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LEGENDA
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Hannibal’s famous war elephants: Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-hannibal-famous-war-elephants-bone.html
Archaeologists find evidence of Hannibal’s war elephants in Spain
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-hannibals-war-elephants-in-spain/156943
Divers find ancient Roman shipwreck off Puglia
Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by ‘sniffing’ the air around Egyptian mummies
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scents-afterlife-embalming-recipes-sniffing.html
Breathing in the past: How museums can use biomolecular archaeology to bring ancient scents to life
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-museums-biomolecular-archaeology-ancient-scents.html
Petra aqueduct survey uncovers rare 116-meter lead conduit beside terracotta pipe
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-petra-aqueduct-survey-uncovers-rare.html
Archaeology in the City of David Yields New Treasures – Christianity Today
Ancient Egyptian letter hints at existence of giants | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-885660
The Roman Magna excavations: uncovering the past to safeguard its future | The National Lottery Heritage Fund
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/projects/roman-magna-excavations-uncovering-past-safeguard-its-future
Volcanic vulvas and hermaphrodite marble: Ovid’s Metamorphoses reshaped at the Rijksmuseum | Museums | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/05/ovid-metamorphoses-rijksmuseum
Egyptian and Indus Valley civilisations ‘were in contact’ – Pakistan – DAWN.COM
https://www.dawn.com/news/1971071
Why We’re Still Fighting Over Elgin’s Marbles | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/frieze-frame-elgin-marbles-ae-stallings/
Ancient Greek Genius Archytas Built a Flying Machine 2,400 Years Before Drones – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/05/ancient-greek-archytas-flying-machine-drone/
Greek Temples May Be Stone Echoes of Ancient Ships – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/05/greek-temples-ancient-ships/
How Livy Turned Rome’s Past Into the Epic History We Still Read Today | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/livy-history-rome/
Alceste, By Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752), Clément-Louis-Marie-Anne Belle (1722-1806), And Michel Audran (1701-1771) – The Historian’s Hut
How Romans would have known how to deal with Epstein | The Spectator Australia
Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by ‘sniffing’ the air around Egyptian mummies
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scents-afterlife-embalming-recipes-sniffing.html#goog_rewarded
Ann Harnwell Ashmead, renowned classical archaeology researcher and writer, has died at 96
https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/ann-harnwell-ashmead-obituary-penn-haverford-philadelphia-archeology-20260204.html
June LeRay (nee Smith) Bates Obituary – The Leader
https://www.the-leader.com/obituaries/pnys1401394
Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts back online?
Can we do anything to get British Library manuscripts back online?
Teaching Thursday: Chasing AI | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
De vele namen van Belgrado (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
De werken van Herakles (slot) – Mainzer Beobachter
De werken van Herakles (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
Laudator Temporis Acti: Timon
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/timon.html
PaleoJudaica.com: On Moses’ horns, once more
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-moses-horns-once-more.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Forthcoming Aitken memorial volume
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/forthcoming-aitken-memorial-volume.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rome’s Visceral Reactions: Politics and Poetics in Flesh and Blood
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/romes-visceral-reactions-politics-and.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Heroines of Greek and Roman Myth: An Intermediate Latin Reader
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/heroines-of-greek-and-roman-myth.html
La fabrique des bébés dans l’Antiquité. Enquête sur les “biberons” gallo-romains – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.07/
Eliano. Lettere rustiche – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.06/
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Polyphemus Last Words: Live at Michigan Junior Classical League (Ad Navseam, Episode 209) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/polyphemus-last-words-live-at-michigan-junior-classical-league-ad-navseam-episode-209/
Special Episode – The Emperor Titus with Marc Hyden – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies
Alexander the Great | Rise to Power – The Ancients | Acast
Roman Brick and Tile–Build Like a Roman – Apple Podcasts
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VIDENDA
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(1211) Spotlight Lecture: Judge like an Egyptian: Legal processes and dramas in the Pharaonic courts – YouTube
(1211) Inside Rome’s Best-Preserved Tombs: on the Via Latina – YouTube
(1213) Irene de Jong on her narratological commentary on Herodotus’ Histories – YouTube
(1215) Spartan Warriors? Modern myths and Ancient realities. – YouTube
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NOTANDA
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Why We Call It Psychology, Not Animology | Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/platonic-psychology/202602/why-we-call-it-psychology-not-animology
(19) ANE Today, 5 February 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-5-february-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=186876388&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Pasts Imperfect (2.5.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-2-5-26/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter