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LEGENDA
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Eight-year-old boy finds 1,700-year-old statuette fragment while hiking in Negev | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/eight-year-old-boy-finds-1700-year-old-statuette-fragment-while-hiking-in-negev/
Rare imperial purple cloth found in Roman infant burials in York – Department of Chemistry, University of York
https://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/about/news/2026/imperial-purple-cloth/
Advanced construction techniques and domestic layouts discovered in Roman-Byzantine villages of Syria
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-advanced-techniques-domestic-layouts-roman.html
Alexandria, Roman villa with mosaics, a public bath and marble statues emerged
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/alexandria-roman-villa-with-mosaics-a-public-bath-and-marble-statues-emerged
Rare Roman villa near Halberton becomes focus of major community dig
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/rare-roman-villa-near-halberton-becomes-focus-of-major-community-dig/158036
Rare Roman Cup Found in Spain Names Four Forts From Hadrian’s Wall Nearly 2,000 Kilometers Away
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/rare-roman-cup-found-in-spain-names-four-forts-from-hadrians-wall-nearly-2000-kilometers-away/
New Thessaloniki Metro Museum showcases 300,000 archaeological finds spanning more than 2,300 years
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/11/thessaloniki-metro-museum-archaeological-finds/
[paywalled] Archaeologists Discovered a Roman Superhighway Buried Deep Underground
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71018057/roman-canal-superhighway-germany/
Knesset advances controversial West Bank antiquity bill in first reading | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/knesset-approves-controversial-west-bank-antiquity-bill-in-first-reading/
Ancient Weapons Workshop Linked to Alexander the Great’s Successors Found on Greece’s Andros – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/12/ancient-weapons-alexander-great-successors-andros-greece/
Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525923-huge-study-of-ancient-british-dna-reveals-only-minor-roman-influence/
Excavation reveals vast scale of Amphipolis Kasta Tomb
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/excavation-reveals-vast-scale-of-amphipolis-kasta-tomb/158043
Massive ancient tomb of Amphipolis to open to the public in early 2028 | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1303434/massive-ancient-tomb-of-amphipolis-to-open-to-the-public-in-early-2028/
Late Roman copper slag found in Larnaca Salt Lake area | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/05/12/late-roman-copper-slag-found-in-larnaca-salt-lake-area
Roman woman’s remains found during Colchester hospital dig
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9p05y31p8o
Roman chamber pots in Bulgaria reveal ancient parasites | Science in Poland
https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C112561%2Croman-chamber-pots-bulgaria-reveal-ancient-parasites.html
Pompeii wasn’t frozen in time. Its lost voices are still speaking to us. – Big Think
https://bigthink.com/books/historys-lost-voices-pompeii/
Iconic “Greek Slave” Statue Depicts Orphaned Girl from Greece’s Psara – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/11/iconic-greek-slave-statue-depicts-orphaned-girl-greece-psara/
Elliot Page Replacing Brad Pitt in Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’? New Theory Has Fans Talking – IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65834779/?ref_=nmnw_art_perm
Elliot Page as Achilles is not as far-fetched as it seems – UnHerd
https://unherd.com/newsroom/elliot-page-as-achilles-is-not-as-far-fetched-as-it-seems/
Queen’s welcomes international Classics conference | Queen’s University Faculty of Arts and Science
https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/news/queens-welcomes-international-classics-conference
The Greek City-State of Thebes That Defeated Sparta | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/thebes-forgotten-greek-city/
Laudator Temporis Acti: Cicero, On the Laws
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/cicero-on-laws.html
The Gamemaster’s Anger and Fear: Homeric Contrafactuals and Rescuing Aeneas – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
The Gamemaster’s Anger and Fear: Homeric Contrafactuals and Rescuing Aeneas
Summer Reading List | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
PaleoJudaica.com: Expansive cultural and material range in the new Posen Library volume
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/expansive-cultural-and-material-range.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Boy finds late-antique god figurine-fragment in Negev
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/boy-finds-late-antique-god-figurine.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Revised bill for new West Bank antiquity authority passes first Knesset reading
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/revised-bill-for-new-west-bank.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Van Maaren, The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism ….
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/review-of-van-maaren-gospel-of-marks.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’Abkhazie à l’époque pré-antique et antique
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/labkhazie-lepoque-pre-antique-et-antique.html
Abkhazia in Pre-Ancient and Ancient Times | Spartokos has read
Plautus: Casina – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.09/
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The Plautus Thickens: Miles Gloriosus, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 219) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/the-plautus-thickens-miles-gloriosus-part-i-ad-navseam-episode-219/
Dragon Slayer–Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts
“I’ll Find a Place”–Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts
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VIDENDA
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(458) 8-Year-Old Boy Stuns Archaeologists With 1,700 Year Old Discovery in #Israel – #archaeology – YouTube
(459) Did You Know Ancient Greece Had Its Dark Ages? – YouTube
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NOTANDA
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At the Thermopylae of the Peloponnese: The Discovery of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Samikon | Eventi | UniTN
https://eventi.unitn.it/en/thermopylae-peloponnese
Multi-scale pigment analysis of an Etruscan ostrich egg: from on-site portable methods to synchrotron radiation | npj Heritage Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-026-02516-5
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