IN THE NEWS …
- Ancient Romans Put Their Faith in Guardian Spirits. Archaeologists Just Found a Rare 1,600-Year-Old Carving of One in Northern England
- A Latrine from Hadrian’s Villa Reveals that Carbonation is the Key to the Millennial Durability of Roman Concrete
- 1,700-Year-Old Coin Celebrating Constantinople Found at Roman Villa in Devon | Arkeonews
- Gold plaque provides first evidence of Jupiter Dolichenus cult at Apsaros Roman fort
- Was Odysseus’ Ithaca Never an Island? Scholars Challenge Centuries-Old Assumption | Sci.News
- Ancaster gardener phoned mum and said ‘we’ve dug up a skeleton’
- ‘Extremely rare’ iron shackles discovered at 2,300-year-old settlement in France may have been used on enslaved women or children | Live Science
- 3,400-year-old gold diadems and mouth-pieces from Cyprus blend the art of Egypt, Greece and the Near East
- Radiography students join archaeology project to unlock Roman secrets | SoR
- Archaeologists uncover 5th-century BC defensive wall under Odesa boulevard
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Women on ancient Roman farms were in charge of making wine, oil – and profits. Historians dismissed them as ‘housekeepers’
- In Homer’s footsteps – Geographical
- Ancient Greek Honey Offering Found in Paestum Shrine Solves 70-Year Mystery – GreekReporter.com
- How Alexander the Great Used Myths to Conquer the World – GreekReporter.com
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- Emily Wilson on her controversial Odyssey translation
- Emily Wilson Explains Why The Odyssey Still Matters
- A modern big screen twist on an epic poem: Dr. Leah Culligan Flack helps break down ‘The Odyssey’ | Marquette Today
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Why Hollywood keeps making ‘The Odyssey’ trip
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Is Just the Latest Reimagining – WSJ
- The history of ‘The Odyssey’ – Sterling Journal-Advocate
- Do You Know These Greek Plays and Poems That Were Turned Into Movies? – The New York Times
- “The Odyssey:” Five UChicago Experts on the Epic Behind the Blockbuster | Newswise
- 20 gorgeous Greek nail designs inspired by The Odyssey – Scratch
- Odyssey 101: A Crash Course in Homer’s Epic
- Tom Holland’s BERO Celebrates “The Odyssey” With Collectible Beer Cans – American Craft Beer
AT THE MUSEUMS…
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- Laran, the Etruscan War God – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 7 July 2026
- Boar-Skin Helmet – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- New(ish) Civil War Type? – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- (4) Aeneid VI.384-476 – by publius vergilius maro
- Iberians: Petronius on Eumolpus’ will and ethnographic examples of eating of human flesh (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Egyptians: Juvenal on “demented Egypt,” animal worship, and the eating of raw human flesh (early second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Truth
- Laudator Temporis Acti: “By Zeus” in Aristophanes’ Wasps
- Zeeland: Colijnsplaat – Mainzer Beobachter
- Utrecht: Woerden – Mainzer Beobachter
- Noord-Brabant: Empel – Mainzer Beobachter
- Fryslân: Tolsum – Mainzer Beobachter
- Limburg: Tongeren – Mainzer Beobachter
- Groningen: Ezinge – Mainzer Beobachter
- Gelderland: Velp – Mainzer Beobachter
- Limburg: Kessel – Mainzer Beobachter
- Vlaanderen: Oudenburg – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hidden portal in the Giza Pyramid to be opened?
- PaleoJudaica.com: On the 364-day solar calendar
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Rephaim and the Greek Meropes?
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Khirbet el-ʿAqd: A Hellenistic–Roman Stronghold in Western Judea
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Tel Aviv University Excavations in Ancient Jaffa Vol. I
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis I: The German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project The 2019–2020 Seasons
STREAMING MEDIA…
- Video Hidden secrets of Pompeii revealed – ABC News
- (58) Herculaneum, Inside the House of the Carbonized Furniture – YouTube
- (58) Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson on Bringing the Ancient Tale to Life in Christopher Nolan’s New … – YouTube
- (65) Did The Odyssey Influence Ancient Indian Culture? – YouTube
- (65) Nolan’s Odyssey Open House – YouTube
- (65) Encirclement, the Ouroboros, and Clues of Ritual Activity and Religious Belief in the Magical Gems – YouTube
BOOK REVIEWS …
- If You’re Seeing ‘The Odyssey,’ First Read ‘An Odyssey’ – Chronicles
- The visual preservation of Roman Stabiae: the Villa Arianna survey and the study of frescoes in their physical context – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…
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