ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 12, 2025

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One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather shoe reveals | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/one-roman-soldier-had-enormous-feet-2-000-year-old-waterlogged-leather-shoe-reveals

Slave labor fueled Pompeii’s wealth, new study reveals – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/slave-labor-drove-pompeiis-wealth-new-study-reveals-3202741

Ancient Romans frequently snacked on fried songbird, bone remains reveal | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/ancient-romans-fast-food-songbird-bones-mallorca-b2768522.html

Ancient Sarcophagus Unearthed in Israel Portrays an Epic Drinking Contest Between the God Dionysus and the Mythical Hero Hercules
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-israel-portrays-an-epic-drinking-contest-between-the-god-dionysus-and-the-mythical-hero-hercules-180986785/

Massive Ancient Roman Villa Unearthed in France Opens to the Public
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ancient-roman-villa-sainte-nitasse-france-1234744910/

[old news]Church of the Holy Fathers Possibly Found Under Lake in Turkey | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857443

In Pompeii essences of House of Perfumer come back to life | ANSA.it
https://www.ansa.it/amp/english/news/2025/06/11/in-pompeii-essences-of-house-of-perfumer-come-back-to-life_a2d0617d-2bf2-4c2c-b24a-9224d0d18e5f.html

The Purple Dye That Powered the Ancient Phoenician Empire
https://www.history.com/articles/purple-ancient-phoenicians

Did Ancient Greeks in Crete “Cheat” the Romans with Knock-Off Wine? – GreekReporter.com

Did Ancient Greeks in Crete “Cheat” the Romans with Knock-Off Wine?

Was Greek Philosopher Socrates Truly a Danger to Athens or Just a Scapegoat? – GreekReporter.com

Was Greek Philosopher Socrates Truly a Danger to Athens or Just a Scapegoat?

How Ancient Greek Mythology Continues to Shape Pop Culture – GreekReporter.com

How Ancient Greek Mythology Continues to Shape Pop Culture

Archaeologists Are Recreating the Long-Lost Recipe for Egyptian Blue, the World’s Oldest Known Synthetic Pigment
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-recreating-the-long-lost-recipe-for-egyptian-blue-the-worlds-oldest-known-synthetic-pigment-180986778/

What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche ‹ Literary Hub

What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche

Legacy Academy students excel on Universal Latin Exam | Cape Gazette
https://www.capegazette.com/article/legacy-academy-students-excel-universal-latin-exam/291936

The Odyssey: The full cast for Christopher Nolan’s Greek epic
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-full-cast-list-5174098

Dario D’Ambrosi’s Pathological Theatre in Athens with Medea | ANSA.it
https://www.ansa.it/amp/english/news/news_from_embassies/2025/06/12/dario-dambrosis-pathological-theatre-in-athens-with-medea_01c7040f-c63d-4571-89e4-e9a084219aec.html

Huge Greek ships spotted at Scots harbour as filming for Hollywood blockbuster takes over town | The Scottish Sun
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tv/14928405/huge-ships-scots-harbour-filming-hollywood/

Germans: Josephos characterizes Caligula’s bodyguard (late first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland

Germans: Josephos characterizes Caligula’s bodyguard (late first century CE)

Write This Down: You are the City. You Are the people – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Write This Down: You are the City. You Are the people

NT Blog: The Aseneth Home Page: Revised and Relaunched
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-aseneth-home-page-revised-and.html

NT Blog: What, Exactly, Did Josephus Write About Jesus? Guest Post by Stephen Goranson
https://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/what-exactly-did-josephus-write-about.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New from ISAC: Outward Appearance versus Inward Significance: Addressing Identities through Attire in the Ancient World
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-from-isac-outward-appearance-versus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Theater-Terrasse
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/die-theater-terrasse.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Das Traianeum
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/das-traianeum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Inschriften von Pergamon: 2. Römische Zeit – Inschriften auf Thon
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/die-inschriften-von-pergamon-2-romische.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Social Psychology and the Ancient World: Methods and Applications
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/social-psychology-and-ancient-world.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Contacts of Languages and Peoples in the Hittite and Post-Hittite World: Volume 2, The 1st Millennium and the Eastern Mediterranean Interface
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/contacts-of-languages-and-peoples-in.html

