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Wreck of 2,000-year-old pleasure boat discovered off Egypt’s coast – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-ancient-pleasure-boat-discovered-egypt-coast/

Archaeologists probe ancient Roman army camp: ‘Possibly the largest in Belgium’ | VRT NWS: news
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/12/08/archaeologists-probe-ancient-roman-army-camp-possibly-the-large/

The victims of Pompeii wore tunic and thick wool cloak, which calls into question the historical date of the eruption

The victims of Pompeii wore tunic and thick wool cloak, which calls into question the historical date of the eruption

Scientists reveal a surprising new timeline for ancient Egypt | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251207031331.htm

Archaeologists Uncover Remarkably Preserved 2,600-Year-Old Monumental Grave in Switzerland – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncover-remarkably-preserved-2600-year-old-monumental-grave-in-switzerland/

The Medusa of Hallstatt

The Medusa of Hallstatt

Goat herder discovers an ornately carved Roman-Era stele
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/12/goat-herder-discovers-an-ornately-carved-roman-era-stele/156551

Huge Section of Jerusalem’s ‘First’ City Wall Found Beneath Prison – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-12-08/ty-article/huge-section-of-jerusalems-first-city-wall-found-beneath-prison/0000019a-fd10-d193-a1be-ffb1f7cf0000

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facilities in North Africa
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-roman-olive-oil-production-facilities-in-north-africa-180987775/

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic | Language | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/08/linguists-start-compiling-first-ever-complete-dictionary-of-ancient-celtic

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Will Bring Back the Most Controversial Parts of ‘Oppenheimer’
https://movieweb.com/the-odyssey-bring-back-oppenheimer-moral-dilemma-controversies/

Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artifacts on Greek Islands
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-archaeologists-lasers-ancient-settlements-artifacts.html#goog_rewarded

[paywalled] Collector Surrenders ‘Nude Emperor’ Statue Identified as Looted – The New York Times

[AI?] Ancient Roman coins found in archaeological dig in France | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-879568

Seven Roman columns to rise again in Amasra after 2,000 years
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/seven-roman-columns-to-rise-again-in-amasra-after-2-000-years-216557

[old news]Possible ancient artifacts are found in a B.C. thrift shop — and archeology scholars are on the case
https://theconversation.com/possible-ancient-artifacts-are-found-in-a-b-c-thrift-shop-and-archeology-scholars-are-on-the-case-267064

Louvre staff vote to strike, citing failures of management and building maintenance – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/08/louvre-staff-vote-to-strike-citing-management-failures-and-the-buildings-poor-condition

Water leak at Paris Louvre Museum damages books at Egyptian antiquities department | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/water-leak-paris-louvre-museum-damages-books-egyptian-antiquities-department-2025-12-07/

The Drunken Dance That Accidentally Gave Rise to Democracy in Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/07/drunken-dance-democracy-ancient-greece/

This Century’s Monumental Translation of Aristotle’s Complete Works – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/this-centurys-monumental-translation-of-aristotles-complete-works/

Bread, Circuses, Baths: Bathing in Rome, the Public Way – JSTOR Daily

Bread, Circuses, Baths: Bathing in Rome, the Public Way

Ancient and Medieval People Believed that Unicorns Were Real—and Murderous – Tales of Times Forgotten

Ancient and Medieval People Believed that Unicorns Were Real—and Murderous

Drone-magnetometrie – Mainzer Beobachter

Drone-magnetometrie

Olielamp met stierengevecht – Mainzer Beobachter

Olielamp met stierengevecht

New article – Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves: Roman Paracomedy and All-female Stage Space | Classically Inclined

New article – Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves: Roman Paracomedy and All-female Stage Space

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Operation METHODICAL: Protecting London’s Art During a Nuclear Attack
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/12/operation-methodical-protecting-londons.html

No Space for Dionysus: Story and Meaning in Iliad 6 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

