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Urban civilization rose on the back of tides in Southern Mesopotamia
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-urban-civilization-rose-tides-southern.html

Quartz sphinx among antiquities pulled from the Mediterranean Sea off Egypt | The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art-design/2025/08/21/what-are-the-sunken-antiquities-recovered-from-abu-qir-bay-in-alexandria/

In Photos: Egypt recovers three massive ancient colossi from Abu Qir seabed – Greco-Roman – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/551647.aspx

Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria | Egypt | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/egypt-retrieves-parts-of-2000-year-old-sunken-city-canopus-off-coast-of-alexandria

Ibex motif linked to fertility and celestial symbolism in ancient Near East art
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ibex-motif-linked-fertility-celestial.html

[AI?]Ancient village tied to Jesus’ apostles emerges after fire | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864803

Palestine urges UNESCO to protect archaeological sites from Israeli theft
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestine-urges-unesco-to-protect-archaeological-sites-from-israeli-theft/3665594

Silver once used as form of currecy in Land of Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864913

Nine female burials at Türkiye’s Satala surprise archaeologists; remains described as unusually delicate – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/nine-female-burials-at-turkiyes-satala-surprise-archaeologists-remains-described-as-u-3205731

Purple Ambitions: Tel Shiqmona and the Rise of Israelite Dye Industry in the Iron Age – The Ancient Near East Today
https://anetoday.org/tel-shiqmona-purple-dye/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Ancient Greek Weighing Scale Found in Jerusalem Reveals Hellenistic Trade Practices – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/20/ancient-greek-weighing-scale-jerusalem/

News – Archanes 2025 – Archaeological Institute of America

Archanes 2025

Archaeology steps up as diplomatic tool—Türkiye leads new wave – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeology-steps-up-as-diplomatic-toolturkiye-leads-new-wave-3205726

The Great Escape: How 10,000 Ancient Greek Warriors Fled Persia Against All Odds – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/21/great-escape-ten-thousand-ancient-greek-warriors-fled-persia/

Ulysses as an Oblique Foil for Aeneas: Vergil’s calculated repudiation of the Romans’ Greek ancestry
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394767227_Ulysses_as_an_Oblique_Foil_for_Aeneas_Vergil%27s_calculated_repudiation_of_the_Romans%27_Greek_ancestry

The Ancient Roman Dodecahedron: The Mysterious Object That Has Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries | Open Culture

The Ancient Roman Dodecahedron: The Mysterious Object That Has Baffled Archaeologists for Centuries

The ancient dangers of ‘proscription’ | The Spectator Australia

The ancient dangers of ‘proscription’

The Bacchae at Edinburgh Fringe: stylish retelling of ancient story by Company of Wolves
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/the-bacchae-review-assembly-roxy-edinburgh-company-of-wolves-ewan-downie

The Cambridge Professor Who Decoded Keros Bronze Age Civilization in Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/21/cambridge-professor-keros-bronze-age-civilization-greece/

(14) Predicting Ancient Meteors – by Owen Rees
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/predicting-ancient-meteors?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=167977788&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(14) Aeneid XI.1-99 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-xi1-99-e13?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168994009&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Sweet It Is
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/08/sweet-it-is.html

Three Things Thursday: Teaching, Writing, and Reading | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Teaching, Writing, and Reading

Betwixt the Vestals! – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Betwixt the Vestals!

Reading the Odyssey | Blog post | Mary Beard

Reading the Odyssey

PaleoJudaica.com: “Two astonishing years” for lost scriptures
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/two-astonishing-years-for-lost.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On ancient wilderness narratives
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-ancient-wilderness-narratives.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Swinney, Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/swinney-reforging-history-in-persian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Textbook: Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/open-textbook-guide-to-ancient-egyptian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Taymāʾ III: Catalogue of the Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum and Other Collections
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/tayma-iii-catalogue-of-inscriptions-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/mythology-unbound-online-textbook-for.html

(14) ANE Today, 21 August 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-21-august-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=171384227&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Ashurbanipal: The Last Great King of Assyria – The Ancients | Acast

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(28) Rare Gold Coin of Egyptian Queen Berenice II Discovered in the City of David – Israel Antiquities – YouTube

