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ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN February 17 , 2025
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Is Donald Trump more like Hitler or Augustus Caesar? Honestly, it’s both | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/17/is-more-like-hitler-or-augustus-caesar-honestly-its-both/

The scent of the mummy. Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scent-mummy-ancient-egyptian-nice.html

Ancient Egyptian ‘granary with scribes’ diorama: A miniature workplace found buried in a tomb from the Middle Kingdom | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-granary-with-scribes-diorama-a-miniature-workplace-found-buried-in-a-tomb-from-the-middle-kingdom

Nearly 2,000-year-old Roman structure discovered in the heart of London : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/17/nx-s1-5299210/nearly-2-000-year-old-roman-structure-discovered-in-the-heart-of-london

Roman London: Tower plans to be revised after basilica found
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8edzjezdy0o

Tax Administration in Roman Caesarea Philippi – Biblical Archaeology Society

Tax Administration in Roman Caesarea Philippi

Severed Heads Found in Iberian Iron Age Sites in Catalonia Belonged to Prisoners of War or Defeated Enemies

Severed Heads Found in Iberian Iron Age Sites in Catalonia Belonged to Prisoners of War or Defeated Enemies

Cleveland Museum of Art will return looted Greco-Roman bronze to Turkey – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/17/cleveland-museum-art-returns-looted-greco-roman-bronze-turkey

Experts push to restore Syria’s war-torn heritage sites, including renowned Roman ruins at Palmyra | Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590513/amp

Greece to open museum of ancient undersea treasures
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250217-greece-to-open-museum-of-ancient-undersea-treasures

Cyprus receives major archaeological archive from Kourion excavations | in-cyprus.com

Cyprus receives major archaeological archive from 1970s-80s US Kourion excavations

Iraq discovers 20 ancient artifacts in Dhi Qar – Shafaq News
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq-discovers-20-ancient-artifacts-in-Dhi-Qar

King Minos’ Labyrinth and the Minoan Civilization – GreekReporter.com

King Minos’ Labyrinth and the Minoan Civilization

Pompeii’s streets show how the city adapted to Roman rule | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2468525-pompeiis-streets-show-how-the-city-adapted-to-roman-rule/

Significant Archaeological Discovery on Failaka Island: Hellenistic Courtyard and Building Unearthed – Arkeonews

Significant Archaeological Discovery on Failaka Island: Hellenistic Courtyard and Building Unearthed

We’ve told this story for 2,500 years: how Hadestown playfully brings alive an ancient Greek myth
https://theconversation.com/weve-told-this-story-for-2-500-years-how-hadestown-playfully-brings-alive-an-ancient-greek-myth-249718

The Brilliant But Joyless Stoicism of Marcus Aurelius
https://danielebolelli.substack.com/p/the-brilliant-but-joyless-stoicism

Dead Man Walking: Oedipus at Colonus, Part VI
https://elizabethbobrick.substack.com/p/dead-man-walking-oedipus-at-colonus-2d9?publication_id=1331359&post_id=157277806&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

How Did Romans Avoid Body Odour? – by James Coverley
https://jamescoverley.substack.com/p/how-did-romans-avoid-body-odour

Learning ancient Greek – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/learning-ancient-greek?publication_id=1877109&post_id=157280721&isFreemail=false&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

SALVE! SPOTLIGHT – Retrospect Journal

SALVE! SPOTLIGHT

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ΑΚΡΙΒΕΙΑ. Lo stile esatto nella retorica greca
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/lo-stile-esatto-nella-retorica-greca.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Natura e funzione della deposizione del metallo tra Europa e Mediterraneo: ripostigli della tarda età del bronzo
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/natura-e-funzione-della-deposizione-del.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ritrovamenti monetali di età romana nel Friuli Venezia Giulia Provincia I: Udine Volume I/2/2: Aquileia II Comune di Aquileia
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/ritrovamenti-monetali-di-eta-romana-nel.html

PaleoJudaica.com: AJR review panel on Gross, Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity, part 5
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/ajr-review-panel-on-gross-babylonian_17.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Chained woman buried near Jerusalem in 5th-century was an ascetic?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/chained-woman-buried-near-jerusalem-in.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Dissension
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/dissension.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Dellius Ode
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-dellius-ode.html

