ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ May 6, 2026

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LEGENDA
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4,000-year-old tablets reveal magic spells, kings feared, and a beer receipt | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260504023848.htm

Mummy CT scan reveal ancient Egyptian might’ve suffered from osteoperosis | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-895123

Public baths and villa with mosaic floors found in Alexandria

Public baths and villa with mosaic floors found in Alexandria

Rare Circular Bath and Mosaic Roman Villa Unearthed in Alexandria Reveal a Lost Urban Quarter – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/rare-circular-bath-and-mosaic-roman-villa-unearthed-in-alexandria-reveal-a-lost-urban-quarter/

Rare imperial purple cloth found in Roman infant burials in York

Rare imperial purple cloth found in Roman infant burials in York

In the Ancient World, This Pigment Was Worth More Than Gold. Archaeologists Discovered It Buried With Babies in Roman Coffins
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-the-ancient-world-this-pigment-was-worth-more-than-gold-archaeologists-discovered-it-buried-with-babies-in-roman-coffins-180988678/

Archaeologists Use Minoan Script to Unlock Mycenaean Linear B Records – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/05/minoan-script-mycenaean-linear-b-records/

Unlocking the Sunken City: How a Submerged Stoa Is Rewriting the History of Salamis – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/06/submerged-ancient-building-discovered-salamis-greece/

Archaeologists unearth exceptionally rare intact Roman grave in eastern Croatia | Croatia Week

Archaeologists unearth exceptionally rare intact Roman grave in eastern Croatia

Heidi Klum Recreates Veiled Vestal Statue at Met Gala 2026
https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/heidi-klum-met-gala-2026-veiled-vestal-look-1238940606/

The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan’s Darker Twist On Homer’s Ancient Epic
https://screenrant.com/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-no-humor-change/

Marvel and DC heroes come ‘directly’ from Homeric epics, Christopher Nolan says | East Anglian Daily Times
https://www.eadt.co.uk/things-to-do/national/26078379.marvel-dc-heroes-come-directly-homeric-epics-christopher-nolan-says/

Christopher Nolan: The Odyssey Author Homer Was the Marvel of Its Day
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/christopher-nolan-odyssey-superheroes-homer-marvel-1236737774/

The Internet Ships The Odyssey’s Holland and Pattinson After Use of ‘Daddy’ – Nerdist
https://nerdist.com/article/internet-is-shipping-the-odyssey-telemachus-antinous-tom-holland-robert-pattinson-daddy/?amp

How a near-forgotten Roman coin collection became this senior’s honors thesis – College of Arts and Sciences
https://college.unc.edu/2026/05/ross-coins/

Deploying the Roman Conquest of Jerusalem in Latin Texts (c.400–c.1300)
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/imafo/read/deploying-the-roman-conquest-of-jerusalem-in-latin-texts-c400-c1300

CRISIS IN FRETO HORMUZIO: Project Freedom Civitatum Unitarum Iraniae minas provocat
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2470

(6) Oh No, Another Round of Odyssey Discourse – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/oh-no-another-round-of-odyssey-discourse

How Alexander’s Winged Soldiers Conquered the Sogdian Rock in 327 BC | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/sogdian-rock-siege-alexander-the-great/

A Companion to Sparta – A Review
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/a-companion-to-sparta-a-review

Pots and Plays | BU Today | Boston University

Pots and Plays

Two Bard Students and One Alum Receive Full Scholarships to Study Classics at University of Colorado Boulder
https://www.bard.edu/news/bard-students-alum-scholarships-classics-university-colorado-boulder-2026-05-05

Concerns For Those About To Die: Introducing Iliad 20 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Concerns For Those About To Die: Introducing Iliad 20

Een Griekse huurling in Málaga? – Mainzer Beobachter

Een Griekse huurling in Málaga?

PaleoJudaica.com: New Lachish ostracon confirms Joseph’s Canaanite title?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-lachish-ostracon-confirms-josephs.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Nessana excavation
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-nessana-excavation.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bremer-McCollum, The Pearlsong (Harvard University Press)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/bremer-mccollum-pearlsong-harvard.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Biblical Texts and African Contexts: Engaging Epistemologies and Comparative Approaches
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/biblical-texts-and-african-contexts.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Daimōn: Modalités de l’action des dieux en Grèce ancienne
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/daimon-modalites-de-laction-des-dieux.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’eau d’Amida/Diyarbakır et l’aqueduc de l’Hamravat : Patrimoine culturel, transmission et usages, une approche interdisciplinaire: Amida/Diyarbakır Suyu ve Hamravat Su Kemeri: Kültürel Miras, Aktarım ve Kullanımlar, Disiplinlerarası Bir Yaklaşım
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/leau-damidadiyarbakr-et-laqueduc-de.html

[paywalled] Talking Classics by Mary Beard: sounds like eavesdropping on a good Saturday night in Pompeii – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/05/09/talking-classics-by-mary-beard-sounds-like-eavesdropping-on-a-good-saturday-night-in-pompeii/

Aeschylus, character, and the yoke of necessity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.04/

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AUDIENDA
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Athens and Sparta with Adrian Goldsworthy – The 15 Minute Book Club | Acast

Masada: The siege that became a legend – Unpacked

Masada: The siege that became a legend

Euripides’ Trojan Women – Ancient History 101 | Acast

The Year of the Four Emperors – Ancient History 101 | Acast

The Paphos Theatre–When in Rome – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(305) Il Foro di Augusto. Architettura e decorazione architettonica dei portici e delle esedre – YouTube

(303) How to make a Roman mosaic – YouTube

(309) Tiny Spaces, Big Ideas – Shannon Lafayette Hogue – YouTube

(309) Where to find DC’s obscure Greek goddess statue – YouTube

(311) Why Rome Destroyed the Septizodium – YouTube

(312) Why join the sacred dance? Metatheatricality and the chorus in Oedipus Tyrannus, by Almila Dukel – YouTube

(312) Resilient Landscapes: Climate, Economy, and Human Adaptation in the Roman Sabina – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Cypriot copper in the Swiss ‘Hinterland’? New evidence for long-distance copper trade around 1400 BC from Möriken-Wildegg | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/cypriot-copper-in-the-swiss-hinterland-new-evidence-for-longdistance-copper-trade-around-1400-bc-from-morikenwildegg/89540C880D159D4B358CCCEED5B9BF31