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‘This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture’: Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/this-has-re-written-our-understanding-of-roman-concrete-manufacture-abandoned-pompeii-worksite-reveal-how-self-healing-concrete-was-made

Rome’s teenage emperor died at 18 – Boing Boing

The teenage Roman emperor who scandalized an empire and died at 18

Ukrainian Border Guards Stop Attempt to Smuggle Ancient Greek Coins to Bulgaria | BGNES
https://www.bgnes.com/society/ukrainian-border-guards-stop-attempt-to-smuggle-ancient-greek-coins-to-bulgaria

Study is unlocking secrets of Roman Empire’s leather economy
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/12/study-is-unlocking-secrets-of-roman-empires-leather-economy/156587

Sora, sotto piazza Palestro riemerge un tempio romano – Ciociaria Oggi
https://www.ciociariaoggi.it/news/cronaca/312772/sora-sotto-piazza-palestro-riemerge-un-tempio-romano.html

A Man From the Roman Empire Diagnosed With Metastatic Cancer 1,700 Years After His Death – OncoDaily
https://oncodaily.com/oncolibrary/roman-empire-metastatic-cancer-case

Discovery at Pompeii confirms long-lost secret that built the Roman Empire | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15376233/Pompeii-built-Roman-Empire.html

Oldest iron shackles ever found in the Mediterranean were in Egypt – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/oldest-shackles-ever-found-in-the-mediterranean-were-in-egypt/

Forgotten Roman Complex Emerges Near Switzerland’s Limmat River – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/12/roman-complex-switzerland-limmat-river/

Florence, Palazzo Vecchio excavations with remains of Roman theater return open to visitors after five years
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/florence-palazzo-vecchio-excavations-with-remains-of-roman-theater-return-open-to-visitors-after-five-years

Syria steps up efforts to combat illegal excavations in Palmyra

Syria steps up efforts to combat illegal excavations in Palmyra

The forensic archaeologist on the hunt for trafficked antiquities | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/style/forensic-archaeologist-trafficked-antiquities-scli-intl

‘Tomb raiders’ arrested after ancient treasures stolen from Italian archaeological sites | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/tomb-raiders-sicily-calabria-ancient-treasures-b2883476.html

Thessaloniki: Ancient Streets Discovered Intact Beneath Metro Construction
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/12/13/thessaloniki-ancient-streets-discovered-intact-beneath-metro-construction/

Türkiye, Italy to hold Troy-themed exhibition in Rome
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-italy-to-hold-troy-themed-exhibition-in-rome-216767

Antiquities trafficking: A threat to cultural heritage

Looters are stealing our historical treasures

Drunk, the ancient Greeks brightened up their evenings with a funny game of skill – News Maven
https://newsmaven.io/drunk-the-ancient-greeks-brightened-up-their-evenings-with-a-funny-game-of-skill/

[paywalled] Roman propaganda still plagues Cleopatra
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/roman-propaganda-still-plagues-cleopatra-2m6zxd870

First reactions to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey prologue: breathtaking, jaw-dropping, “biggest movie ever made”
https://www.joblo.com/the-odyssey-prologue-reactions/amp/

Richard Stephens Ellis Obituary (2025) – Broomall, PA – Logan-Videon Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. – Broomall
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/richard-ellis-obituary?id=59867130

Massive Spending in War Against Sparta Backfired in Ancient Athens – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/13/massive-spending-war-sparta-backfired-ancient-athens/

Bronze Age Minoan Ingots Are Evidence of Ancient Trade Links – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/13/bronze-age-minoan-ingots-cyprus/

[paywalled] Stoppard, Sappho and me – The Spectator World

Stoppard, Sappho and me

Spencer Alley: Déesses
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2025/12/deesses.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Death Wish
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/death-wish.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Italy Arrests Artefact Hunters Supplying the Antiquities Market
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/12/italy-arrests-artefact-hunters.html

Looting Matters: Head of Demosthenes returns to Türkiye
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/12/head-of-demosthenes-returns-to-turkiye.html

Looting Matters: Düver fragments returned to Türkiye from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/12/duver-fragments-returned-to-turkiye.html

Looting Matters: Returns to Italy from the San Antonio Museum of Art
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/12/returns-to-italy-from-san-antonio.html

Looting Matters: Another statue associated with Bubon returns to Türkiye
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/12/another-statue-associated-with-bubon.html

Ausonius: Graevius, Valesius, and Ammianus at the Last Historians blog
https://ausonius.blogspot.com/2025/12/graevius-valesius-and-ammianus-at-last.html

