-hadrians-wall-are-changing-the-picture-of-what-life-was-like-on-the-border-of-the-roman-empire

Searchable Bronze Age site database could help answer key questions about ancient Anatolia
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-searchable-bronze-age-site-database.html

Archaeologists in France Dig Up a Jar Packed With Tens of Thousands of 1,800-Year-Old Roman Coins
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-in-france-dig-up-a-jar-packed-with-tens-of-thousands-of-1800-year-old-roman-coins/

A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-year-site-reveals-raw-ingredients.html#goog_rewarded

New Kition-Bamboula Findings Shed Light on Early Cyprus Settlement History – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/11/new-findings-kition-bamboula-shed-light-early-settlement-history-cyprus-larnaca/

2,500-Year-Old Greek Statue Found in Etruscan City of Vulci – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/09/greek-statue-etruscan-city-vulci/

New Pompeii discovery uncovers Ancient Roman slaves’ surprising diet | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/pompeii-ancient-roman-slaves-food-diet-b2881765.html

New research re-examines Roman Empire’s leather economy
https://news.westernu.ca/2025/12/roman-empire-leather-economy/

ArtDependence | The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts repatriates 41 Antiquities to Türkiye
https://artdependence.com/articles/the-virginia-museum-of-fine-arts-repatriates-41-antiquities-to-tuerkiye/

Poland arrests Russian archaeologist wanted in Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clydz0j1yego

Spencer Alley: Venus
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2025/12/venus.html

Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV on the importance of Archaeology on the occasion of the Centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology (11 December 2025)
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/apost_letters/documents/20251211-nel-centenario-piac.html

Verona’s ancient Roman arena gets modern facelift for 2026 Games – ESPN
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47274003/verona-ancient-roman-arena-gets-modern-facelift-2026-games

44 Best Greek Mythology Books of All Time, Librarians Share – Parade
https://parade.com/books/best-greek-mythology-books

Domitius Tullus—An Ancient Roman Scrooge Who Left A Posthumous Legacy Of Good Will – The Historian’s Hut

Domitius Tullus—An Ancient Roman Scrooge Who Left A Posthumous Legacy Of Good Will

Teaching Thursday: Thinking about Teaching Data | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: Thinking about Teaching Data

Middeleeuwse monsters – Mainzer Beobachter

Middeleeuwse monsters

The “Degraded Hasmonean Coins” – A Silent Witness to the Price of Brotherly Conflict – The Temple Mount Sifting Project

The “Degraded Hasmonean Coins” – A Silent Witness to the Price of Brotherly Conflict

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Bissing Link: The Collections and Network of Egyptologist F. W. von Bissing (1873–1956)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-bissing-link-collections-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Darstellung und Selbstdarstellung der kaiserlichen Familie im römischen Ägypten: Eine Untersuchung von Octavian-Augustus bis Hadrian (30 v. Chr.–138 n. Chr.)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/die-darstellung-und-selbstdarstellung.html

A Danubio ad Gothiam: The Christianization of the Northwest Black Sea in Late Antiquity | Spartokos has read

A Danubio ad Gothiam La christianisation du Nord-Ouest de la mer Noire dans l’Antiquité tardive

Eudoxe de Cnide. Témoignages et fragments – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Eudoxe de Cnide. Témoignages et fragments

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AUDIENDA
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Rise of King Herod – The Ancients | Acast

Special Episode – Camillus with Marc Hyden – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Special Episode – Camillus with Marc Hyden

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VIDENDA
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(191) Philologus iratus #6 | De Latinitate vaticana mortua et conculcata – YouTube

(191) Should You Read The Iliad or Odyssey First? (The Epic Cycle EXPLAINED) – YouTube

(192) Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret – YouTube

(192) Ancient Greek Art Advent | Day 9 – YouTube

(192) FEATURES: New Technology Brings Pompeii Back To Life – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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ANE Today, 11 December 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-11-december-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=181086052&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Annual Selinunte Lecture 2025

Annual Selinunte Lecture 2025

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus decembres

  • Agonalia — the fourth and final occurrence of this festival in the Roman calendar; like all instances, the Rex Sacrorum would sacrifice a ram in the Regia, but on this occasion, the sacrifice was apparently in honour of Sol Indiges.
  • Septimontium — a somewhat obscure festival apparently originally only celebrated by the ‘montani’ (i.e. the ‘hill-dwellers’) which involved sacrifices on each of Rome’s seven hills.
  • 287 — martyrdom of Fuscian (and others)
  • 302 — martyrdom of Pontian