Diodoros van Sicilië – Mainzer Beobachter

Diodoros van Sicilië

Decline and Fall | Sphinx

Decline and Fall

A fake media story about “discovery” of lost works by Apollonius of Perge – Roger Pearse

A fake media story about “discovery” of lost works by Apollonius of Perge

The Transmission of the Works of Apollonius of Perge – Roger Pearse

The Transmission of the Works of Apollonius of Perge

Investigators win repatriation battle as Cleveland Museum of Art backs down ~ ARCAblog
https://art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/02/investigators-win-repatriation-battle.html

Issue 14 (2024) | New Voices In Classical Reception Studies
https://fass.open.ac.uk/research/newvoices/issue14

Archaeological sites of Berezneguvat district | Spartokos read

Sites archéologiques du district de Berezneguvat

Afterlives of the garden. Receptions of Epicurean thought in the early Empire and late antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Afterlives of the garden. Receptions of Epicurean thought in the early Empire and late antiquity

Christliche religiöse Gewalt im spätantiken Ägypten: hagiographische Schriften im Fokus kultur-und mentalitätsgeschichtlicher Fragestellungen – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Christliche religiöse Gewalt im spätantiken Ägypten: hagiographische Schriften im Fokus kultur-und mentalitätsgeschichtlicher Fragestellungen

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The Case of the Very Long Roman Legal Papyrus from the Judean Desert, Or, Do You Really Have to Pay Sales Tax on Slaves? | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-case-of-the-very-long-roman-legal-papyrus-from-the-judean-desert-or-do-you-really-have-to-pay-sales-tax-on-slaves/

Trackers of Oxyrhincus: A Reprised Conversation with Jimmy Walters – The History Of European Theatre | Acast

Anima Latina – CLXXXII – 16.02.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/02/anima-latina-16-02-2025.html
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Who the hell is AESOP anyways? – YouTube

Princess Asbyte | Warriors of History – YouTube

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Spring/Summer Language Offerings at Canadian Universities – The Classical Association of Canada

Spring/Summer Language Offerings at Canadian Universities

Wartime Sexual Violence in Roman Conquest Art

Wartime Sexual Violence in Roman Conquest Art

Ancient Greek women philosophers

Ancient Greek women philosophers

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Ancient Greek tombstone discovered in Cyrene | The Libya Observer
https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/ancient-greek-tombstone-discovered-cyrene

Detectorists find Roman sword while searching for WW2 relics
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/02/detectorists-find-roman-sword-while-searching-for-ww2-relics/154561

10 Bizarre Artifacts Discovered At Pompeii
https://www.grunge.com/1778568/bizarre-artifacts-discovered-pompeii/

The Rest Is History’s Tom Holland interview: ‘History doesn’t exist to teach us moral lessons’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/rest-is-history-tom-holland-interview/

Classics Expert: Trump’s Rage Defies Historical and Literary Comparisons – The National Herald

Classics Expert: Trump’s Rage Defies Historical and Literary Comparisons

Canadian loyalty, Canadian tragedy: Parallels of ancient Greek war | Calgary Herald
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/canadian-loyalty-canadian-tragedy-parallels-of-ancient-greek-war

Country Life Was Better than City Life In the Roman Empire – GreekReporter.com

Country Life Was Better than City Life In the Roman Empire

Archestratus: The Ancient Greek Chef and His Secrets of Gastronomy – GreekReporter.com

Archestratus: The Ancient Greek Chef and His Secrets of Gastronomy

Hex files: ‘Curse’ tablet recalls an ancient mode of score-settling | Yale News
https://news.yale.edu/2024/11/01/hex-files-curse-tablet-recalls-ancient-mode-score-settling

New Theory Supports Connection between Santorini and Ancient Atlantis – GreekReporter.com

New Theory Supports Connection between Santorini and Ancient Atlantis

Weekend course: Latin as a language of prayer | ICN
https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51727

How The Ancient Greeks Educated Me
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2025/02/15/how-the-ancient-greeks-educated-me/

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Cleveland Museum Drops Lawsuit Over Statue
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/02/cleveland-museum-drops-lawsuit-over.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Stupidity
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/stupidity.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Starting and Stopping War
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/starting-and-stopping-war.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Life
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/life.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Emotionale Sprache in Ciceros zweiter Philippika gegen Marc Anton: Einführung in die emotionslinguistische Textanalyse und Kommentar
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/emotionale-sprache-in-ciceros-zweiter.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Meters of Roman Comedy
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2016/03/database-meters-of-roman-comedy.html