(Reclame) – Mainzer Beobachter

(Reclame)

Een grafmozaïek uit Sétif – Mainzer Beobachter

Een grafmozaïek uit Sétif

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IIIb: A Phalanx By Any Other Name – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IIIb: A Phalanx By Any Other Name

Jezus en de centurio – Mainzer Beobachter

Jezus en de centurio

PaleoJudaica.com: Hanukkah 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/hanukkah-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Screnock, Reading Psalms with the Scribe (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/screnock-reading-psalms-with-scribe-oup.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Harris, Religious Experience and Divinization in the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/harris-religious-experience-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Writing from Invention to Decipherment
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/writing-from-invention-to-decipherment.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Divine Names on the Spot III: Naming and Agency in Ancient Greek and West Semitic Texts
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/divine-names-on-spot-iii-naming-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Metamorphosis, Landscape, and Trauma in Greco-Roman Myth
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/metamorphosis-landscape-and-trauma-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sequania, société et dynamiques territoriales
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/sequania-societe-et-dynamiques.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Fouilles à Marseille: Approches de la ville antique (vie s. av. – viie s. apr. J.-C.)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/fouilles-marseille-approches-de-la.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: 2025 Review: The First Year of the Coptic Magical Formularies Project
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025-review-first-year-of-coptic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Coptic Studies (Brussels, 11–16 July 2022). Volume I. Plenary Papers
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/proceedings-of-twelfth-international.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Divination and Experience
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/ancient-divination-and-experience.html
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Anima Latina 14.12.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/12/anima-latina-14-12-2025.html

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 13.12.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/12/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-13-12-2025.html
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(251) Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era – YouTube

(252) “Tomb of Cerberus”: Guided tours of the archaeological site begin in Giugliano. – YouTube

(253) Rome Refused to Fall: The Cimbrian War (113 – 101 BC) – ALL PARTS – YouTube

(253) De variis disciplinis colendis ac subinvicem contaminandis, cum Maria Ludovica Reinhard – YouTube

(254) Archaeologists uncover rare Roman-style ‘Good Shepherd’ fresco near Iznik – YouTube

(254) Inside The Fight To Save The World’s Most Important Manuscripts – YouTube

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explorator 27.52 ~ December 14, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.52 ~ December 14, 2025

• Rites in honour of Tellus, the earth goddess which perhaps included a lectisternium (a ‘dinner party’ at which images of the god(s) would ‘dine’ with participants) in honour of Ceres.
• 405 B.C. — battle of Aegospotami (by one reckoning)
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Lucy of Syracuse
• 1783 — Death of Samuel Johnson

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Italy arrests 34 ‘tomb raiders’ suspected of looting archaeological sites | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/italy-arrests-34-tomb-raiders-suspected-looting-archaeological-sites-2025-12-12/

‘They had not been seen ever before’: Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/they-had-not-been-seen-ever-before-romans-made-liquid-gypsum-paste-and-smeared-it-over-the-dead-before-burial-leaving-fingerprints-behind-new-research-finds

Archaeologists uncover Hellenistic goddess head revealing Türkiye’s Metropolis sculpture secrets – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeologists-uncover-hellenistic-goddess-head-revealing-turkiyes-metropolis-sculptu-3211215

» First Material Evidence of Judah Maccabee’s Battlefield Discovered Near Jerusalem

First Material Evidence of Judah Maccabee’s Battlefield Discovered Near Jerusalem

AS Gela emerge uno stilo a forma di Erma di Dioniso
https://www.agi.it/cultura/news/2025-12-11/gela-stilo-erma-dioniso-archeologia-34598737/

Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508181-roman-occupation-of-britain-damaged-the-populations-health/

Archaeologists Discover Rare Ancient Egyptian ‘Pleasure Boat’ in Alexandria Port
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-egyptian-pleasure-boat-portus-magnus-2725487

Historians Say This Rare Mosaic Found on a British Farm Depicts Scenes From a Long-Lost Account of the Trojan War
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-say-this-rare-mosaic-found-on-a-british-farm-depicts-scenes-from-a-long-lost-account-of-the-trojan-war-180987814/

Tomb of Ancient Greek Noblewoman Discovered – Biblical Archaeology Society

Tomb of Ancient Greek Noblewoman Discovered

Sgominata una rete internazionale di tombaroli: sequestrati 12mila reperti archeologici. Arrestate 56 persone tra Italia e Germania
https://www.quotidiano.net/cronaca/scavi-clandestini-beni-archeologici-arresti-cvehg2ls

