IN THE NEWS …
- 18 ancient Egyptian tombs with dozens of gold ‘tongues’ discovered along the Mediterranean coast | Live Science
- Traces of Roman settlement unearthed near Lake Constance
- 1,600-year-old Roman guardian spirit relief found hidden beneath Vindolanda barracks | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Vada Volaterrana: new archaeological excavations begin in 2026 | inItaly | Ambasciatori del Territorio – inItaly
- Not collectors, but detectives: what drives the discoverers of the Roman ‘gold hoard’ | Luxembourg Times
- ANSA – Herculaneum’s House of the Carbonized Furniture reopens after 30 years
- Google DeepMind partnership – Durham University
- Roman gladiator arena in Switzerland? Archaeologists find a much smaller version of the Colosseum far from Rome – AS USA
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Explorator 28.28 ~ July 12, 2026 – Explorator
- Study Finds Roman Emperor Caligula Had Advanced Medical Knowledge – GreekReporter.com
- Was Homer’s Odyssey Actually Set in Scandinavia? – GreekReporter.com
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- In Memoriam: David A. Campbell, 14 August 1927 – 24 June 2026 – The Classical Association of Canada
- Sailing the ‘unpolluted seas’ of Greek mythology | eKathimerini.com
- UI Greek lit expert thrilled to see ‘Odyssey’ film spotlight ancient poem – Radio Iowa
- Daniel Mendelsohn: The Immortal Appeal of the Odyssey
- Translating ‘The Odyssey’ for a Modern Audience | KQED
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- ‘More postmodern than ancient’: why the Odyssey is everywhere, from Oz to Westeros | Culture | The Guardian
- What Odysseus taught me about spying | The Spectator Australia
- Homer: enigmatic Greek poet on an odyssey to Hollywood
- Where Was Ogygia, the Odyssey’s Most Mysterious Island? – GreekReporter.com
- This Author Says You Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by ‘The Odyssey’ – The New York Times
- The oddity of ‘The Odyssey’: Scholar reminds us that the ancient classics should never be mistaken for non-fiction – The Columbian
- Can The Odyssey Be Mapped? How Scholars Have Traced Odysseus’s Travels
- Listening to Homer’s ‘Odyssey’: An Epic Experience – WSJ
- The Guardian view on Homer: The Odyssey is more modern than we might like to think | Editorial | The Guardian
- Adapting ‘The Odyssey’ Is a Challenge of Mythic Scale. Why Do We Keep Returning to This Ancient Epic? – Georgetown University
AT THE MUSEUMS …
- Torlonia Collection: Roman Empire Second Wind Sweeps Montreal | National Review
- Tarquinia showcases Etruscan funerary art with an exhibition dedicated to painted tombs
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- Priam And Achilles, Pity and Fear: A ‘tragic’ end to Homer’s Iliad – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- (4) East vs. West – by Armand D’Angour
- SAEG Papers – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- (4) Aeneid VI.98-211 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
- (4) Aeneid VI.212-295 – by publius vergilius maro
- Gertrude Bell – Mainzer Beobachter
- Alexander de Grote in Babylon (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Alexander de Grote in Babylon (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Looting Matters: The MMA returns 45 more antiquities to Italy
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Flawless
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Snivelling Metaphysician
- PaleoJudaica.com: Anderson, Archaeology, Jesus, and the Gospel of John (Eerdmans)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Vayntrub, Body Language (Yale)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: SPLASCH. Una piattaforma condivisa per il Patrimonio dei Beni Culturali
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Patristics: Essays from Australia
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tarquinia. Scavi sistematici nell’abitato. La memoria e il presente nel pozzo sigillato del “complesso monumentale”
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Gedächtnis und Erinnerung in der jüdischen Geschichte: Zwölf Fallstudien
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Materials in Cultural Heritage: Analysis, Testing, and Preservation
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Presìdi per il Sistema dei Beni Culturali della Sardegna
FRESH PODCASTERY…
- Anima Latina 12.07.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Odyssey | Cyclops, Circe and Calypso – The Ancients | Acast
- Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 11.07.2026 – Vatican News
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (9) Indian Tiger in Rome #ancienthistory #history #romanempire #ancient – YouTube
- (9) Was Odysseus a Stoic? – With Emily Wilson – YouTube
- (9) Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey 1: What you need to know before you go – YouTube
- (9) The Real Archeology Behind The Legend Of Troy | The Odyssey – YouTube
- (10) Ancient Israelite Warfare | Warriors of History | Animated Documentary – YouTube
- (10) The Genius of Homer’s Odyssey – With Stephen Fry – YouTube
BOOK REVIEWS…
POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…
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