IN THE NEWS …

• Parthenon myth is debunked after 2,000 years: Mathematician says the Ancient Greeks did NOT curve the temple’s lines to give the illusion they were straight | Daily Mail Online
• Scrap of 1700-year-old copy of The Odyssey washes up in Utrecht – DutchNews.nl
• 1,800-year-old Roman tomb at Chersonesus linked to an elite family memorial | Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Did ‘all roads lead to Rome’? New study finds other cities in the empire were better connected. | Live Science
• A 5,000-year-old royal mystery: Digital clues point to Meretneith as Egypt’s female king
• Greece reportedly denies Frankfurt museum request to loan Parthenon Sculptures | The Jerusalem Post
• Troy’s ancient agora uncovered in recent excavations
• Why the Met Returned an Ancient Greek Masterpiece to Italy and not Greece – GreekReporter.com
• A Rare Etruscan Cube-Shaped Tomb from the Era of Rome’s Last Kings, with a Corinthian Krater Filled with Burned Bones, Discovered in Pontecagnano
• Roman roads weren’t so straight after all | New Scientist

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• Inside the first hospitals of the ancient world
• How Greek Colonization Transformed the Western Mediterranean | TheCollector
• Network science reveals the structure and lasting impact of the Roman road system | Nature Communications

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• One historian, centuries of gossip and a fresh look at Ancient Rome

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• From Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ to democracy: The enduring values of the Greek political tradition | eKathimerini.com
• Need a Good Laugh? Watch the $100K Winner of Elon Musk’s AI ‘Odyssey’ Contest | PetaPixel

ANCIENT DRAMA …

• Getty Villa Stages Reimagined ‘Antigone’ Set in Aztec Empire – Palisadian-Post

AT THE MUSEUMS …

• The 6 Best Museums to Learn About Roman History | TheCollector
• Mycenaeans in Messenia: Princes of Pylos, from Kalamata to Los Angeles and Athens | October 2026 (130.4) | American Journal of Archaeology

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• A New Article the Production and Date of P.Bodmer 14-15 (P75) | Variant Readings
• Romans, Carthaginians, Celts, Scythians and others: Tertullian combats charges of human sacrifice and incest against Jesus adherents (early third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Greeks, Persians, and Indians: Theophilos of Antioch combats charges of eating human flesh and incest against Jesus adherents (late second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Egyptians, Taurians, and Greeks: Athenagoras of Athens combats charges of eating human flesh and incest against Jesus adherents (ca. 176-180 CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Ancient Binding Spells and the Courtroom | Veiled Antiquity
• Reading Notes on Money and Power (eds. Beck et al.) – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Archive of the Sulpicii (reading notes) – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Caesar’s Money, Public Money – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Slow and Punk Archaeology Revisited: In Praise of Fragments | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Voor-westerse geschiedenis (14) de rivieren – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Sheridan, Sogdian Christians (Brepols)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Espacio, tiempo y forma. Serie II, Historia antigua
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Nummus in imo: Numismatic studies in honour of David Wigg-Wolf
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pasts Imperfect

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• The Theatre of Marcellus–When in Rome – Apple Podcasts
• The War of the Words (Live at …–Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts
• The Death and Desecration of C…–Ancient History 101 – Apple Podcasts
• NT Pod 120: Why did Paul write…–NT Pod – Apple Podcasts
• How You Lycus Now?: The Argona… – Ad Navseam – Apple Podcasts

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (1721) The Bronze Age Giants’ Graves of Sardinia – YouTube
• (1721) Pompeii wasn’t destroyed when you think it was – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Space, narrative, and historical imagination in Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• The importance of being gorgeous: gender and Christian imperial rule in late antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS …

• Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki | Institute of Classical Studies