IN THE NEWS …

• 3,000-year-old spelt and pottery discovered in sunken settlement beneath Italian lake
• New 2,300-Year-Old Tombs Discovered in Hittite Capital of Hattusa | Arkeonews
• 2,400-Year-Old Tomb of a Possible Ancient Wrestler Discovered at Aspendos | Arkeonews
• 2,400-year-old tomb discovered in Turkey may hold the remains of an athlete, ‘perhaps even a wrestler’ | Live Science
• Ancient Maltese seafarers likely navigated by the stars
• Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily | Archaeology | The Guardian
• The discovery of the remains of 450 mice deposited as an offering in the sanctuary of Apollo in Gortyna indicates an ancient change of dedication
• Italian Diver Discovers Hundreds of Ancient Amphorae in Sicily – The New York Times
• Long-Lost Ancient Greek Sculpture Is Resurrected in Pompeii
• The Romans left their dead behind. Archaeologists want to know why – The Slovak Spectator
• Ashes from Pompeii reveal what the ancient city SMELLED like before it was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago | Daily Mail Online
• Rare Syracusan Gold Coin Unearthed in Ancient Necropolis Near Agrigento – Greek City Times
• ‘God of healing’ found at Aspendos
• Türkiye’s ancient city of Troy reveals 2,000-year-old Roman street | Daily Sabah

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• Loneliness Before the Digital Age: How Ancient Rome Invented the Architecture of Alienation – Archaeology
• How Heinrich Schliemann Rediscovered Troy—and Then Destroyed It | National Geographic
• Why Did the Ancient Romans Bury This Monumental Marble Statue Facedown? They Wanted to Repurpose It as a Paving Stone
• How Cleopatra Crafted Her Divine Image | HISTORY
• ‘Dig’ Release Date Set On Peacock; Comedy Series Stars Amy Poehler
• Why Are Most Ancient Roman Statues Headless? – GreekReporter.com
• Synoikia: The Ancient Greek Festival That United Athens Every August – GreekReporter.com

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• Homer Is Having a Resurgence—but Not in Higher Ed (opinion)
• An Archaeologist’s Review of Nolan’s Odyssey | Critique
• Riding the wave of the Odyssey effect | University of Cincinnati
• The Odyssey: classicist Mary Beard asks where is all the sex – and the jokes – in Christopher Nolan’s take on the ancient poem
• A Catholic classicist on Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – America Magazine

AT THE MUSEUMS …

• 2,500-year-old Etruscan artifacts held at UC Berkeley on display for a limited time – Berkeley News
• Incheon exhibition traces 6,000 years of Greek history built on maritime power – The Korea Times

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• (2) Aeneid IX.717-818 – by publius vergilius maro
• Traveling Tuesday: The Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Brill’s Companion to Musonius Rufus – out soon! | Classically Inclined
• An English translation of Harnack’s reconstruction of Marcion’s gospel
• In Brief: Journal Retracts Filippo Biondi’s Remote Sensing Pyramid Paper – JASON COLAVITO
• Zes vragen aan Gert Knepper – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: English Girls
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Nonsense
• PaleoJudaica.com: Anything left to say about the Shroud of Turin?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Gradel & Pedersen ,The Lost Novel of King Solomon and the Demons
• PaleoJudaica.com: The ABCs of West Bank areas
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Late Babylonian Administrative and Legal Texts, Concerning Craftsmen, from the Eanna Archive
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Virtus et Humanitas: Bridging Virtues and Values of Greco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian Paideia

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• Surviving Pompeii with Steven … – In Such a Place – Apple Podcasts
• BBC Audio | Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics | Series 12 | Nero

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (807) Judea – Rome’s Most Rebellious Province – The Empire Couldn’t Control Judea – YouTube
• (808) Roman shipwreck discovered off the coast of Sicily – YouTube
• (809) ‘Big emotion’: Freediver discovers ancient Roman shipwreck off the coast of Sicily – YouTube
• (808) Late Antique Roman mosaics of Ravenna! – YouTube
• (811) Translating The Iliad’s Intro – With Emily Wilson – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Book Review: ‘Talking Classics,’ by Mary Beard – The New York Times
• Timaeus in paradise: metaphors and beauty from Plato to Dante and beyond – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Military households of Roman auxiliary commanders in western Europe and north Africa: Latin inscriptions, Vindolanda letters, and praetorium archaeology – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• From Midas to Cyrus and other stories: papers on Iron Age Anatolia in honour of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…

• Project Curator: Amazons Exhibition | The British Museum Careers