IN THE NEWS …
- What was an Egyptian sanctuary like 2,700 years ago? Colorful! In Oxford, the lost colors are being recreated
- 1,600-year-old weapons, including fancy ‘scramasax’ sword, found in burials of Germanic chieftains | Live Science
- Scientists Finally Crack a 1,600-Year-Old Roman Glass Mystery
- Roman port and wine production site found on Italy’s Adriatic coast | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Archaeologists Uncover a Roman Port Dating from Before Hadrian’s Time in Italy, With a Probable Winery on the Shore
- Israeli experts preserve ancient synagogue floor mosaic in northern Israel | The Jerusalem Post
- Carved thrones and painted tombs uncovered in Etruscan necropolis
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Lost Ancient Greek Vase Calls God Hephaestus “Beautiful,” Challenging Modern Assumptions – GreekReporter.com
- Ancient Roman Church in Turkey May Have Served as a School for Early Christians – GreekReporter.com
- The Story of the First Marathon Run in Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
- Battle of Marathon 490 BC: The Victory Behind the Marathon Race – Greek City Times
- Hellanicus: The First Ancient Greek Historian Who Tried to Separate Myth from Historical Fact – GreekReporter.com
- Ancient writings offer ‘historical evidence’ Jesus was hailed ‘a god’ after the crucifixion, researcher claims | Daily Mail Online
- Marble From Greece’s Temple of Apollo May Have Originated in Mani – GreekReporter.com
- Greek Vase Discovered in Nubian Tomb Shows a Persian Warrior Spearing a Fallen Greek – GreekReporter.com
- A 2,400-Year-Old Explanation for the Republican Midterm Disaster
- Nike: The Greek Goddess Who Inspired the Most Popular Sports Brand in the World – GreekReporter.com
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLES & OTHER NEWSLETTERS …
BRITANNICA [I was flooded with this stuff yesterday; seems like they’re worth a look because of AI] …
- What advice did Plutarch give in How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poetry? | Britannica
- How do historians use inscriptions alongside literary sources and archaeological evidence? | Britannica
- What subjects and regions were emphasized in Leopold von Ranke’s nine-volume world history? | Britannica
- How did the Punic Wars change Rome’s power in the Mediterranean region? | Britannica
- How was the Aeneid saved after Virgil’s death? | Britannica
- Why did the Georgics call for the restoration of agriculture in Italy? | Britannica
- Why did Herodotus report stories that he did not necessarily believe? | Britannica
- How do the Homeric Hymns differ from Homer’s epics? | Britannica
- Which major political conflicts occurred during Virgil’s lifetime? | Britannica
- Which invasions helped trigger Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul? | Britannica
- Which Gallic tribe lived in the original settlement of Paris? | Britannica
- What happened at the siege of Alesia in 52 BCE? | Britannica
- Why is Aeschylus’s Oresteia important in the history of Greek tragedy? | Britannica
- How did oral storytelling shape ancient Greek literature? | Britannica
- How large were the choruses in Aeschylus’s tragedies? | Britannica
- What happened during Boudicca’s revolt against Roman rule in Britain? | Britannica
- How did Ptolemy I Soter gain control of Alexandria after Alexander the Great died? | Britannica
- Why is Aeschylus’s Oresteia important in the history of Greek tragedy? | Britannica
- Which groups lived in Bavaria before the Romans arrived? | Britannica
- How did Octavian bring Alexandria and Egypt under Roman rule in 30 BCE? | Britannica
- How did the Roman Republic replace the Roman monarchy in 509 BCE? | Britannica
- What archaeological evidence identified Phidias’s workshop at Olympia? | Britannica
- Who continued building Alexandria after Alexander the Great left Egypt? | Britannica
- How many spectators could the stadium at Olympia hold? | Britannica
- What role did the chorus play in Greek tragedies? | Britannica
- What evidence suggests that Euripides came from a well-off family? | Britannica
- How did Septimius Severus campaign in Caledonia? | Britannica
- Why did the Gauls sack Rome in 390 BCE? | Britannica
- How was Hadrian’s Wall built and defended? | Britannica
- How did Roman rule affect the Rhineland-Palatinate region? | Britannica
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Nitesh Tiwari says he believes Homer was inspired by Ramayana for The Odyssey; Ranbir Kapoor calls bow-lifting scene coincidence | Bollywood
- 5 similarities between Ramayana and The Odyssey | Mathrubhumi English
- Disney Taps ‘Tangled Remake’ Writer for Medusa Movie
- Forget The Odyssey, Dwayne Johnson Is Making His Own Greek Mythology Movie
- ‘Nero’ review — the formidably cruel Roman Emperor becomes a musical star | London Theatre
- More Music Acts are Turning to Ancient Rome for Inspiration – Substream Magazine
ANCIENT DRAMA …
- The Light of Greece: ‘Iphigenia at Aulis’, Reviewed – The Oxford Student
- Startling Reflection: Women of Troy at the Loft Theatre – The Boar
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- J.E.B. Mayor’s Eightieth – Antigone
- The Pyrrhic Victory of Nolan’s Odyssey – Antigone
- Jupiter Dolichenus – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Coming back to life – Roger Pearse
- OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Phoenician/Punic Inscription Database
- Etruscan Afterlife: The Lost Books of the Underworld | Veiled Antiquity
- Fireside Friday, November 6, 2026 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Heron van Alexandrië – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Tacitus
- PaleoJudaica.com: Falla Festschrift (Gorgias)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Bay, Contesting Jewish History in Late Antique Christianity and Early Medieval Judaism (Brill, open access)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les nécropoles hellénistiques de Tomis
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Canadian Centre for Epigraphic Documents (CCED)
FRESH PODCASTERY…
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (837) Carthage vs the Greeks: The Sicilian Wars – Before the Punic Wars – YouTube
- (837) Flash floods uncover parts of the al-Tuwaihina archaeological site in Palmyra, Syria – YouTube
- (837) The Mona Lisa of Ancient Rome? – YouTube
- (838) They say this is 100% Noah’s Ark. It isn’t – YouTube
- (838) Svoboda, the endless staircase, and theatrical space at the end of Oedipus Tyrannus – YouTube
LATINITAS …
- Anima Latina 08.11.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 07.11.2026 – Vatican News
- diē sextō mēnsis Novembris — Nuntii Latini
CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS …
POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…
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