Roman Times: The Euandria: a male “manliness” competition at the Panathenaea Festival of Ancient Athens
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-euandria-male-manliness-competition.html

Weekly Varia no. 118, 02/16/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 118, 02/16/25

PaleoJudaica.com: Mayfield & Barter (eds.), Ezekiel’s Sign-Acts (De Gruyter)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/mayfield-barter-eds-ezekiels-sign-acts.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Apocrypha Hiberniae II, Apocalyptica 3 (Brepols)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/apocrypha-hiberniae-ii-apocalyptica-3.html

Echte en onechte brieven van Paulus – Mainzer Beobachter

Echte en onechte brieven van Paulus

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Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 15.02.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/02/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-15-02-2025.html

diē Sanctī Valentīnī — Nuntii Latini

diē Sanctī Valentīnī

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Dressing Ancient Romans in ‘Gladiator II’ | All Of It with Alison Stewart – YouTube

Video meliora proboque… || Spoken Latin podcast (49) – YouTube

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TRAC Webinar: Kelsey Madden – Representations of Wartime Sexual Violence in Roman Conquest Art at Online event tickets from TicketSource
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/theoretical-roman-archaeology-conference/t-dvrxrqm

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‘Woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’: Smell of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies reveals new insights into embalming practices
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-woody-spicy-sweet-ancient-egyptian.html

Report documents devastation of ancient city of Palmyra, a World Heritage Site, after the fall of the Assad regime
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-documents-devastation-ancient-city-palmyra.html

Ancient Greek wall unearthed in Croatia – The Greek Herald

Ancient Greek wall unearthed in Croatia

Amateur Freedivers Discover a Huge Hoard of 1,500-Year-Old Roman Gold Coins Along the Spanish Coast – Knewz
https://knewz.com/world/amateur-freedivers-discover-a-huge-hoard-of-1-500-year-old-roman-gold-coins-along-the-spanish-coast/

Archaeologists discover 5 stunning statues in Türkiye’s Perge ancient city – Türkiye Today

Archaeologists discover 5 stunning statues in Türkiye’s Perge ancient city

2,000-Year-Old Roman Phallus Carving Discovered on Ancient Millstone, Was Used as a ‘Lucky Charm’ – Knewz
https://knewz.com/world/2-000-year-old-roman-phallus-carving-discovered-on-ancient-millstone-was-used-as-a-lucky-charm/

Valentine’s Day: A Not-So-Romantic Journey Going Back to Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com

Valentine’s Day: A Not-So-Romantic Journey Going Back to Ancient Greece

Archaeologists uncover extraordinary 2,000-year-old Roman basilica beneath London office | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/02/14/archaeologists-uncover-extraordinary-2000-year-old-roman-basilica-beneath-london-office

Roman basilica discovered beneath London office block – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/14/roman-basilica-discovered-beneath-london-office-block

Archaeologists uncover 1,800-year-old Roman soldier burial with dagger at ancient Spanish fortress | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Archaeologists uncover 1,800-year-old Roman soldier burial with dagger at ancient Spanish fortress

Rare Sarmatian treasures discovered in burial mound
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/02/rare-sarmatian-treasures-discovered-in-burial-mound/154548

Why Were All of These Bodies Buried Sitting Upright and Facing West More Than 2,000 Years Ago? | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-were-all-of-these-bodies-buried-sitting-upright-and-facing-west-more-than-2000-years-ago-180986027/

IDF Maj. Doron Spielman’s book claims proof of Jewish indigeneity – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-842009

Museum Agrees to Return Prized, Looted Bronze to Turkey – The New York Times

Manhattan DA’s Office Announces Repatriation of Marcus Aurelius Statue to the People of Türkiye – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

Manhattan DA’s Office Announces Repatriation of Marcus Aurelius Statue to the People of Türkiye

Works by Archaic Greek Poets Set to Music | Harvard Magazine
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/03/harvard-archaic-greek-poetry-music

Centaurs, Cyclops, and Community: Review of St. Andrew’s “The Lightning Thief”

Centaurs, Cyclops, and Community: Review of St. Andrew’s “The Lightning Thief”

Joe Goodkin performs “The Blues of Achilles,” musical adaptation of “The Iliad” – The Bowdoin Orient