No Space for Dionysus: Story and Meaning in Iliad 6

Myth Takes 2025 Gift Guide: So You Want to Start an Art Supplies Addiction
https://donnazuckerberg.substack.com/p/myth-takes-2025-gift-guide-so-you?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2108238&post_id=180827000&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Weekly Varia no. 159, 12/07/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 159, 12/07/25

PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient glass ring found by Sifting Project volunteer
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/ancient-glass-ring-found-by-sifting.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/pretend-to-be-time-traveler-day-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Excavating Jerusalem’s Hasmonean-era city wall
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/excavating-jerusalems-hasmonean-era.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: LaLaLexiT. Late Latin Lexicon in Transition
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/lalalexit-late-latin-lexicon-in.html

Herodotus the Storyteller – Matthew K. Reising

Herodotus the Storyteller

La théurgie et la mystagogie dans la philosophie de Proclus: statut, rôle, implications – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

La théurgie et la mystagogie dans la philosophie de Proclus: statut, rôle, implications

The sophists – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The sophists

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(110) Ancient Greek Art Advent | Day 7 – YouTube

(110) What are Rome’s Early Christian Churches? – YouTube

(110) Mavericks: Three Visionary Pharaohs of Egypt – YouTube

(110) Choose Your Fighter – Roman Gladiator Edition – YouTube

(110) The impact of Classics at Beam County Primary School – YouTube

(110) Ancient Coin Podcast with Aaron Berk – Episode 72 – YouTube

(110) Greek Numerals are WAY BETTER than Roman Numerals – YouTube

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University of London | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career – Job Information | Apply for Lecturer in Classical Studies (Research, Training and Partnerships)
https://www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=3196

REMINDER: CFPs, Annual conference, May 5th-7th 2026 (Deadline January 5) | Appels à communications pour la conférence annuelle, 5-7 mai 2026 (Date limite 5 janvier) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/12/cfp2026reminder/

Multifaceted City

Multifaceted City

• Rites in honour of Tiberinus and Gaia — not a lot is known about these rites; Tiberinus had a temple on the Tiber island and presided over the Tiber (of course); Gaia seems to have originally given the Campus Martius (a.k.a. Campus Tiberinus) to the Roman people.
• 65 B.C. — birth of the poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)

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Rare mosaic in Rutland reveals forgotten Trojan War tale
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2eg9v0wl8o

Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Service Station Unearthed Along a Major Roman Road – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/nearly-2000-year-old-service-station-unearthed-along-a-major-roman-road/

It’s official—a hidden Roman camp has been discovered at 2,200 meters in the Swiss Alps—projectiles, sandal nails, and the seal of Legio III reveal that the Romans dominated the Alps
https://unionrayo.com/en/roman-camp-history-past-discovery/

Digital archaeology reveals lost towers of Pompeii rising above elite Roman villas | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Digital archaeology reveals lost towers of Pompeii rising above elite Roman villas

In the Ancient Roman Army, You Weren’t Cool Unless You Had a Pet Monkey

In the Ancient Roman Army, You Weren’t Cool Unless You Had a Pet Monkey

Persepolis launches new conservation program using advanced material and imaging technology – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/521288/Persepolis-launches-new-conservation-program-using-advanced-material

Roman-era cameo depicting Madusa unearthed in Hallstatt
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/12/roman-era-cameo-depicting-madusa-unearthed-in-hallstatt/156545

Roman statue found after rainfall in Shahat

Roman statue found after rainfall in Shahat

Osborne: “A Deal on the Parthenon Sculptures Is Within Reach”
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/12/08/parthenon-sculptures-agreement-george-osborne

Marcus Aurelius’s Ten Commandments | Issue 171 | Philosophy Now
https://philosophynow.org/issues/171/Marcus_Aureliuss_Ten_Commandments

Water leak at Paris Louvre Museum damages books at Egyptian antiquities department | The Straits Times
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/water-leak-at-paris-louvre-museum-damages-books-at-egyptian-antiquities-department