Het graf van Filippos II – Mainzer Beobachter

Het graf van Filippos II

(1) ANE Today, 12 June 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-12-june-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=165708140&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(1) Aeneid II.298-401 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii298-401-83d?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164268012&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

How the Scythian Empire Ruled the Near East for Just 28 Years | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/scythians-nomadic-empire-rise-fall/

(1) The Trojan War: A Brief Explainer – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/the-trojan-war-a-brief-explainer?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1211085&post_id=165779545&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Antony and Cleopatra opera critiques

The Met’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Reframes Ancient Tragedy Through the Lens of Propaganda

Project MUSE – Ugly Productions
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/132640

The epic world – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The epic world

Materialising the Roman Empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Materialising the Roman Empire

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Episode 162 – Shirts Off for Virtus! – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Episode 162 – Shirts Off for Virtus!

The Kushan Empire – The Ancients | Acast

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(862) Lecture: You Look Divine—Deifying Women in the Roman Empire – YouTube

(862) Monarchy or Republic: The Last Kings of Rome – YouTube

(862) Great Illyrian Revolt – Roman Empire of Augustus – YouTube

(862) Pompei – Inaugurazione della casa del Giardino di Ercole – YouTube

(862) The significance of shipwrecks in understanding Bronze Age trade – YouTube

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 11, 2025

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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Archaeology in the age of big data: User-friendly software streamlines analysis of past collections
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-archaeology-age-big-user-friendly.html

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-wheel-simulations-reveal-birth-world.html

Ancient Pharaonic Wall, Bronze Workshops Among New Finds in Luxor, Egypt – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Pharaonic Wall, Bronze Workshops Among New Finds in Luxor, Egypt

How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-uncovered-potential-ancient-rome-wine.html

How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam
https://theconversation.com/how-i-uncovered-a-potential-ancient-rome-wine-scam-258215

2,700-year-old kohl from Iran reveals first known use of graphite in ancient eye makeup | Archaeology News Online Magazine

2,700-year-old kohl from Iran reveals first known use of graphite in ancient eye makeup

Archaeologists unearth Roman-era sarcophagus showing Greek gods in drinking contest | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/sarcophagus-greek-gods-drinking-israel-b2767866.html

Romans traded exotic animals across empire | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/06/romans-traded-exotic-animals-across-empire.html

Mysterious grave of woman and girl from 400 B.C. discovered in idyllic German town | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/mysterious-dumped-bodies-woman-child-found-archaeologists-picturesque-town

[AI?]Wall and vault collapse in Pompeii after Campi quake | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857302

Excavations reveal a vast Roman villa complex
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/06/excavations-reveal-a-vast-roman-villa-complex

Hoard of 13 Roman coins unearthed near Boughton in Norfolk | Eastern Daily Press
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25230561.hoard-13-roman-coins-unearthed-near-boughton-norfolk/

Roman-era ‘fast food’ discovered in ancient trash heap on Mallorca | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-era-fast-food-discovered-in-ancient-trash-heap-on-mallorca

Ancient Roman Fast Food: Songbirds Were a Popular Snack in 1st-Century Mallorca – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/ancient-roman-fast-food-songbirds-were-a-popular-snack-in-1st-century-mallorca/

A Roman Giant Emerges From Dutch Soil in Nijmegen – And Urban Development Might Destroy It

A Roman Giant Emerges From Dutch Soil in Nijmegen – And Urban Development Might Destroy It

Decorative terracotta pieces challenge existing ideas on Carpetania’s role in Mediterranean globalization
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-terracotta-pieces-ideas-carpetania-role.html

[AI?]Intact Roman pot found at Drumanagh leaves archaeologists ‘breathless’ | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857307

[AI?]British Museum denies report of Parthenon Sculptures loan deal | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857303

David Frost is wrong about the Elgin Marbles
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/11/david-frost-is-wrong-about-the-elgin-marbles/

