• ludi Plebeii (day 8) — the Jupiterfest continues
• 109 A.D. — the emperor Trajan stages a naumachia
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Athenodorus

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Explore Tutankhamun’s tomb through the excavation records of Howard Carter and his team in the 1920s | Tutankhamun Spatial Archive
https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/

Unearthing the Birthplace of the Alphabet: Archaeologists Return After 14 Years of Silence – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/unearthing-the-birthplace-of-the-alphabet-archaeologists-return-after-14-years-of-silence/

Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in Ancient Rome

Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in Ancient Rome

Anomalies in Giza pyramid may indicate an unknown entrance | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/anomalies-in-giza-pyramid-may-indicate-an-unknown-entrance

Ram-shaped teapot from ancient Canaanite cult discovered near ancient city of Armageddon | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ram-shaped-teapot-from-ancient-canaanite-cult-discovered-near-ancient-city-of-armageddon

Merit’s wig: A 3,400-year-old Egyptian headpiece smoothed down with ancient homemade hair gel | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/merits-wig-a-3-400-year-old-egyptian-headpiece-smoothed-down-with-ancient-homemade-hair-gel

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran
https://theconversation.com/a-roman-emperor-grovelling-to-a-persian-king-the-message-behind-a-new-statue-in-tehran-269367

Another Bronze Age Temple in Kuwait – Biblical Archaeology Society

Another Bronze Age Temple in Kuwait

A 5,000-Year-Old Canaanite Wine Press Has Been Discovered in Israel
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-5000-year-old-canaanite-wine-press-has-been-discovered-in-israel-180987669/

Ancient Trireme to Be Displayed in New Greek Museum – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/10/ancient-trireme-greek-museum/

The Ancient Greek Water-Organ: World’s Oldest Keyboard Instrument – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/10/ancient-greek-water-organ-sounds-again-at-acropolis-museum/

Humanity Can Still Learn From ‘The Father Of History’
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/10/humanity-can-still-learn-from-the-father-of-history/

New Documentary Says Parthenon Sculptures Stolen in “Greatest Heist in Art History” – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/09/new-film-prove-parthenon-sculptures-stolen/

Calling bullshit on “The Marbles” | Mario Trabucco della Torretta | The Critic Magazine
https://thecritic.co.uk/calling-bullshit-on-the-marbles/

Ephemeris ~ NUNTIUS BOREOAMERICANUS Novus praefectus
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2448

Modern staging of the immortal “Aeneid” at the ICCM
https://kyiv1.com/en/modernova-inscenizaciya-bezsmertnoi-eneidy-v-mckm/

Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/thucydides-melian-dialogue/

Make Better Choices: You ARE Odysseus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Make Better Choices: You ARE Odysseus

Another Greek Mythological Puzzle – CANE

Another Greek Mythological Puzzle

Weekly Varia, no. 155, 11/09/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia, no. 155, 11/09/25

Hair – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Hair

PaleoJudaica.com: Schiffman on “The Saga of Masada”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/schiffman-on-saga-of-masada.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Interview with Ra’anan Boustan
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/interview-with-raanan-boustan.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Supplement zu: R wie in: Reproduzierbar
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/supplement-zu-r-wie-in-reproduzierbar.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Geochemische Untersuchungen an Dachterrakotten
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/geochemische-untersuchungen.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Itiner-e
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2018/05/itiner-e-gazetteer-of-roads.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Landscape of Surveillance: code and data
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-landscape-of-surveillance-code-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tagebücher und Ergebnisse der C14-Daten von Boğazköy Ḫattuša
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/tagebucher-und-ergebnisse-der-c14-daten.html

The online library of the National History Museum of Sofia | Spartokos has read

La bibliothèque en ligne du Musée d’Histoire nationale de Sofia

Archaeology of the Mediterranean during late antiquity and the middle ages – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Archaeology of the Mediterranean during late antiquity and the middle ages

Images in transition: the southern Levant and its imagery between Near Eastern and Greek traditions – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Images in transition: the southern Levant and its imagery between Near Eastern and Greek traditions

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(250) A Bronze Age Pompeii in Greece – YouTube

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CFP: Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia (Deadline December 15) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/aigsc2026cfp/

Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt (American Society of Papyrologists) | Society for Classical Studies
https://www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/culture%C2%A0and%C2%A0society%C2%A0-greek-roman-and-byzantine%C2%A0egypt-american-society-papyrologists

Archaeological Research Funding Opportunities at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Various Deadlines) – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/ascsaarchfunds2026/

• ludi Plebeii (day 7) — the festival in honour of Jupiter continues
• 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Trypho (maybe … maybe not)
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Tiberius
• 1870 — birth of Michael Rostovtzeff (author of The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire and the Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World among other things)

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A stone of pride: The story behind Tehran’s new statue of a Roman emperor’s surrender – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/520146/A-stone-of-pride-The-story-behind-Tehran-s-new-statue-of-a-Roman

2,000-Year-Old Roman ‘Fridgerator’ and Luxury Terra Sigillata Unearthed in Germany – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-roman-fridgerator-and-luxury-terra-sigillata-unearthed-in-germany/

Ancient Roman pool in Türkiye revealed as healing sanctuary, not just water source – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/ancient-roman-pool-in-turkiye-revealed-as-healing-sanctuary-not-just-water-source-3209581

‘A millennium-long monopoly’: How biblical Israel imported a steady flow of African ivory | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-millennium-long-monopoly-how-biblical-israel-imported-a-steady-flow-of-african-ivory/

What does Chelmsford Roman skeletons find mean for the city?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy40wn94pyko

