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Myth meets reality at Troy: 5 discoveries that redefine the legendary city – Türkiye Today

Myth meets reality at Troy: 5 discoveries that redefine the legendary city

Archaeologists in Iraq Piece Together Ancient Treasures Ravaged by ISIS – GreekReporter.com

Archaeologists in Iraq Piece Together Ancient Treasures Ravaged by ISIS

1,700-year-old Roman hoard includes gold coins depicting illegitimate emperor | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1-700-year-old-roman-hoard-includes-gold-coins-depicting-illegitimate-emperor

Cleopatra’s sister remains missing | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070097

Archaeologists Discover Intricately Decorated Tomb Belonging to a Doctor Who Treated Egyptian Pharaohs 4,100 Years Ago | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-intricately-decorated-tomb-belonging-to-a-doctor-who-treated-egyptian-pharaohs-4100-years-ago-180985788/

Did Roman soldiers play strategy games? Ancient game pieces discovered in Hadrianopolis – Türkiye Today

Did Roman soldiers play strategy games? Ancient game pieces discovered in Hadrianopolis

Lebanese archeological sites suffer severe damage amid Hezbollah-Israel conflict-Xinhua
https://english.news.cn/20250110/8ee844d7937348c3b7f121f3eb1387da/c.html

2,000-Year-Old Painted Dog Penis Bone Found in Ancient Roman Ritual Shaft

2,000-Year-Old Painted Dog Penis Bone Found in Ancient Roman Ritual Shaft

Paw Prints on Artifacts Show Love for Animals in Ancient Greek City – GreekReporter.com

Paw Prints on Artifacts Show Love for Animals in Ancient Greek City

Ancient Minoan Palatial Complex of Phaistos Gets a Makeover – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Minoan Palatial Complex of Phaistos Gets a Makeover

Farmer Finds Ancient Sarcophagus While Plowing Field in Turkey – GreekReporter.com

Farmer Finds Ancient Sarcophagus While Plowing Field in Turkey

Ancient Roman Coffin Weighing 1,600lbs Revealed by Roadworks – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-ancient-roman-stone-coffin-road-works-2013234

Secrets of 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age ‘Mega-Fortress’ Revealed – Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-bronze-age-mega-fortress-dmanisis-gora-2013067

How the Getty Villa saved itself from the Palisades fire – Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-01-09/inside-the-dash-to-save-the-getty-villa-from-the-palisades-fire

Antigone in the Amazon: Powerful Theatre With A Critical Environmental Message

Antigone in the Amazon: Powerful Theatre With A Critical Environmental Message

Are all old myths completely made up? – The Spectator World

Are all old myths completely made up?

Mystery of South Shields ‘Roman stones’ missing from roundabout
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl3lxk8xx7o

Marble arch | Mario Trabucco della Torretta | The Critic Magazine
https://thecritic.co.uk/marble-arch/

Interview with Working Classicists – Classical Studies Support

Interview with Working Classicists

Laudator Temporis Acti: Education
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/education.html

Taylor on Money, warfare and power – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Taylor on Money, warfare and power

EPIC vs THE ODYSSEY- The Circe Saga infographic | Greek Myth Comix

EPIC vs THE ODYSSEY- The Circe Saga infographic

The Mediterranean and the Atlantic: The Reception of Greek Colonial History in Early Modern Times – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

La Méditerranée et l’Atlantique: la réception de l’histoire des colonies grecques aux Temps modernes

Violence and inequality: an archaeological history – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Violence and inequality: an archaeological history

The Smurfs: “The Smurf Odyssey” (1989) – Animated Antiquity

The Smurfs: “The Smurf Odyssey” (1989)

Laudator Temporis Acti: Party
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/party.html

Berossos – Mainzer Beobachter

Berossos

PaleoJudaica.com: Some “Basilidian” lead codices
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/some-basilidian-lead-codices.html

PaleoJudaica.com: What did ancient Palestinian Jews eat?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/what-did-ancient-palestinian-jews-eat.html

Tokens and social life in Roman imperial Italy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Tokens and social life in Roman imperial Italy

