IN THE NEWS …

• Roman Sanctuary Hidden in “Cave of the Women” – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Video. Archaeologists baffled by huge Roman structure found in Budapest | Euronews
• Ancient shipwrecks reveal lost history beneath the Red Sea
• Who Was the Mysterious Gallic Warrior Buried in Britain with a Unique 2,000-Year-Old Helmet? | Arkeonews
• Rare Roman painting reveals an unusual use of Egyptian blue | Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary People After the Western Roman Empire Fell
• 5,000-year-old drainage system uncovered at Liman Tepe in western Türkiye – Türkiye Today
• Vetulonia: Entrance to the Domus dei Dolia discovered
• A revival of classics: Modern teachings at UA – The Crimson White
• DNA From Ancient Grape Seeds Shows Spain’s Wine Came From the Phoenicians, Not the Romans
• Face-down Roman burial with rich grave goods found in Salona, Croatia | Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Ancient Roman military camp linked to Marcus Aurelius found in Slovakia | Fox News

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• Why Greek Statues Have Small Penises: Woman’s Lecture Goes Viral – GreekReporter.com
• Troy: the city survived the end of the Bronze Age
• Was Ancient Athens Truly a Democracy? – GreekReporter.com
• Victor Wembanyama’s epic ‘Roman numerals’ quote from when NBA superstar was 16 revealed

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• 10 Best TV Shows About The Roman Empire

AT THE MUSEUMS …

• Bronze Griffin from Ancient Olympia to Star in New York Exhibition

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• Weekly Varia no. 199, 09/13/26 – Noodlings
• PaleoJudaica.com: Longacre’s Psalms book is forthcoming
• PaleoJudaica.com: How did ancient Israelites actually live?
• PaleoJudaica.com: “Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World” coming to ISAW (NYU)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Christian Palestinian Aramaic: New Perspectives on Language and Texts
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La legatura dei libri antichi: Storia e conservazione
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: 150 Years of Oriental Studies at Ca’ Foscari
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sappho: ]fragments

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• 20 RANA: Kathleen Coleman | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
• How Homer’s Odyssey Conquered …–Instant Classics – Apple Podcasts
• The Prima Porta with Dr Hannah… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts
• Epic Women of Homer: An Interv… – Greek Mythology Retold – Apple Podcasts

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (1643) The chorus and gender in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, by Almila Dukel – YouTube
• (1647) Minor characters in Euripides Bacchae, by Lily Birch – YouTube
• (1645) The Fall of the Seleucid Empire | Seleucid Empire | Animated History Documentary – YouTube
• (1645) Before Vesuvius: AD 62 Earthquake that Crushed Pompeii – YouTube
• (1646) Ancient ruins from so many time periods all in one place – YouTube
• (1647) Why Rome’s Greatest Threat Was Its Own Settler Legions – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• divers | Spartokos a lu
• The power of naming: studies in the epicletic language of Hellenistic honours – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• How to listen: an ancient guide to learning from others. Plutarch – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• (1645) The Epic Women of Homer || Dr. Eirene Allen on the Women of the Iliad & Odyssey – YouTube

CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS …

• International Conference on the Antikythera Mechanism, Hipparchus of Rhodes, Oceans, and Sky – CANE