IN THE NEWS …

• Student Protesters Accidentally Discovered an Ancient Roman Villa Beneath Their School
• Battle of Granicus: Turkey’s Newest Archaeological Site – GreekReporter.com
• Video. Pompeii excavations reveal equid skeleton | Euronews
• Ephemeris ~ Centum dies conflictus inter Civitates Foederatas et Irania
• Metal Detectorist Finds Rare Roman Gold Ring Buried During Britain’s Imperial Breakaway
• Roman bath clog: The world’s oldest shower shoes were found at a fort along Hadrian’s Wall | Live Science
• Plato’s Academy, lost in neglect | eKathimerini.com
• Greek Acropolises, Neither Democratic Refuges nor Residences of Prehistoric Kings: A Study Questions Their Origin and Function

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• Understanding the contemporary significance of classical studies-Xinhua
• Did the Mycenaeans Encounter the Rare Dwarf Elephants of the Aegean? – GreekReporter.com
• Breaking Down Stereotypes of Women in Ancient Athens and Sparta – GreekReporter.com
• Ancient Romans Were Obsessed With This Remarkable Herb – Then It Vanished Forever

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• Tempus fugit: 40 years have flown by for retiring Latin teacher | Winchester Star | winchesterstar.com

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS…

• Homer, But Make It Hot: The Adult ‘Odyssey’ That Beat Christopher Nolan To It – Blast The Radio
• (7) ‘The Odyssey’ and the Discourse Around Classics, Translation and Adaptation…

ANCIENT DRAMA …

• The Oresteia at the Bridge Theatre: Simon Stone’s Bold New Take on Ancient Greek Tragedy with David Morrissey | British Theatre
• Sex, austerity and mugs of vodka: how the Greek myth Iphigenia became a Welsh-language film sensation | Film | The Guardian
• The famous 1961 Medea production to be revived in Epidaurus on 20 June 2026 – Seen and Heard International

AT THE MUSEUMS…

• Unique Roman brooch to go on display
• Bringing modern light to Sparta’s ancient treasures | eKathimerini.com
• Seeing Greek in Etruria: masterpieces from the Louvre and British | inItaly | True Italian Experience – inItaly

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE…

• (7) Aeneid I.723-756 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• Calcidius the Latin Plato – Antigone
• Weekly Varia no. 185, 06/07/26 – Noodlings
• Het Proto-Elamitisch – Mainzer Beobachter
• Een gesprek over kleuren bij Aulus Gellius – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Insatiable Greed
• PaleoJudaica.com: Is the Siloam Tunnel Inscription an accident memorial?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Recovering biometric data from ancient bullae?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Digitizing ancient inscriptions.
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Going against the flow : Wells,cisterns and water in ancient Greece

STREAMING MEDIA…

• (182) ‘It’s Like A Drug To Them’: The Collapse of Classics Teaching in Schools | Natalie Haynes – YouTube
• (182) Nostos: The Return (1989) – YouTube
• (182) Is the Odyssey a RIP OFF of Jason & The Argonauts!? – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Nouveaux monuments épigraphiques de Scythie mineure | Spartokos a lu
• Coin finds and monetization in the Roman northwest – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• La fabrique du personnage dans la comédie de Plaute: étude sur le masque et la gestuelle – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS…

• AI LITERACY FOR THE ANCIENT WORLD – Edward A. S. Ross