ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ April 7, 2026

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LEGENDA
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A 5,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Bread Found in Türkiye Reveals an Unusual Ritual Use

A 5,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Bread Found in Türkiye Reveals an Unusual Ritual Use

Roman sanctuary unearthed beneath Frankfurt may have a dark past involving ritual human sacrifice | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/human-sacrifice-roman-site-frankfurt-b2952336.html

Archaeologists Discover the Hidden History of the Ancient Underwater City of Iuliopolis in Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/07/history-underwater-ancient-city-iuliopolis-turkey/

Khresis Mosaic Reveals the Hidden Wealth of Ancient Troy in Hatay – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/khresis-mosaic-reveals-the-hidden-wealth-of-ancient-troy-in-hatay/

Roman villa discovered on route of Norfolk wind farm cables | Eastern Daily Press
https://www.edp24.co.uk/resources/images/20698886.jpg?type=mds-article-962&x=0&y=0&w=2400&h=1350

Dutch Museum Discovers 8-Inch Ancient Roman Phallus
https://hyperallergic.com/dutch-museum-discovers-8-inch-ancient-roman-phallus/

Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral ‘gown’ that was in vogue during the Old Kingdom | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/beadnet-dress-a-4-500-year-old-ancient-egyptian-funeral-gown-that-was-in-vogue-during-the-old-kingdom

[stale] The ‘Sarcastic’ Message Archaeologists Found Carved Into This 2,100-Year-Old Bullet Is Pretty Hilarious

The ‘Sarcastic’ Message Archaeologists Found Carved Into This 2,100-Year-Old Bullet Is Pretty Hilarious

Appian Way Archaeological Park, restoration of the Tomb of the Pancras has begun
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/appian-way-archaeological-park-restoration-of-the-tomb-of-the-pancras-has-begun

[old news]Odysseus Sanctuary Discovered on Ithaca in Major Greek Archaeological Breakthrough Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/04/07/odysseus-sanctuary-ithaca-discovery/

How Troy Became an Ancient Tourist Trap

Trojan Tourist Trap

[old news]A Tomb at Knossos Inspired by the Iliad?

The Archer’s Tomb

The Lost Remix of the Trojan War

Another Trojan War?

[paywalled] Archaeologists Found an Ancient Necropolis with More than 3,000 Burials
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70920636/archaeologists-found-an-ancient-necropolis-with-more-than-3000-burials/

When the Legions Entered Rome for the First Time, Setting a Precedent That Would Not Stop

When the Legions Entered Rome for the First Time, Setting a Precedent That Would Not Stop

Thieves, soda cans and an ancient vessel: Carlos exhibit pieces together a provenance puzzle
https://news.emory.edu/features/2026/04/er_carlos_museum_provenance_puzzle_06-04-2026/index.html

Morality and murder: Medea takes stage – The Mass Media

Morality and murder: Medea takes stage

Despairing at the state of the world? The ancient Greeks and Romans knew the feeling
https://theconversation.com/despairing-at-the-state-of-the-world-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-knew-the-feeling-279566

(8) The Myth of Progress – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-progress

Two Thing Tuesday: Harry’s Wall and Augustine’s Monica | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two Thing Tuesday: Harry’s Wall and Augustine’s Monica

Monday Nonsense – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Monday Nonsense

The Provenance and Date of the Berlin Cretans | Variant Readings

The Provenance and Date of the Berlin Cretans

Prov[ena]nce: A Papyrological Easter Tale – The Philological Crocodile

Prov[ena]nce: A Papyrological Easter Tale

Latin Rules! – CANE

Latin Rules!

Weekly Varia no. 176, 04/05/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 176, 04/05/26

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) | Sphinx

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Dullest Book in Latin?
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-dullest-book-in-latin.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Conflict Resolution
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/conflict-resolution.html

Testis unus, testis nullus – Mainzer Beobachter

Testis unus, testis nullus

Glykon – Mainzer Beobachter

Glykon

Always Second Best (Or Worst): Characterizing Hektor in Iliad 17 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Always Second Best (Or Worst): Characterizing Hektor in Iliad 17

PaleoJudaica.com: More on that marble baptismal (?) artifact
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-on-that-marble-baptismal-artifact.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The missing cuneiform evidence
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-missing-cuneiform-evidence.html

PaleoJudaica.com: How was Hezekiah shut up “like a caged bird” in Jerusalem?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-was-hezekiah-shut-up-like-caged.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Why a golden calf?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/why-golden-calf.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Lost Ark docudrama
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-lost-ark-docudrama.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Wild Songs, Sweet Songs: The Albanian Epic in the Collections of Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/wild-songs-sweet-songs-albanian-epic-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/loving-humanity-learning-and-being.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Literary History in the Parian Marble
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/literary-history-in-parian-marble.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Citizenship Practised, Citizenship Imagined: Multiple Ways of Experiencing Citizenship in the Greek World
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/citizenship-practised-citizenship.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tufts Greek Reading List Reader
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/tufts-greek-reading-list-reader.html

Plato’s Hippias Minor: analysis, text, translation, and commentary – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.08/

Lungo il corso del fiume Paglia. Archeologia, mobilità e mediazione culturale nell’antichità – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.07/

Perspectives on Plotinus: the collected essays of John Dillon – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.06/

Ancient plaster: casting light on a forgotten sculptural material – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.05/

Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum IV: inscriptiones parietariae Pompeianae Herculanenses Stabianae. Suppl. pars 4: inscriptiones parietariae Pompeianae. Fasc. 2 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.04/

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AUDIENDA
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The Case of the Elephant Bone in Third Century BCE Spain, or, Babar Says, You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-case-of-the-elephant-bone-in-third-century-bce-spain-or-babar-says-you-wouldn-t-like-me-when-i-m-angry/

Anima Latina – CCXXX – 06.04.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/04/anima-latina-06-04-2026.html

Expert in Residence: Get to Kn… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(26) What Can Greek Myths Tell Us About AI? With Stephen Fry – YouTube

(26) Uncovering the Social and Political History of Ancient Egypt – YouTube

Pompeii: The Legacy – Official Full Release Trailer – IGN
https://www.ign.com/videos/pompeii-the-legacy-official-full-release-trailer

(27) What Did Helen of Troy REALLY Look Like? – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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An Exclusive Excerpt from Yann Martel’s New Novel, Son of Nobody | The Walrus
https://thewalrus.ca/an-exclusive-excerpt-from-yann-martels-new-novel-son-of-nobody/

Job details: A. G. Leventis Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Greek Literature
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=43195&jobTitle=A.+G.+Leventis+Postdoctoral+Research+Fellow+in+Ancient+Greek+Literature

Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 7 April 2026

Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 7 April 2026