Joe Goodkin performs “The Blues of Achilles,” musical adaptation of “The Iliad”

Lecturer who attempts to predict future by analysing sheep livers gives Oscar forecast – Leicestershire Live
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/lecturer-who-attempts-predict-future-9941142

Purple Fabric With Gold Thread Found In Ancient Tomb In France
https://allthatsinteresting.com/autun-france-ancient-purple-gold-fabric

Western Wall rabbi demands return of Western Wall stone from airport exhibit
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sy200w6jtjx

Jewish philosopher Simone Weil understood Trump’s Achilles’ heel. – The Forward
https://forward.com/opinion/696553/trump-simone-weil-homer-iliad-executive-order/

‘Don’t Feed the Antiquities Market!’ – An Interview with Roberta Mazza – Membra Dispersa Sinaitica

‘Don’t Feed the Antiquities Market!’ – An Interview with Roberta Mazza

Blog Post #103: Looting and the Antiquities Market with Cara Tremain – Peopling the Past

Blog Post #103: Looting and the Antiquities Market with Cara Tremain

Classics in Asturias | Blog post | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/classics-in-asturias-blog-post

Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2: Ganymede, or The Golden Age of Greek Mythology Retellings – Yale Daily News

Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2: Ganymede, or The Golden Age of Greek Mythology Retellings

When Eros Met Psyche

When Eros Met Psyche

Imag(in)ing Samothrace

Imag(in)ing Samothrace

Achilles’ New Delight – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/achilles-new-delight?publication_id=1870284&post_id=157083318&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: Cyril and Methodius Day 2025, first round
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/cyril-and-methodius-day-2025-first-round.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Ben-Gurion Airport archaeology exhibition
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/ben-gurion-airport-archaeology.html

PaleoJudaica.com: IAA declines authority over West Bank antiquities
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/iaa-declines-authority-over-west-bank.html

How ancient Roman festivals shaped today’s Valentine’s Day? – Türkiye Today

How ancient Roman festivals shaped today’s Valentine’s Day?

Darius III: The Persian King Who Fought Alexander the Great
https://www.thecollector.com/darius-iii-persian-king/

Fireside Friday, February 14, 2025 (On Grant Funding) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Fireside Friday, February 14, 2025 (On Grant Funding)

The World of An Altar of Indignities – Part VIII – The Panathenaea of Ancient Athens |

The World of An Altar of Indignities – Part VIII – The Panathenaea of Ancient Athens

Ephemeris ~ SUNTNE PACTA DE PACE IN UCRAINA?
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2421

Laudator Temporis Acti: Sonny’s Coming
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/sonnys-coming.html

Valentinus ofwel Sint-Valentijn – Mainzer Beobachter

Valentinus ofwel Sint-Valentijn

Aspect of the culture and civilization of the Roman era at the Danube Mouths | Spartokos read

Aspect de la culture et de la civilisation de l’époque romaine aux Bouches du Danube

Water in ancient Mediterranean households – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Water in ancient Mediterranean households

Representing Rome’s emperors: historical and cultural perspectives through time – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Representing Rome’s emperors: historical and cultural perspectives through time

Halaesa: du site à la cité, de la cité au site – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Halaesa: du site à la cité, de la cité au site

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Romancing the Stone (1984), with Raven Todd DaSilva – Movies We Dig

Romancing the Stone (1984), with Raven Todd DaSilva

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW344 – Roman Soldier vs Dacian Warrior
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/aw344-roman-soldier-vs-dacian-warrior
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A look inside Pompeii’s recently discovered private spa complex • FRANCE 24 English – YouTube

Roman Gods and Religion in the Empire | Life in Ancient Times with ‪@DariusArya‬ – YouTube

Mr Beast SMACKS DOWN pseudoarchaeology conspiracies! Archaeologist reacts to viral Giza pyramids vid – YouTube

Could YOU have lived in Mesopotamia? Interview with Dr. Amanda Podany – YouTube

I guess that’s why they say to write what you know – YouTube

Is the Hebrew Bible Historically Accurate? Interview with Dr. Jacob Wright – YouTube

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Costigan Distinguished Lectureship in Ancient or Medieval Mediterranean History
https://apply.interfolio.com/161510