(PDF) The Late Bronze Age harbour of Pefkakia: evidence from transport containers suggests site’s role
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387792425_The_Late_Bronze_Age_harbour_of_Pefkakia_evidence_from_transport_containers_suggests_site’s_role

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Episode CCXXXVI – The Madness – Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-ccxxxvi-the-madness-of-commodus-live-in-melbourne/id850148806?i=1000683410261

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW339 – Single Combat in Antiquity
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/aw339-single-combat-in-antiquity
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The roles of the Ancient Roman Senate: SIMPLIFIED. – YouTube

The REAL Relationship Between Achilles & Patroclus – YouTube

Ancient Military Historian Rates 9 More Battle Scenes | How Real Is It? | Insider – YouTube

The Assemblywomen and Athenian tokens. A conversation with Mairi Gkikaki and Clare Rowan. – YouTube

The Ancient Roman Senate – YouTube

3 Extraordinary Leaders Who Defined The Ancient World – YouTube

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Pre-doctoral Fellowships in Hellenic Studies 2025-2026: Call for applications | Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece
https://greece.chs.harvard.edu/news/hellenic-studies-predoc-25-26

Sessional Instructors Spring and Summer 2025, Department of Classics and Religion in Calgary, AB, Canada
https://careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/15443010-sessional-instructors-spring-and-summer-2025-department-of-classics-and-religion

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Does This Peculiar Statue Found at an Ancient Egyptian Temple Really Depict Cleopatra? | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/does-this-statue-found-at-an-ancient-egyptian-temple-really-depict-cleopatra-180985789/

Egypt unveils new discoveries near Luxor, including 3,600-year-old burial shafts | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-unveils-new-discoveries-including-3600-year-old-burial-shafts-in-luxor/

Egypt uncovers blocks from 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut temple | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-uncovers-blocks-18th-dynasty-queen-hatshepsut-temple-2025-01-08/

Construction Workers Discover Ancient Stone Coffin Filled With Plaster While Expanding Highway in England | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-workers-discover-ancient-stone-coffin-filled-with-plaster-while-expanding-highway-in-england-180985779/

Airborne lead cut ancient Romans’ IQ says study – Arts Culture and Style – Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2025/01/09/airborne-lead-cut-ancient-romans-iq-says-study_0ecf44a3-4e43-4ebc-913c-63b63e80385b.html

2,700-year-old archaeological site in Jordan may be a biblical place visited by King David | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-700-year-old-archaeological-site-in-jordan-may-be-a-biblical-place-visited-by-king-david

Ancient Temple and Statue of Mercury Discovered in Germany – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Temple and Statue of Mercury Discovered in Germany

Austin Weekly News Events – Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection

Events

Print – Ancient antiquities recovered in western Iran – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/print/508457/Ancient-antiquities-recovered-in-western-Iran

Roman-era dog penis bone painted red discovered in ancient quarry shaft
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-roman-era-dog-penis-bone.html

Neolithic ‘Mountain Cult’ May Have Shaped the Spirit of Today’s Great Religions – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-01-09/ty-article-magazine/neolithic-mountain-cult-may-have-shaped-the-great-religions/00000194-45fe-dff1-a7bc-ddff26d50000

What Did People Eat and Drink in Roman Palestine? – Biblical Archaeology Society

What Did People Eat and Drink in Roman Palestine?

Neolithic Italian skull cache suggests centuries of ancestor veneration rituals
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-neolithic-italian-skull-cache-centuries.html

Caligula killed a king of Roman Morocco over a purple cloak
https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/158451/caligula-killed-king-roman-morocco.html

Right coding: who owns Homer anyway?

Right coding: who owns Homer anyway?

