ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~November 17, 2025

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Underground Tunnels of Ancient Etruscan City Veio Mapped for the First Time – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/etruscan-city-veio-underground-tunnels-mapped-first-time/

Ancient Greek City of Argilos Reveals Its Secrets With New Discoveries – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/ancient-greek-city-argilos-new-discoveries/

What Was the Hair Color of the Ancient Greeks? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/16/hair-color-ancient-greeks/

12,000-year-old clay figurine from Israel shows male goose mounting a squatting woman, according to archaeologists | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/extremely-rare-paleolithic-figurine-found-in-israel-depicts-a-goose-attempting-to-mate-with-a-woman

Department of Antiquities announces discovery of a Roman road passing through valleys near Tolmeita | The Libya Observer
https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/department-antiquities-announces-discovery-roman-road-passing-through-valleys-near-tolmeita

New Evidence Shows Arabia Was Not Only the Incense Highway—But an Ancient Scent Capital – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/new-evidence-shows-arabia-was-not-only-the-incense-highway-but-an-ancient-scent-capital/

Second-Largest Olive Oil Production Complex in the Roman Empire Discovered in Tunisia

Second-Largest Olive Oil Production Complex in the Roman Empire Discovered in Tunisia

Tamil Nadu archaeologists join excavations at Berenike in Egypt to trace ancient Mediterranean trade links – The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-archaeologists-join-excavations-at-berenike-in-egypt-to-trace-ancient-mediterranean-trade-links/article70290712.ece

A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Inkwell Found in Portugal Contains a Technological Recipe That Shouldn’t Exist – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-roman-inkwell-found-in-portugal-contains-a-technological-recipe-that-shouldnt-exist/

Late antique mosaics in Albania’s Berat shed light on shared heritage across Mediterranean – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/late-antique-mosaics-in-albanias-berat-shed-light-on-shared-heritage-across-mediterra-3210022

[AI?] Archaeologists uncover long-lost Temple of Zeus at Limyra | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-874041

Archaeologists Stunned by Lavish Assyrian-period Tomb in Northern Israel – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-10-24/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-stunned-by-lavish-assyrian-period-tomb-in-northern-israel/0000019a-1618-d582-a39e-5efceef30000

Roman Odeon of Patras: Restored and reopening its doors – ProtoThema English

Roman Odeon of Patras: Restored and reopening its doors

Bronze Age Mycenaean Pottery Near Athens Acropolis Shows Rare Greek Artwork – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/17/mycenaean-bronze-age-pottery-athens-acropolis-rare-greek-artwork/

Rare sea withdrawal in northwest Türkiye reveals ancient harbor structures – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/rare-sea-withdrawal-in-northwest-turkiye-reveals-ancient-harbor-structures-3210001

Digital map brings ancient Roman roads to life – DW – 11/17/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/digital-map-brings-ancient-roman-road-network-to-life-itiner-e/a-74702919

The Lost War That Wiped Out 95% of the Ancient World | by Azanta | Write A Catalyst | Nov, 2025 | Medium
View at Medium.com

Pleasure is relative – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/pleasure-is-relative?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=179128195&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Louvre Museum Closes Gallery Housing Antiquities as Precaution
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-museum-closes-gallery-greek-antiquities-1234761958/

Rodin’s Collection of Egyptian Antiquities Travel to US for First Time
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/auguste-rodin-egyptian-collection-exhibition-nyu-isaw-1234761903/

How’s your paleography? Two pages from a medieval breviary – Roger Pearse

How’s your paleography? Two pages from a medieval breviary

Weekly Varia no. 156, 11/16/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 156, 11/16/25

Laudator Temporis Acti: Natural Resource Depletion
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/natural-resource-depletion.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning from Mistakes
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/learning-from-mistakes.html

