- 311 — Martyrdom of Peter of Alexandria
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas decembres
- 311 — Martyrdom of Peter of Alexandria
quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
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Major Bronze Age workshop space revealed at Kissonerga-Skalia in Cyprus | Archaeology News Online Magazine
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/major-bronze-age-workshop-space-in-cyprus/
Archaeologists stunned by treasure-laden Roman pyre burial
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/archaeologists-stunned-by-treasure-laden-roman-pyre-burial
The Complex System Behind Slave Freedom in Ancient Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/25/complex-system-slave-freedom-ancient-greece/
An organised cemetery around a basilica in 6th-7th c. Cyprus
An organised cemetery around a basilica in 6th-7th c. Cyprus
UC experts showcase their ancient Greek discoveries at Met | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2025/11/uc-showcases-ancient-greek-discoveries-at-met.html
4,000-Year-Old Minoan Houses, Built Centuries Before Palaces, Hid Clever Designs – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/25/minoan-houses-before-palaces-clever-designs/
Did the Trojan War actually happen? | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/did-the-trojan-war-actually-happen
Egypt During the Bronze Age Collapse, an Interview With Dr Kara Cooney | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/bronze-age-collapse-egypt-interview-kara-cooney/
Was Rome the Facebook of ancient history?
https://stories.auckland.ac.nz/was-rome-the-facebook-of-ancient-history/index.html
Ancient Greek Cultures Produced A Royal Color Before It Was “Tyrian Purple”
https://historyphilosophyaction.substack.com/p/ancient-greek-cultures-produced-a?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1543976&post_id=179778294&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Church of St. Stephen’s Mosaic Masterpiece – Biblical Archaeology Society
Greco-Roman Life and Leisure
A Disturbing Forgotten Roman Satire Written by a Female Poet Warns: Prolonged Peace Can Be More Dangerous Than War
News – University of Nottingham secures funding grant for groundbreaking research on early British voices and identities – University of Nottingham
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/research-on-early-british-voices-and-identities
De Thuringers – Mainzer Beobachter
Laudator Temporis Acti: Head
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/head.html
Struggling with Civilizations | Blog post | Mary Beard
Scholars Have Discovered How to Pronounce the True Name of God – Tales of Times Forgotten
Scholars Have Discovered How to Pronounce the True Name of God
Seeing (and Wounding) the Gods: Reading Iliad 5 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Reprising De Callataÿ on Plautus – Liv Mariah Yarrow
PaleoJudaica.com: A Luvian-Phoenician bilingual inscription
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-luvian-phoenician-bilingual.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Concerns about the Babylonian version of the Behistun inscription
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/concerns-about-babylonian-version-of.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: When Jesus Rose Early: Studies on the Text and Paratexts of Mark’s Ending
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/when-jesus-rose-early-studies-on-text.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Un piccolo esempio. La psicagogia matematica di Platone
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/un-piccolo-esempio-la-psicagogia.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Euthalian Tradition of the New Testament: A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-euthalian-tradition-of-new.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Estate Planning by Agreement in the Sources of Roman Law
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/estate-planning-by-agreement-in-sources.html
Coping with Versnel: a roundtable on religion and magic in honour of the 80th birthday of Henk S. Versnel – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Constantinople through the ages: the visible city from its foundation to contemporary Istanbul – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Constantinople through the ages: the visible city from its foundation to contemporary Istanbul
Divided power in ancient Greece: decision-making and institutions in the Classical and Hellenistic polis – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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16 NOCTVRNALIS: Richard Rush | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
https://tllpod.podbean.com/e/16-noctvrnalis-richard-rush/
Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 11 – The … – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts
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(667) Vittorio Cisnetti on Cambyses’ fleet and the first naval endeavour of the Persians – YouTube
(667) The Rage of Achilles: The Climax of Homer’s Iliad – YouTube
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The Sanctuary of Ayia Irini Reconsidered
Project MUSE – Stealing from the Gods
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/141813
Project MUSE – Timaeus in Paradise
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/142360
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A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Stadium Unearthed at Blaundos, the Former Macedonian Garrison City Above Anatolia’s Deepest Canyon – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-roman-stadium-unearthed-at-blaundos-the-former-macedonian-garrison-city-above-anatolias-deepest-canyon/
Why Was This Pharaoh Buried in Another King’s Tomb? New Tanis Evidence Uncovers a Royal Cover-Up – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/why-was-this-pharaoh-buried-in-another-kings-tomb-new-tanis-evidence-uncovers-a-royal-cover-up/
Repatriation of a Cypriot antiquity from the United Kingdom – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/repatriation-of-a-cypriot-antiquity-from-the-united-kingdom/