Inventing Writing in South-west Asia – The Ancient Near East Today

Inventing Writing in South-west Asia

Egypt denies claims of selling Grand Egyptian Museum – Tourism – Egypt – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/538251/Egypt/Egypt-denies-claims-of-selling-Grand-Egyptian-Muse.aspx

Roman Times: Leda and the Swan: Seduction or Rape?
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/01/leda-and-swan.html

Teaching Thursday: Greek History | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Thursday: Greek History

Stories and the Snowy Mountain – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/stories-and-the-snowy-mountain?publication_id=1870284&post_id=154483229&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

characters from myth who seem to have relatable introvert burnout
https://donnazuckerberg.substack.com/p/characters-from-myth-who-seem-to?publication_id=2108238&post_id=153959789&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Pasts Imperfect (1.9.24)
https://pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperfect-1924?publication_id=342873&post_id=153017751&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Odious Names, Constitutional Role of Tribunes – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Odious Names, Constitutional Role of Tribunes

Aequitas, the Leveler – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Aequitas, the Leveler

PaleoJudaica.com: Child sacrifice and the Carthage tophet teeth
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/child-sacrifice-and-carthage-tophet.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Doering & Cover (eds.), Philo of Alexandria and Philosophical Discourse (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, open access)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/doering-cover-eds-philo-of-alexandria.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Euphrates papyri
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-euphrates-papyri.html

Destination unknown: The dispersion of the Euphrates papyri through the market | Roberta Mazza

Destination unknown: The dispersion of the Euphrates papyri through the market

Latin can lay down skills that last a lifetime | Classics and ancient history | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jan/08/latin-can-lay-down-skills-that-last-a-lifetime

The Greeks, not Labour, should be teaching children oracy | The Spectator
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-greeks-not-labour-should-be-teaching-children-oracy/

Leeds teenager creates Venus de Milo sculpture out of snow
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr3rz3pjv2o

Scientist helps identify 1,000-year-old seedling linked to biblical myrrh
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-scientist-year-seedling-linked-biblical.html

‘The Return’ Shirks Hollywood’s Monopoly On Masculinity
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/09/the-return-shirks-hollywoods-monopoly-on-masculinity/

Money, warfare and power in the ancient world: studies in honour of Matthew Freeman Trundle – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Money, warfare and power in the ancient world: studies in honour of Matthew Freeman Trundle

Popular culture and the end of antiquity in southern Gaul, c. 400–550 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Popular culture and the end of antiquity in southern Gaul, c. 400–550

Hephaistus on the Athenian Acropolis: current approaches to the study of artifacts made of bronze and other metals – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Hephaistus on the Athenian Acropolis: current approaches to the study of artifacts made of bronze and other metals

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Special Episode – Storylife with Professor Joel P. Christensen – The Partial Historians

Special Episode – Storylife with Professor Joel P. Christensen

Rome’s Crisis of the Third Century – The Ancients | Acast

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Getty Villa is “safe” and “everything is intact” amid devastating Palisades Fire – YouTube

A Basic Explanation Of The First Punic War – YouTube

Celebrities of the Roman Empire: Power, Glory and Scandal | Life in Ancient Times with ‪@DariusArya‬ – YouTube

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CFP – The Classical Association of Canada

Racialized Commodities | OUPblog

Racialized Commodities

SIU’s Paul Simon Institute hosts art history professor to discuss Alexander the Great
https://news.siu.edu/2025/01/010925-sius-paul-simon-institute-hosts-art-history-professor-to-discuss-alexander-the-great.php

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LEGENDA
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Roman-era dog penis bone painted red discovered in ancient quarry shaft
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-roman-era-dog-penis-bone.html

Roman-era dog penis bone was used in fertility ritual: study | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article298183598.html

4,100-year-old tomb of doctor who treated pharaohs discovered at Saqqara | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/4-100-year-old-tomb-of-doctor-who-treated-pharaohs-discovered-at-saqqara

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/egypt-luxor-antiquities-ea6f55316dd0abdfb6a4c34f97838962

Excavations at Saqqara uncover several tombs
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/01/excavations-at-saqqara-uncover-several-tombs/154270

When Canaanites Go Antiquing – Biblical Archaeology Society

When Canaanites Go Antiquing

New Discoveries illuminate the Legacy of Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple in Luxor – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/538198/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/New-Discoveries-illuminate-the-Legacy-of-Queen-Hat.aspx

Ancient antiquities recovered in western Iran – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/508457/Ancient-antiquities-recovered-in-western-Iran

Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by IS
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-iraqi-archaeologists-piece-ancient-treasures.html

