ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ January 13, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Ancient Rome meets modern technology as tourists visit restored, frescoed home via livestream tours
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-ancient-rome-modern-technology-tourists.html#goog_rewarded

Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: In ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-eunuchs-sex-workers-ancient-mesopotamia.html

Want to escape Rome’s crowds? Visit its underground sites. | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/city-underneath-rome?loggedin=true&rnd=1768333846057

Lost Iron Age Ship Cargoes Discovered in Ancient Israeli Port Rewrite Mediterranean Trade History %
https://scitechdaily.com/lost-iron-age-ship-cargoes-discovered-in-ancient-israeli-port-rewrite-mediterranean-trade-history-archaeologists-discover-rare-iron-age-ship-cargoes-hidden-in-a-long-lost-mediterranean-harbor/

Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor, according to isotope analysis
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hygienic-conditions-pompeii-early-poor.html

Seeing Roman life through water: Exploring Pompeii’s public baths via carbonate deposits | PNAS
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2517276122

The North Wall: A Gateway to the Lost Tomb of Queen Nefertiti? – Popular Archeology

The North Wall: A Gateway to the Lost Tomb of Queen Nefertiti?

Is Homer’s Odyssey Based on Real Events? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/13/homers-odyssey-real-events/

From Gypsy Girl to Roman marvels: Zeugma draws record crowds | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/from-gypsy-girl-to-roman-marvels-zeugma-draws-record-crowds/news

Archaeologists Unearth a Rare 2,000-Year-Old Iron Age War Trumpet in Britain
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-unearth-a-rare-2000-year-old-iron-age-war-trumpet-in-britain/

Port Talbot’s Pompeii: Largest Roman villa ever found in Wales unearthed under deer park
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15458755/amp/Port-Talbots-Pompeii-Roman-villa-Wales.html

Roman industrial hub discovered on banks of River Wear

Roman industrial hub discovered on banks of River Wear

[paywalled] Statues of Roman gods in Malaga ‘look like comic superheroes’
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/statues-of-roman-gods-in-malaga-look-like-comic-superheroes-n2gfjd9hc

Mycenaean Gold Ornaments Reveal Surprising Northern European Solar Symbols – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/mycenaean-gold-ornaments-reveal-surprising-northern-european-solar-symbols/

He was ancient Rome’s mightiest figure – and rumours said he had a secret affair with Julius Caesar | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-romes-mightiest-figure-octavian-augustus-affair-with-julius-caesar/

Prof. Gabriel Barkay, Jerusalem archaeologist, dies at 81 | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-883109

World Archaeology Magazine highlights UC discoveries from ancient Greece | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2026/01/archaeology-highlights-uc-discoveries-from-ancient-greece.html

Is there a revolution at the Smithsonian? | Blog post | The TLS

Is there a revolution at the Smithsonian?

Remembering Erich von Däniken, 1935 – 2026 – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/remembering-erich-von-daniken-1935-2026

The Posthumous Olympic Victory Of Arichion of Phigaleia – The Historian’s Hut

The Posthumous Olympic Victory Of Arichion of Phigaleia

Project Announcement: Biblissima+ Generic Epigraphy Working Group – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Project Announcement: Biblissima+ Generic Epigraphy Working Group

Grave Wisdom | Sphinx

Grave Wisdom

Sitzfleisch Tuesday (?) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Sitzfleisch Tuesday (?)

Two on Survey Tuesday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two on Survey Tuesday

Een dynastiek monument – Mainzer Beobachter

Een dynastiek monument

Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-0fa?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=184311099&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Unepic Diction
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/unepic-diction.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Russia Protests Detention of Archaeologist in Poland
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-protests-detention-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The politics of “Palestine”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-politics-of-palestine.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A ceramic fingerprinting database
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-ceramic-fingerprinting-database.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Two Barkay obituaries
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/two-barkay-obituaries.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Culture
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-destruction-of-jerusalem-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aristotle reads Hippocrates
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/aristotle-reads-hippocrates.html

Luxuria. Storie di banchetti, ville e altri eccessi nell’antica Roma – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.04/

The muse of history: the ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the present – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.03/

Latin inscriptions from the legionary fortress of Apulum – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.02/
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AUDIENDA
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Bearing witness to women’s war…–Visualising War and Peace – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(586) Pyramid of Cestius! – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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