IN THE NEWS …
- Military camp in Uzbekistan sheds new light on Alexander the Great’s legacy
- Archaeology: 18 ancient tombs in Egypt yield ‘golden tongue’ amulets | Euronews
- Rare 2,700-Year-Old Seal from Tel Yavne Reveals Astral Worship in the Shadow of the Assyrian Empire | Arkeonews
- The oldest deliberately collected fossil ichthyosaur was discovered in Roman Britain around 1,800 years ago
- Oldest structure at Hadrian’s Villa uncovered beneath imperial palace complex | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- 6,000-year-old broken ribs discovered in Syria may be one of the oldest known cases of child abuse in the world | Live Science
- Inscriptions in the Ancient Phrygian City of Acmonia Reveal Torch-Bearing Statues at Night and the Power of Priestesses
- A 3,000-Year-Old Painter’s Palette from Ancient Egypt, with Traces of the Original Colors Still In It | Open Culture
- AI Cracked the Rules of a Lost Roman Board Game, and It’s Unlike Anything We Expected
- Man jailed as Sotheby’s due diligence foils antiquities fraud – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
- The Met Returns Greek Antiquities in $95 Million Restitution Effort – GreekReporter.com
- How Did Hannibal Get His Elephants Across the Alps? New Calculations Point to One Route | Arkeonews
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- (4) 9 July 2026 – Why Did Odysseus Go to Scheria?
- Was the Kraken a Sea Monster From Greek Mythology? – GreekReporter.com
- Plutarch’s ancient advice for how to be happier online
- What Is the Oldest Known Siege? | HISTORY
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS…
- The Odyssey: Mythology, Not Mere Fiction – The Distinction Matters
- Artists vs the Odyssey | The Spectator
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ and Homer’s Splintered Gospel – Christianity Today
- Watch the First Spectacular Film Adaptation of the Odyssey (1911) | Open Culture
- ‘A story of sex, strategy and power’: How women shape the plot of Homer’s Odyssey
- Tom Holland (not that one) battles with Elon Musk over ‘Odyssey’
- Elon Musk takes on Rest is History host in epic Odyssey battle
- The Battle of Dyrrhachium: Caesar could have lost Rome | advance.hr
AT THE MUSEUMS…
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- Three Things Thursday: Vibe Coding, Half-Frame, and Digital Archaeology | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- (4) Aeneid V.816-871 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
- Class Dismissed! Now What?! – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- On Waiting to see Nolan’s Odyssey – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: SOTS Booklist 2026
- PaleoJudaica.com: Secrets of Huqoq at the Yigal Allon Center Museum
- PaleoJudaica.com: Assyrian religious-themed seal excavated at Yavneh
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le cavalier thrace en Dobroudja
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pobreza, marginación y exclusión en la Antigüedad clásica: Actas del XLIV Coloquio Internacional del GIREA
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: kulturGUTerhalten: Rekonstruktion – Ergänzung – Retusche. Geschichte(n) der Restaurierung archäologischer Schätze
FRESH PODCASTERY…
- Episode 175 – Of Mars and Marshes – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies
- The Secret Lives of Julio-Claudian Wives (Part 2): The Show Notes – Ancient History Fangirl
- Egypt’s Book of the Dead – The Ancients | Acast
- A Day in the Life of a Gladiator – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast
STREAMING MEDIA…
- (321) ‘It’s not about a woman’: The Odyssey actress whines about gender representation in ancient epic – YouTube
- (321) Ancient historian breaks down Nolan’s Odyssey trailer – YouTube
BOOK REVIEWS…
- Ciceronian invectives: emotions, configurations, and reactions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
- Living at the margins: African peasants in an age of extremes 300-900 CE – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…
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