Türkiye’s Largest Roman Mosaic Found – ArtDog Istanbul
https://artdogistanbul.com/en/turkiyes-largest-roman-mosaic-found/

Widespread lead pollution in the Roman era made led to a drop in IQ acro – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/science/science-around-the-world/article-836586

Ancient Roman highway and village ruins found in Germany | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article298119418.html

Pompeii comes to Australia, and ancient and contemporary stories of disaster and loss converge
https://theconversation.com/pompeii-comes-to-australia-and-ancient-and-contemporary-stories-of-disaster-and-loss-converge-246236

Divers Recover Ancient Shipwreck That Sank 2,600 Years Ago Off the Coast of Spain | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/divers-recover-ancient-shipwreck-that-sank-2600-years-ago-off-the-coast-of-spain-180985778/

Ancient Romans Breathed in Enough Lead to Lower Their IQs, Study Finds. Did That Toxin Contribute to the Empire’s Fall? | Smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-romans-breathed-in-enough-lead-to-lower-their-iqs-study-finds-did-that-toxin-contribute-to-the-empires-fall-180985781/

AI on the Bravery of Women | Dickinson College Commentaries

AI on the Bravery of Women

SCS 2025 Panel on Using AI in Classical Philology | Dickinson College Commentaries

SCS 2025 Panel on Using AI in Classical Philology

Mount Allison University – Mount Allison students unearth the past in life-changing archaeological dig
https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/university/1/1118996/mount-allison-students-unearth-the-past-in-life-changing-archaeological-dig.html

How Close Are We To Finding Cleopatra’s Tomb? | Art & Object
https://www.artandobject.com/news/how-close-are-we-finding-cleopatras-tomb

Palisades Fire Threatens Getty Villa, a Haven for Ancient Greek Art – GreekReporter.com

Palisades Fire Threatens Getty Villa, a Haven for Ancient Greek Art

Los Angeles wildfire reaches Getty Villa grounds, but ‘staff and the collection remain safe’
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/08/palisades-fire-getty-villa-southern-california-wildfires

Latin can lay down skills that last a lifetime | Classics and ancient history | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jan/08/latin-can-lay-down-skills-that-last-a-lifetime

Exhibition of ancient Greek and Roman art opens in Taiyuan – Chinadaily.com.cn
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202501/08/WS677dd7c7a310f1265a1d9996.html

G. E. M. de Ste Croix’s Marxist History of Greece and Rome
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/ste-croix-marxism-ancient-history

Review: ‘EPIC: The Musical’ receives legendary ending with release of ‘The Ithaca Saga’ – The Huntington News

Review: ‘EPIC: The Musical’ receives legendary ending with release of ‘The Ithaca Saga’

Sertorius – running bibliography – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Sertorius – running bibliography

Roman Coins in Etruscan Tombs – for later follow up – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Roman Coins in Etruscan Tombs – for later follow up

Roman Times: Shifting alliances; A survival strategy in ancient Knidos
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/01/shifting-alliances-survival-strategy-in.html

A Fake Lead “Codex” in a Rome? | Variant Readings

A Fake Lead “Codex” in a Rome?

Stone furniture from Histria | Spartokos read

Stone furniture from Histria

Laudator Temporis Acti: We Love It, All the Same
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/we-love-it-all-same.html

Caesar bevrijdt Ulia – Mainzer Beobachter

Caesar bevrijdt Ulia

PaleoJudaica.com: Ross & Lanier, Septuaginta: An Abridged Reader’s Edition (Hendrickson)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/ross-lanier-septuaginta-abridged.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Longenecker & Wilhite, The Cambridge history of ancient Christianity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/review-of-longenecker-wilhite-cambridge.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Guide to ethnographic passages in Dio Cassius
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/guide-to-ethnographic-passages-in-dio.html

“Archaeological map of the Black Sea region” by VI Goshkevitch and IV Fabricius: creation, materials, adaptation GIS: Archival heritage of the IHMC RAS. T. IV | Spartokos read

« Carte archéologique de la région de la mer Noire » par V.I. Goshkevitch et I.V. Fabricius : création, matériaux, adaptation SIG : Patrimoine archivistique de l’IHMC RAS. T. IV