[old news]The remains of one of the seven wonders of the world have been found after being lost for more than 600 years – AS USA
https://en.as.com/latest_news/the-remains-of-one-of-the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-have-been-found-after-being-lost-for-more-than-600-years-f202512-n/?outputType=amp

The Guardian of Amphipolis: Full Documentary – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/07/the-guardian-of-amphipolis-full-documentary/

Guide to the Classics: Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/06/thucydides-history-peloponnesian-war/

What if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/what-if-antony-and-cleopatra-had-defeated-octavian

The Department of Classics hosts Latin workshop for highschool students | Department of Classics
https://www.classics.utoronto.ca/news/department-classics-hosts-latin-workshop-highschool-students

Exploring the mythic power of vampires
https://news.miami.edu/as/stories/2025/12/exploring-the-mythic-power-of-vampires.html

The J. R. Sitlington Sterrett Collection of Archaeological Photographs | Cornell University Library Digital Collections
https://digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/antiquities-photos

A Poet Treds a Path to Recovery Through Central Park–in Iambic Pentameter Verse
https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/a-poet-treds-a-path-to-recovery-through-central-park-in-iambic-pentameter-verse-KF5351851

Young Greek Sisters From South Africa Win Gold by Using AI to Save Parthenon – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/05/young-greek-sisters-south-africa-win-gold-using-ai-save-parthenon/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: New Iraqui Museum Planned
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-iraqui-museum-planned.html

The letters of St. Jerome – Roger Pearse

The letters of St. Jerome

November Reading Notes – Noodlings

November Reading Notes

Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Mind Reading and Stolen Wits: The Encounter of Diomedes and Glaukos in Iliad 6

Sophia and Heinrich Schliemann: An Unusual Relationship (Pt. I) | From the Archivist’s Notebook

Sophia and Heinrich Schliemann: An Unusual Relationship (Pt. I)

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IIIa: An Archaic Phalanx? – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IIIa: An Archaic Phalanx?

Asinus nica – Mainzer Beobachter

Asinus nica

Nikolaas van Myra, zielzorger – Mainzer Beobachter

Nikolaas van Myra, zielzorger

Laudator Temporis Acti: Dorillus or Doryllus
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/12/dorillus-or-doryllus.html

PaleoJudaica.com: 3-4 Maccabees and the Apocalypse of Baruch According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation (Gorgias)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/3-4-maccabees-and-apocalypse-of-baruch.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ogden, Proverbs 1–9 (SBL/Sheffield Phoenix)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/12/ogden-proverbs-19-sblsheffield-phoenix.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Discourses on Modernity
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/discourses-on-modernity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Village Gymnasium at Philoteris/Watfa in the Fayum
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-village-gymnasium-at.html

La revue bulgare Археология | Spartokos a lu

La revue bulgare Археология

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Anima Latina 07.12.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/12/anima-latina-07-12-2025.html

The Ten Commandments – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 06.12.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/12/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-06-12-2025.html

diē quīntō mēnsis Decembris — Nuntii Latini

diē quīntō mēnsis Decembris

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(75) Listener Q&A – October 2025 – YouTube

(75) Tutankhamen: The Parentage Question #substack #shorts – YouTube

(75) How Rome Framed Cleopatra’s ‘Magic’ #substack #shorts – YouTube

(76) Ancient Greek Art Advent | Day 2 – YouTube

(76) Ancient Greek Art Advent | Day 5 – YouTube

(75) Ancient Greek Art Advent | Day 6 – YouTube

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explorator 27.51 ~ December 7, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.51 ~ December 7, 2025

• 43 B.C. — death of Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) as he half-heartedly fled the proscription of Marcus Antonius et al.
• 1985 — death of Robert Graves (I Claudius, among others)

• 346 A.D. — a bit out of our period, but today is the feast day of St. Nicholas of Myra (yes, ‘the’ Saint Nick) …