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La scoperta dell’acquedotto romano di Padova

A caccia dell’acquedotto romano perduto: il ritrovamento a Padova all’Arzeron della Regina

Rare ‘Smiling Medusa’ Unearthed in Ancient City Founded by Greek Queen Amastris
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/01/09/rare-smiling-medusa-unearthed-in-ancient-city-founded-by-greek-queen-amastris

An exceptional ceramic stylus from the 5th century BC discovered intact in the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily

An exceptional ceramic stylus from the 5th century BC discovered intact in the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily

Massive Roman Military-Industrial Complex Discovered in Northern England on the River Wear – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/massive-roman-military-industrial-complex-discovered-in-northern-england-on-the-river-wear/

Temple of the Sun Discovered at Abusir – Biblical Archaeology Society

Temple of the Sun Discovered at Abusir

A Mystical Healing Complex from the Archaic Period Later Transformed into a Roman Necropolis Discovered in Ancient Tenea in Greece

A Mystical Healing Complex from the Archaic Period Later Transformed into a Roman Necropolis Discovered in Ancient Tenea in Greece

Greek Archeologists Discover Amazing 3,000-Year-Old Burial Pit
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/01/09/greek-archeologists-discover-amazing-3000-year-old-burial-pit

Rare Roman coin reveals historical details about the third century AD in Libya

Rare Roman coin reveals historical details about the third century AD in Libya

Detectorist who ‘dug up Roman brooch’ actually bought it on eBay
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly544d1eg1o

The U.S. Repatriated Seven Ancient Artifacts to Egypt
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/united-state-returned-7-ancient-artifacts-egypt-mummified-fish-falcon-head-1234769242/

Ancient Greeks and Their Reciprocal Relationship with Animals – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/09/ancient-greek-relationship-animals/

War Music | Blog post | Mary Beard

War Music

Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Friday Varia and Quick Hits

Human Sacrifice and the Death of Antinous – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/human-sacrifice-and-the-death-of-antinous

Selvans? – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Selvans?

Sling bullets got me out of bed – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Sling bullets got me out of bed

ADKIKA, DIKE and BIA | Greek Myth Comix
https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/adkika-dike-and-bia/

Romeinse ogen – Mainzer Beobachter

Romeinse ogen

PaleoJudaica.com: Day Festschrift (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/day-festschrift-t-clark.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Paul the “Prancer?”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/paul-prancer.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bar-Asher & Brown, Light is Sown (OUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/bar-asher-brown-light-is-sown-oup.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Stealing from the Gods: Temple Robbery in the Roman Imagination
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/stealing-from-gods-temple-robbery-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die ägyptische Schriftkultur in Nubien im Neuen Reich
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/die-agyptische-schriftkultur-in-nubien.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Amphores des VIe-IIIe siècles avant J.-C. provenant des collections du Musée central de Tauride et du Musée des antiquités de Théodosia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/amphores-des-vie-iiie-siecles-avant-j-c.html

Amphorae from the 6th-3rd centuries BC from the collections of the Central Museum of Tauris and the Museum of Antiquities of Theodosia | Spartokos read

Amphores des VIe-IIIe siècles avant J.-C. provenant des collections du Musée central de Tauride et du Musée des antiquités de Théodosia

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Forgers and Critics: Anthony Grafton and the History of Faking It (Ad Navseam, Episode 206) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/forgers-and-critics-anthony-grafton-and-the-history-of-faking-it-ad-navseam-episode-207/

(480) The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert | John Lee – YouTube

Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA391 – Bridging the Hellespont
https://ancientwarfare.libsyn.com/awa391-bridging-the-hellespont

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(480) King Tut’s Tomb: The Discovery That Sparked a Global Power Struggle | HISTORY This Week – YouTube

(480) Eric H. Cline | Love, War, and Diplomacy in Canaan during the Amarna Age – YouTube

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Roman Fake News?

Roman Fake News?