The Cambridge history of ancient Christianity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The Cambridge history of ancient Christianity

Shaping Roman landscape: ecocritical approaches to architecture and wall painting in early imperial Italy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Shaping Roman landscape: ecocritical approaches to architecture and wall painting in early imperial Italy

Making sense of myth: conversations with Luc Brisson – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Making sense of myth: conversations with Luc Brisson

Rendered Relatable: Using Myth to (Re-)Read Hebrew Bible Landscapes | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/rendered-relatable-using-myth-re-read-hebrew-bible-landscapes

DAMNATIO CAPITIS IRANICA= EPHEMERIS Nuntii Latini Universi
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2415
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The Contus | Weapons of History – YouTube

How Did Ancient Roman Government Work? – YouTube

Spotlight Lecture: When it rains it pours: Rain Gutters in Ancient Egyptian Private Houses – YouTube

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CFP: Annual conference – The Classical Association of Canada

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LEGENDA
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Digging for Britain: Roman coffin found by A47 near Peterborough
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm2lm7144o

Archaeologists Recreate the Taste of Ancient Roman Wine – GreekReporter.com

Archaeologists Recreate the Taste of Ancient Roman Wine

Lead Poisoning May Have Made Ancient Romans a Bit Less Intelligent – The New York Times

Roman Empire’s use of lead lowered IQ levels across Europe, study finds | Science | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/06/roman-empires-use-of-lead-lowered-iq-levels-across-europe-study-finds

Ancient Romans likely breathed lead pollution | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-romans-likely-breathed-lead-pollution

Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Royal Doctor Discovered in Saqqara – GreekReporter.com

Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Royal Doctor Discovered in Saqqara

Ancient doctor—expert in venomous bites—found buried in Egypt
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ancient-doctor-expert-venomous-egypt.html

Mastaba Tomb of Teti Neb Fu discovered in the Saqqara region
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/01/mastaba-tomb-of-teti-neb-fu-discovered-in-the-saqqara-region/154263

Archaeologists Unearth Unknown Early Christian Settlement and Monastery in Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-01-06/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-unearth-unknown-early-christian-settlement-in-israel/00000194-3bd4-d96e-a1d6-3bfc57c60000

The Survivors of Mount Vesuvius – Biblical Archaeology Society

The Survivors of Mount Vesuvius

At Carthage, Child Sacrifice? – Biblical Archaeology Society

At Carthage, Child Sacrifice?

Uncovering an ancient alphabet
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/01/tomb-discovery-sullivan.html

Legendary romance of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra the focus of museum’s u – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-836317

Byzantine Monastery With ‘Unique’ Mosaic Floor Uncovered at Israeli Construction Site

Byzantine Monastery With ‘Unique’ Mosaic Floor Uncovered at Israeli Construction Site

AMERICAN THEATRE | Show and Telemachus: Joseph Medeiros’s Journey Through ‘The Odyssey’

Show and Telemachus: Joseph Medeiros’s Journey Through ‘The Odyssey’

Ancient Greek And Roman Sculptures Captivate Audiences In China
https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/01/07/ancient-greek-sculptures-china/amp/

Hercules On His Pyre, Illustrated c. 14th Century In A Manuscript Attributed To Chrétien Legouais Containing The Ovide Moralisé – The Historian’s Hut

Hercules On His Pyre, Illustrated c. 14th Century In A Manuscript Attributed To Chrétien Legouais Containing The Ovide Moralisé

Why Fans Think Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Trailer Is Real

Why Fans Think Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Trailer Is Real

A Musical Odyssey, No, Literally | Whatever

A Musical Odyssey, No, Literally

Laudator Temporis Acti: Hymn to Demeter
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/hymn-to-demeter.html

Donald Trump, satire and the lex Caecilia Didia of 98 BCE | Mary Beard
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/donald-trump-satire-and-the-lex-caecilia-didia-of-98-bce-blog-post

