IN THE NEWS …
- New discovery puts ‘women at the centre of early Bronze Age society’
- Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily | Archaeology | The Guardian
- 450 Mice Found in a 2,700-Year-Old Sanctuary in Crete Point to an Unknown Cult | Arkeonews
- Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City Smelled Like 2,000 Years Ago : ScienceAlert
- Rare Syracusan gold coin unearthed in ancient necropolis
- Chersonesos Unearths a Girl’s Gold, Rouge and Perfume After 1,900 Years | Arkeonews
- Roman altar dedicated to Jupiter emerges from Danube as record-low water levels expose riverbed in Hungary | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Polykleitos’ Canon Is Reborn in Pompeii: A New Scientific Reconstruction in Bronze Has Been Created
- Şanlıurfa Castle Excavations Uncover a Martyr’s Church in Ancient Edessa | Arkeonews
- Bronze Age Greek Rulers Wore “Space Bling” | Arkeonews
- The Unique 1,500-Year-Old Vessel That Heralded the Coming of Christ Unearthed at Pisidia Antiokheia | Arkeonews
- Shackled Men in Ancient Athens Mass Grave Were Locals, Not Invaders, Study Confirms | Arkeonews
- Ancient drainage network found beneath Roman theater in Catania, Italy | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Etruscan votive offerings found in ritual well
- Ancient Roman Firefighters May Have Waited for Alarms Among Lavish Mosaics | Discover Magazine
- Mercury or Victoria? A Roman Camp’s Vanished Relic Leaves Two Gods Fighting for Credit | Arkeonews
- A 1,500-Year-Old Tax Scandal in Western Anatolia Reveals Corruption in the Late Roman Empire | Arkeonews
- The Emperor’s Revenge? Roman Villa Bones Hint at a Fourth-Century Massacre in Britain | Arkeonews
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Explorator 28.32 ~ August 9, 2026 – Explorator
- Why Ancient Romans feared solar eclipses foretold political misfortune | The Independent
- When Did the Etruscans Arrive in Italy? – GreekReporter.com
- Polybius: The Ancient Greek Who Envisioned Checks and Balances 2,000 Years Ago – GreekReporter.com
- What Ancient Romans Really Watched at the Colosseum — It Wasn’t Just Gladiator Fights
- New Research Reveals That a Pharaoh’s Daughters Were Skilled at Archery 4,000 Years Ago
- Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii* | Past & Present | Oxford Academic
- The Greek Myth Behind Why an Alarm is Called a “Siren”
- Thucydides’ account of war is as timely as it is misunderstood | Aeon Essays
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- Eminent classicist Paul Cartledge on the Athenian statesman who gave his name to generations of Greeks – Neos Kosmos
- University of Guelph professor reflects on The Odyssey – Guelph News
- You, Sir, Are No Odysseus. Nolan’s Odyssey is a hell of a film… | by Madelyn Waehner | The 10th Muse | Aug, 2026 | Medium
- Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’: WMass classics profs weigh in
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Eat the Lotus! | The New Yorker
- Gods of advertising: why ads keep returning to ancient Greece
- 10 Best Greek Mythology Movies to Watch After ‘The Odyssey’
- The Odyssey (2026) Has a Historical Accuracy Problem (But Not That One) – CANE
- Troy, the Odyssey, and Overpopulation | National Review
- A deceased estate, an ancient coin and the story of the canine star of The Odyssey | Stuff
- The ‘Odyssey effect’: Homer’s epic inspires a new generation | eKathimerini.com
- Hallmark Adapted The Odyssey Before Christopher Nolan And It’s Actually Great
- The classic 1980 Rush song that channels ‘The Odyssey’
- ‘The Odyssey’ and the Clash of Civilizations
ANCIENT DRAMA …
- Review: Schrödinger’s Lesbians, The Glitch – Everything Theatre
- Disabled cast makes history at 2,300-year-old Greek theater | AP News
AT THE MUSEUMS …
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- (2) Aeneid IX.621-716 – by publius vergilius maro
- Homer’s ‘Set List’: Imagining a Performance of the Iliad – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Realistic Renderings of Papyrus Rolls in Stone | Variant Readings
- Weekly Varia no. 194, 08/09/26 – Noodlings
- De Oudheid samengevat (door artificiële intelligentie) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Nog één keer de Livius Nieuwsbrief – Mainzer Beobachter
- De geboorteplaats van Paulus – Mainzer Beobachter
- Zingend naar de zeebodem – Mainzer Beobachter
- Romeins aardewerk – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Asymmetric Warfare
- PaleoJudaica.com: Daniel’s dream portrayed on an ancient Turkish liturgical vessel
- PaleoJudaica.com: Daniel Sivan (1949-2026)
- PaleoJudaica.com: No Aramaic in Gibsons “Resurrection of the Christ”
- PaleoJudaica.com: Scarlata, Wine, Soil, and Salvation in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament (CUP)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Carbajosa, A Step Back to the Original Old Testament Peshitta (Brill)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Vase Explorer
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Byzantium at Early Modern Courts: Reception, Confrontation and Projects
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Along the Silk Roads, between Western and Eastern Asia
FRESH PODCASTERY…
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (787) Ancient Roman pottery discovered in shipwreck off Sicilian coast – YouTube
- (787) Roman shipwreck with hundreds of amphorae discovered in Mazara del Vallo – YouTube
- (787) Demetrius II Nicator | Seleucid Empire | Animated History Documentary – YouTube
- (788) Ancient Roman City with TWO Amphitheaters – YouTube
- (788) Rome’s Richest Conquest Turned Into its Biggest Trap – YouTube
- (788) Alice Roberts On The Origins of Christianity – YouTube
- (790) Can Oxbridge Academics explain the Roman Economy? Oxford Cambridge University Hopkins Taxes & Trade – YouTube
- (790) What did the Odyssey actually sound like? – YouTube
- (790) The myth of Cupid/Eros & Psyche – YouTube
LATINITAS …
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POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…
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