Instructor of Ancient Greek and Latin | Corpus Christi College Oxford
https://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/about-corpus/vacancies/instructor-ancient-greek-and-latin

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The Ancient Greek Sanctuaries and Temples of Olympia – GreekReporter.com

The Ancient Greek Sanctuaries and Temples of Olympia

Ruins of oldest Roman basilica ever found in London uncovered on construction site in heart of U.K. capital – CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-roman-basilica-london-found-on-construction-site/

London’s first Roman basilica is FOUND after 2,000 years – hidden underneath the basement of an unassuming office block | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14392717/London-Roman-basilica-basement-office-block.html

Inscription found in Alexandrium fortress could shed new light on Jewish Revolt | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/inscription-found-in-alexandrium-fortress-could-shed-new-light-on-jewish-revolt/

Vibrant Wall Paintings Discovered in 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Tomb
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wall-paintings-found-etruscan-tomb-tarquinia-1234732407/

Ancient Roman Bridge Discovered at Elefsina, Greece – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Roman Bridge Discovered at Elefsina, Greece

Reed straws, and reusable bronze filters–How Roman-era people drank – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-841772

Fresco of Sethlans’ forge found in 5th-century BCE Etruscan tomb on Ital – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-841784

Archaeologists discover 5 stunning statues in Türkiye’s Perge ancient city – Türkiye Today

Archaeologists discover 5 stunning statues in Türkiye’s Perge ancient city

2,500-year-old burial ground found in Italian Alps: photos | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article300254264.html

Arid Athens turns to ancient aqueduct as climate crisis bites
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-arid-athens-ancient-aqueduct-climate.html

Power of Mycenaean civilization showcased in Kalamata exhibition | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1261568/power-of-mycenaean-culture-showcased-in-messinia-exhibition/

Apoxyomenos: The Ancient Greek Masterpiece Salvaged from the Sea – GreekReporter.com

Apoxyomenos: The Ancient Greek Masterpiece Salvaged from the Sea

PAN, Milan’s new city-center park, revives the ancient Roman amphitheater – Domus
https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2025/02/11/milan-roman-amphitheater.html

Roman sword discovered in Poland | Notes From Poland

Roman sword discovered in Poland

Tornos News | Museum of Cycladic Art | Unknown Stories of Women of the Cyclades islands
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/51014-museum-of-cycladic-art-unknown-stories-of-women-of-the-cyclades-islands.html

The Princes of Pylos at the Archaeological Museum of Messenia

The Princes of Pylos at the Archaeological Museum of Messenia

Israel Antiquities Authority rejects bid to put it in charge of West Bank antiquities | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-antiquities-authority-rejects-bid-to-put-it-in-charge-of-west-bank-antiquities/

Greek theater on display in Mercer Theatre’s ‘The Trojan Women’

Greek theater on display in Mercer Theatre production of ‘The Trojan Women’

This 2,400-year-old Ancient Greek comedy might be perfect for Valentine’s Day This 2,400-year-old Ancient Greek comedy might be perfect for Valentine’s Day

This 2,400-year-old Ancient Greek comedy might be perfect for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day: A Not-So-Romantic Journey Going Back to Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com

Valentine’s Day: A Not-So-Romantic Journey Going Back to Ancient Greece

Kathleen Martínez recognized by Forbes for archaeological achievements

Kathleen Martínez recognized by Forbes for archaeological achievements

‘16 Black Classicists’ gallery shines light on unsung heroes in classic studies – The State Hornet

‘16 Black Classicists’ gallery shines light on unsung heroes in classic studies

Humanistic studies lecture hosts two classicists for the first time in series history – The Observer
https://www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025/02/humanistic-studies-lecture-hosts-two-classicists-for-the-first-time-in-series-history

Is The Pythagorean Theorem Stolen? – by Angelo Nasios
https://angelonasios.substack.com/p/is-the-pythagorean-theorem-stolen

PaleoJudaica.com: Five Mandaic incantation bowls
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/five-mandaic-incantation-bowls.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A six-fingered shaman, giants, and a ghost wheel—two prehistoric stories
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-six-fingered-shaman-giants-and-ghost.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/mens-sana-in-corpore-sano.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die ›Kriegshistoriographie‹ des Orosius: ›Krieg‹ als Argumentationsmotiv in einem spätantiken christlichen Geschichtswerk
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/die-kriegshistoriographie-des-orosius.html