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Philo of Alexandria and Philosophical Discourse
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/01/philo-of-alexandria-and-philosophical.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Samaritan books at the Rylands Library
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/samaritan-books-at-rylands-library.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tony Burke’s Regensburg Year: December
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/tony-burkes-regensburg-year-december.html

New Year’s E-mail – Round Two | Classically Inclined

New Year’s E-mail – Round Two

She Blinded Me With Science | Sphinx

She Blinded Me With Science

Venus, Self-Liberated – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Venus, Self-Liberated

De Gouden Hoed van Berlijn – Mainzer Beobachter

De Gouden Hoed van Berlijn

Wearing Lightly the Burden of Precedent | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Wearing Lightly the Burden of Precedent

Epigraphy and Mobility

Epigraphy and Mobility

Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt

Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt

Mining the textual sources for the economic history of crafts in Classical Athens

Mining the textual sources for the economic history of crafts in Classical Athens

The Christianization of knowledge in late antiquity: intellectual and material transformations – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The Christianization of knowledge in late antiquity: intellectual and material transformations

Immersion, identification, and the Iliad – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Immersion, identification, and the Iliad

Priscillian: the life and death of a Christian dissenter in late antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Priscillian: the life and death of a Christian dissenter in late antiquity

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Sogdiana – Silk Road’s Forgotten Civilization – Ancient History DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

HOW Was He Not Exiled For This?! – YouTube

Jacquelyn Williamson | The Sun Temple of Queen Nefertiti – YouTube

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ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN January 6, 2025
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LEGENDA
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Crocodile and eel mosaics discovered in Roman bath
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/crocodile-and-eel-mosaics-discovered-in-roman-bath-204337

UC Classics discovery to go on display in Greece for first time | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/01/uc-classics-discovery-to-go-on-display-in-greece-for-first-time.html

Ancient Griffin Warrior Artifacts Displayed in Greece For the First Time – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Griffin Warrior Artifacts Displayed in Greece For the First Time

Ancient Greek “School Yearbook” Rediscovered in Scottish Museum Storage – GreekReporter.com

Ancient Greek “School Yearbook” Rediscovered in Scottish Museum Storage

Roman Bath and Magnificent Mosaics Used as Stables by the Villagers For Many Years – Arkeonews

Roman Bath and Magnificent Mosaics Used as Stables by the Villagers For Many Years

Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-pack | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/dancing-dwarf-a-2-300-year-old-ancient-egyptian-statue-of-a-godlike-man-with-a-muscular-6-pack

Israel uses ‘archaeology’ to justify Palestinian home demolition
https://www.newarab.com/features/israel-uses-archaeology-justify-palestinian-home-demolition

Roman stone coffin unearthed during roadworks in UK | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Roman stone coffin unearthed during roadworks in UK

In ancient Egypt, elite burial practices included sheep horn manipulation
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/s1lksgo8ke

Roman Empire grew after catastrophic volcanic eruption, study finds | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-empire-grew-after-catastrophic-volcanic-eruption-study-finds

Evidence suggests Howard Carter stole artifacts from Tutankhamun’s tomb – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-836232

Turkish farmer discovers rare mosaic of ancient hunt
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/06/turkish-farmer-discovers-rare-mosaic-of-ancient-hunt

Turkish Farmer Finds Massive Roman Mosaic While Planting Cherry Trees
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/farmer-unearths-massive-roman-mosaic-turkey-1234729259/

Polish archaeologists mark 60 years of discoveries in ancient Cypriot city – English Section
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7791/Artykul/3466896,polish-archaeologists-mark-60-years-of-discoveries-in-ancient-cypriot-city

Archaeologists Unearth Unknown Early Christian Settlement and Monastery in Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-01-06/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-unearth-unknown-early-christian-settlement-in-israel/00000194-3bd4-d96e-a1d6-3bfc57c60000

Photo: The Israel Antiquities Authorities Reveal A Large Monastery Complex And Winepress – JER2025010616 – UPI.com
https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/fc01eba0a897717d405e64d453041f1c/The-Israel-Antiquities-Authorities-Reveal-A-Large-Monastery-Complex-And-Winepress/

December 2024 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/december-2024-turkish-archaeology

Archaeology in Turkey – 2024 in review | Turkish Archaeological News
https://turkisharchaeonews.net/article/archaeology-turkey-2024-review

2025 Proves the Theorem of Ancient Greek Philosopher Nicomachus – GreekReporter.com

2025 Proves the Theorem of Ancient Greek Philosopher Nicomachus

Are Etruscan artifacts in Italian Museums linked to Turkish evil eye beads? – Türkiye Today

Are Etruscan artifacts in Italian Museums linked to Turkish evil eye beads?

