LEGENDA

High-status Roman woman discovered buried in ornate lead coffin
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/high-status-roman-woman-discovered-buried-in-ornate-lead-coffin/158074#:~:text=A%20late%20Roman%20burial%20uncovered,coffin%20alongside%20rare%20grave%20goods.

The Lexden Lady to go on display in Colchester

The Lexden Lady to go on display in Colchester

US returns two ancient coins to Israel after antiquities theft probe | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-896001

The UCO discovers an advanced mural painting technique never before seen in Roman Hispania
https://www.uco.es/ucci/es/noticias-ingles/item/5493-archeometry-pigments-iquema

‘We Know What It Wasn’t’: Strange Tunnel Exposed in Jerusalem Near Ramat Rahel – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-05-14/ty-article/we-know-what-it-wasnt-strange-tunnel-exposed-in-jerusalem-near-ramat-rahel/0000019e-259b-d336-a9be-25df32c80000

In 2003, a “broken pan” found in a northern field turned out to be a 2,000-year-old Roman tourist souvenir | – The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/in-2003-a-broken-pan-found-in-a-northern-field-turned-out-to-be-a-2000-year-old-roman-tourist-souvenir/articleshow/131057044.cms

[old news]Hidden Under Sand for Centuries, Archaeologists Recovered a Perfectly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Roman Anchor From the North Sea

Hidden Under Sand for Centuries, Archaeologists Recovered a Perfectly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Roman Anchor From the North Sea

The Enigma of the Cup Bearer: Cycladic Art Bemuses Archaeologists – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/13/cup-bearer-cycladic-art/

“Sell the Acropolis”: Former EU Chief Drops Bombshell Claim – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/13/sell-the-acropolis-greece-crisis-minister-juncker/

The Guardian of Amphipolis: Full Documentary – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/14/the-guardian-of-amphipolis-full-documentary/

Rare Gold-and-Silver Harness Plate From the Caucasus Reveals Secrets of the Ancient Alans – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/14/rare-gold-silver-alan-harness-plate-caucasus/

Ancient Jars in Pompeii Taverns Reveal Roman Food and Pottery Secrets – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/13/ancient-jars-pompeii-taverns-roman-food-pottery-secrets/

Why Renaissance Thinkers Saw Italy as the “New Ancient Greece” – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/14/renaissance-thinkers-italy-rome-new-ancient-greece-humanism-education/’

Wrestlers’ weights and cultural exchange in the Kushan Empire
https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/wrestlers-weights-kushan-empire/2908572/

What has Marvel to do with Homer? – The Oxford Blue
https://theoxfordblue.co.uk/marvel-and-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey/?amp=1

Elon Musk Is Now Upset That An ‘Odyssey’ Film Will Star Black And Trans Actors
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/05/13/musk-attacks-nolans-250-million-odyssey-film-pushes-claims-of-racist-casting/

‘The Odyssey’: Elon Musk’s Attacks Are Silly and Wildly Inaccurate
https://variety.com/2026/film/opinion/the-odyssey-elon-musk-diversity-christopher-nolan-lupita-nyongo-1236747945/

“Homer Without Heroes” Accusation in Translation Used in Nolan’s Odyssey
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/14/homer-without-heroes-accusation-in-translation-used-in-nolans-odyssey/

Lupita Nyong’o Reveals the Trojan Horse in America’s Culture War – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/lupita-nyongo-helen-troy-odyssey-homer-christopher-nolan-11945951

Without Ancient Greeks, We’d Have No America 250 To Celebrate
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/14/without-the-ancient-greeks-wed-have-no-america-250-to-celebrate/

4,000-year-old texts to reach new audiences

4,000-year-old texts to reach new audiences

Connecting across Difference – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Connecting across Difference

Teaching Thursday: A Semester (and a year) in Review | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: A Semester (and a year) in Review

Long Ago and Far Away: “Pegasus” (1991) – Animated Antiquity

Long Ago and Far Away: “Pegasus” (1991)

OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Aramaic Literature from Egypt and the Levant
https://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2026/05/aramaic-literature-from-egypt-and-levant.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: White-Armed Helen
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/05/white-armed-helen.html

Veertig dagen vóór Hemelvaart – Mainzer Beobachter

Veertig dagen vóór Hemelvaart

PaleoJudaica.com: Controversial nomination for IAA director
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/controversial-nomination-for-iaa.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Mystery tunnel found in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/mystery-tunnel-found-in-jerusalem.html

PaleoJudaica.com: US returns smuggled rare coins to Israel
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/us-returns-smuggled-rare-coins-to-israel.html

PaleoJudaica.com: US returns smuggled rare coins to Israel
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/us-returns-smuggled-rare-coins-to-israel.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Insula Pompeiana IX 3 The Wall Paintings, Mosaics, and Upper Floors
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/insula-pompeiana-ix-3-wall-paintings.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: SAPERE Synthesen: Die religiös-philosophische Geisteswelt der römischen Kaiserzeit
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/sapere-synthesen-die-religios.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The World’s Heritage in the Digital Age: New Technologies Towards Sustainable Research, Conservation and Communication
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-worlds-heritage-in-digital-age-new.html

Imperial institutions in ancient Rome and early China: a comparative analysis – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.11/

(6) Book Review: The Far Edges of the Known World: A New History of the Ancient Past
https://omnivorous.substack.com/p/book-review-the-far-edges-of-the

AUDIENDA

Episode 173 – Nobody Beats Camillus – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Episode 173 – Nobody Beats Camillus

What If Alexander Fought Rome? – The Ancients | Acast

VIDENDA

(36) Why Romans raised their kids speaking Greek #linguistics #history #language – YouTube

(45) Sirens Call. Odyssey 12. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube

(45) Rome’s Garbage Economy: Recycling History – YouTube

(45) Does Ancient History Have a Future? – YouTube

NOTANDA

Rhetoric, drama and their critics: celebrating the work of Malcolm Heath | Directories | University of Leeds
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/directories1/dir-record/research-projects/2148/rhetoric-drama-and-their-critics-celebrating-the-work-of-malcolm-heath

How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate
https://roundtable.org/live-courses/history/how-white-nationalists-use-ancient-greece-and-rome-to-justify-hate

(6) 14 May 2026 – A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/14-may-2026-a-bestiary-of-ancient

Pasts Imperfect (5.14.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-5-14-26/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter