=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Rare imperial purple cloth found in Roman infant burials in York – News and events, University of York https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2026/research/rare-purple-cloth/ For centuries these dazzling Roman bowls were misread—until chemical traces exposed an unexpected maker https://sciencex.com/news/2026-04-centuries-dazzling-roman-bowls-misread.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter Archaeologists find marble statue of Athena in Turkey | The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-894583 Greece Advances Restoration of Ancient…

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Floralia (day 4) 65 A.D. — death of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus … a.k.a. Lucan (by one reckoning) 304 A.D. — beginning of Diocletianic persecutions under Galerius 311 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Galerius 1936 — death of A.E. Housman

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== [paywalled] Archaeologists Found a Sacred Egyptian Amulet in an Ancient Spanish Tomb https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71128552/egyptian-scarab-tomb-spain/ Ancient Roman toilets in Bulgaria reveal early spread of intestinal parasites | Archaeology News Online Magazine Ancient Roman toilets in Bulgaria reveal early spread of intestinal parasites For centuries these dazzling Roman bowls were misread—until chemical traces exposed an…

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ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Digital reconstruction unveils face of ancient Pompeii man using AI | AP News https://apnews.com/article/italy-pompeii-artificial-intelligence-reconstruction-victims-vesuvius-2b1b4c944f4285a10699b3f3053fe8a6 Archaeologists at Pompeii use AI to reconstruct the face of a man killed in the volcano’s eruption https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ran-vesuvius-coins-lamp-mortar.html#goog_rewarded Archaeologists discover over 100 ancient game boards in Ptolemais ruins in Libya | The Libya Observer https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/archaeologists-discover-over-100-ancient-game-boards-ptolemais-ruins-libya Location, location, location:…

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