ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ December 29, 2025

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LEGENDA
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Fire-blackened 2,000-year-old mikveh is a portal into 70 CE Roman conquest of Jerusalem | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/fire-blackened-2000-year-old-mikveh-is-a-portal-into-70-ce-roman-conquest-of-jerusalem

Magna Fort dig reveals glimpse into Roman daily life
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gkrgl4q9o

Türkiye digs uncover ancient olive oil industry in Syedra | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/turkiye-digs-uncover-ancient-olive-oil-industry-in-syedra/news/

Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lchashen-wagon-a-3-500-year-old-covered-wagon-that-transported-a-deceased-chief-to-the-next-world

Gaza races to preserve what remains of its 5,000-year-old archaeological legacy – TRT World
https://www.trtworld.com/article/a263be8785a0

Five lessons about misinformation from ancient Greek and Roman scientists
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-lessons-misinformation-ancient-greek-roman.html

[old news]The Ancient Greek Fisherman and His Astonishing Villa Mosaics – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/28/villa-mosaic-ancient-greek-fisherman/

Underground Roman mosaic: councillor says he found another | Thurrock Gazette
https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/25721733.underground-roman-mosaic-councillor-says-found-another/

Andy Zaltzman: ‘Aristophanes is total comedy: political satire, slapstick and dick jokes’ | Stage | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/dec/29/andy-zaltzman-comedian

Are we failing to learn the lesson from Ancient Rome’s riches-to-rags tale? | The Spectator Australia

Are we failing to learn the lesson from Ancient Rome’s riches-to-rags tale?

Archaeologists Are Using Lasers to Clean Decades of Grime Off a Towering 1,800-Year-Old Marble Column in Rome
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-using-lasers-to-clean-decades-of-grime-off-a-towering-1800-year-old-marble-column-in-rome-180987926/

AI language models duped by poems – DW – 12/21/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/ai-language-models-duped-hacked-by-poems-chatgpt-gemini-claude-security-mechanisms/a-75180648

Icaro Lab
https://icaro-lab.com/

Ephemeris ~ Brigitte Bardot mortua est annos nata XCI.
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2455

Jerome, Letter 151, to Riparius – online in English – Roger Pearse

Jerome, Letter 151, to Riparius – online in English

Spencer Alley: Antiquity (Baroque Views)
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2025/12/antiquity-baroque-views.html

Why Did Vergil Write the Aeneid? – CANE

Why Did Vergil Write the Aeneid?

More Metadata Monday: The Notebooks | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

More Metadata Monday: The Notebooks

Blogs of the Year 2025 | Sphinx

Blogs of the Year 2025

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th December 2025 | Sphinx

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th December 2025

NT Blog: Morton Smith: Secret Mark Timeline
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/morton-smith-secret-mark-timeline.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Garbled Greek
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/garbled-greek.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Haaretz: top-ten archaeology stories 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/haaretz-top-ten-archaeology-stories-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Haaretz: top-ten Christian archaeology stories 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/haaretz-top-ten-christian-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Mikveh excavated under Western Wall Plaza under destruction layer
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/mikveh-excavated-under-western-wall.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Drones, AI, and archaeological mapping
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/drones-ai-and-archaeological-mapping.html
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AUDIENDA
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The Great Nubian Gold Rush (of the Second Millennium BCE?), or, Gold Bugs of the Bronze Age | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-great-nubian-gold-rush-of-the-second-millennium-bce-or-goldbugs-of-the-bronze-age/

NT Pod: NT Pod 114: Is Luke a Historian?
https://podacre.blogspot.com/2025/12/nt-pod-114-is-luke-historian.html
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VIDENDA
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(251) Egypt museum offers live experience to see restorers as they assemble Khufu’s second solar boat – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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The Tenth Lincoln College International Summer School in Greek Palaeography – Oxford, 27 July–1 August 2026 (Deadline January 31) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/12/lincspalaeography2026/

Parapēgmata and poleis: astrometeorological calendars in the Hellenistic city | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/parapegmata-and-poleis-astrometeorological-calendars-in-the-hellenistic-city/2E42A281CAB14C85183C47CD3E8D7E4F?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Philochoros, gifts of grain and the scrutiny of citizens in classical Athens | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/philochoros-gifts-of-grain-and-the-scrutiny-of-citizens-in-classical-athens/4475DDCF5362699E0034FD22BBAB1663?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Egyptian grain to Athens: contexts of Philochoros 328 F 119 | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/egyptian-grain-to-athens-contexts-of-philochoros-328-f-119/DB14D94CD6FE39C0E08622053C52DF0D?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

An inscribed decree from the Paros Museum and the Parian colonization of Pharos | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/an-inscribed-decree-from-the-paros-museum-and-the-parian-colonization-of-pharos/94E68EAE33C6E29C53032328D0D7495C?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

Getting into ancient barbers’ hair: new perspectives on barbers in the Greek East | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/abs/getting-into-ancient-barbers-hair-new-perspectives-on-barbers-in-the-greek-east/2B6E8EE6FC9279B5393FCE41850887D6?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Volumes

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