Rome to open up Caelian Hill with new green areas, walks and views
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-caelian-hill-new-green-areas-views.html

Pompeii, Hercules’ Garden House inaugurated. Philologically reconstructed garden
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/museums/pompeii-hercules-garden-house-inaugurated-philologically-reconstructed-garden

Picasso Forgery at Heart of Busted Greek Antiquities Ring – tovima.com

Picasso Forgery at Heart of Busted Greek Antiquities Ring

Stolen Syrian antiquities flood online marketplace after Assad fall | The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2025/06/11/syrian-antiquities-facebook-marketplace-trafficking/

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey takes over Findlater Castle for filming
https://www.scotsman.com/regions/aberdeen-and-north-east/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-filming-scotland-moray-findlater-castle-5171858

What was the early modern reception and status of Herodotus? – Herodotus Helpline

What was the early modern reception and status of Herodotus?

Vol. 18 (2024) | Histos
https://histos.org/index.php/histos/issue/view/3

Reading the Roman Revolution 23: Crisis in Party and State | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Reading the Roman Revolution 23: Crisis in Party and State

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Monotonization of the World
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-monotonization-of-world.html

Murdered Immigrant Children and a Plague: A Different Medea Story – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Murdered Immigrant Children and a Plague: A Different Medea Story

(1) Aeneid II.199-297 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii199-297-48d?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164267966&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

A Metaphor About Academic Writing – Noodlings

A Metaphor About Academic Writing

PaleoJudaica.com: Mythological sarcophagus relief excavated in Caesarea
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/mythological-sarcophagus-relief.html

On the Origins of Naqraus, the Legendary First Antediluvian King of Egypt – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/on-the-origins-of-naqraus-the-legendary-first-antediluvian-king-of-egypt

Batumi Archaeological Museum Treasure. Catalog | Spartokos read

Batumi Archaeological Museum Treasure. Catalogue

Karthago: archäologische Stadtbiographie – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Karthago: archäologische Stadtbiographie

Traité d’accentuation grecque – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Traité d’accentuation grecque

Judea under Greek and Roman rule – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Judea under Greek and Roman rule


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Vespasian #1 – Welcome to Vespasian – Life Of The Caesars

Vespasian #1 – Welcome to Vespasian

The Ultimate Mesopotamian Mystery – Dan Snow’s History Hit | Acast

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(824) CASA DEL GIARDINO DI ERCOLE – Ricostruzione filologica del giardino – YouTube

Understanding Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/understanding-ancient-egypt-with?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=752411&post_id=164740970&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(824) Inside the Curia Julia Then and Now – YouTube

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The Next Ovid(s) | ScuolaNormaleSuperiore
https://www.sns.it/it/evento/next-ovids

The Conversation: How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam

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Conor Trainor, University College Dublin

Before artificial sweeteners, people satisfied their cravings for sweetness with natural products, including honey or dried fruit. Raisin wines, made by drying grapes before fermentation, were particularly popular. Historical records show these wines, some known as passum, were enjoyed in the Roman Empire and throughout medieval Europe. The most famous of raisin wine of the period was Malmsey, with varities of this type produced across the Mediterranean.

Today, the popularity of raisin wines has declined, although some still are held in very high esteem. The best-known of these are Italy’s appassimento (literally “withering”) wines, such as Amarone. High-quality modern raisin wines from the Veneto region of Italy are left to dry for three months before being pressed and undergoing fermentation, a time-consuming process.

Ancient sources describe similar techniques for producing raisin wines. Columella, a Roman agricultural writer, noted that drying and fermentation together took at least a month. The Roman author, Pliny the Elder, mentioned a process in which grapes were partially dried on the vine, then further dried on racks before being pressed eight days later.

For the past ten years, I have been studying the process of how this wine was created at the archaeological site of Knossos in Crete. While famous for its earlier, Minoan, remains, Crete was renowned throughout the Roman empire for producing high-end sweet raisin wine, which was traded far and wide.

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High-quality raisin wines required patience and time but it seems as if Knossos’s wine producers might not have been following these traditional methods.

