IN THE NEWS …

• Greece repatriates 48 Cypriot antiquities to Nicosia – The Greek Herald
• Rare Shell Seal Shows Moon Imagery in Israel – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Metal detectorist pays off mortgage with Roman general’s ring
• Extraordinary Roman gold ring acquired by museum
• The heart of the ancient Roman city of Altino (Venice) unearthed, outstanding results
• 3,000-Year-Old Clay Figurine Found with Human Fingerprints
• Italian teenagers discover 1,800-year-old Roman luxury house underneath their high school gym | Live Science
• Submerged Roman bridge discovered near Solothurn
• Roman brooch found in Midlothian to be displayed for first time
• Ancient Wall in Greece Collapses Into Family’s Yard, Trapping Them Between Safety and Heritage Rules – GreekReporter.com
• Anatolia’s Lost Language Sidetic Moves Closer to Decipherment as Ancient Side Alphabet Expands to 31 Letters – Arkeonews
• Ellen DeGeneres’ Cotswolds Farm Set for Investigation After Roman Ruins Discovery and Cannibalism Chatter | IBTimes UK
• Archaeologists uncover secrets of Roman settlement in Wellingborough’s Stanton Cross housing estate
• Archaeological Discovery Rewrites Mycenaean Greek History
• University of Alicante redefines major Mediterranean archaeological discovery | EurekAlert!
• Beheira discovery sheds light on settlement and burial practices in Greco-Roman period – Greco-Roman – Antiquities – Ahram Online

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• The borders of the adverbium between praepositio and coniunctio in Notker’s perspective – CORRIGENDUM | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• TIBERIUS AND THE OMINOUS SURMULLET (SUET. TIB. 60) | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
• How Rome Lost Its Center: Trade, Trust and Imperial Fragmentation | RealClearDefense

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• Stephen Dyson Obituary – Williamsville, NY
• From Data to Discovery: Reflecting on My PhD | Classics at Reading
• Tempus fugit: 40 years have flown by for retiring Latin teacher | Winchester Star | winchesterstar.com
• World-leading classicist resigns after sexual misconduct investigation

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS…

• THE ODYSSEY Poster Unleashes an Epic New Look at Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Adventure — GeekTyrant
• Retelling the Odyssey | University of Cambridge

ANCIENT DRAMA …

• Eurydice Review – The Greek Myth retold | Theatre Thoughts

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE…

• A New Widow and Her Orphan: Andromache’s Lament for Hektor in Iliad 22 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• May Reading Notes – Noodlings
• Event Recording: Conversation with T. P. Wiseman and C. Smith – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Garbage in… Greek out? Experiments with Deepseek using OCR’d Italian containing embedded Greek.
• (7) Aeneid I.410-519 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• PaleoJudaica.com: Bohak, The Sentencing of Jesus (Gzar-dina de-Yeshu) (OpenBook, open access)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Reconstructing a very old Torah scroll
• PaleoJudaica.com: AI translations of the letters of Procopius of Gaza
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “The pen fell from my hand when I was in my eighty-sixth year”
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Children Lost and Found : A bioarchaeological study of Middle Helladic children in Asine with a comparison to Lerna
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Music from Ancient Meroë: Reconstructing Queen Amanishakheto’s Auloi

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• Were Cretan archers better tha…–Ancient Warfare Podcast – Apple Podcasts

STREAMING MEDIA…

• (109) NUOVE INDAGINI NEL COMPLESSO DEI CASTI AMANTI: EMERGE LO SCHELETRO DI UN EQUIDE – YouTube
• (111) Mark Usher | How to Travel: An Ancient Guide for the Modern Tourist – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• The Buried City. Unearthing the Real Pompeii (G.) Zuchtriegel (translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch). Pp. 242, map, colour pls. London: Hodder Press (first published 2023 by Propyläen Verlag). Cased, £22. ISBN: 978-1-399-73117-1. | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity (M.) Ewans (ed.), Volume I. Pp. Xvi + 227, ills. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 (first published 2024). Paper, £25.99 (Cased, £80). ISBN: 978-1-350-44069-2 | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• Le style de Platon – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• The rule of law in ancient Rome – Bryn Mawr Classical Review