IN THE NEWS …

• Archaeologists uncover 4,000-year-old evidence of siege warfare in ancient Mesopotamia
• Archaeologists uncover oldest known structure at Hadrian’s Villa
• An ancient stone staircase seemed to lead nowhere. It’s revealing the ‘lost Pompeii’ | CNN
• Pompeii’s Most Famous House, the Villa of Mysteries, is at Risk of Collapse | ArchDaily

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• 5) 11 June 2026 – Byblos and the Making of an Ancient Maritime Hub
• How Israel Is Using Archaeology to Advance West Bank Annexation – Israel Political News
• Israel’s Ancient Olive Oil Industry | ArmstrongInstitute.org
• Can virtual reality train surgeons? A 2,000-year-old experiment reveals what’s missing | EurekAlert!

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• Studies of classics called key to future – Chinadaily.com.cn
• ‘Curious about the world’: 66-year-old grad spent studies diving for ancient artifacts – The Brock News
• James M. Redfield, a Greek scholar and award-winning professor, dies at 91 | John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS…

• The Odyssey across ages: how an ancient epic continues to speak to us – The Hindu
• Backlash against Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ misses the point – Chicago Sun-Times
• Xena: How Hollywood Created a Greek Warrior Princess Who Never Existed – GreekReporter.com
• Abduction Of The Sabine Women, By An Unknown 16th Or 17th Century Artist – The Historian’s Hut
• HBO Wasn’t Built in a Day, and Neither Was ‘Rome’
• Texas’ ‘Pompeii’ will soon reopen after year-long overhaul

AT THE MUSEUMS…

• The Shipwreck in the Strait of Otranto
• Troy and Rome: the major archaeological exhibition at the Colosseum | inItaly | True Italian Experience – inItaly

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE…

• The Iconography of Jewish Scrolls in the Roman Era | Variant Readings
• (5) Aeneid II.199-297 – by publius vergilius maro
• Were there Buddhists in ancient Egypt? – Bad Ancient
• Writing Wednesday (on a Thursday… depending on where you are!) | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Wrongful Rule
• Ktesias’ Geschiedenis van de Perzen – Mainzer Beobachter
• Ktesias, geschiedschrijver (of zo) – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Hannibal movie paused
• PaleoJudaica.com: Are the Nag Hammadi codices a “library?”
• PaleoJudaica.com: Fraenkel … Confrontation Stories among Rabbis in the Babylonian Talmud (Magnes, Hebrew)
• PaleoJudaica.com: That British Museum lecture on ancient Israel is this afternoon
• PaleoJudaica.com: Proverbs used Egyptian scribal techniques?

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• Life Lessons From the Odyssey:…–Classical Wisdom Speaks – Apple Podcasts
• Titus’ Victory Tour – Vespasian #22 – Life Of The Caesars
• BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, The Garamantes
• The Hero and The Man: An Interview with C. B. Robertson
• Episode 174 – We Built This City on Big Hewn Stones – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies
• Alexander the Great: The man who conquered the ancient world before 33 – ABC listen
• Aphrodite & Ares: An Immortal Affair (With Jennifer Saint): The Show Notes – Ancient History Fangirl
• The Pharisees – The Ancients | Acast
• Mary Beard on Ruling the Roman Empire – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast

STREAMING MEDIA…

• (287) How the provinces worked in The Roman Empire #ancienthistory #ancientrome #romanempire #rome – YouTube
• (289) The Rise of the Persian Empire #ancientpersia #cyrusthegreat #ancienthistory #iran – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Étude et interprétation des pratiques funéraires du passé. | Spartokos a lu
• Looking at Hippolytus – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Fleets and naval forces of the late Roman Mediterranean (3rd-6th centuries) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…

• Assistant Professor of Classics and Associate or Full Professor of Classics – HigherEdJobs