Three Things Thursday: Fragments, Convergence, Thucydides | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Three Things Thursday: Fragments, Convergence, Thucydides

Laudator Temporis Acti: Gods of Old
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/gods-of-old.html

News – When Eros Met Psyche: Types of Love in Ancient Greece – Archaeological Institute of America

When Eros Met Psyche: Types of Love in Ancient Greece

Roman Times: Are Faliscan or Etruscan mercenaries depicted on the Nereid monument?
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/02/are-faliscan-or-etruscan-mercenaries.html

Aristofane. Commedie perdute: antologia di frammenti – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Aristofane. Commedie perdute: antologia di frammenti

Sol: image and meaning of the sun in Roman art and religion – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Sol: image and meaning of the sun in Roman art and religion

Scavi di Ostia XVIII. Il caseggiato del Serapide – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Scavi di Ostia XVIII. Il caseggiato del Serapide

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The Scythians – The Ancients | Acast

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Artemis of Ephesus: The “Mother” Goddess Everyone Gets Wrong – YouTube

Yes, There’s An Ancient Epic Poem About DIONYSUS. – YouTube

Hasanlu wasn’t just for lovers – YouTube

Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, the Oresteia and the concept behind the Warwick production, by Dr E. Bakola – YouTube

‘Seeing Furies: The Oresteia in puctures’, by Dr Emily Clifford – YouTube

The historical context of Aeschylus’ Oresteia, by Dr. Paul Grigsby – YouTube

Warwick Classics’ Society’s 2025 production of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon at the Warwick Arts Centre – YouTube

Seleucus III Keraunos | Seleucid Empire | Animated Documentary – YouTube

Roman Gods and Religion in the Empire | Life in Ancient Times with ‪@DariusArya‬ – YouTube

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Joint meeting of the Classical Association of the Canadian West and the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest (March 7-9 @ UBC) – The Classical Association of Canada

Joint meeting of the Classical Association of the Canadian West and the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest (March 7-9 @ UBC)

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London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jdnv0ywyo

U of A expert’s discovery to be displayed in Cyprus archaeological museum | University of Arizona News
https://news.arizona.edu/news/u-experts-discovery-be-displayed-cyprus-archaeological-museum

Gladiators ready: how Rome’s bloodsport was brought to Britain – The New European
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rosalind-ormiston-gladiators-ready-how-romes-bloodsport-was-brought-to-britain/

We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Durable : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-ancient-roman-concrete-was-so-durable

2,500-year-old painted tomb with ‘unique scene of smithy’ discovered at Etruscan necropolis in Italy | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-500-year-old-painted-tomb-with-unique-scene-of-smithy-discovered-at-etruscan-necropolis-in-italy

An Etruscan Tomb with Exceptional Paintings, Including a Representation of a Metallurgical Workshop, Found in Tarquinia

An Etruscan Tomb with Exceptional Paintings, Including a Representation of a Metallurgical Workshop, Found in Tarquinia

Reed straws, and reusable bronze filters–How Roman-era people drank – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-841772

Receding Sea Levels Reveal Ancient Greek Port on Turkey’s Coast – GreekReporter.com

Receding Sea Levels Reveal Ancient Greek Port on Turkey’s Coast

Alexander the Great’s Tomb: Archaeologist Reveals New Insights on Its Location – GreekReporter.com

Alexander the Great’s Tomb: Archaeologist Reveals New Insights on Its Location

Peggy Zouboulaki donates 6,000 ancient artifacts to Greek museums – ProtoThema English

Peggy Zouboulaki donates 6,000 ancient artifacts to Greek museums

Greece’s new president is a leading advocate of bringing home the Parthenon sculptures from Britain
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/greeces-new-president-is-a-leading-advocate-of-bringing-home-the-parthenon-sculptures-from-britain/article_14c28f30-0ba8-5378-b3f6-7c97cfa16ae2.html

Trento, scoperta una necropoli preromana con 200 tombe: «Si deve riscrivere la storia della città» | Corriere.it
https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_febbraio_12/scoperta-una-necropoli-preromana-si-deve-riscrivere-la-storia-di-trento-239c712f-137b-4918-8eaf-2a6f77388xlk.shtml

Major discovery of a pre-Roman necropolis in Trento
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/02/major-discovery-of-a-pre-roman-necropolis-in-trento/154525

