ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ March 18, 2026

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LEGENDA
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Children discover mysterious ancient skeleton sitting upright next to playground in France – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mysterious-ancient-skeleton-sitting-upright-france/

Turkey: Ancient Mosaic With Greek Inscription Brought to Light – tovima.com

Turkey: Ancient Mosaic With Greek Inscription Brought to Light

‘Mentor’ shipwreck study uncovers possible fragment of Parthenon | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News

 ‘Mentor’ shipwreck study uncovers possible fragment of Parthenon

Gladiatorial reliefs discovered near the Appian Way | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News

Gladiatorial reliefs discovered near the Appian Way

Hippos-style humor: rare 2,000-year-old sling bullet bearing Greek taunt discovered
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/bjl0xydcbx

Dark message warning enemy to ‘learn your lesson’ found inscribed on 2,000-year-old sling bullet from ancient Holy Land | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/middle-east/dark-message-warning-enemy-to-learn-your-lesson-found-inscribed-on-2-000-year-old-sling-bullet-from-ancient-holy-land

[paywalled] Archeologists Uncovered Evidence of a 2,000-Year-Old Machine Gun
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70698814/archeologists-uncovered-evidence-of-a-2000-year-old-machine-gunand-the-damage-it-did/

A look at the legacy of the Romans across Somerset | Great British Life
https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/somerset/25855079.look-legacy-romans-across-somerset/

Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns :: WRAL.com
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/032ca-romes-colosseum-gets-a-fresh-look-that-recreates-the-footprints-of-long-gone-columns/

Restored Ramses II statue head installed at Abydos temple in Sohag – Tourism – Egypt – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1238/564240/Egypt/Tourism/Restored-Ramses-II-statue-head-installed-at-Abydos.aspx

Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid’s 2,000-year-old poem
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260317-metamorphoses-ovids-2000-year-old-poem-says-a-lot-about-2026

Donald Trump’s Melian Dialogue | History Today
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/donald-trumps-melian-dialogue

Cops and Antiquities Robbers Caught Red-handed Shelter Together From Iranian Missiles – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-03-17/ty-article/cops-and-antiquities-robbers-caught-red-handed-shelter-together-during-attack/0000019c-fb7a-d62f-ab9f-ff7ebe7c0000

Pre-state vaults and ancient cisterns provide shelter for Jerusalemites again under siege | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pre-state-vaults-and-ancient-cisterns-provide-shelter-for-jerusalemites-again-under-siege/

Elephant Bone Found In Spain May Be The First Physical Evidence Of War Elephants Being Used In The Region 2200-Years-Ago » TwistedSifter

Elephant Bone Found In Spain May Be The First Physical Evidence Of War Elephants Being Used In The Region 2200-Years-Ago

Metamorphoses – Rijksmuseum
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/metamorphoses

Destiny in the Stars. The Beginnings of the Zodiac

Destiny in the Stars. The Beginnings of the Zodiac

Learn Ancient Greek in 118 Free Lessons: A Free Online Course from Brandeis & Harvard | Open Culture

Learn Ancient Greek in 118 Free Lessons: A Free Online Course from Brandeis & Harvard

Greece greenlights €3B Israeli missile and drone defense system | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-890272

Odysseus Found Not Guilty at the National Hellenic Museum’s Trial – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/03/18/odysseus-found-not-guilty-national-hellenic-museum-trial/

There’s Plenty of Crying in Epic: Introducing Book 16 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

There’s Plenty of Crying in Epic: Introducing Book 16

Writing Wednesday: Revisions to my Book | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Writing Wednesday: Revisions to my Book

Laudator Temporis Acti: Criticism
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/03/criticism.html