Training the Next Generation of Digital Classicists

Training the Next Generation of Digital Classicists

Deposition in Water: A Practice and its Problems

Deposition in Water: A Practice and its Problems

One Collective Find from around Valandovo

One Collective Find from around Valandovo

• Agonalia — one of four dies agonales during which the Rex Sacrorum would sacrifice a ram in the Regia; on this occasion apparently in honour of Janus.
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and companions in Africa
• 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Julian and companions at Antioch
• c. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Marciana at Caesarea (Mauretania)

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Archaeologists find near-complete Iron Age battle trumpet in west Norfolk | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/battle-trumpet-carnyx-west-norfolk-b2895812.html

Near-complete bronze carnyx among Iron Age hoard discovery
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/01/near-complete-bronze-carnyx-among-iron-age-hoard-discovery/156712

Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet, possibly linked to Celtic queen Boudica, discovered in England | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/rare-2-000-year-old-war-trumpet-possibly-linked-to-celtic-queen-boudica-discovered-in-england

Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland | Sunderland | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/08/archaeology-roman-whetstone-offerton-sunderland-river-wear

Toxic pigment found in 2,000-year-old women’s graves | Science in Poland
https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C110954%2Ctoxic-pigment-found-2000-year-old-womens-graves.html

Important Archaeological Finds in Rafina, Attica – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/important-archaeological-finds-in-rafina-attica/

Why Julius Caesar’s Last Words Were in Greek? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/07/julius-caesar-last-words-greek/

Justinian-era harbour uncovered at ancient Peyia | Cyprus Mail
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/01/08/justinian-era-harbour-uncovered-at-ancient-peyia

A return to the classical foundations of American statecraft – Engelsberg ideas

A return to the classical foundations of American statecraft

History Repeating | Sphinx

History Repeating

Notes on Accettola on Nabataean epigraphy and identity – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Notes on Accettola on Nabataean epigraphy and identity

The Joy of Correspondence – Liv Mariah Yarrow

The Joy of Correspondence

Notes on Fajardo on Anonymous Civil War coinages of 68-69 BCE – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Notes on Fajardo on Anonymous Civil War coinages of 68-69 BCE

Public Domain Day 2026 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Public Domain Day 2026

Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2026/01/07/plato-censored-texas-am-carries-out-course-review

What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War

What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War

Latinum Books – longform fiction Latin and English
https://latinum.substack.com/p/latinum-books-longform-fiction-latin?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3282716&post_id=183876586&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Hugh Laurie Set to Film New Series “Dig” in Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/08/hugh-laurie-film-new-series-dig-greece/

Homeric Redshirts and Iliad 10: Introducing Dolon – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Homeric Redshirts and Iliad 10: Introducing Dolon

Laudator Temporis Acti: Jealousy
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/jealousy.html

XXX Ulpia Victrix – Mainzer Beobachter

XXX Ulpia Victrix

PaleoJudaica.com: Is AI replacing archaeologists? Nope.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-ai-replacing-archaeologists-nope.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Another review of Conybeare, Augustine the African
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/another-review-of-conybeare-augustine.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Buckley, 1800 Years Of Encounters With Mandaeans
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/review-of-buckley-1800-years-of.html

Book Review: Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism , Shadi Bartsch

Plato Goes to China

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Fall of Sparta – The Ancients | Acast

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(459) Diversity in Early Christianity with Dr. Paula Fredriksen – YouTube

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ANE Today, 8 January 2026 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-8-january-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=183809383&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperfect-1-8-26/?ref=pasts-imperfect-newsletter

• 13 A.D. — consecration of the signum Iustitiae Augustae by the future emperor Tiberius
• ca 175 — martyrdom of Apollinaris

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Boudica’s horn of horror: Iron Age treasures unearthed in Norfolk include a battle trumpet to inspire warriors during combat | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15438693/Remarkable-hoard-Iron-Age-battle-trumpet.html

‘Extraordinary’ Roman era bone box found in Worcestershire town
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74vm30wrlyo

Massive Roman grave revealed in Penrith A66 excavation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lzvg2532mo

Significant New Archaeological Findings in Tenea, Greece – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/significant-new-archaeological-findings-in-tenea-greece/

Protective “Solomon’s Knot” mosaic uncovered in ancient Smyrna
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/01/protective-solomons-knot-mosaic-uncovered-in-ancient-smyrna/156706

Did Ancient Greeks Cheat the Romans With Knock-Off Wine? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/07/ancient-greeks-crete-cheat-romans-wine/

A Complete Byzantine Monastery Discovered Beneath the Desert Sands of Southern Egypt

A Complete Byzantine Monastery Discovered Beneath the Desert Sands of Southern Egypt

Completion of the archaeological excavation at Agios Georgios, Pegeia – Gov.cy
https://www.gov.cy/en/culture/completion-of-the-archaeological-excavation-at-agios-georgios-pegeia/

Offerton Roman factory ‘hidden in plain sight’ on River Wear
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv54yvevd9o