What my archaeological investigations of a wine production site, as well as at wine shipping container (amphora) production sites at Knossos, is that Cretan wine-producers may have been deceiving their Roman-era customers with a knock-off version of passum.

Crete’s winemaking legacy

Remains of a wine production facility in Knossos present a picture of winemaking practices a generation or so before the Romans conquered Crete. More intriguingly, ongoing studies of excavated Roman-era pottery kilns revealed a repeated pattern of four key artefacts being produced in one region of Knossos: amphorae for transporting wine, amphora stands for filling them, large ceramic mixing bowls, and ceramic beehives.

Crete, the largest Greek island, has been producing wine for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence from Myrtos suggests winemaking as early as 2170 BCE. Its strategic location between Greece and North Africa made it a valuable asset and in 67 BCE, after a brutal three-year campaign, the Romans conquered the island.

Following the conquest, Crete’s economy underwent major changes. The Romans established a colony at Knossos, transformed the governance system, and significantly expanded wine production. Rural activity surged, and archaeologists have found large numbers of amphorae (clay jars used for transporting wine) suggesting that Cretan wine was exported in huge quantities.

Romans bought so much Cretan wine partly because of shipping routes. Grain shipments that helped feed the people of Rome frequently stopped at Crete en route from Alexandria to Italy, allowing merchants to load additional cargo. But demand was also driven by the reputation of Cretan raisin wine, which was considered a luxury product, much like Italy’s appassimento wines today. Beyond taste, it was also valued for supposed medicinal properties. The Roman army physician Pedanius Dioscorides wrote in his famous five-volume medical work Materia Medica that the wine cured headaches, expelled worms and even promoted fertility.

The sudden rise in demand for sweet Cretan wine in Rome and on the Bay of Naples in the early days of empire may have encouraged winemakers to speed up production.

Pliny the Elder described one shortcut for making raisin wine – boiling grape juice in large pots. However, the mixing basins found at Knossos show no evidence of heating. This suggests another possibility: adding honey to wine before packaging. The beehives, excavated from Roman-era pottery kilns and identifiable by their rough interior surfaces designed for honeycomb attachment, hint at a connection between winemaking and honey. Similar discoveries at other Greek sites suggest that honey and wine may have been mixed before shipping.

This method would have been quicker and cheaper than drying grapes for weeks. But if Cretan producers were substituting honey for traditional drying techniques, was this truly raisin wine? And, were Roman consumers aware? The vast quantities of Cretan wine imported into Rome suggest that buyers weren’t too concerned either way. Based on the sheer volume of now-empty wine amphoras from Crete that have been found in archaeological sites in Rome, I suspect that the populous of Rome likely cared less about authenticity than we do today.The Conversation

Conor Trainor, Ad Astra Research Fellow / Assistant Professor, University College Dublin

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 10, 2025

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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Forged 5,000 Years Ago: The World’s Oldest Swords Discovered at Arslantepe Mound, Türkiye – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/forged-5000-years-ago-the-worlds-oldest-swords-discovered-at-arslantepe-mound-turkiye/

Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-teen-girl-years-cone-skull.html

Unearthing Ithaca’s Past: New Discoveries at Homer’s School – GreekReporter.com

Unearthing Ithaca’s Past: New Discoveries at Homer’s School

Romans traded exotic animals across empire | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/06/romans-traded-exotic-animals-across-empire.html

Decorative terracotta pieces challenge existing ideas on Carpetania’s role in Mediterranean globalization
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-terracotta-pieces-ideas-carpetania-role.html

Archaeologists in France Discover Giant Roman Gallic Villa Hiding in Plain Sight
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-in-france-discover-giant-roman-gallic-villa-hiding-in-plain-sight-2000613250

Spectacular Roman Mosaics Unearthed in Thalheim bei Wels: A Unique Discovery in Upper Austria – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/spectacular-roman-mosaics-unearthed-in-thalheim-bei-wels-a-unique-discovery-in-upper-austria/

Looted Antiquities From Syria Sold on Facebook Marketplace
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/looted-antiquities-sold-facebook-marketplace-palmyra-syria-1234744748/