PaleoJudaica.com: BAS 2025 Publication Awards
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/bas-2025-publication-awards.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Carpenter’s Son debuts in the USA
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-carpenters-son-debuts-in-usa.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Bronze Age ANE creation story?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bronze-age-ane-creation-story.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les potiers gallo-romains de Sallèles d’Aude (Aude, France): Production et vie quotidienne
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/les-potiers-gallo-romains-de-salleles.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Domaine foncier en Gaule romaine: Statut de la terre et des hommes
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/domaine-foncier-en-gaule-romaine-statut.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’héritage d’Asklépios: Soigner par le geste en Grèce archaïque et classique
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/lheritage-dasklepios-soigner-par-le.html

Golden excess: art and the aesthetics of the incredible in Neronian Rome – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Golden excess: art and the aesthetics of the incredible in Neronian Rome

Military Book Review The Cambridge Companion to Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/2767#gsc.tab=0
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To Live and Die at Late Bronze Age Yavne Yam, or, I Dream of a Gini with a Jar Full of Opium | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/to-live-and-die-at-late-bronze-age-yavne-yam-or-i-dream-of-gini-with-the-jar-full-of-opium/

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(425) Syria scrambles to find Roman statue thieves – YouTube

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Dura-Europos: Past, Present, Future | Studies in Classical Archaeology
https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.SCA-EB.5.143377&ref=pasts-imperfect.ghost.io

Prices, values, and equivalences of metals

Prices, values, and equivalences of metals

The fabric of Hellenic civic life in Alexandria

The fabric of Hellenic civic life in Alexandria

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas decembres

  • ludi Plebeii (day 14) — the Jupiterfest is almost over
  • 9 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Vespasian
  • 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphaeus and Zacchaeus

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ November 16, 2025

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Exceptional Discovery in Conimbriga: A Roman Inkwell with Millennial Ink Reveals the Secrets of Writing in Ancient Rome

Exceptional Discovery in Conimbriga: A Roman Inkwell with Millennial Ink Reveals the Secrets of Writing in Ancient Rome

Why Caesar was wrong about the ‘nomadic trouble-making’ Helvetii – SWI swissinfo.ch
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-oddities/why-caesar-was-wrong-about-the-nomadic-trouble-making-helvetii/90325374

Archaeologists find a huge auditorium hidden for 2,200 years – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/archaeologists-find-a-huge-auditorium-hidden-for-2200-years/

2,400-Year-Old Greek Temple of Zeus Rediscovered in Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/15/ancient-greek-temple-zeus-turkey/

New discoveries emerge from late antiquity shipwreck off Syracuse
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/11/new-discoveries-emerge-from-late-antiquity-shipwreck-off-syracuse/156389

Ancient Treasures Unearthed in Fournoi and Ikaria – tovima.com

Ancient Treasures Unearthed in Fournoi and Ikaria

Were there female gladiators in ancient Rome? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/were-there-female-gladiators-in-ancient-rome

[old news]’Shrine’ in Turkey Turns Out to Be Tomb of Ancient Greek Boxer Diagoras – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/15/turkey-shrine-tomb-of-ancient-greek-boxer-diagoras/

700 forgotten Thespian hoplites fell fighting alongside the Spartans at Thermopylae, a study explains why they chose to die

700 forgotten Thespian hoplites fell fighting alongside the Spartans at Thermopylae, a study explains why they chose to die

After destroying 226 historical sites… Israel steals 17,000 artifacts from the Pasha’s Palace Museum in Gaza | PNN
https://english.pnn.ps/index.php/news/47869

Analysing an ancient Egyptian genome – The Past

Analysing an ancient Egyptian genome

Lamia, the Man-Devouring Goddess of Greek Mythology – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/16/lamia-the-man-devouring-goddess-of-greek-mythology/

Agatha Christie’s Enduring Love Affair With Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/14/agatha-christie-enduring-love-affair-greece/

Why Your Vision of Ancient Rome Is All Wrong, According to Historian Mary Beard | Open Culture