Thousands of stolen ancient treasures recovered from ‘tomb raiders’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/italy-sicily-calabria-tomb-raiders-treasures-b2883570.html

In a Remote Egyptian Port, Roman Officers May Have Proven Their Status by Owning Exotic Monkeys From India
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/roman-port-egypt-monkeys/

Why Did Ancient Greek Men Preferred Beards? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/11/ancient-greek-men-beards/

How Etruscan Cities Emerged and Evolved in Ancient Italy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/12/etruscan-cities-emerge-evolve-ancient-italy/

‘Troy’ themed exhibition set to bring Türkiye-Italy cultural partnership back to Rome in 2026 – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/troy-themed-exhibition-set-to-bring-turkiye-italy-cultural-partnership-back-to-rome-i-3211229

Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
https://www.972mag.com/sebastia-archeological-cleansing-west-bank/

[paywalled] Were the Romans good for Britain?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/were-the-romans-good-for-britain/

‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries—from the ancient Greeks to a Pope’s chatbot
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-artificial-intelligence-myths-centuries-ancient.html

Jerome and the letters of Procopius of Gaza – Roger Pearse

Jerome and the letters of Procopius of Gaza

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Laudator Temporis Acti: Inglorious Old Age
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/inglorious-old-age.html

Faits divers (45) – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (45)

Tragedy! | Sphinx

Tragedy!

Proofreading for idiots | Blog post | Mary Beard

Proofreading for idiots

Erasing the Past: The Achaean Wall and Homeric Fame – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Erasing the Past: The Achaean Wall and Homeric Fame

Learn Latin Through Interlinear Stories: A Beginner’s Reader with 27 Topical Chapters (Latin – English Interlinear Text) (B) Smith, pp. 140. Independently published. Paperback, £9.99. ISBN: 979-8230642985 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/learn-latin-through-interlinear-stories-a-beginners-reader-with-27-topical-chapters-latin-english-interlinear-text-b-smith-pp-140-independently-published-paperback-999-isbn-9798230642985/451E79F0BBA5B4A92FBFA4E8970CBDCC?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 Odyssey in 1000 Pieces: A Storytelling Jigsaw Puzzle (D.) Daisy, London: Thames & Hudson, 2024. £20. (https://thamesandhudson.com/the-odyssey-in-1000-pieces-9780500421062) | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/odyssey-in-1000-pieces-a-storytelling-jigsaw-puzzle-d-daisy-london-thames-hudson-2024-20-httpsthamesandhudsoncomtheodysseyin1000pieces9780500421062/3F0374314D03FA5F02386093AB9B1D96?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome (J.) Osgood, Pp. x + 373, ills, maps. New York: Basic Books, 2025. Cased, US$32. ISBN: 978-1-5416-0425-4 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/lawless-republic-the-rise-of-cicero-and-the-decline-of-rome-j-osgood-pp-x-373-ills-maps-new-york-basic-books-2025-cased-us32-isbn-9781541604254/B946E81145B69EE2BD345BFD84B1C75E?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Erictho, Tartorum Terror: A Witchy Latin Reader (V.) Kaplun, (J.) McCormack Tiered Selections from Book VI of Lucan’s De Bello Civili. Pp. xxxiv + 92, ills, map. Lupus Alatus, 2024. Paper, £14.99. ISBN: 979-8-99-18740-7. (https://lupusalatus.com/erictho) | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/erictho-tartorum-terror-a-witchy-latin-reader-v-kaplun-j-mccormack-tiered-selections-from-book-vi-of-lucans-de-bello-civili-pp-xxxiv-92-ills-map-lupus-alatus-2024-paper-1499-isbn-979899187407-httpslupusalatuscomerictho/18E63DE1FAC7E0701BB2F96848316853?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume I (C.) Tanfield Introduction and Indices. Pp. x + 294. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. Paper, £19.99 (Cased, £65). ISBN: 978-1-350-49949-2. – A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume 2 (C.) Tanfield Books 1-6. Pp. 416. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. Paper, £24.99 (Cased, £75). ISBN: 978-1-350-15711-8. – A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation: Volume 3 (C.) Tanfield Books 7-12. Pp. 472. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. Paper, £24.99 (Cased, £75). ISBN: 978-1-350-49954-6. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/companion-to-the-aeneid-in-translation-volume-i-c-tanfield-introduction-and-indices-pp-x-294-london-bloomsbury-academic-2025-paper-1999-cased-65-isbn-9781350499492-a-companion-to-the-aeneid-in-translation-volume-2-c-tanfield-books-16-pp-416-london-bloomsbury-academic-2025-paper-2499-cased-75-isbn-9781350157118-a-companion-to-the-aeneid-in-translation-volume-3-c-tanfield-books-712-pp-472-london-bloomsbury-academic-2025-paper-2499-cased-75-isbn-9781350499546/E10CC343548519A0C7BC5026121034FC?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Gladiators 1st–5th Centuries AD (F.) Gilbert Pp. 64, b/w & colour ills. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2024. Paper, £14.99. ISBN: 978-1-47286276-1 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/gladiators-1st5th-centuries-ad-f-gilbert-pp-64-bw-colour-ills-oxford-osprey-publishing-2024-paper-1499-isbn-9781472862761/4E1FF89D8D93B8F584F39DD28A21D5E3?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Top 50 Reasons to Love Vindolanda (B.) Birley, (E.M.) Greene, Pp. 96, b/w & colour ills, colour map. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2024. Paper, £15.99. ISBN: 978-1-3981-1658-0. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/top-50-reasons-to-love-vindolanda-b-birley-em-greene-pp-96-bw-colour-ills-colour-map-stroud-amberley-publishing-2024-paper-1599-isbn-9781398116580/23FB97DC985A7EF7D71908DA58E54F29?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Mystery Cults in the Ancient World (H.) Bowden, Pp. 320. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2023. Paperback, £12.15. ISBN-13: 978-0500778623. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/mystery-cults-in-the-ancient-world-h-bowden-pp-320-london-thames-hudson-ltd-2023-paperback-1215-isbn13-9780500778623/8963CA8EB4448538DC29BE7605D13081?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Roman bioarchaeology: interdisciplinary perspectives on life and death in the Roman world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Roman bioarchaeology: interdisciplinary perspectives on life and death in the Roman world

