IN THE NEWS …

• Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery | ScienceDaily
• Archaeologists Decode Rules of an Ancient Roman Board Game – The New York Times
• Ancient rock-cut tombs found beneath Roman camp in Egypt
• 2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen in Spain Reveals a Turmogi Grandmother’s Touch | Arkeonews
• Colourful Mosaics Unearthed Where Aristotle Taught Alexander
• Face of Etruscan Goddess Uni Found at Her 2,500-Year-Old Temple in Italy | Arkeonews
• Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii: Excavations Resume in the Unexplored Section
• Hagia Sophia: 9km underground tunnels discovered beneath monument
• New Roman Settlement Unearthed in Switzerland Reveals Metalworking and a Peacock Brooch | Arkeonews
• All roads don’t lead to Rome after all | CNN
• Ancient hidden graffiti discovered in Bronze Age temple | Popular Science
• Centuries Ago, an Architect Characterized the Parthenon’s Curves as a Clever Optical Illusion. Now, a Mathematician Begs to Differ
• How 30,000 archaeological treasures were saved from imminent destruction during Syria’s civil war

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• How Ancient Sanctuaries Enabled the Greeks to Forge a Trade Empire – GreekReporter.com
• The Day Julius Caesar Was Assassinated, Half the City Was Drunk Because It Was the Feast of an Obscure Roman Goddess: Who Was Anna Perenna?
• 1,800-year-old Homer, Sheikh Zayed’s falcon No 1: Rare items at Abu Dhabi Book Fair | Khaleej Times

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• Prof. Rachel Lesser’s Lecture Compares Nolan’s Odyssey with the Original Epic Poem | The Gettysburgian.
• At the Center of Ancient Roman Pottery | UNCW
• Emily Wilson Can’t Let ‘The Odyssey’ Go – The Atlantic
• Fareham classicist brings Ancient Sparta to life in novel | Daily Echo

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• The $100,000 Odyssey: Grok’s AI Epic is anything but historically accurate | The Business Standard
• Apple TV Finds ‘Odyssey’ Substitute in Brad Pitt’s Action Epic

ANCIENT DRAMA …

• A 2,500-Year-Old Greek Tragedy Finds New Life In The Aztec Empire

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• A Bard Reviews Nolan’s Odyssey – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• (2) Virgil’s Spectacular Pun – by Armand D’Angour
• Manuscripts of the Alexander Romance | Variant Readings
• The Machine for Casting Lots for Positions at the Chariot Races | Variant Readings
• The Antinoopolis Charioteers Papyrus and Alexander the Great | Variant Readings
• (2) The Vainest Man in Deir el-Medina – by Jordan Galczynski
• OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: James Moore on Elephantine
• Kiwi Hellenist: Sibyls and Sibylline oracles. 1. The Sibyls
• De chimaira van Arezzo – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Friends
• Laudator Temporis Acti: An Omission
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Employment Opportunities for Latinists
• PaleoJudaica.com: Venturini, A Syriac Patristic Florilegium against Julian of Halicarnassus (Brill, open access)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Eisenberg, CLASSIC MIDRASH (Urim)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Did Herodotus think that Linear B was Phoenician?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Is Moses’ name really Egyptian?
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Orsini Concordance: Complete Identification of the 758 Coin Engravings in Familiae Romanae (Rome: Tramezini, 1577)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Family Ties at Changing Times: The Vizier and the High Priest of Re during the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties of Egypt
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Heritage at War: Plan and Prepare
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le temps et ses noms: Construire une chronologie égéo-balkanique du 7e au 4e millénaire avant J.-C.
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Fréquenter les dieux à Délos: Essai pour une archéologie du culte
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’offrande et le tribut: Histoire politique de la fiscalité en Judée hellénistique et romaine (200 a.C.-135 p.C.)

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (1836) Who Really Pays for Restorations at the Vatican Museums? – YouTube
• (1836) The Ancient Greek Camp Found in the Middle of Nowhere – YouTube
• (1836) Archaeologists baffled by huge Roman structure found in Budapest – YouTube
• (1836) The Golden Ass by Apuleius — CHAPTER 3 Summary – YouTube

LATINITAS …

• Anima Latina 20.09.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 19.09.2026 – Vatican News

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Problèmes liés à l’histoire ethnique et politique des Kobans et des Scythes | Spartokos a lu
• Odyssey Translator Emily Wilson’s ‘Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea’ Lays Her Rules

POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…

• Assistant Professor (Literary, Rhetorical, and Social Worlds of Ancient Greece); Department of Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University (Deadline October 19th) – The Classical Association of Canada