Why Your Vision of Ancient Rome Is All Wrong, According to Historian Mary Beard

Oedipus: Fate Comes for Us All – New York Stage Review

Oedipus: Fate Comes for Us All

Assessing the Importance and Impact of Leopold von Ranke’s Stance on History and his Role within the Discipline – Retrospect Journal

Assessing the Importance and Impact of Leopold von Ranke’s Stance on History and his Role within the Discipline

Roman Traditions in a ‘Barbarian’ World: How Roman were the Post-Roman Kingdoms?  – Retrospect Journal

Roman Traditions in a ‘Barbarian’ World: How Roman were the Post-Roman Kingdoms? 

Long Ago, Far Away: The Iliad and the So-Called Epic Cycle After the Canon – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Long Ago, Far Away: The Iliad and the So-Called Epic Cycle After the Canon

Coin refs in 1829-1830 archaeological reports – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Coin refs in 1829-1830 archaeological reports

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part I: The Othismos over Othismos – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part I: The Othismos over Othismos

PaleoJudaica.com: Wiggershaus, The Man of Opened Eye (Gorgias)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/wiggershaus-man-of-opened-eye-gorgias.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Olivero, 1 Enoch: An Ethiopic Reader’s Edition (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/olivero-1-enoch-ethiopic-readers.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Believe Your Own Eyes
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/11/believe-your-own-eyes.html

Het scheiden der wegen – Mainzer Beobachter

Het scheiden der wegen

Wie was Nikolaas van Myra? – Mainzer Beobachter

Wie was Nikolaas van Myra?

Tweemaal de Eerste Tussenperiode – Mainzer Beobachter

Tweemaal de Eerste Tussenperiode

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Histoire du Royaume d’Egrisi : de son origine à la fin du Ve siècle ap. J.-C
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/histoire-du-royaume-degrisi-de-son.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Documents on the History of the Temples and Cults from the Late and Graeco-Roman periods. Part 3
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/documents-on-history-of-temples-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2009/06/ucla-encyclopedia-of-egyptology-uee.html

History of the Kingdom of Egrisi: from its origin to the end of the 5th century AD | Spartokos has read

Histoire du Royaume d’Egrisi : de son origine à la fin du Ve siècle ap. J.-C

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Decline & Fall of the Ancient World – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 15.11.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/11/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-15-11-2025.html

diē quartō decimō mēnsis Novembris — Nuntii Latini

diē quartō decimō mēnsis Novembris


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Anima Latina 16.11.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/11/anima-latina-16-11-2025.html

(398) Alexander the Great’s Egypt: Sarcophagus Heist! | Egyptian History – YouTube

(398) De obstetricum munere deque pariendo, cum Carolina Doušová – YouTube

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explorator 27.48 ~ November 16, 2025 – Explorator

explorator 27.48 ~ November 16, 2025

Project MUSE – A New Handbook of Rhetoric
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/103486

Greek to Us: The Fascinating Ancient Greek That Shapes Our World
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781399424790

Call for Papers & Call for Hosts: Upcoming CAC Annual Conferences / Appel à communications et appel à hôtes : Prochaines conférences annuelles de la SCEC – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/hostcacagm/

Call for Speakers: CAC Annual Lecture Tours / Appel de conférencier·ère·s: Tournées annuelles de la SCEC – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/lecturetourcfs/

Assistant Professor in Classics job with University of Georgia | 37915852
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37915852/assistant-professor-in-classics/?TrackID=108333&BatchID=2006&JobAlertId=312050&cmpid=JBE_TL_20251115_jobtitle&utm_source=jbe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=JBE_TL_20251115_jobtitle_job1

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvii kalendas decembres

  • ludi Plebeii (day 12) — the Jupiterfest goes on and on and on …
  • 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Gurias
  • 1907 — birth of Nicholas G.L. Hammond (The Genius of Alexander the Great, among others)