IN THE NEWS …
- 1,800-Year-Old Curse Tablet in the Netherlands Reveals a Greek Spell Written in Egyptian Style – Arkeonews
- Fresh Find at Heraclea Sintica Strengthens Evidence of Ancient Hero Cult Rituals – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
- BTA :: Second Inscription to Heracles Kynagidas Discovered in Heraclea Sintica
- A Two-Colored Marble Dancer from Ancient Perge Still Seems to Move After 1,800 Years – Arkeonews
- 2,000-Year-Old Grape Seeds Rewrite the History of Italian Wine
- Rare intact Roman sarcophagus unearthed in Croatia
- Oderzo: A Large Early Christian Basilica Discovered—Mosaics and Tombs from Late Antiquity
- Greece returns over 1,000 coins to Turkey ahead of first joint Culture Forum | The Jerusalem Post
- Ancient Greek Inscription in Albania Reveals Powerful Roman Woman’s Role in Hadrian-Era City – GreekReporter.com
- Archaeologists Uncover Rare Roman Lime Kiln in Hungary – GreekReporter.com
- With Fresh Marble Fillings, the Parthenon Gets a Partial Glow-Up – The New York Times
- Bahariya Oasis was sacred 800 years before its temple, and Romans used it for wine and oil, archaeologists find
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Explorator 28.25 ~ June 21, 2026 – Explorator
- Opinion | Elon Musk Is Too Rich. We’ve Known That Since Plato. – The New York Times
- Achilles’ heel: a centuries-old misunderstanding? : NPR
- Ancient Roman Records Offer Rare Evidence for Jesus Beyond the Bible – Arkeonews
- The Daily Dump: Social Life in Ancient Roman Latrines – Archaeology
- Did Aristotle Write a Sex Manual? The Strange Story Behind a 17th-Century Bestseller – GreekReporter.com
- The Adventurous Journey of an Ancient Greek Lyre – GreekReporter.com
- Flowerpot Used For 200 Years Turned Out to Be a Rare Treasure : ScienceAlert
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Christopher Nolan Gets Unexpected Rival as a Second The Odyssey Movie Is Announced
- Imposing Statue of Zeus to Adorn City of Crotone, Magna Graecia – GreekReporter.com
ANCIENT DRAMA …
AT THE MUSEUMS …
- The clay tablets from Poggio Civitate return to Siena forty years after their first exhibition
- Why are ancient statues almost always headless? Wars, iconoclasm, earthquakes, and revolutions: a major exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi reveals how fragments became more powerful than entire works.
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- (3) Bread, Circuses, and the Claw – by Honor Cargill-Martin
- XXIV Stage epigrafico nei Musei archeologici nazionali del Veneto – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- (3) Aeneid III.294-395 – by publius vergilius maro
- (3) Aeneid III.396-505 – by publius vergilius maro
- Show Your Shelf: Library Special – Antigone
- Hey Stoopid | Sphinx
- Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IIb: Officials, Contractors and Professionals – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Progress in Religion?
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Uncelebrated Heroes
- PaleoJudaica.com: Obeid, Le langage métaphorique dans le texte hébreu de Ben Sira (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Porter & Laird (eds.), The New Testament Canon in Contemporary Research (Brill)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Funerary Textiles in Situ: Towards a Better Method for the Study of Textile-related Burial Practices
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aux origines de la monnaie fiduciaire: Traditions métallurgiques et innovations numismatiques
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Laideurs grecques: Usages et représentations antiques
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La République romaine face aux crises. Tome 1: Traumatismes, résilience et recompositions aux temps des guerres hannibalique et civiles (218-201/49-30 a.C.)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hospitalité et régulation de l’altérité dans l’Antiquité méditerranéenne
FRESH PODCASTERY…
- Anima Latina 21.06.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 20.06.2026 – Vatican News
- 3901 Ancient Superpowers Colli…–The History Network – Apple Podcasts
- The Library of Alexandria – The Ancients | Acast
STREAMING MEDIA…
- (578) Some of the best Ancient Greek ruins aren’t in Greece! – Cyrene, Libya – YouTube
- (579) AB OVO (usque ad mala) | Spoken Latin Podcast (70) – YouTube
- (580) Why We’ve Misunderstood Ancient Disability for Centuries – YouTube
- (580) Could you survive the challenges faced by Odysseus? – YouTube
- (580) Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston | Official Trailer | National Geographic – YouTube
- (580) The Rule of Cambyses II #ancienthistory #persianempire #persian – YouTube
- (580) Secrets of Forgotten Pharaohs – YouTube
BOOK REVIEWS …
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