(29) Alexander the Great: Ruthless Siege of Tyre Explained – YouTube

(29) Why and How the Battle of Teutoburg Happened – Who Was Varus? – YouTube

(29) Cleopatra’s Final Secret | Official Trailer | National Geographic – YouTube

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Connecting Pillars: Phenomenon Herm in Perspective. Exploring the Semi-Figural, Tradition, and Innovation in Ancient Sculpture. | Institute of Archaeology | UZH
https://www.archaeologie.uzh.ch/de/Veranstaltungen/Tagung–Connecting-Pillars.html

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Archaeologists discover Ancient Christian cross on Abu Dhabi island depicting site of Jesus’ crucifixion | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/ancient-christian-cross-abu-dhabi-archaeology-b2810881.html

Want to understand the history of European culture? Start with the Minoans, not the Ancient Greeks
https://theconversation.com/want-to-understand-the-history-of-european-culture-start-with-the-minoans-not-the-ancient-greeks-257193

Rare gold coin of Queen Berenice II unearthed in Jerusalem
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/h1h52xmtll

In St. Casciano, all summer long, archaeological walks to discover the bronze shrine
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/in-st-casciano-all-summer-long-archaeological-walks-to-discover-the-bronze-shrine

Cicero’s BATHHOUSE is found after 2,000 years: Archaeologists discover the remains of the Roman statesman’s sauna in the ancient sunken city of Baiae | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15013509/Cicero-BATHHOUSE-Archaeologists-discover-sunken.html

[AI?]Rare gold coin depicting Egyptian queen found in Jerusalem | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864777

Biblical Family Tree or Ancient Map? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Biblical Family Tree or Ancient Map?

Unique Roman Tombs Uncovered in Ancient Greco-Roman City of Sillyon in Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/20/unique-roman-tombs-ancient-city-sillyon/

Annual Caistor archaeological dig of Roman town under way
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7y0v5v2elo

Ancient Vase Reveals Greek Goddess Aphrodite as First Mom to Spank Her Child with a Sandal – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/20/mother-spank-child-sandal-greek-goddess/

2150 years old: Jerusalem dolphin artifact found
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/08/19/jerusalem-2150-old-dolphin-artifact-found-in-special-operation/

[AI?]2,000-Year-Old Greek Artifact Seized in Jerusalem Raid | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864761

(12) Aeneid X.833-908 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-x833-908-53a?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168993951&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: Strauss, Jews vs. Rome (Simon & Schuster)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/strauss-jews-vs-rome-simon-schuster.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Looted inscribed dolphin weight recovered in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/looted-inscribed-dolphin-weight.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Coin of Berenice II excavated in Givati Parking Lot
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/coin-of-berenice-ii-excavated-in-givati.html

Recycling the Roman Villa | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Recycling the Roman Villa

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Latin ReadHer: Discover Latin by Women
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/latin-readher-discover-latin-by-women.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Codename SICILYWAR: Archaeology, Museums, and Social Networks under Threat in Sicily during World War II
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/codename-sicilywar-archaeology-museums.html

Greece’s Northern Frontier: Studies in the History of the Ancient Greek Experience in the Black Sea | Spartokos read

Greece’s Northern Frontier: Studies in the History of the Ancient Greek Experience in the Black Sea

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Daimons are Forever: Plato’s Apology, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 190) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/ad-navseam-episode-190/

The Colosseum – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast

(12) Tutankhamun, Nefertem, and the Lotus of Rebirth
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/tutankhamun-nefertem-and-the-lotus?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=752411&post_id=163884976&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true
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(2) Roman Clan Warfare | Warriors of History | Animated Documentary – YouTube

(2) Exploring Amman’s Lost Roman Water Monument – YouTube

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The Brian D. Joseph Chair in Classics Application Form – CYA – College Year in Athens

The Brian D. Joseph Chair in Classics Application Form

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Annual Caistor archaeological dig of Roman town under way
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7y0v5v2elo

A Forgotten Capital in Anatolia: 2,000-Year-Old Bone Pen Unearthed at Türkmen-Karahöyük – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-forgotten-capital-in-central-anatolia-2000-year-old-bone-pen-unearthed-at-turkmen-karahoyuk/

Ancient Egyptian desert inscriptions may reveal oldest known reference to Moses, researcher says
https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/world-news/ancient-egyptian-desert-inscriptions-may-reveal-oldest-known-reference-to-moses-researcher-says/

Elite Roman tomb discovery in ancient Sillyon
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/08/elite-roman-tomb-discovery-in-ancient-sillyon/155806

Archaeologists Find Infant Remains At A Hittite Site In Turkey
https://allthatsinteresting.com/turkey-usakli-hoyuk-infant-remains

1,600-Year-Old Greek Mosaic Inscription in Israel Reveals Byzantine Nursing Home – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/19/byzantine-nursing-home-israel-greek-inscription/

Archaeologists Find a Mosaic Depicting Flip-Flops at Ancient Roman Villa
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/flip-flops-mosaic-villa-romana-del-casale-2677238

Ruins of Well-Preserved Roman Bathhouse May Have Belonged to Cicero
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-bathhouse-cicero-baiae-underwater-1234749495/

Jesus Holding a Magic Wand? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Jesus Holding a Magic Wand?

In St. Casciano, all summer long, archaeological walks to discover the bronze shrine
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/in-st-casciano-all-summer-long-archaeological-walks-to-discover-the-bronze-shrine

2150 years old: Jerusalem dolphin artifact found
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/08/19/jerusalem-2150-old-dolphin-artifact-found-in-special-operation/

[AI?]Egypt Reclaims Ancient Artifacts from Dutch Museums | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864650

Italian Police Catch Tourist Stealing Stones From the Ancient City of Pompeii
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/italian-police-catch-tourist-stealing-stones-from-the-ancient-city-of-pompeii-180987193/

Homosexuality in Ancient Greece: Honor, Disgrace, and Social Boundaries – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/18/homosexuality-ancient-greece-honour-disgrace-social-boundaries/

Discover the World’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook, De Re Coquinaria, from Ancient Rome | Open Culture

Discover the World’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook, De Re Coquinaria, from Ancient Rome

The Oldest Unopened Bottle of Wine in the World (Circa 350 AD) | Open Culture

The Oldest Unopened Bottle of Wine in the World (Circa 350 AD)

Turks ask Troy archaeologist Korfmann’s grave relocation, as site under threat in Germany – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/turks-ask-troy-archaeologist-korfmanns-grave-relocation-as-site-under-threat-in-germa-3205625

How Alexander the Great Used Myths to Conquer the World – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/19/alexander-the-great-myths-conquer/

Could Hermes Be the Ancient Greek God Millennials Relate to Most? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/18/ancient-greek-god-hermes-icon-millennials/

From the Venus de Milo to the Danish Mermaid – When the female breast turns from art into porn – ProtoThema English

From the Venus de Milo to the Danish Mermaid – When the female breast turns from art into porn

Rolling out the red carpet – Engelsberg ideas

Rolling out the red carpet

(12) The Red Carpet treatment – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-red-carpet-treatment?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=171367882&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(12) Aeneid X.719-832 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-x719-832-5ff?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168993888&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Greek tragedy ‘The Libation Bearers’ to be staged in Bangladesh for the first time | Daily Star
https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/theatre-arts/news/greek-tragedy-the-libation-bearers-be-staged-bangladesh-the-first-time-3965346

Learning about modern flattery from ancient Pliny | Mary Beard

Learning about modern flattery from ancient Pliny

Circumcelliones – Mainzer Beobachter

Circumcelliones

(12) 19 August 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/19-august-58-bce-from-cicero-in-thessalonica?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=171328940&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

NDQuesday: NDQ and Google’s Gemini LM | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

NDQuesday: NDQ and Google’s Gemini LM

New Roman History Comic: where did Proscription come from? | Greek Myth Comix

PaleoJudaica.com: Cartagena Festival 2025 is coming
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/cartagena-festival-2025-is-coming.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Hendel, Genesis 1–11
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/review-of-hendel-genesis-111.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A late-antique senior care home in Sussita (Hippos) National Park?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-late-antique-senior-care-home-at.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Textiles and War in Europe and the Mediterranean from Prehistory to Late Antiquity: Proceedings of the International Conference held at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilisation in Bucharest, Romania, 17-19 May 2023
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/textiles-and-war-in-europe-and.html

Book details Jews’ two-century fight against Roman Empire | Cornell Chronicle
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/08/book-details-jews-two-century-fight-against-roman-empire
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Instant Classics – Trailer • Instant Classics
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tyHBTKsSumPZbZFxLo6KX?si=cAEH2P8aRaKabTnbluGNeA&nd=1&dlsi=f282af56e9734659

Q&A with Louise O’Brien, our Expert in Residence by The Classics Podcast
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-classics-podcast/episodes/QA-with-Louise-OBrien–our-Expert-in-Residence-e370vbe

95: The Battle of Mantinea – Casting Through Ancient Greece – Apple Podcasts

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Ruins of Well-Preserved Roman Bathhouse May Have Belonged to Cicero
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-bathhouse-cicero-baiae-underwater-1234749495/

Archaeologists discover 2000-year-old Roman road in Scottish park | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25399064.archaeologists-discover-2000-year-old-roman-road-roundhouse/

4 Roman-era tombs unearthed at Sillyon ancient city in Antalya – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/4-roman-era-tombs-unearthed-at-sillyon-ancient-city-in-antalya-3205601

Archaeologists Uncover Double-Headed Ritual Hearths in Anatolia’s Tadım Mound – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncover-double-headed-ritual-hearths-in-anatolias-tadim-mound/

What Is the Sinai? – Biblical Archaeology Society

What Is the Sinai?

Pazuzu figurine: An ancient statue of the Mesopotamian ‘demon’ god who inspired ‘The Exorcist’ | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/pazuzu-figurine-an-ancient-statue-of-the-mesopotamian-demon-god-who-inspired-the-exorcist

1,600 years of care: Archaeologists in northern Israel uncover world’s earliest home for elderly | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-say-theyve-uncovered-earliest-home-for-elderly-in-northern-israel/

Ancient Water Pipeline Unearthed on 65-Meter Hill in Tajikistan – The Times Of Central Asia

Ancient Water Pipeline Unearthed on 65-Meter Hill in Tajikistan

Türkiye’s Sardes prepares to showcase Lydia civilization remains | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/turkiyes-sardes-prepares-to-showcase-lydia-civilization-remains/news

Giant Roman baths finally unearthed in Spain’s Elche after eight year dig – Olive Press News Spain

Giant Roman baths finally unearthed in Spain’s Elche after eight year dig

Why Did The Ancient Egyptians Worship And Sacrifice Crocodiles? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/17/why-ancient-egyptians-worship-sacrifice-crocodiles/

PaleoJudaica.com: Papyri at the University of Oslo
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/papyri-at-university-of-oslo.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Rowlands, The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research (Routledge)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/rowlands-metaphysics-of-historical.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Harrison, Kingship and Empire under the Achaemenids (Edinburgh University Press)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/harrison-kingship-and-empire-under.html

Did the Romans do the ‘Roman Salute’ – Bad Ancient
https://www.badancient.com/claims/roman-salute/

Vooroordelen over gender – Mainzer Beobachter

Vooroordelen over gender

CANE Summer Institute Reunion – CANE

CANE Summer Institute Reunion

(12) Aeneid X.606-718 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-x606-718-e20?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168993849&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Weekly Varia no. 143, 08/17/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 143, 08/17/25

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The LCP Handbook to the Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA1)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-lcp-handbook-to-late-roman-amphora.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia: Vol. IV: Inscribed Documents
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-palace-of-nestor-at-pylos-in.html

! Murcia Today – The Carthaginians And Romans Fiestas, A Legacy Of The Rich Past Of Cartagena
https://murciatoday.com/the-carthaginians-and-romans-fiestas-a-legacy-of-the-rich-past-of-cartagena_1000230366-a.html
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EPISODE 113: Rome’s Forgotten Guerrilla Master — History on Fire
https://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2025/08/18/episode-113-romes-forgotten-guerrilla-master

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(241) Lost Kingdom of the Desert: How the Nabataeans created an Empire – YouTube

(246) Roman Servian Class I | Warriors of History – YouTube

Vespasian #4 – Marc Hyden, author, “Emperor Titus” – Life Of The Caesars

Vespasian #4 – Marc Hyden, author, “Emperor Titus”

(247) Prof. Dr David Breeze, ‘Elizabeth Hodgson: a dispassionate recorder of Hadrian’s Wall? – YouTube

(247) Dr Amara Thornton, ‘Beyond Notability’ project – YouTube

(247) Dr Tatiana Ivleva, ‘Present but forgotten: why we need historiography of… – YouTube

(247) Dr Martha Stewart, ‘Margerie Venables Taylor (1881-1963): an unsung heroine of Roman Britain?’ – YouTube

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Call for Papers: Historical Languages and AI
https://daidalos-projekt.de/conference/cfp/

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Archaeologists uncover 2,800-year-old Lydian palace in western Türkiye – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/archaeologists-uncover-2800-year-old-lydian-palace-in-western-turkiye-3205544