Tornos News | Museum of Cycladic Art | Unknown Stories of Women of the Cyclades islands
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/51014-museum-of-cycladic-art-unknown-stories-of-women-of-the-cyclades-islands.html

Archaeological Exhibition at Ben-Gurion Airport Explores Israel’s Storied Past | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | David Israel | 14 Shevat 5785 – Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | JewishPress.com

Archaeological Exhibition at Ben-Gurion Airport Explores Israel’s Storied Past

Stunning 5th-Century BC Gold Bracelet Among 1,000 Treasures Found in Kazakhstan – GreekReporter.com

Stunning 5th-Century BC Gold Bracelet Among 1,000 Treasures Found in Kazakhstan

Elon Musk pledges support to help decode ancient Herculaneum scrolls – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-841768

The Power of Love – Biblical Archaeology Society
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/the-power-of-love/?mqsc=E4167805&dk=ZE5120ZF1

Panthers and Bulls, Stags and Wolves… – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Panthers and Bulls, Stags and Wolves…

The Meeting Of Alexander The Great And Diogenes, By Gaspar de Crayer (c. 1584–1669) – The Historian’s Hut

The Meeting Of Alexander The Great And Diogenes, By Gaspar de Crayer (c. 1584–1669)

Protagoras Of Abdera And His Agnostic Beliefs That Led To Athenian Exile And Censorship – The Historian’s Hut

Protagoras Of Abdera And His Agnostic Beliefs That Led To Athenian Exile And Censorship

My Life in (is?) Museums: Anthesteria Festival
https://imagesofantiquity.substack.com/p/my-life-in-is-museums-anthesteria

Roman Times: The judgement of Solomon or Polyxena being sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles: Possibly a testament to evolving appreciation for female virtue and achievement?
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-judgement-of-solomon-or-polyxena.html

Philodemos shows diversity and inclusion in love for women – purple motes

Philodemos shows diversity and inclusion in love for women

Praxiteles’s Aphrodite of Cnidus caused death of insanely loving man – purple motes

Praxiteles’s Aphrodite of Cnidus caused death of insanely loving man

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: How Long Can this go on? PAS: “Record Increase for Treasure Finds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland”
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-long-can-this-go-on-pas-record.html

Facing Justice: Ashraf Omar Eldarir Pleads Guilty in High-Profile Smuggling Case ~ ARCAblog
https://art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/02/facing-justice-ashraf-omar-eldarir.html

Tyranny, Terror, and Mutilation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Tyranny, Terror, and Mutilation

There’s Nothing (Ancient) Roman about a Nazi Salute – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

There’s Nothing (Ancient) Roman about a Nazi Salute

Laudator Temporis Acti: Impossible
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/02/impossible.html

PaleoJudaica.com: AJR review panel on Gross, Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity, part 4
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/ajr-review-panel-on-gross-babylonian_12.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tu B’Shevat 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/tu-bshevat-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the inscribed ostraca from Sartaba-Alexandrium
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/02/more-on-inscribe-ostraca-from-sartaba.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Wisdom of Solomon in the Septuagint
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-wisdom-of-solomon-in-septuagint.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Narratives at Play in Aeschylus: Perspectives on Genre and Poetics
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/narratives-at-play-in-aeschylus.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Antiquity in Progress: Intermedial Presences of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in the Modern World
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/02/antiquity-in-progress-intermedial.html

James Romm · Mapped Out: The World according to Strabo
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n03/james-romm/mapped-out

Geschichte und Erbe der Etrusker – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Geschichte und Erbe der Etrusker

The Battle of Frogs and Mice / ΒΑΤΡΑΧΟΜΥΟΜΑΧΙΑ: Greek text with facing vocabulary, commentary, and illustrations – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The Battle of Frogs and Mice / ΒΑΤΡΑΧΟΜΥΟΜΑΧΙΑ: Greek text with facing vocabulary, commentary, and illustrations

Aristide ‘le Juste’. L’art et la manière de fabriquer un héros dans la cité démocratique – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Aristide ‘le Juste’. L’art et la manière de fabriquer un héros dans la cité démocratique

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The Battle of Issus 333 BC – Alexander faces King Darius – YouTube

Are there happy ghosts in Ancient Mesopotamia? (w Irving Finkel) – YouTube

London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement | BBC News – YouTube