Caesars erfgenaam: Octavianus – Mainzer Beobachter

Caesars erfgenaam: Octavianus

PaleoJudaica.com: Maaloula latest
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/maaloula-latest.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Was the Second Temple ANE or Greek inspired?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/was-second-temple-ane-or-greek-inspired.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Athribis ostraca and what’s on them
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/03/more-on-athribis-ostraca-and-whats-on.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetry
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-best-of-achaeans-concepts-of-hero.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La Table des rois: Contribution à l’histoire textuelle des ›Tables faciles‹ de Ptolémée
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/la-table-des-rois-contribution.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Conceptions of Cyclicity in Babylonian and Greco-Roman Scholarship
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/conceptions-of-cyclicity-in-babylonian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ›Versus ad picturas‹ – Text/Image Relation in Greek, Latin and Arabic Poetry
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/versus-ad-picturas-textimage-relation.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ancestors of Genesis and the Exodus Traditions: A Festschrift for Thomas Römer
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-ancestors-of-genesis-and-exodus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rethinking Orality III:From Homer to Neuroscience
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/rethinking-orality-iiifrom-homer-to.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Iran in the ISAC Museum: From Prehistory to the Achaemenid Period
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/03/ancient-iran-in-isac-museum-from.html

Marble Statuettes of the Roman Period By Brian A. Martens (Agora 39). Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2025. Pp. 704. ISBN 978-0-87661-239-2 (hardcover) $150. | American Journal of Archaeology: Vol 130, No 2
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740693?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=601102ad39-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=601102ad39&mc_eid=693126d49d

The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii By Gabriel Zuchtriegel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2025. Pp. 256. ISBN 978-0-226-83960-8 (hardcover) $25. | American Journal of Archaeology: Vol 130, No 2
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740824?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=601102ad39-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=601102ad39&mc_eid=693126d49d

Painting Pompeii: Painters, Practices, and Organization By Francesca Bologna. Turnhout: Brepols 2024. Pp. 150. ISBN 978-2-503-61119-8 (paperback) €85. | American Journal of Archaeology: Vol 130, No 2
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740029?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=601102ad39-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=601102ad39&mc_eid=693126d49d

Archaeology of Colour: Technical Art History Studies in Greek and Roman Painting and Polychromy Edited by Hariclia Brecoulaki. Turnhout: Brepols 2024. Pp. 450. ISBN 978-960-371-089-9 (hardcover) €132.08. | American Journal of Archaeology: Vol 130, No 2
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740027?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=601102ad39-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=601102ad39&mc_eid=693126d49d

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AUDIENDA
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Classics & Careers S3, E5: Jam…–The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Xenophon – A Biography – Ancient History 101 | Acast

“What is ‘Classics’ Anyway?” – Ancient History 101 | Acast

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VIDENDA
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(37) The Amateur Who Found (and Destroyed) Ancient Troy – YouTube

(38) Archeologists Investigate The Pharaoh Who Stole History – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Research Associate in Ancient Near Eastern Studies | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | 1909
https://jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/65bcdc8b60cafe78b0188cf73c8542959a61ff940

Full-Time Faculty Positionat College of the Holy Cross

Full-Time Faculty Position at College of the Holy Cross

Romano-British Agricultural Land Management Adjacent to the Dringhouses Roadside Settlement, York: Archaeological investigations at Abbeyfields House, Regency Mews, Dringhouses, York. Savine et al. Internet Archaeology 71.
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue71/8/index.html

Late Iron Age/Romano-British Transition Pastoral Activity in the Western Environs of York: Archaeological investigations at the A1237/B1224, Wetherby Road Roundabout, York. Savine and Coates et al. Internet Archaeology 71.
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue71/9/index.html

Roman Occupation in the Extramural Settlement South-west of the colonia: Archaeological investigations at York Station Gateway, Queen Street, York. Savine et al. Internet Archaeology 71.
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue71/7/index.html

Vehicles of change: two exceptional deposits of destroyed chariots or wagons from Late Iron Age Britain | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/vehicles-of-change-two-exceptional-deposits-of-destroyed-chariots-or-wagons-from-late-iron-age-britain/729BB6B21858170704D32CBDBF68C5DA

Athenian Figure-Decorated Pottery for Whom? A View from Eastern Andalucía (Spain) | April 2026 (130.2) | American Journal of Archaeology

Athenian Figure-Decorated Pottery for Whom? A View from Eastern Andalucía (Spain)

Anubis in Contemporary Popular Culture

Anubis in Contemporary Popular Culture