Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Melbourne Imagine a summer holiday at a seaside resort, with days spent sunbathing, reading books, exploring nature and chatting with friends. Sounds like it could be anywhere in Australia or New Zealand in January, doesn’t it? This is also how the Roman emperor Julian spent his summers in the 4th…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Large, well-preserved Roman-era bath mosaics discovered in Türkiye – Türkiye Today Large, well-preserved Roman-era bath mosaics discovered in Türkiye How Italy’s Carabinieri cultural heritage protection squad foiled tomb-raiders | Italy | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/02/how-italys-carabinieri-cultural-heritage-protection-squad-foiled-tomb-raiders Ancient Greek Shipwreck In Sicily Yields Rare “Atlantis Metal” Orichalcum Ancient Greek Shipwreck in Sicily Yields Rare “Atlantis…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Guide to the classics: written more than 2000 years ago, Cicero’s On Old Age debunks stereotypes that persist today https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-written-more-than-2000-years-ago-ciceros-on-old-age-debunks-stereotypes-that-persist-today-244173 British Museum unwraps secrets of Egyptian animal mummies using scans | The National https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2025/01/01/british-museum-to-unwrap-the-secrets-of-its-animal-mummies-using-scans/ Ancient DNA sheds light on hidden European migrations in first millennium AD https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-dna-migrations-millennium-ad.html Chilling Graffiti Found in an…

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Roman funerary relief depicting a young man and an elderly woman. Metropolitan Museum of Art/Wikimedia Commons. Caillan Davenport, Australian National University As the New Year festivities fade, each January reminds us of the passage of time. There is a tendency to look back with regret at roads not taken, and perhaps even despair at what…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== French Egyptologists discover reburied 4,000-year-old sarcophagus in Lux – The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835350 Zahi Hawass anticipates a slew of major archaeological findings for 2025 – Egypt Independent Zahi Hawass anticipates a slew of major archaeological findings for 2025 Lost Papyrus Discovered by Berlin Scholars Sheds Light on Jesus’s Early – The Jerusalem…

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