Ram-shaped teapot from ancient Canaanite cult discovered near ancient city of Armageddon | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ram-shaped-teapot-from-ancient-canaanite-cult-discovered-near-ancient-city-of-armageddon

Little-known Roman amphitheatre hiding in plain sight next to famous Cotswolds town – Gloucestershire Live
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/little-known-roman-amphitheatre-hiding-10625786?gaa_at=g&gaa_n=AWEtsqd6JpmaO5EiBnrF-ueIs3ni2-VIMOE2ImnJkxIKkP21K4H4ksRySKPpPn1OMKnzqoAKWiGj4Oxixr2e&gaa_ts=690f0bff&gaa_sig=g2PV0TrqgRozJai8AZgPXLVQ5F3z-q9kmv78dv4p_RcnLbzsjExv5jzS5BLDPXB-fvyf5DMc3VhHw7dpkkNXeQ%3D%3D

IIUM professor doubles down: ‘Romans learned shipbuilding from Malays’ theory based on extensive study
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2025/11/1311556/iium-professor-doubles-down-romans-learned-shipbuilding-malays-theory

Rome’s Colosseum could host concerts under new director, but no raves | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/colosseum-director-raves-concerts-rome-overtourism-quilici-2fe1c813b2741e9237b92f0ece9da0b1

Chinese School of Classical Studies marks anniversary with academic events in Athens-Xinhua
https://english.news.cn/europe/20251108/d082ce07d0004161882e5010d2cf21d6/c.html

Ancient Roman Shipwreck Found off Mallorca to Be Raised After 1,700 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/07/ancient-roman-shipwreck-found-mallorca-raised/

[old news]Ancient Greek Sky Map Discovered at Sinai Monastery – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/08/ancient-greek-map-sky-discover-monastery/

The Fascinating 3,000-Year-Old Story of Greece’s Presence in Britain – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/08/greek-presence-britain-history/

Etruscan Origins Revealed Through DNA Collected Across 2,000 Years – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/09/etruscan-origins-dna-samples/

What the Romans did for the English language | The Spectator
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-the-romans-did-for-the-english-language/

CU Theatre presents classic Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ | News | swoknews.com
https://www.swoknews.com/news/cu-theatre-presents-classic-greek-tragedy-antigone/article_30e53a82-67b7-5a4b-a89f-b1345b75a06e.html

Review: Ajax in Iraq, the emotional trauma from war and mythology – The Daily Egyptian

Review: Ajax in Iraq, the emotional trauma from war and mythology

Remembrance – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/remembrance?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=178432374&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The Harp Song of Nature – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-harp-song-of-nature?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=174825127&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(Re-)Starting the Trojan War: Iliad 3 and Helen as Our Guide – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

(Re-)Starting the Trojan War: Iliad 3 and Helen as Our Guide

Appetite For Destruction | Sphinx

Appetite For Destruction

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Majority
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-majority.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Barbarian
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-barbarian.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Probabilities, Not Certainties
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/probabilities-not-certainties.html

Looting Matters: Byzantine Capital Returned to Türkiye
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/byzantine-capital-returned-to-turkiye.html

Looting Matters: Lions from the archaic Panionion
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/lions-from-archaic-panionion.html

Looting Matters: Returns to Greece from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/returns-to-greece-from-new-yorks.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Two Blokes Accused of Dishonestly Selling ‘Tainted’ Gold and Silver Artefacts
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/11/two-blokes-accused-of-selling-tainted.html

Faits divers (43): alles dubbel – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (43): alles dubbel

Judas Iskariot – Mainzer Beobachter

Judas Iskariot

PaleoJudaica.com: The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-oxford-handbook-of-biblical-monsters.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bakhos, Emerging Judaism, 332 BCE–600 CE (Yale)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/bakhos-emerging-judaism-332-bce600-ce.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Republican Baths at Pompeii. New Research on the Development and Function. Supplementary Tables
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/xrepublican-baths-at-pompeii-new.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Warriors at Play
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/warriors-at-play.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Römische Amphoren aus Munigu
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/romische-amphoren-aus-munigu.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Measurement Data of analyzed Ashdod-Yam samples
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/measurement-data-of-analyzed-ashdod-yam.html

An Introduction to the Role of Roman Mime Actresses Within Ancient Roman Society  – Retrospect Journal

An Introduction to the Role of Roman Mime Actresses Within Ancient Roman Society 

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Anima Latina 09.11.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/11/anima-latina-09-11-2025.html

Antony and Cleopatra – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 08.11.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/11/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-08-11-2025.html

Gag Reflex: Our Second, More Abysmaler, Clip Show (Ad Navseam, Episode 200) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/gag-reflex-our-second-more-abysmaler-clip-show-ad-navseam-episode-200/

diē septimō mēnsis Novembris — Nuntii Latini

diē septimō mēnsis Novembris

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(220) How To Be A Barbarian Raider | Adrian Goldsworthy: A History of The Roman Army (3/5) – YouTube

(221) De rebus medicis ac scientificis, cum Matthaeo Jay – YouTube

(221) Hollywood lied to you about Ancient Rome. Here’s the truth | Mary Beard: Full Interview – YouTube

(221) A New History of the Ancient Near East with Amanda Podany – YouTube

(221) New book alert! Want to learn Hebrew? This is for you! #polyglot #hebrewlanguage – YouTube

(222) The Lost Mary – Interview with Dr. James Tabor – YouTube

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explorator 27.47 ~ November 9, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.47 ~ November 9, 2025

Project MUSE – The Before and the After
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/141470

• Ludi Plebeii (day 6) — the Jupiterfest continues
• 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood began (according to Polyhistor)
• 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Orestes in Cappadocia