Israel, rare Roman sarcophagus with drinking contest between Hercules and Dionysus discovered
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/israel-rare-roman-sarcophagus-with-drinking-contest-between-hercules-and-dionysus-discovered

‘Extraordinary’ sarcophagus discovered in Israel shows carving of Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/extraordinary-sarcophagus-discovered-in-israel-shows-carving-of-dionysus-beating-hercules-in-a-drinking-contest

The Bubon Statue Departs: Farewell Display of Monumental Ancient Bronze | Cleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/bubon-statue-departs-farewell-display-monumental-ancient-bronze?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

The young Athenians: America in the age of Trump | OUPblog

The young Athenians: America in the age of Trump

Is Nigel Farage like a Roman tribune? | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/is-nigel-farage-like-a-roman-tribune-blog-post

[paywalled] Why it’s time to return the Parthenon sculptures to Greece
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/why-its-time-to-return-the-parthenon-sculptures-to-greece-rxb90g0z6

The Marbles: David Wilkinson’s Documentary Film on the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures –

The Marbles: David Wilkinson’s Documentary Film on the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Locus Desperatus
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-locus-desperatus.html

PaleoJudaica.com: “Enoch” AI and new Carbon dating may push the dates of some DSS back
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/enoch-ai-and-new-carbon-dating-may-push.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Walter Brueggemann (1933-2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/walter-brueggemann-1933-2025.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Inschriften von Pergamon: 1. Bis zum Ende der Königszeit
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/die-inschriften-von-pergamon-1-bis-zum.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Machina Callida
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/machina-callida.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Spätklassische und frühhellenistische Gefäßkeramik aus Priene: Formuntersuchung, Kontext und soziokulturelle Interpretation
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/spatklassische-und-fruhhellenistische.html

De Zevenslapers van Efese – Mainzer Beobachter

De Zevenslapers van Efese

Aeneid II.105-198 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii105-198-20d?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164267453&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Aenesidemus Was Not the Founder of Pyrrhonism
https://ataraxiaorbust.substack.com/p/aenesidemus-was-not-the-founder-of

Two for Tuesday: Slavic Ware in Greece | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two for Tuesday: Slavic Ware in Greece

Plunder? How Museums Got Their Treasures, by Justin M. Jacobs | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736684?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

Villae maritimae del Mediterraneo occidentale: Nascita, diffusione e trasformazione di un modello architettonico, edited by Giulia Ciucci, Barbara Davidde Petriaggi, and Corinne Rousse | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736689?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

Un public ou des publics? La réception des spectacles dans le monde romain entre pluralité et unanimité, edited by Sinclair Bell, Anne Berlan-Gallant, and Sylvain Forichon | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736683?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=b783ab0dce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=b783ab0dce&mc_eid=693126d49d

Sick & Twisted Theatre reimagines Greek myth with blind and trans cast – Classic107: Winnipeg’s only dedicated classical and jazz radio station.
https://classic107.com/articles/sick–twisted-theatre-reimagines-greek-myth-with-blind-and-trans-cast
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Theseus & Ariadne 8: “I never … – Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts

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(799) How much do you really know about Ancient Rome? – Stephanie Honchell Smith – YouTube

(801) Today’s walk along the Tiber! – YouTube

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ June 9, 2025

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Ancient sarcophagus with mythological scene found in Caesarea, Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-857056

Sarcophagus Showing Dionysus Trouncing Hercules Found in Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-06-09/ty-article/sarcophagus-showing-dionysus-trouncing-hercules-found-in-israel/00000197-53cd-deed-a9bf-5fef999e0000

Archaeologists find unique 1,700-year-old sarcophagus depicting booze battle with a god | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-find-unique-1700-year-old-sarcophagus-depicting-booze-battle-between-2-gods/

Exquisite marble sarcophagus unearthed near Caesarea
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/06/exquisite-marble-sarcophagus-unearthed-near-caesarea/155392

Contractor in Syria uncovers an ancient tomb complex | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/syria-civil-war-byzantine-tomb-discovery-824ced51a4176f1d02c83b0b4d0e6d16