Philosophers, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire: authority, text, and tradition – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Philosophers, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire: authority, text, and tradition

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Lector in poematis: Le lecteur dans la poésie gréco-latine
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/lector-in-poematis-le-lecteur-dans-la.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Demokratie- und Werteerziehung im Lateinunterricht
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/demokratie-und-werteerziehung-im.html
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TCP Talking Disability: Cerebr… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW387 – The Roman legion in the second century AD
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw387-the-roman-legion-in-the-second-century-ad
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Video. Turkey find reveals rare Roman-style Jesus fresco | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/12/12/rare-fresco-of-jesus-as-good-shepherd-discovered-in-turkish-tomb

(214) The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia – YouTube

(215) Rome: Strategy of Empire | James Lacey – YouTube

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THE WEST AREA OF SAMOS ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT: RESULTS FROM SOUTH-WEST SAMOS | Annual of the British School at Athens | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-of-the-british-school-at-athens/article/west-area-of-samos-archaeological-project-results-from-southwest-samos/7E4E301C9F965508C19E447AAFC0CAD2?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Establishing a Chronology for Roman and Post-Roman Stanwick, Northamptonshire | Britannia | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/establishing-a-chronology-for-roman-and-postroman-stanwick-northamptonshire/98200FA115C2C1488C25022C2A82B175?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Politics, teaching antiquity and games: the experience of the Political Vocabulary of Antiquity Project | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/politics-teaching-antiquity-and-games-the-experience-of-the-political-vocabulary-of-antiquity-project/F62B224B8E5105C60188FEEB0C184EFB?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

EPICURUS AND THE REJECTION OF DETERMINISM: EPISTLE TO MENOECEUS 133 | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/epicurus-and-the-rejection-of-determinism-epistle-to-menoeceus-133/B5B013159736489DFFF3E8CAE2AF6AB2?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Article&utm_campaign=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles&WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Wiencke Postdoctoral Fellowship in Classics job with Dartmouth College | 37926248
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37926248/wiencke-postdoctoral-fellowship-in-classics/?TrackID=108333&BatchID=2033&JobAlertId=312050&cmpid=JBE_TL_20251212_jobtitle&utm_source=jbe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JBE_TL_20251212_jobtitle_job1

• Rites in honour of Consus on the Aventine Hill; this possibly relates to a restoration of a temple of Consus by Augustus.
• 404 B.C. — death of Darius II ‘Nothus’ (according to one reckoning)
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Dionysia
• 287 A.D. — martyrdom of Crescentius

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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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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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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