IN THE NEWS …

• Akragas reveals its secrets: new excavations begin among the houses of the Valley of the Temples – Sicily
• Charred 2,000-year-old Roman bread found in Switzerland for first time | Fox News
• Scythian tomb over 2,000 years old discovered in east Moldova settlement
• Pompeii victim identified as Roman physician killed while fleeing Vesuvius eruption – Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy | The Independent
• Study Reveals What Caused the Rise and Collapse of Roman Anatolia – GreekReporter.com
• Ancient Roman Technique Discovered 8,000 Years Earlier, Study Says : ScienceAlert
• ‘Spectacular’ Remains of Wealthy Roman Woman Discovered During Construction Work
• A Dazzling Digital Reconstruction of the Parthenon at Its Zenith – GreekReporter.com
• Ancient Greek Historian Plutarch Was Among the First Vegetarians – GreekReporter.com
• Sulla’s Sack of Ancient Athens and the Bloody End of Greek Sovereignty – GreekReporter.com
• The 1,500-Year-Old Lady’s Sandals With Sweet Message in Greek – GreekReporter.com
• The Ancient Life-Size Mural of Trojan War Hero Achilles Discovered in France – GreekReporter.com
• Toulon: Beneath the naval base, a 2,000-year-old Roman port – Boulevard Voltaire
• Antikythera Mechanism: Computer Built in Ancient Greece Leaves Scientists Stunned

CLASSICISTS AND …`

• Dr. Oswaldo Arteaga, a world reference for Phoenician archaeology in the Axarquía, dies | Sur in English
• ‘I have a broader sense of awe’

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS…

• Greece gifts Olympia artifacts to Australia for the 2032 Games | eKathimerini.com
• The Perfect TV Show to Watch Before Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is Streaming on Prime`
• Denzel Washington Officially Beat Vin Diesel to the ‘Hannibal’ Trilogy He’s Wanted for 24 Years

ALSO SEEN …

• Picturing Pompeii – The Past
• DE CONVENTU TRUMP ET XI
• Raunchy TV Comedy Channels Greek History Better Than Troy Or The Odyssey | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
• Sci-fi author’s last novel links ancient Minoans and Pacific Northwest

AT THE MUSEUMS…

• Ancient Roman footwear exhibition at Bata Shoe Museum offers a glimpse into Roman life – The Globe and Mail
• The Body That Remains: the Etruscan Urn at the National Archaeological | inItaly | True Italian Experience – inItaly
• Aphrodite’s blessing. Brides in classical art | Meer

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE,..

• 2026 Season | Ancient History Ramblings
• (6) Introducing The Latinum Press – by Latinum Institute
• Summer Projects 2026 – Noodlings
• Piers Morgan Had Three Conspiracy Theorists Debate Zahi Hawass. They Lost. – JASON COLAVITO
• Fireside Friday, May 15, 2026 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Montanisme (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Montanisme (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
• De slag bij Nikopolis aan de Donau – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Nelson, Jesus’ Physical Appearance (T&T Clark)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Holmstedt et al., Phoenician Inscriptions (SBL)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Coinage of the Roman Provinces of Moesia and Thrace: Imperial or Provincial? (Supplementary Material)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Egypt in Roman eyes: Approaches to ancient material culture
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Egiptologias Luso-Brasileiras: Contribuições para uma Discussão Global – Volume I
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Egiptologias Luso-Brasileiras: Contribuições para uma Discussão Global – Volume II
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient rape cultures: sexual violence in the Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian world

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• Anima Latina 17.05.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 16.05.2026 – Vatican News
• Does Ancient History Have A Fu…–Classical Wisdom Speaks – Apple Podcasts

STREAMING MEDIA…

• (116) Secrets of Pompeii: Daily life 2,000 years ago – YouTube
• (118) Spencer Klavan on Aeschylus’ Oresteia: How Do You Put the Furies to Rest? – YouTube
• (120) A Closer Look: The Etruscans – YouTube
• (120) Great Hymn to the Aten Bettina Joy DeGuzman – YouTube
• (121) Extraordinary discovery in Pompeii: A doctor identified thanks to his instruments – YouTube
• (122) Obsessed with this take on the Lotus Eaters #theodyssey #shorts #ancientgreece #greekmythology – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• (6) The Spies and Professors Who Saved Ancient Athens from Nazi Plunder

CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS…

• Antiquity in Media Studies 2026 Event Series (May 30 – Research Panels, Book Launch, and Committee Event on Pedagogy) – The Classical Association of Canada
• 20th Trends in Classics International Conference – Department of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…

• Part-time Lecturer in Latin: The University of Chicago: Division of the Arts & Humanities: Department of Classics