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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== IAA reveals new study focused on studying ancient Jerusalem bullae | The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-894849 Archaeologists discover collection of gold jewelry on Greek island | The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-894646 Stolen Antiquities Return Home to Greece – tovima.com Stolen Antiquities Return Home to Greece New Study Reveals Sasanian Metalworkers Were Experimenting with Brass…
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ludi Florae (possible day 7) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers and their…
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Floralia (day 6) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers and their blossoms
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Rare Tyrian purple reveals elite Roman infant burials in York https://phys.org/news/2026-04-rare-tyrian-purple-reveals-elite.html Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasite | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/poop-encrusted-chamber-pots-from-the-roman-empire-reveal-oldest-known-human-cases-of-crypto-parasite This Man Fled Pompeii as Mount Vesuvius Erupted. Archaeologists Found Him 2,000 Years Later, Holding a Bowl to Protect His Head and…
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1700 — death of John Dryden (poet and translator of many of the versions of ancient poetry which abound on the internet)