ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 2, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Two rare 5th millennium BC fetal burials in Iran reveal variable prehistoric practices
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-rare-5th-millennium-bc-fetal.html#goog_rewarded

Greece, Italy work together to study, conserve looted ancient pottery | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1294070/greece-italy-work-together-to-study-conserve-looted-ancient-pottery/

Ivory Pomegranate Revisited: A Relic from Solomon’s Temple? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Ivory Pomegranate Revisited: A Relic from Solomon’s Temple?

Authorities seize 450 ancient, forged coins in raid | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-885292

The forgotten Alexandria: Rediscovering a lost metropolis on the Tigris
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/the-forgotten-alexandria-rediscovering-a-lost-metropolis-on-the-tigris/156909

This Rare Roman Figurine of a Cat With Its Paws Atop a Severed Head Is One of Britain’s Newest Treasures
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-rare-roman-figurine-of-a-cat-with-its-paws-atop-a-severed-head-is-one-of-britains-newest-treasures-180988116/

ArtDependence | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam welcomes Greco-Roman Masterpiece from the Louvre
https://artdependence.com/articles/rijksmuseum-amsterdam-welcomes-greco-roman-masterpiece-from-the-louvre

‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site | Palestine | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/palestinian-uproar-israel-plan-seize-historic-site-sebastia-west-bank

Roman Egyptian mummy portrait to be auctioned in New York | National | khq.com
https://www.khq.com/national/roman-egyptian-mummy-portrait-to-be-auctioned-in-new-york/article_e34129e9-4344-47e2-bb04-a89b12aed380.html

Ribchester Helmet: A rare ‘face mask’ helmet worn by a Roman cavalry officer 1,900 years ago | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ribchester-helmet-a-rare-face-mask-helmet-worn-by-a-roman-cavalry-officer-1-900-years-ago

2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road to Temple Mount opens to public after years of digging | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2000-year-old-pilgrimage-road-to-temple-mount-opens-to-public-after-years-of-digging/

Sinai Before Sinai – Biblical Archaeology Society

Sinai Before Sinai

Helen of Troy: Why she was likely brown, not black or white – The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/helen-of-troy-why-she-was-likely-brown-not-black-or-white/articleshow/127850672.cms

How Did So Many Ancient Egyptian Antiquities End Up in Western Museums? | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/egyptian-antiquities-western-museums/

Latin pots and Greek casseroles: ceramics reveal the coexistence of Roman and Greek cooking in an Italian colony

Latin pots and Greek casseroles: ceramics reveal the coexistence of Roman and Greek cooking in an Italian colony

Classics Club Ideas from Milton Academy – CANE

Classics Club Ideas from Milton Academy

Greek Author Reveals Magical Practices in Aramaic Exorcism Cups
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/02/greek-author-reveals-magical-practices-in-aramaic-exorcism-cups

Laudator Temporis Acti: Factions
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/factions.html

De werken van Herakles (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De werken van Herakles (1)

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documents and Inscriptions of a Cretan Bronze Age Script
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-worlds-of-linear-interdisciplinary.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Luoghi di culto e ritualità in Oderzo antica: Atti della giornata di studi (Oderzo, 24 maggio 2024)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/luoghi-di-culto-e-ritualita-in-oderzo.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Querolus siue Aulularia: Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione e commento
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/querolus-siue-aulularia-introduzione.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’‘Omero tragico’: Sofocle e Omero: Studi sull’Aiace e sulle Trachinie
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/lomero-tragico-sofocle-e-omero-studi.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Venanzio Fortunato tra il Piave e la Loira: Atti del terzo Convegno internazionale di studi
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/venanzio-fortunato-tra-il-piave-e-la.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Aramaic funerary inscription discovered in eastern Türkiye
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/aramaic-funerary-inscription-discovered.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Jerusalem Pilgrimage Road finally opens to public
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/jerusalem-pilgrimage-road-finally-opens.html

Constructing Kingship under Rome: The Evolution of Bosporan Dynastic Ideology, ca. 50–230 AD | Spartokos a lu

Constructing Kingship under Rome: The Evolution of Bosporan Dynastic Ideology, ca. 50–230 AD


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AUDIENDA
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Sejanus His Fall: ‘Ambition Makes More Trusty Slaves Than Need’ – The History Of European Theatre | Acast

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VIDENDA
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(1102) Tailored LLM for Ancient Texts Workshop – YouTube

(1102) The Roman Trophy: How Rome Turned War into Art – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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News – Call for applications: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age – Archaeological Institute of America

Call for applications: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age

Publication Announcement: Discovering Dionysos in the Hexameters of the >Sinai Palimpsest AR NF 66

Publication Announcement: Discovering Dionysos in the Hexameters of the >Sinai Palimpsest AR NF 66<, edited by Luisina Abrach, Radcliffe Edmonds, and Anne-France Morand

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv nonas februarias

  • 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Apronian the Executioner at Ancona

… it’s also Candlemas Day … And for all you Latin teachers out there … you can present this Latin ‘distich’ quoted by Thomas Browne in Robert Chambers Book of Days (the quoting of) which predates Punxsutawney Phil (and Wiarton Willy, and the plethora of other large rodents that probablyreally aspire to be beavers, but that’s a different tail):

Si sol splendescat Maria purificante,
Major erit glacies post festum quam fuit ante