Archaeologists uncover Roman villa, reveal wine production secrets
https://www.vinetur.com/en/2025010383875/archaeologists-uncover-roman-villa-reveal-wine-production-secrets.html

Hagia Sophia’s Hidden Depths Revealed After 15 Centuries

Hagia Sophia’s Hidden Depths Revealed After 15 Centuries

An Economic Approach to Homer’s Odyssey: Part I – Econlib

An Economic Approach to Homer’s Odyssey: Part I

Stoic Opposition: The Philosophers Who Defied Roman Emperors

Stoic Opposition: The Philosophers Who Defied Roman Emperors

Open Socrates by Agnes Callard: 4-star review
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/review-open-socrates-agnes-callard/

How Romans accidentally lowered their IQs, according to Oxford University study
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/06/how-romans-accidentally-lowered-iqs-lead-pollution-oxford/

Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2462766-lead-pollution-across-the-roman-empire-would-have-caused-iq-deficits/

They don’t make ’em like that anymore | The New Criterion

They don’t make ’em like that anymore

Plato: A Civic Life by Carol Atack — Open Letters Review
https://openlettersreview.com/posts/plato-a-civic-life-by-carol-atack

Why Is the Right Obsessed With Epic Poetry? | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/right-wing-epic-poetry/

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Roman Identity: Between Ideal and Performance
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/01/roman-identity-between-ideal-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Archaeology of War: Studies on Weapons of Barbarian Europe in the Roman and Migration Period
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-archaeology-of-war-studies-on.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Exaltation in the Epistles of St Paul Against the Background of Greek Classical Literature
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/01/exaltation-in-epistles-of-st-paul.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Happy New Year and happy sixteenth birthday to AWOL
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/01/happy-new-year-and-happy-sixteenth.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Burke on defining “Christian Apocrypha”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/01/burke-on-defining-christian-apocrypha.html

Introducing “Storylife” – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/introducing-storylife?publication_id=1870284&post_id=154285437&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Descendants of the Puritans
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/descendants-of-puritans.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Scarcely Profitable Reading
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/scarcely-profitable-reading.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: No Loitering
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/no-loitering.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Political Ads
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/01/political-ads.html

Berenike – Mainzer Beobachter

Berenike

Post Conference Reflections – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Post Conference Reflections

Divination, mostly Etruscan – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Divination, mostly Etruscan

Notes on the Capitoline – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Notes on the Capitoline

New Year, New Site – Classical Studies Support

New Year, New Site

Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’ – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’

Roman Times: Shopping for love in the House of the Colored Capitals, Pompeii
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/01/shopping-for-love-in-house-of-colored.html

Roman Times: Weighting the Pompeian wealth status calculation to avoid dominance of size alone
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2025/01/weighting-pompeian-wealth-status.html

So… You’ve Decided to Read the Odyssey – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/so-youve-decided-to-read-the-odyssey?publication_id=1211085&post_id=154058823&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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AUDIENDA
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Atlantis – The Ancients | Acast

The Early Alphabet (™) in Third Millennium Syria? Or, Spelling it Out, Lightly Baked Edition | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-early-alphabet-%E2%84%A2-in-third-millennium-syria-or-spelling-it-out-lightly-baked-edition/
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VIDENDA
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De via silvestri by Satura Lanx – Latin language and literature for beginners

Studying Ancient History Can Be Annoying AF. – YouTube

VIRGIL Aeneid Book 1, 64-80: Juno asks Aeolus to destroy the fleet of Aeneas; Latin & English – YouTube

The Scutari | Warriors of History – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Pompeii’s Secret Underworld | NOVA | PBS
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/pompeiis-secret-underworld/