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A simple turn reveals a 1,500-year-old secret on Roman glass | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251216081947.htm
Damascus Jewish antiques dealer arrested for trafficking | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-880425
Rome’s new Colosseum station reveals ancient treasures
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251216-rome-s-new-colosseum-station-reveals-ancient-treasures
Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world’s oldest known depiction of a menorah | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/magdala-stone-2-000-year-old-carving-from-jerusalem-is-worlds-oldest-known-depiction-of-a-menorah
Mendoni: Greece is getting the National Archaeological Museum it deserves – ProtoThema English
Mendoni: Greece is getting the National Archaeological Museum it deserves
A settlement built by the Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis and an amphora filled with “garum” from Hispania unearthed in Switzerland
Monumental Hellenistic Goddess Head Unearthed at Metropolis May Depict Hestia, Guardian of the Hearth – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/monumental-hellenistic-goddess-head-unearthed-at-metropolis-may-depict-hestia-guardian-of-the-hearth/
Submerged structural remains discovered off Crimean coastline
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/12/submerged-structural-remains-discovered-off-crimean-coastline/156608
[paywalled] ‘Skull’ oligarch accused of hoarding treasures looted from Italy
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/skull-oligarch-accused-of-hoarding-treasures-looted-from-italy-d63j78vj6
The Politics of Breasts in Ancient Greece and Rome – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-12-10/ty-article/the-politics-of-breasts-in-ancient-greece-and-rome/0000019a-fd4c-de90-adfa-ff5c36a00000
1,300-year-old menorah pendant suggests Rome couldn’t keep all Jews out of Jerusalem | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/1300-year-old-menorah-pendant-suggests-romes-ban-on-jews-from-jerusalem-was-a-failure/
Pompei, ritrovato l’affresco di Ercole bambino: il reperto rubato torna al Parco Archeologico
https://www.ilmessaggero.it/italia/pompei_ritrovato_affresco_di_ercole_bambino_reperto_rubato_torna_al_parco_archeologico-9248957.html
Pompeii recovers a valuable fresco that was in the U.S. in a private collection
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/ancient-art/pompeii-recovers-a-valuable-fresco-that-was-in-the-u-s-in-a-private-collection
AI-generated reconstructions of ancient Rome turn out to be full of errors – France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20251216-ai-generated-reconstructions-ancient-rome-errors
Ancient CT Scan Reveals the Last Meal That Got This Egyptian Crocodile Killed
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-ct-scan-reveals-the-last-meal-that-got-this-egyptian-crocodile-killed/
New ‘The Odyssey’ images show Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland as family divided (exclusive)
https://ew.com/the-odyssey-exclusive-images-matt-damon-anne-hathaway-tom-holland-11857321
Has culture become obsolete as an archaeological concept?
https://idw-online.de/en/news863556
In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Apostolos Athanassakis | Division of Humanities and Fine Arts
https://www.hfa.ucsb.edu/news/memoriam-emeritus-professor-apostolos-athanassakis
Obituary information for William McCulloh
https://www.snyderfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/William-Mcculloh?obId=46706521
Israel wants to steal the archaeological site of Sebastia: Here’s what you can do about it – Everyday Orientalism
Israel wants to steal the archaeological site of Sebastia: Here’s what you can do about it
Pseudo-Epiphanius, “Or. de Laud. Deip.” – Roger Pearse
Early Medieval and Roman Remains Discovered in York – Medievalists.net
Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-1da?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=181662643&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Laudator Temporis Acti: Two Different Things
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/two-different-things.html
Ashamed and Afraid: The Rhetoric of Kleos in Iliad 7 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
PaleoJudaica.com: Hasmonean artifacts recovered in West Bank village
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/hasmonean-artifacts-recovered-in-west.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Apamea and Hanukkah?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/apamea-and-hanukkah.html
PaleoJudaica.com: A 19th-century “storm in an oil jug” over the Hanukkah miracle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-19th-century-storm-in-oil-jug-over.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Hanukkah history in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/hanukkah-history-in-jerusalem.html
PaleoJudaica.com: “Hasmonean Palaces” to open to public during Hanukkah
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/hasmonean-palaces-to-open-to-public.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rape Culture and the Bible: Scholars Reflect
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/rape-culture-and-bible-scholars-reflect.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ergebnisse zur archäologischen Abbruchbegleitung der ehemaligen Eternitfabrik im Bereich des augusteisch-tiberischen Truppenplatzes NOVAESIUM im Neusser Augustinusviertel
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/ergebnisse-zur-archaologischen.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Time and Tradition:Temporal Thinking in Ecclesiastes in the Context of Emerging Apocalypticism and the History of Ideas in the Hellenistic Period
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/time-and-traditiontemporal-thinking-in.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hunting and Extinctions in Southwest Asia and North America: The Silent Testimony of Communal Game Traps
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/hunting-and-extinctions-in-southwest.html
The fortified site of Artezian in the Kingdom of the Bosphorus | Spartokos read
The Julio-Claudian principate: tradition and transition – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.12.21/
Greek culture in Hellenistic Egypt: persistence and evolutions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.12.20/
Identity, power and group formation in archaic Macedonia (600-400 BC) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.12.19/
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(314) Verona’s ancient Roman arena to improve disabled accessibility for 2026 Games – AP Explains – YouTube
(315) Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations, Noah’s Ark, and Flood Myths | Lex Fridman Podcast #487 – YouTube
(315) Rome opens two new Metro C stations, showcasing ancient ruins near Colosseum – YouTube
(315) The Pantheon Inside and Out: Hidden Rooms Now Open – YouTube
(315) L’Ercole ritrovato della Villa di Civita Giuliana – La Storia che si ricompone – YouTube
(315) Illicit Trafficking of Syrian Cultural Properties: Trading Methods and Challenges of Restitution – YouTube
(315) Archeologists Uncover New Evidence Of Pompeii’s Last Hours – YouTube
(315) Walk a newly opened road in the Roman Forum plus an underground site! – YouTube
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Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek literature) | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistant-professorships-in-classics-greek-literature-ge48097
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