ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ February 24, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Ancient tombs packed with pottery and jewelry unearthed from Egyptian necropolis
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/ancient-tombs-packed-with-pottery-and-jewelry-unearthed-from-egyptian-necropolis/3839090

Greek Inscription Found in Great Mosque of Homs Reveals Lost Temple of the Sun of Emperor Elagabalus – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/greek-inscription-found-in-great-mosque-of-homs-reveals-lost-temple-of-the-sun-of-emperor-elagabalus/

The Ancient Greeks’ Contribution to the Development of Modern Laws – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/24/ancient-greeks-contribution-modern-laws/

Ten of the Acropolis Museum’s Most Beautiful Exhibits – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/24/acropolis-museum/

How researchers learned the rules of an ancient Roman board game : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/23/nx-s1-5716094/how-researchers-learned-the-rules-of-an-ancient-roman-board-game

Here’s how Carabinieri fight against artifact trafficking: interview with Archaeology Commander
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/interviews/here-s-how-carabinieri-fight-against-artifact-trafficking-interview-with-archaeology-commander

Harvard Study Finds Ancient Carthaginians Were Genetically Closer to Greeks Than Phoenicians
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/24/carthaginians-genetically-closer-to-greeks-harvard-study/

The Roman Ghosts of Britain: Why These Apparitions Refuse to Fade
https://the-line-up.com/roman-ghosts-of-britain

Great Isaiah Scroll, oldest near-complete biblical book ever found, on show in entirety for 1st time since 1968 | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/great-isaiah-scroll-oldest-near-complete-biblical-book-ever-found-on-show-in-entirety-for-1st-time-since-1968/

Pizza inspired by the ancient Romans features stomach-churning toppings including fermented spinach juice and fish sauce – and there’s no mozzarella or tomato in sight | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15587511/pizza-history-ancient-Romans-mozzarella-tomato.html

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/

Where do the Greek antiquities in the Allard Pierson Museum come from? – Folia
https://www.folia.nl/en/wetenschap/171792/where-do-the-greek-antiquities-in-the-allard-pierson-museum-come-from

Laudator Temporis Acti: War and Peace
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/02/war-and-peace.html

Ovid – The Historian’s Hut

Ovid

Odyssey fever | Blog post | Mary Beard

Odyssey fever

(18) GUEST POST: THE WOMEN WHO MADE HOMER – by Dan Jones
https://danjones.substack.com/p/guest-post-the-women-who-made-homer

De Thraciërs (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De Thraciërs (1)

PaleoJudaica.com: Egyptian Book of the Dead on display at the Brooklyn Museum
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/egyptian-book-of-dead-on-display-at.html

PaleoJudaica.com: In defense of Biblical Archaeology
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/in-defense-of-biblical-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Now open: “A Voice from the Desert – The Great Isaiah Scroll” (Israel Museum)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/02/now-open-voice-from-desert-great-isaiah.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homer’s Versicolored Fabric: The Evocative Power of Ancient Greek Epic Word-Making
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/homers-versicolored-fabric-evocative.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Art of Reading: From Homer to Paul Celan
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-art-of-reading-from-homer-to-paul.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rhythm without Beat: Prosodically Motivated Grammarisation in Homer
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/rhythm-without-beat-prosodically.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homeric Imagery and the Natural Environment
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/02/homeric-imagery-and-natural-environment.html

Épire et Illyrie méridionale dans l’Antiquité: opera selecta – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.34/

Aeschylus’ satyric Prometheus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.33/

The artes and the emergence of a scientific culture in the early Roman empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.02.32/

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AUDIENDA
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Sparta in the Spotlight. Part …–Ancient History Hound – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(210) Does This Artifact Change What We Know About Jesus’ Crucifixion? – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Classics – 2025-26 Professional Track Faculty Pool job with University of Texas at Austin | 37954678
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37954678/classics-2025-26-professional-track-faculty-pool

Call For Papers Detail – Annual Meeting
https://members.sbl-site.org/cfp-detail?z3514106a4d204249bb372910221c671c=00ff00527f-7582-4246-9eb0-2b93e6d8ff2a&z423c93b755704c19a0e7ac980d5d638c=00ff00527f-7582-4246-9eb0-2b93e6d8ff2a&reload=timezone

Sex and Sexuality in the Ancient Near East
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/sex-and-sexuality-in-the-ancient-near-east/

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 24 February 2026

Art Crime Research Opportunities: 24 February 2026

Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology at University of Oxford
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP856/departmental-lecturer-in-egyptology

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas martias

  • Regifugium — a festival which didn’t really happen on “February 24” but actually six days before the kalends of March, which was usually during a period of intercalation. Roman writers suggested this festival was a celebration of the expulsion of the Tarquins, although modern scholars have their doubts. Whatever the case, on this day the Rex Sacrorum would offer some sort of sacrifice in the Comitium and then run away as fast as he could …
  • 259 A.D. — martyrdom of Montanus and several companions at Carthage
  • 303 A.D. — edict of Galerius officially promoting the persecution of Christians (?)
  • 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Sergius in Cappadocia
  • 1463 — birth of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (usually described as a “Neoplatonist”)
  • 1999 — death of David Daube (author of Civil Disobedience in Antiquity, among numerous other works)