Archaeologists in France Discover Giant Roman Gallic Villa Hiding in Plain Sight
https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-in-france-discover-giant-roman-gallic-villa-hiding-in-plain-sight-2000613250

Massive shoe found at Northumberland Roman site astounds archaeologists | Chronicle Live
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/massive-shoe-found-northumberland-roman-31820610

Greece, British Museum Discuss ‘Long-Term Parthenon Marbles Loan’ – GreekReporter.com

Greece, British Museum Discuss ‘Long-Term Parthenon Marbles Loan’

The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100 – GreekReporter.com

The Suda, The Greek Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100

In Odesa, vandals smashed the glass of a sarcophagus with Greek artifacts on Prymorskyi Boulevard | УНН
https://unn.ua/en/news/in-odesa-vandals-smashed-the-glass-of-a-sarcophagus-with-greek-artifacts-on-prymorskyi-boulevard

Integrated ancient city uncovered in Karnak, dating back to 2000 BC – Egypt Independent

Integrated ancient city uncovered in Karnak, dating back to 2000 BC

First Roman pot discovered in north Dublin archaeological dig
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/roman-pot-north-dublin

2,800-year-old royal tomb discovered near King Midas’ home in Turkey | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-800-year-old-royal-tomb-discovered-near-king-midas-home-in-turkey

Strange Metal From Beyond Our World Spotted in Ancient Treasure Stash : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-world-spotted-in-ancient-treasure-stash

Looting, trafficking of Syrian antiquties soar: Report – World News
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/looting-trafficking-of-syrian-antiquties-soar-report-210097

The Origin of Ancient Greek City-States rewritten

The Origin of Ancient Greek City-States rewritten

Antiquities Face More Red Tape

Antiquities Face More Red Tape

Mithridates’ Kingdom: What Alexander’s Empire Could Have Been?

Mithridates’ Kingdom: What Alexander’s Empire Could Have Been?

Alcestis: A Deceptively Happy Tragedy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Alcestis: A Deceptively Happy Tragedy

(13) Aeneid II.1-104 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-ii1-104-251?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=164267328&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: McGeough, Readers of the Lost Ark (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/06/mcgeough-readers-of-lost-ark-oup.html

Wat is archeologie? (1) Onbegrip – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (1) Onbegrip

Wat is archeologie? (2) Structuur – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (2) Structuur

Wat is archeologie? (3) De media – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (3) De media

Wat is archeologie? (4) Museale antwoorden – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (4) Museale antwoorden

Wat is archeologie? (5) Toekomst – Mainzer Beobachter

Wat is archeologie? (5) Toekomst

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Justice and Righteousness in the Old Testament: Reflecting on Slavery in the Hebrew Bible
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/justice-and-righteousness-in-old.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Histoire du texte des ›Parva naturalia‹ d’Aristote: Prolégomènes à une édition critique
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/histoire-du-texte-des-parva-naturalia.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poems on Bishops by Gregory of Nazianzus and Ephrem the Syrian
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/06/poems-on-bishops-by-gregory-of.html

Poetica spolia. Il reimpiego del testo dei poeti nei generi letterari della tarda latinità – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Poetica spolia. Il reimpiego del testo dei poeti nei generi letterari della tarda latinità

Continuity and change in ancient Umbrian cult places – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Continuity and change in ancient Umbrian cult places

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This Week in the Ancient Near East | thisweekintheancientneareast
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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(776) Newly opened Augustus Mausoleum PIAZZA! – YouTube

(776) One of the best-preserved Roman cities isn’t in Italy #ancientsitesunday – YouTube

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Summer School in Homer 2025 | Department of Greek & Latin – UCL – University College London
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/study/outreach-and-summer-schools/summer-schools/summer-school-homer-2025

Associate Professor, Greek Literature and Culture – University of Victoria (Deadline September 15) – The Classical Association of Canada

Associate Professor, Greek Literature and Culture – University of Victoria (Deadline September 15)

Register for CSI 2025! – CANE

Register for CSI 2025!