• Mercatus — time to restock the pantry after the lengthy festival in honour of Jupiter
• 1665 — death of Nicholas Poussin (painter of many Classical subjects)

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Excavations uncover 1,500-year-old Roman-era homes in SE Türkiye | Daily Sabah

Funerary Stele Sold in France Traced to Ancient Greek City of Zeugma – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/18/funerary-stele-france-ancient-greek-zeugma/

Disputed Jordan codices reveal age variations under ion-beam scrutiny
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-disputed-jordan-codices-reveal-age.html

Ancient Greek City of Argilos Reveals Its Secrets With New Discoveries – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/ancient-greek-city-argilos-new-discoveries/

Bronze Age Mycenaean Pottery Near Athens Acropolis Shows Rare Greek Artwork – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/mycenaean-bronze-age-pottery-athens-acropolis-rare-greek-artwork/

Tunisia, second largest Roman oil mill in the Empire discovered: Ca’ Foscari co-leads mission
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/tunisia-second-largest-roman-oil-mill-in-the-empire-discovered-ca-foscari-co-leads-mission

Could Aristotle’s ‘diver’s copper’ have come from Istanbul’s waters? New evidence points to yes – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/could-aristotles-divers-copper-have-come-from-istanbuls-waters-new-evidence-points-to-3210058

A 2,000-Year-Old Fashion Fraud: Roman Textiles Imitated Royal Murex Purple – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-fashion-fraud-roman-textiles-imitated-royal-murex-purple/

This 5,500-Year-Old Kish Tablet is the Oldest Written Document
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/origins-of-writing-kish-tablet-5500-years/

[AI?] Louvre shuts fragile wing with Greek masterpieces | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-874261

The woman and the goose: A 12,000-year-old glimpse into prehistoric belief
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-woman-goose-year-glimpse-prehistoric.html

Long Before Zeus and Leda, Natufian People Crafted a 12,000-Year-Old Figurine of a Goose Mating with a Woman – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/long-before-zeus-and-leda-natufian-people-crafted-a-12000-year-old-figurine-of-a-goose-mating-with-a-womanlong-before-zeus-and-leda-natufian-people-crafted-a-12000-year-old-figurine-of-a-goose-matin/

Archaeological finds recovered: 12 works return to the state and will be exhibited in Vibo Valentia
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/archaeological-finds-recovered-12-works-return-to-the-state-and-will-be-exhibited-in-vibo-valentia

Palestine Exploration Fund To Boycott Israeli Archaeologists Over ‘Harming Palestinian Heritage’ – VINnews
https://vinnews.com/2025/11/18/palestine-exploration-fund-to-boycott-israeli-archaeologists-over-harming-palestinian-heritage/

University of Ottawa Halts Greek and Roman Studies Honours Program – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/18/university-ottawa-halts-greek-and-roman-studies-honours-program/

PM: No breakthrough yet on Parthenon Marbles, but UK public opinion shifting | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1287142/pm-no-breakthrough-yet-on-parthenon-marbles-but-uk-public-opinion-shifting/

New publication examines ancient Greek debate: What attracts us when we fall in love? | KU News
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/new-publication-examines-ancient-greek-debate-what-attracts-us-when-we-fall-in-love

Jeff Bezos called his new AI startup Project Prometheus, and the classicists entered the chat – 16 legendary responses – The Poke

Jeff Bezos called his new AI startup Project Prometheus, and the classicists entered the chat – 16 legendary responses

Daniel Scavone avis de décès – Evansville, IN
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fr-ca/obituaries/evansville-in/daniel-scavone-12602997

Ancient Greece Had a Thriving Pop Culture – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/18/pop-culture-ancient-greece/

Breviaries, breviaries, is there no end of them? – Roger Pearse

Breviaries, breviaries, is there no end of them?

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Poetry of Hesiod
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-poetry-of-hesiod.html

Broken Bar A (?) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Broken Bar A (?)

Banker’s Marks on Coins with Provenance – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Banker’s Marks on Coins with Provenance

Understanding the past in its own terms? | Blog post | Mary Beard

Understanding the past in its own terms?

Two for Tuesday: The Roman and Late Roman Economy | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two for Tuesday: The Roman and Late Roman Economy

The Dance-off of the Pygmies and Cranes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Dance-off of the Pygmies and Cranes

PaleoJudaica.com: Christian Apocrypha and Old Testament Pseudepigrapha at SBL
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/christian-apocrypha-and-old-testament.html

PaleoJudaica.com: An Aramaic inscription in Türkiye
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/an-aramaic-inscription-in-turkiye.html

PaleoJudaica.com: How ancient was the Jewish presence in Malta?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-ancient-was-jewish-presence-in-malta.html

Marble Provenance and Distribution in Greek Histria: New Archaeometric Evidence from the Black Sea Coast | Spartokos read

Marble Provenance and Distribution in Greek Histria: New Archaeometric Evidence from the Black Sea Coast

Marmor Numidicum. Gewinnung, Verarbeitung und Distribution eines antiken Buntmarmors – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Marmor Numidicum. Gewinnung, Verarbeitung und Distribution eines antiken Buntmarmors

Cypro-Minoan and its writers: at home and overseas – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Cypro-Minoan and its writers: at home and overseas

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Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke: A Fresh Assault on the Synoptic Problem, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 201) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/ad-navseam-episode-201/

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(448) Secrets of Bronze Age Italy – Ancient Civilizations DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

(448) Mosaics: an enduring imprint of materiality. Christina Nakou in conversation with Rebecca Sweetman – YouTube

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Entitled to write: Identity and Poetic Authority in the Titles of Early Roman Epic | Department of Classics
https://classics.wustl.edu/events/entitled-write-identity-and-poetic-authority-titles-early-roman-epic

