ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 23, 2026

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LEGENDA
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A Funerary Complex from the Age of the Great Pyramids during the Old Kingdom Discovered near Aswan and the First Cataract

A Funerary Complex from the Age of the Great Pyramids during the Old Kingdom Discovered near Aswan and the First Cataract

Mixed-ancestry woman discovered in Roman grave in Bulgaria
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/mixed-ancestry-woman-discovered-in-roman-grave-in-bulgaria/157088

Viking Sea Power May Have Emerged in the 3rd Century, During the Roman Era – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/viking-sea-power-may-have-emerged-in-the-3rd-century-during-the-roman-era/

Mysterious Greek inscription reignites debate on whether a Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus’ Temple
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-mysterious-greek-inscription-reignites-debate.html#goog_rewarded

AI and the humanities: Across the Princeton campus, an era of collaboration is underway.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2026/02/23/ai-and-humanities-across-princeton-campus-era-collaboration-underway

Why Biblical Archaeology Still Matters – Biblical Archaeology Society

Why Biblical Archaeology Still Matters

Men digging hole outside Thessaloniki charged with antiquities theft | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1296093/men-digging-hole-outside-thessaloniki-charged-with-antiquities-theft/

Country Life Was Better Than City Life In the Roman Empire – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/22/roman-empire-country-better-city/

The Power of Laughter: How Ancient Greek Comedy Shaped Theater Forever – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/22/magical-world-wit-wisdom-ancient-greek-comedy/

Tour guide arrested, questioned for drawing on Pyramid of Unas in Giza – EgyptToday
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/145198/Tour-guide-arrested-questioned-for-drawing-on-Pyramid-of-Unas

5 Breakthroughs in Ancient Medicine That Still Matter Today | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-medicine-breakthroughs/

(18) Never far from Rome VI – by Agnes Crawford
https://understandingrome.substack.com/p/never-far-from-rome-vi?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=508757&post_id=187439748&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

GELA (CL). The “Museum of Greek Shipwrecks” opens with the largest Greek ship ever discovered. – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia

GELA (Cl). Il “Museo dei Relitti greci” apre con la più grande nave greca mai ritrovata.

Earthquake-damaged Hatay Archaeology Museum to reopen with bigger collection in 2026 – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/earthquake-damaged-hatay-archaeology-museum-to-reopen-with-bigger-collection-in-2026-3214983

One for the Books: Retelling Greek legends – The Portager
https://theportager.com/one-for-the-books-retelling-greek-legends

A tour of Pompeii as it was just before its destruction | Aeon Videos
https://aeon.co/videos/a-tour-of-pompeii-as-it-was-just-before-its-destruction

Update on issue with Scaife Viewer text searching » Perseus Digital Library Updates

Update on issue with Scaife Viewer text searching

ὣς φάτο Ἡσίοδος: Thus spoke Hesiod | Consulting Philologist

ὣς φάτο Ἡσίοδος: Thus spoke Hesiod

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Are Archaeologists Talking About Looting?
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/02/are-archaeologists-talking-about-looting.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: This Long Disease, My Life
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/this-long-disease-my-life.html

A new issue of the digest of pseudo-Chrysostom research: “Settime spigolature pseudocrisostomiche” now available

A new issue of the digest of pseudo-Chrysostom research: “Settime spigolature pseudocrisostomiche” now available

Weekly (not)Varia no. 170, 02/22/26 – Noodlings

Weekly (not)Varia no. 170, 02/22/26

What A Dangerous Thing to Say! Politics and Absurdity in Iliad 14 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

What A Dangerous Thing to Say! Politics and Absurdity in Iliad 14

PaleoJudaica.com: Guided tours at Jerusalem’s Rockefeller Museum
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/guided-tours-at-jerusalems-rockefeller.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On oxen and cattle
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-oxen-and-cattle.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Revitalizing the Phoenician language?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/revitalizing-phoenician-language.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Audible Punctuation: Performative Pause in Homeric Prosody
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/audible-punctuation-performative-pause.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Text, script and language in Bactria and Serindia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/text-script-and-language-in-bactria-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le nord de la mer Noire de l’Antiquité au Moyen âge
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/le-nord-de-la-mer-noire-de-lantiquite.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Multitextuality in the Homeric Iliad: The Witness of the Ptolemaic Papyri
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/multitextuality-in-homeric-iliad.html

The North of the Black Sea from Antiquity to the Middle Ages | Spartokos has read

Le nord de la mer Noire de l’Antiquité au Moyen âge

Converting verse: the poetics of asceticism in late Roman Gaul – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.31/

Plato’s moral realism – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.29/

Strike: labor, unions, and resistance in the Roman Empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.30/

In Alexandria, where the crown of Berenice rose – Il Sole 24 ORE
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/in-alexandria-of-egypt-where-berenice-rose-AIZxWdXB?refresh_ce=1
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AUDIENDA
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The Opium Trail from Egypt to Persia, or Putting Your Hope in Dope, Ancient Edition | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-opium-trail-from-egypt-to-persia-or-putting-your-hope-in-dope-ancient-edition/

Classics & Careers S3, E3: Sco… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

117: Antigonid Macedon – The V…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(175) After Rome: Four Late Antique Capitals – YouTube

(175) What the Ancient World Knew About Sea Monsters That We Forgot – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Exploring Ovid’s big ideas | OpenLearn – Open University
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/exploring-ovids-big-ideas/?active-tab=description-tab

Songs from Antiquity: Conference | Ancient Music at Oxford
https://ancientmusicoxford.web.ox.ac.uk/songs-antiquity-conference

Scholarly Theories on the Parthenon Frieze – Retrospect Journal

Scholarly Theories on the Parthenon Frieze

Register for the 2026 Annual Meeting – CANE
https://caneweb.org/register-for-the-2026-annual-meeting/

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