IN THE NEWS …

• Ancient Roman Gold Mines Discovered in Spain’s Pyrenees
• Gold and silver, Roman coins and jewelry: Construction workers discover a 2,000-year-old Celtic settlement – AS USA
• Great Pyramid of Giza is remarkably resilient to earthquakes —‬ and it’s due to the ancient Egyptians’ ‘extraordinary’ engineering knowledge | Live Science
• Türkiye’s massive ancient mosaic draws visitors after surviving 2023 earthquakes – Türkiye Today
• New archaeological discovery in Gela
• Roman Venus bust found under Spanish beach dig
• Ocriculum, new finds unearth public heart of Roman city
• ‘Lexden Lady,’ wealthy Roman woman buried in lead coffin, goes on display in UK | The Jerusalem Post
• AI Helps Researchers Identify 3,000-Year-Old Scribes From 5 Million Ancient Cuneiform Symbols | Discover Magazine
• A Mysterious Tunnel Near Jerusalem – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Only Known 2,000-Year-Old Jewish Coin Showing the Temple Menorah Returns to Israel from the U.S. – Arkeonews

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• Roman Arbitrations between Philip V and His Neighbours in the 180s BC | Antichthon | Cambridge Core
• Healthcare in Roman Colchester | Britannia | Cambridge Core
• AEGEAN HISTORY | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
• Ramses the Great: How a pharaoh built his legacy – The Past
• Research Uncovers What Made Ancient Greek City-States Thrive – GreekReporter.com
• Ancient Persians Debated Major Decisions Twice, Once Drunk and Once Sober – GreekReporter.com

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• Pompeii’s pungent past earns Leicester student prestigious Roman Society prize | News | University of Leicester
• Archaeologist Says Greece “Cancelled” Him for Opposing Return of Parthenon Sculptures – GreekReporter.com

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS…

• Lupita Nyong’o responds to backlash over The Odyssey role: ‘This is a mythological story’ | The Independent
• Megyn Kelly on The Odyssey film: “Who decided it would be a good idea to make a movie out of the book no one wanted to read and no one enjoyed in high school?” | Media Matters for America
• Lowry: Does it matter what Helen of Troy looked like?
• The Odyssey and Troy Debate Reveals Surface Level Understanding of Homer Online | Den of Geek
• Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey? | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

ANCIENT DRAMA …

• Fed-up women take a stand against township violence and male ego in ‘Lysistrata in the Hood’

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE…

• OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Proverbs and Amenemope
• Were the pyramids built alongside a now lost branch of the Nile?
• De Mildenhall Treasure – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Archaeologists have excavated First-Temple-era remains on the Temple Mount
• PaleoJudaica.com: West Bank and Gaza archaeology bills in the Knesset
• PaleoJudaica.com: How far does textual criticism of the Torah get us?
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “If Christ is Preached as Raised from the Dead…”: Studies in Honour of Riemer Roukema on the Occasion of His Retirement
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Argos Through the Argive Lens: A Reappraisal of an Ancient City

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• 104: The Disaster Of Sicily – Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts
• Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA410 – What role and status did trumpeters have in warfare?

STREAMING MEDIA…

• (290) Rome’s Greatest Nightmare: The Parthian Horse Archers – YouTube
• (292) Kushite Internationalism and the Iron Age “Phoenician” Style (900-600 BCE) – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Beasts of the Ancient World. A Kids’ Guide to Mythical Creatures, from the Sphinx to the Minotaur, Dragons to Baku (M.) Ward Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• Ursus nomine Vinnius (A.) Olimpi Pp. 101, 2024. ISBN: 9798336670479. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• The Kingdom of Pylos. Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece (S.R.) Stocker, (C.L.) Lyons, (J.L.) Davis, (E.) Militsi-Kechagia (edd.) Pp. 335, b/w & colour ills, colour maps. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2025. Cased, US$65. ISBN: 978-1-60606-967-7. https://shop.getty.edu/products/the-kingdom-of-pylos-warrior-princes-of-mycenaean-greece-978-1606069677 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• African Women of the Ancient World. Queens, Consorts, Warriors, Women (K.) Clark Pp. x + 229, pls. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2025. Cased, £25.00. ISBN: 9781399035279. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• Fiscalità ed epigrafia nel mondo romano: nuove ricerche – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• I trattati divinatori greci e il dinamismo della società tardoantica e bizantina: papiri, epigrafi e fonti letterarie – Bryn Mawr Classical Review