Huckabee Takes Grandkids to West Bank Settlement for Archaeological Tour, Finding ‘Amazing Ancient Coins’ – Israel News
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-06/ty-article/.premium/huckabee-family-discovers-ancient-coins-on-west-bank-settlement-archaeological-tour/0000019b-93bf-dd67-a9ff-9bbf08120000

When did Mount Vesuvius erupt? Experts can’t seem to agree. | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mount-vesuvius-eruption-pompeii?loggedin=true&rnd=1767812768465

The Amateur Archaeologist Who Found the Wrong Troy

The Amateur Archaeologist Who Found the Wrong Troy

Writing Wednesday: The Kiln, Come Context, and a Conclusion | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Writing Wednesday: The Kiln, Come Context, and a Conclusion

Venezuela and Rome | Blog post | Mary Beard

Venezuela and Rome

David, King of Love  | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/david-king-love

The Roman Army at Armageddon – Biblical Archaeology Society

The Roman Army at Armageddon

The Heavenly Antinous – The lost constellation from the Almagest – Ancient World Magazine
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/heavenly-antinous-lost-constellation-almagest/

New Funding from the NEH for a Digital Edition of Aristotle’s Poetics » Perseus Digital Library Updates

New Funding from the NEH for a Digital Edition of Aristotle’s Poetics

What surface ceramics reveal about cultures and connections – Durham University
https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2026/01/what-surface-ceramics-reveal-about-cultures-and-connections/

NYU Undergrads Developed Egyptian Hieroglyph Recognition Applications at ArchaeoHack 2025 — Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
https://isaw.nyu.edu/news/archaeohack-2025

In Attempt To Smear Trump The Left Is Butchering Ancient History
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/07/in-an-attempt-to-smear-trump-the-left-is-butchering-ancient-history/

[wtf?]Were the Odyssey’s Cyclopes Actually Minoans? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/

Spencer Alley: Roman Heads
https://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2026/01/roman-heads.html

Alexander de Grote in Alexandrië – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote in Alexandrië

PaleoJudaica.com: Huckabee family finds ancient coins & stuff in West Bank caves
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/huckabee-family-finds-ancient-coins.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Reviewlet of MacDonald, Carthage: A New History
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/reviewlet-of-macdonald-carthage-new.html

PaleoJudaica.com: ‘Atiqot Volume 119 (2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/atiqot-volume-119-2025.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Missing Evidence in the Study of Ancient Cultures: Methodological Reflections and Case Studies on Fragmentary Sources
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/missing-evidence-in-study-of-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Favissa: Past Archaeological Excavation Reports
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/favissa-past-archaeological-excavation.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: In aller Vielfalt: Geschlechter, Sexualitäten, Beziehungsformen im Neuen Testament und seinen Kontexten
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/in-aller-vielfalt-geschlechter.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Happy New Year and happy seventeenth birthday to AWOL
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/happy-new-year-and-happy-sixteenth.html

Painting Pompeii: Painters, Practices, and Organization, by Francesca Bologna | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740029?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=e8f041d664-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=e8f041d664&mc_eid=693126d49d

Archaeology of Colour: Technical Art History Studies in Greek and Roman Painting and Polychromy, edited by Hariclia Brecoulaki | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740027?utm_source=Archaeological+Institute+of+America&utm_campaign=e8f041d664-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_16_11_36_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-894de77e7c-215971384&mc_cid=e8f041d664&mc_eid=693126d49d

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Episode A8 – Who Was King – The Ancient World – Apple Podcasts

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(435) Archaeology in Action: The Shape of Punic Cities – YouTube

(435) Duelists and Boxers: Unique Gladiator Types You Never Knew – YouTube

Last Roman Gladiator Arena Unearthed In Switzerland – video Dailymotion

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Professor who died in Mass. house fire remembered as ‘brilliant and loving’ – masslive.com
https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/01/professor-who-died-in-mass-house-fire-remembered-as-brilliant-and-loving.html

Prof. Stephen Hodkinson, ‘Spartan Warriors? Modern Myths and Ancient Realities’ « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland

Prof. Stephen Hodkinson, ‘Spartan Warriors? Modern Myths and Ancient Realities’

CCC 2026: Cooperate, contain, confront

CCC 2026: Cooperate, contain, confront

CCC 2026: Children of a Lesser God?

CCC 2026: Children of a Lesser God?

FIEC Blog: Inaugural meeting of the Center for Studies of Ancient Mediterranean Music (CEMAM)
https://fiecnet.blogspot.com/2026/01/inaugural-meeting-of-center-for-studies.html