Monumental Roman Bath Complex Unearthed at La Alcudia, Spain – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/17/roman-baths-la-alcudia-spain/

Face of Medusa, Power of the Gorgon: Ancient Amulets Discovered in Karachay-Cherkessia – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/face-of-medusa-power-of-the-gorgon-ancient-amulets-discovered-in-karachay-cherkessia/

A hiking trail linking 46 ancient Greek villages
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250812-a-hiking-trail-linking-forty-six-ancient-greek-villages

The enduring value of Ancient Greek | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1277972/the-enduring-value-of-ancient-greek/

In a small room in Oslo lie hundreds of pieces of 2,000-year-old papyrus
https://www.sciencenorway.no/egypt-antiquity-literature/in-a-small-room-in-oslo-lie-hundreds-of-pieces-of-2000-year-old-papyrus/2536598

Mysterious Greek Inscription on Ancient Sphinx Deciphered – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/17/inscription-sphinx-deciphered-greek/

[AI?]Israel Unveils ‘Year Four’ Rebel Coin from Second Temple | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-864398

Opinion | Caligula in the Hamptons – The New York Times

The Bacchae : All Edinburgh Theatre.com

The Bacchae

The Frogs: In Hell They Sing Show Tunes | Australian Arts Review

The Frogs: In Hell They Sing Show Tunes

Which Roman emperor ruled the longest? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/which-roman-emperor-ruled-the-longest

Amazons, Ancient Female Warriors, May Have Existed, Recent Evidence Shows – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/17/new-find-confirm-amazons-ancient-female-warriors-existed/

David Dunn Mulroy Obituary – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
https://www.jsonline.com/obituaries/pwix1256121

Recent Discoveries Bring the Ancient Mycenaean Civilization of Pylos to Life | Getty News
https://www.getty.edu/news/recent-discoveries-bring-the-ancient-mycenaean-civilization-of-pylos-to-life/

How Greek Stoicism Became Rome’s Political Strategy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/15/greek-stoicism-rome-political-strategy/

(12) The Tourist Traps of Ancient Greece – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/the-tourist-traps-of-ancient-greece?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1211085&post_id=170957214&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(12) 17 August 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/17-august-58-bce-from-cicero-in-thessalonica?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=171164221&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(12) Aeneid X.426-509 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-x426-509-fcf?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168993402&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(12) Aeneid X.510-605 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-x510-605-2ff?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168993812&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

78 Hilariously Chaotic Memes That Prove Mythology Was Basically Ancient Reality TV | Bored Panda
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-mythology-memes/

[paywalled] The largest dig in a lifetime is under way in Pompeii | The Economist
https://www.economist.com/interactive/culture/2025/08/14/the-largest-dig-in-a-lifetime-is-under-way-in-pompeii

Storm op zee – Mainzer Beobachter

Storm op zee

De valse Marius – Mainzer Beobachter

De valse Marius

Notes on Course Design, August 2025 – Noodlings

Notes on Course Design, August 2025

Binding Sets of Wooden Tablets | Variant Readings

Binding Sets of Wooden Tablets

PaleoJudaica.com: Peterson, Qoheleth and the Philosophy of Value (CUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/08/peterson-qoheleth-and-philosophy-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Le mirofore tra letteratura, arte, liturgia e gender studies
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/08/le-mirofore-tra-letteratura-arte.html

explorator 27.35 ~August 17, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.35 ~August 17, 2025

Scythian gold from burial mounds in the northwest of the Sea of Azov region | Spartokos read

L’or scythe provenant des tumulus du nord-ouest de la région de la mer d’Azov

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Anima Latina 17.08.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/08/anima-latina-17-08-2025.html

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 16.08.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/08/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-16-08-2025.html
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(210) First Punic War EXPLAINED – ALL BATTLES – YouTube

Bureaucracy in Cleopatra’s Egypt: How Administration Powered the Ptolemaic Dynasty | Watch
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bureaucracy-in-cleopatra-s-egypt-how-administration-powered-the-ptolemaic-dynasty/vi-AA1KA0jY

(210) Can Modern Science Solve Ancient Egyptian Mysteries? – YouTube

(210) What Happened To The First Athens? – YouTube

(210) Capua’s Ancient Amphitheater – Full Tour of this Incredible Site Including the Underground! – YouTube