ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ January 26, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Ancient tombs, shrine to Hercules found in Rome dig | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-884500

Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe

Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe

Man arrested in Piraeus for possession of 4th century BC marble antiquity | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1293464/man-arrested-in-piraeus-for-possession-of-4th-century-bc-marble-antiquity/

Two adjoining temples with altars, a unique religious complex in the northern Iberian Peninsula, discovered at the Iron Age site of Peña del Castro

Two adjoining temples with altars, a unique religious complex in the northern Iberian Peninsula, discovered at the Iron Age site of Peña del Castro

The Roman Road Reconnecting Ancient and Medieval Rhodes – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/26/roman-road-reconnecting-ancient-medieval-rhodes/

Is this the world’s oldest alphabet? | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/syria-oldest-alphabet?loggedin=true&rnd=1769457969444

Unlocking the Sacred Landscape of Roman Nida | Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Unlocking the Sacred Landscape of Roman Nida

Allegations of antiquities theft in Gaza: 17,000 artefacts missing | Jordan Times
https://jordantimes.com/news/local/allegations-of-antiquities-theft-in-gaza-17000-artefacts-missing

Varna Gold: Humanity’s first gold jewelry was found in a cemetery with a gold ‘penis sheath’ | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/varna-gold-humanitys-first-gold-jewelry-was-found-in-a-cemetery-with-a-gold-penis-sheath

Babylonian Texts Complicate Bible’s Image of Nebuchadnezzar – Biblical Archaeology Society

Babylonian Texts Complicate Bible’s Image of Nebuchadnezzar

(20) January 57 BCE: From Cicero (at Dyrrachium?) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/january-57-bce-from-cicero-at-dyrrachium

New Year’s E-mail – Round Three | Classically Inclined

New Year’s E-mail – Round Three

Roman Times: From Ritual Wheels to War Machines: The Rise of Chariots from Tell Agrab to Kadesh
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2026/01/from-ritual-wheels-to-war-machines-rise.html

Dawn, Reestablishing Space and Time: Beginning Iliad 11, Again – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Dawn, Reestablishing Space and Time: Beginning Iliad 11, Again

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the (proposed) drawing of Hezekiah in Sennacherib’s palace
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/more-on-proposed-drawing-of-hezekiah-in.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Baden, Lost in Translation
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-of-baden-lost-in-translation.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Still more on the AI redating of 4QDanielc
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/still-more-on-ai-redating-of-4qdaniel-c.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Onomasticon Search tool for Greek and Latin onomastics dictionaries
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/onomasticon-search-tool-for-greek-and.html

Contextualizing imperial disruption and upheavals and their associated research challenges – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.25/

Der Senat im frühen Rom. Die Entwicklung des Ratsgremiums von der Königszeit bis zur lex Ovinia – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.24/

Propertius and the Virgilian sensibility: elegy after 19 BC – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.23/
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AUDIENDA
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A Prehistoric Figurine of Problematic Possibilities, or Or, Mythogram for Mother Goose | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/a-prehistoric-figurine-of-problematic-possibilities-or-or-mythogram-for-mother-goose/

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VIDENDA
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(924) Hatshepsut’s immortalised journey to Punt #ancientegypt – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Crake Doctoral Fellowship in Classics, Mount Allison University (Deadline February 27) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/crake2026/

Archaeometric characterisation of materials and techniques in Roman wall painting: the Domus of Salvius in Cartagena, Spain | npj Heritage Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-02198-5

Phaedrus – CANE

Phaedrus