IN THE NEWS …

• Resurrecting Herodium: A royal desert fortress awakens After 2,000 years | The Jerusalem Post
• A 4,500-Year-Old Circular Settlement in Türkiye May Become a Living Model of Early Bronze Age Life – Arkeonews
• Ancient Roman curse tablet deciphered by Heidelberg researchers
• Ancient Rhodian Wine Jars Reveal a Magnetic Collapse and a Mystery Beneath Jerusalem – Arkeonews
• Kurdistan Archaeology Uncovers “Lost Archive” and Cuneiform Inscriptions Rewriting the Bronze Age History » Iraqi News Agency
• Roman shrine dedicated to Minerva discovered in ancient quarry
• A Discarded Theory May Actually Be the Truth Behind the Phaistos Disc
• Rare Roman jug buried in 5th-century grave found almost intact in Moravia | Radio Prague International

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• What if some of history’s earliest kings were really queens? | National Geographic
• Greek Goddess Athena’s Bird of Wisdom Makes Pompeii Its Home After 2,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
• How Nazi Germany Usurped Ancient Greece’s Legacy – GreekReporter.com
• The strange tale of the frigate that traveled the Mediterranean buying archeological artefacts | Culture | EL PAÍS English

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• From Homer to Hollywood: Ahead of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film release, UC Santa Cruz classics professors discuss the enduring fascination with The Odyssey – News
• The New ‘Odyssey’ Movie Is Sparking a Right-Wing Backlash. This Female Scholar Knows It Well | WIRED

ANCIENT DRAMA …

• Greek National Opera Returns to Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus With Reimagined MEDEA

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• News From Amphipolis 23/6/26 | Sphinx
• Travel Tuesday: On the Road to Delphi | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• (3) Aeneid III.610-718 – by publius vergilius maro
• Blue Eyed Moon [Луната със сините очи] (2001, NSFW) – Animated Antiquity
• Roman Times: A Remnant of Sulla’s Sack: A Bronze Eros, the Mahdia Shipwreck, and Rome’s Appetite for Greek Cultural Capital

FRESH PODCASTERY …

• Festivals in ancient Rome: Jul…–Ancient History Hound – Apple Podcasts

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (645) Conférence annuelle de l’École française d’Athènes 2026 – 1ere partie_FR – YouTube
• (647) Zeus, God of Affairs, Births & Godly Drama Explained! – YouTube
• (650) Everyone Thought They Had Found Alexander the Great’s Tomb..They Were Wrong #history #ancienthistory – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS …

• Remembering Broken Promises and Shattered Voices — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
• Statius: Silvae. Lateinisch – Deutsch – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT …

• Heidelberg University PhD candidate position
• Teaching Fellow in Latin Language and Literature (111767-0626) – University of Warwick