ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ May 8, 2026

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LEGENDA
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The Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of Days – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-05-07/ty-article/the-mysterious-copper-scroll-and-the-end-of-days/0000019d-fce2-dda2-adff-ffefc6d50000

4,000-year-old texts to reach new audiences in digital project
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-year-texts-audiences-digital.html

3200-Year-Old Bronze Age Towers in Sardinia Continued as Ritual Centers Into Iron Age – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/08/bronze-age-towers-sardinia-ritual-centers-iron-age/

Researchers Discover Hidden Structures Beneath Ancient Olympia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/hidden-structures-ancient-olympia/

Inscriptions from ancient Teos honoring the market supervisor show the activity of Roman negotiatores’ associations in greek cities in the 1st century BC

Inscriptions from ancient Teos honoring the market supervisor show the activity of Roman negotiatores’ associations in greek cities in the 1st century BC

An Archaeological Study Changes the View on the Etruscan City of Veii: It Was Not a Failure in Roman Times, but an Example of Community Resilience

An Archaeological Study Changes the View on the Etruscan City of Veii: It Was Not a Failure in Roman Times, but an Example of Community Resilience

Ancient grave in Jordan is earliest confirmed plague burial site, study reveals | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-895385

Discovery of Ancient Greek Mosaic Linked to Julius Caesar
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/07/discovery-of-ancient-greek-mosaic-linked-to-julius-caesar/

[paywalled] The Romans would tax anything | The Spectator Australia

The Romans would tax anything

The Internet Is Completely Wrong About Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer
https://collider.com/the-odyssey-trailer-christopher-nolan-internet-reaction-american-accent-tom-holland/

From papyrus to digital: a research center on written sources is born at Turin’s Egyptian Museum
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/ancient-art/from-papyrus-to-digital-a-research-center-on-written-sources-is-born-at-turin-s-egyptian-museum

New Findings Suggest Greek Alphabet Is Older Than Previously Thought – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/greek-alphabet-century-older/

[stale] Greek-inscribed “learn your lesson” message found on 2,000-year-old sling bullet from ancient Hippos near Sea of Galilee | Archaeology News Online Magazine
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/message-on-2000-year-old-sling-bullet-hippos/

Archaeologists Begin Restoring Shamash Gate – Biblical Archaeology Society

Archaeologists Begin Restoring Shamash Gate

Bethsaida excavation turning ‘Bible stories into Bible realities’
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/bethsaida-excavation-turning-bible-stories-into-bible-realities

How Carthage’s Maritime Empire Shaped the Mediterranean Long After Its Fall | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/carthage-maritime-empire-legacy/

The History Girls: Ancient Greece’s Strongest Man by L.J. Trafford
https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2026/05/ancient-greeces-strongest-man-by-lj.html

Roman Times: Beyond the Antonine Wall: Rome’s Forgotten Frontier in the Highlands
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2026/05/beyond-antonine-wall-romes-forgotten.html

Is Edward Gibbon’s ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ Worth Reading Today? – Tales of Times Forgotten

Is Edward Gibbon’s ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ Worth Reading Today?

Chicago family returns ancient Greek artefacts to Greece – The Greek Herald

Chicago family returns ancient Greek artefacts to Greece

Harpur College students compete in Greek and Latin recitation contest – Binghamton News
https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/6242/harpur-college-students-compete-in-greek-and-latin-recitation-contest

The Odyssey trailer sparks complaints over ‘jarring’ accents and modern phrases | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-odyssey-movie-trailer-accents-christopher-nolan-b2971188.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Price of Food
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-price-of-food.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Collins on the limits of Jewish identity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/collins-on-limits-of-jewish-identity.html

PaleoJudaica.com: New proposals about the Copper Scroll
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-proposals-about-copper-scroll.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Cyprus and the Diaspora Revolt of 115-117 CE
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/cyprus-and-diaspora-revolt-of-115-117-ce.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mulier taceat: A Study of 1 Corinthians 14:34–35
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/mulier-taceat-study-of-1-corinthians.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Jüngerinnen und Jünger im Thomasevangelium: Ein narratologisch inspirierter Zugang zum Text als Einheit
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/die-jungerinnen-und-junger-im.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Synchronizing the Body in Ancient Medicine and Philosophy
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/synchronizing-body-in-ancient-medicine.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Lattanzio e la ›virtus‹: La critica a Lucilio e Cicerone nel VI libro delle ›Divinae Institutiones‹
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/lattanzio-e-la-virtus-la-critica.html

Ancient Anchors: Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Northern Black Sea Region | Spartokos has read

Ancres anciennes : patrimoine historique et culturel de la région du nord de la mer Noire

Aristotle’s gynecology: facts, evidence, and early medicine – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.07/

Plautus: Trinummus (S.A.) Jeppesen, Pp. xii + 172, ills. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Paper, £17.99. ISBN: 978-1-350-126770. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/plautus-trinummus-9781350126787/ | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/plautus-trinummus-sa-jeppesen-pp-xii-172-ills-london-bloomsbury-academic-2023-paper-1799-isbn-9781350126770-httpswwwbloomsburycomukplautustrinummus9781350126787/584D3A95854C079DFA8FA5F8399E516B?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles

Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire (P.) Greenfield, (F.) Radford Pp. 303, ills. Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press, 2024. Paper, US$15.95. ISBN: 978-1-64604-733-8. https://ulyssespress.com/books/your-cheeky-guide-to-the-roman-empire/ | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-classics-teaching/article/your-cheeky-guide-to-the-roman-empire-p-greenfield-f-radford-pp-303-ills-berkeley-ca-ulysses-press-2024-paper-us1595-isbn-9781646047338-httpsulyssespresscombooksyourcheekyguidetotheromanempire/CE28824B4596BAE8D4BB3816B849900C?WT.mc_id=New%20Cambridge%20Alert%20-%20Articles
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AUDIENDA
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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW408 – Why Germania?
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/aw408-why-germania

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VIDENDA
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Detailed Roman History with Robert Byrd | Video | C-SPAN.org
https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-proceeding/detailed-roman-history-with-robert-byrd/5078056

(361) Ted Turner: Why he studied classics from Brown University? CNN RIP Legend⚡Horatius at the Bridge – YouTube

(361) Why And How Did Rome Build a Giant Bridge Here? – YouTube

(362) The Challenge of Archaeology in Emergency – YouTube

(362) The final scene (exodos) of Euripides’ Bacchae – Part 1 – YouTube

(362) The final scene (exodos) in Euripides’ Bacchae – Part 2 – YouTube

(362) Spotlight Lecture: Investigating Pigments on Egyptian Cartonnage from the Graeco-Roman Period – YouTube

(362) A Young Country, an Ancient Manuscript – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Full Time Lecturer in Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania
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