• Mercatus — in the wake of the lengthy ludi Plebeii, the Romans needed a few days to restock their cupboards
• ca. 64 A.D. — upside down crucifixion of Peter
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Hesychius of Antioch
• 1718 — premiere of Voltaire’s Oedipe in Paris

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Underground Tunnels of Ancient Etruscan City Veio Mapped for the First Time – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/etruscan-city-veio-underground-tunnels-mapped-first-time/

Ancient Greek City of Argilos Reveals Its Secrets With New Discoveries – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/ancient-greek-city-argilos-new-discoveries/

What Was the Hair Color of the Ancient Greeks? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/16/hair-color-ancient-greeks/

12,000-year-old clay figurine from Israel shows male goose mounting a squatting woman, according to archaeologists | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/extremely-rare-paleolithic-figurine-found-in-israel-depicts-a-goose-attempting-to-mate-with-a-woman

Department of Antiquities announces discovery of a Roman road passing through valleys near Tolmeita | The Libya Observer
https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/department-antiquities-announces-discovery-roman-road-passing-through-valleys-near-tolmeita

New Evidence Shows Arabia Was Not Only the Incense Highway—But an Ancient Scent Capital – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/new-evidence-shows-arabia-was-not-only-the-incense-highway-but-an-ancient-scent-capital/

Second-Largest Olive Oil Production Complex in the Roman Empire Discovered in Tunisia

Second-Largest Olive Oil Production Complex in the Roman Empire Discovered in Tunisia

Tamil Nadu archaeologists join excavations at Berenike in Egypt to trace ancient Mediterranean trade links – The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-archaeologists-join-excavations-at-berenike-in-egypt-to-trace-ancient-mediterranean-trade-links/article70290712.ece

A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Inkwell Found in Portugal Contains a Technological Recipe That Shouldn’t Exist – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-roman-inkwell-found-in-portugal-contains-a-technological-recipe-that-shouldnt-exist/

Late antique mosaics in Albania’s Berat shed light on shared heritage across Mediterranean – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/late-antique-mosaics-in-albanias-berat-shed-light-on-shared-heritage-across-mediterra-3210022

[AI?] Archaeologists uncover long-lost Temple of Zeus at Limyra | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-874041

Archaeologists Stunned by Lavish Assyrian-period Tomb in Northern Israel – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-10-24/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-stunned-by-lavish-assyrian-period-tomb-in-northern-israel/0000019a-1618-d582-a39e-5efceef30000

Roman Odeon of Patras: Restored and reopening its doors – ProtoThema English

Roman Odeon of Patras: Restored and reopening its doors

Bronze Age Mycenaean Pottery Near Athens Acropolis Shows Rare Greek Artwork – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/mycenaean-bronze-age-pottery-athens-acropolis-rare-greek-artwork/

Rare sea withdrawal in northwest Türkiye reveals ancient harbor structures – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/rare-sea-withdrawal-in-northwest-turkiye-reveals-ancient-harbor-structures-3210001

Digital map brings ancient Roman roads to life – DW – 11/17/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/digital-map-brings-ancient-roman-road-network-to-life-itiner-e/a-74702919

The Lost War That Wiped Out 95% of the Ancient World | by Azanta | Write A Catalyst | Nov, 2025 | Medium
View at Medium.com

Pleasure is relative – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/pleasure-is-relative?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=179128195&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Louvre Museum Closes Gallery Housing Antiquities as Precaution
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-museum-closes-gallery-greek-antiquities-1234761958/

Rodin’s Collection of Egyptian Antiquities Travel to US for First Time
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/auguste-rodin-egyptian-collection-exhibition-nyu-isaw-1234761903/

How’s your paleography? Two pages from a medieval breviary – Roger Pearse

How’s your paleography? Two pages from a medieval breviary

Weekly Varia no. 156, 11/16/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 156, 11/16/25

Laudator Temporis Acti: Natural Resource Depletion
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/natural-resource-depletion.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning from Mistakes
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/learning-from-mistakes.html

PaleoJudaica.com: BAS 2025 Publication Awards
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/bas-2025-publication-awards.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Carpenter’s Son debuts in the USA
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-carpenters-son-debuts-in-usa.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Bronze Age ANE creation story?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bronze-age-ane-creation-story.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les potiers gallo-romains de Sallèles d’Aude (Aude, France): Production et vie quotidienne
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/les-potiers-gallo-romains-de-salleles.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Domaine foncier en Gaule romaine: Statut de la terre et des hommes
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/domaine-foncier-en-gaule-romaine-statut.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’héritage d’Asklépios: Soigner par le geste en Grèce archaïque et classique
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/lheritage-dasklepios-soigner-par-le.html

Golden excess: art and the aesthetics of the incredible in Neronian Rome – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Golden excess: art and the aesthetics of the incredible in Neronian Rome

Military Book Review The Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2767#gsc.tab=0
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To Live and Die at Late Bronze Age Yavne Yam, or, I Dream of a Gini with a Jar Full of Opium | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/to-live-and-die-at-late-bronze-age-yavne-yam-or-i-dream-of-gini-with-the-jar-full-of-opium/

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VIDENDA
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(425) Syria scrambles to find Roman statue thieves – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future | Studies in Classical Archaeology
https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.SCA-EB.5.143377&ref=pasts-imperfect.ghost.io

Prices, values, and equivalences of metals

Prices, values, and equivalences of metals

The fabric of Hellenic civic life in Alexandria

The fabric of Hellenic civic life in Alexandria

• ludi Plebeii (day 14) — the Jupiterfest is almost over
• 9 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Vespasian
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphaeus and Zacchaeus