‘Hot knives and brute force’: King Tut’s mummy was decapitated and dismembered after its historic discovery. Then, the researchers covered it up. | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/hot-knives-and-brute-force-king-tuts-mummy-was-decapitated-and-dismembered-after-its-historic-discovery-then-the-researchers-covered-it-up
Enigmatic Late Antique Coin Hoards Discovered in One of the Gallic Cities of the Mediomatrici
Enigmatic Late Antique Coin Hoards Discovered in One of the Gallic Cities of the Mediomatrici
Builders discovered an ancient Minoan ruin on Crete. Then, things got tense. | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/greek-antiquities-boom-crete-discovery?loggedin=true&rnd=1764098856397
Roman Engineering Keeps Temple of Venus Standing for 2,000 Years on Volcanic Ground – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/25/roman-engineering-temple-venus-stand-volcanic-ground/
The Heliodorus Pillar, the astonishing stone column dedicated by a Greek ambassador in the center of India to a Hindu god
Archaeologists Uncover Massive 2,250-Year-Old Monument Beneath Ancient Roman City
https://scitechdaily.com/archaeologists-uncover-massive-2250-year-old-monument-beneath-ancient-roman-city/
Greek Ring and Gold Treasures Found in Rare Roman Burial in France – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/25/greek-ring-gold-treasures-roman-burial-france/
Archaeologists Present Rare Findings in ‘Warrior Princes of Mycenaean Greece’ Lecture – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/archaeologists-present-rare-findings-in-warrior-princes-of-mycenaean-greece-lecture/
Ancient Roman Basilica Emerges From Lake in Turkey After 700 Years Underwater – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/25/ancient-roman-basilica-lake-turkey-years-underwater/
Logging in European Antiquity – Popular Archeology
On the trail of antiquity: 2,000 km in a Roman boat to the Black Sea | YACHT
https://www.yacht.de/en/travel-and-charter/worldwide/on-the-trail-of-antiquity-2-000-km-in-a-roman-boat-to-the-black-sea/
Fraud or Find? What We Know About Crete’s Mysterious Phaistos Disk » Explorersweb
Fraud or Find? What We Know About Crete’s Mysterious Phaistos Disk
University of Ottawa reopens admissions to Greek and Roman program | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-ottawa-greek-roman-program-review-suspended-9.6991804
Erin L. Thompson | Fake it till you make it
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/november/fake-it-till-you-make-it
It’s not racist to quote the n-word – spiked
Greek, Hellenistic, Republican… Where are the lines? – Liv Mariah Yarrow
25 November 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica, and then Dyrrachium) to his family (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/25-november-58-bce-from-cicero-at-307?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=179865137&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
25 November 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica, and then Dyrrachium) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/25-november-58-bce-from-cicero-at?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=179855619&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
ASOR 2025 Recap | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Voices | From Clay Tablets to Cookie Dough
Tartessos – Mainzer Beobachter
PaleoJudaica.com: Sarah and the Aqedah in the monotheistic traditions
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/sarah-and-aqedah-in-monotheistic.html
PaleoJudaica.com: A Catholic review of The Carpenter’s Son
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-catholic-review-of-carpenters-son.html
PaleoJudaica.com: BAR, Winter 2025
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/bar-winter-2025.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Besiedelung der Küsten des Pontos Euxeinos durch die Milesier
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/die-besiedelung-der-kusten-des-pontos.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Approaches to Phrynichus’ ›Praeparatio Sophistica‹
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-approaches-to-phrynichus.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kant und die Antike
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/kant-und-die-antike.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Greek Law
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-greek-law.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Schlaf in der Literatur: Zu Narratologie und Ästhetik einer alltäglichen Extremerfahrung von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/schlaf-in-der-literaturzu-narratologie.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Entstehung, Angebot und bildungsrelevante Lerneffekte des Digitalen Spiels ›Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece‹
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/entstehung-angebot-und.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Per la storia del testo di Marziale
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/per-la-storia-del-testo-di-marziale.html
Magica Levantina and Defixiones Atticae – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Xenophon’s Socratic rhetoric: virtue, eros, and philosophy in the Symposium – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Xenophon’s Socratic rhetoric: virtue, eros, and philosophy in the Symposium
Life/afterlife: revolution and reflection in the ancient Greek underworld from Homer to Lucian – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Life/afterlife: revolution and reflection in the ancient Greek underworld from Homer to Lucian
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Wooden toes, iron hands: the ancient artistry of prosthetics – ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/ancient-history-prosthetics-disability/106052434
Your Native Tongue Holds a Special Place in Your Brain (Gurgle, Episode 6) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/mother-tongue-gurgle-episode-6/
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(640) Midnight Assault of Carthage – Third Punic War (Part 4) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube
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Call for Applications | American Journal of Archaeology
New Visions of Ancient Peace – January 2026 workshop – Ancient Peace Studies Network
How Has Digitalization Changed Archaeology?
PhD Position at York University (Toronto) in the History of Authoritarian Politics in Ancient Rome (Deadline January 15) – The Classical Association of Canada
The Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands: Studying Greek Inscriptions on Paros – Introduction – HERC Hellenic Education & Research Center
The Epigraphy of the Aegean Islands: Studying Greek Inscriptions on Paros – Introduction
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A 1,700-Year-Old Portable Roman Steelyard Balance Found in Leptis Magna in Northwestern Libya
A 1,700-Year-Old Portable Roman Steelyard Balance Found in Leptis Magna in Northwestern Libya
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh moved another ruler’s body and stole his tomb, hundreds of funerary figurines suggest | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/ancient-egyptian-pharaoh-moved-another-rulers-body-and-stole-his-tomb-hundreds-of-funerary-figurines-suggest
Tanis in Sharqia reveals more of its secrets
Cultural watchdog denounces Israeli land seizure to develop West Bank archaeological site | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/cultural-watchdog-denounces-israeli-land-seizure-to-develop-west-bank-archaeological-site/
Ancient columns in Türkiye’s Kyzikos shed light on Roman art | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/ancient-columns-in-turkiyes-kyzikos-shed-light-on-roman-art/amp
A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity
Antiquities and Museums: Roman-era tomb uncovered in al-Hara, Daraa countryside
Antiquities and Museums: Roman-era tomb uncovered in al-Hara, Daraa countryside
Restoration of the Temple of Apollo Opilite in Karditsa, Greece, gets underway.
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/restoration-of-the-temple-of-apollo-opilite-in-karditsa-greece-gets-underway
Syrian crowds stormed cave they thought full of gold, but instead discovered a Roman
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/by41cfbw11x
Turkey basilica emerges from lake, illuminating early Church life
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251124-turkey-basilica-emerges-from-lake-illuminating-early-church-life
‘Truly rare’: Archaeologists uncover 1,700-year-old Roman tomb in Budapest | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/11/24/truly-rare-archaeologists-uncover-1700-year-old-roman-tomb-in-budapest
Large Roman olive press found in Tunisia
A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Unearthed at Tell Abraq Reveals How Merchants Crossing the Persian Gulf Sought Divine Protection – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-sanctuary-unearthed-at-tell-abraq-reveals-how-merchants-crossing-the-persian-gulf-sought-divine-protection/
Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/should-we-act-morally-towards-trees-empedocles-says-yes
Onward to Rome | | UZH
https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2025/onward-to-rome.html
The Roman Republic Crumbled When Patriarchy Prevailed | TIME
https://time.com/7326211/roman-republic-women/
The Hellenistic – Roman transition in glass technology: insights from Nysa-Scythopolis | npj Heritage Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-02139-2
[paywalled] Roger Ling, archaeologist and scholar of the art and architecture of ancient Pompeii – obituary
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/11/24/pompeii-roger-ling-manchester-university-archaeology/
Mischief of the Gods [Kamigami No Asobi: Ludere Deorum / 神々の悪戯] (2014) – Animated Antiquity
Mischief of the Gods [Kamigami No Asobi: Ludere Deorum / 神々の悪戯] (2014)
Weekly Varia no. 157, 11/23/25 – Noodlings
Back in Athens | Blog post | Mary Beard
The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
PaleoJudaica.com: AI is transcribing the whole Cairo Geniza
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ai-is-transcribing-whole-cairo-geniza.html
PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient quarry sites in Jerusalem
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-quarry-sites-in-jerusalem.html
PaleoJudaica.com: The prutah and the penny
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-prutah-and-penny.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: War Traditions from the Qumran Caves: Re-Thinking Textual Stability and Fluidity in the War Text manuscripts
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/war-traditions-from-qumran-caves-re.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Fables and Literary Genres: Texts, Contexts, Interactions
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/ancient-fables-and-literary-genres.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Poetry of Being and the Prose of the World in Early Greek Philosophy
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-poetry-of-being-and-prose-of-world.html
AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Things Unseen: Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/things-unseen-essays-on-evidence.html
Die Besiedelung der Küsten des Pontos Euxeinos durch die Milesier | Spartokos read
Die Besiedelung der Küsten des Pontos Euxeinos durch die Milesier
Eleusis and enlightenment: the problem of the mysteries in eighteenth-century thought – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Eleusis and enlightenment: the problem of the mysteries in eighteenth-century thought
Dire le décor antique: textes grecs et latins au miroir des realia (IIIe s. av.-VIIIe s. ap. J.-C.) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Dire le décor antique: textes grecs et latins au miroir des realia (IIIe s. av.-VIIIe s. ap. J.-C.)
The religious history of the Roman Empire: the Republican centuries – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The religious history of the Roman Empire: the Republican centuries
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113: The War of the Three King…–The Hellenistic Age Podcast – Apple Podcasts
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(604) Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass) – YouTube
(606) J. Kates | Swimming with Translators – YouTube
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Call for Papers for a Panel in Honour of James (“Jim”) Russell at the 2026 CAC Meeting / Appel à communications pour une table ronde en l’honneur de James (« Jim ») Russell lors du congrès de la SCÉC de 2026 – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/jimrussellpanel2026/
Current Research in Egyptology 2026
Macedonia & Sparta
Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens