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DNA study reveals origins, migrations and genetic legacy of ‘forgotten’ Sarmatians
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-dna-reveals-migrations-genetic-legacy.html

Metal Detectorist Unearths Saxony’s Oldest Known Coin, Dating Back 2,200 Years
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/oldest-coin-saxony-metal-detectorist-2705435

Ancient wine production center discovered in Turkey dates back 1,600 years | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/archaeologists-uncover-1600-year-old-wine-factory-hidden-near-ancient-mountain-castle

Roman mosaic unearthed in İznik under tight security – Türkiye News
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-mosaic-unearthed-in-iznik-under-tight-security-215154

Nails mixed with human bones found in the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in France are remains of Roman funeral pyres

Nails mixed with human bones found in the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in France are remains of Roman funeral pyres

The Lost Letters of Caracalla: Ten Inscribed Slabs Unearthed Beneath a Turkish Village Home – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/the-lost-letters-of-caracalla-ten-inscribed-slabs-unearthed-beneath-a-turkish-village-home/

Archaeology breakthrough with ‘once-in-a-generation’ discovery of Hadrian’s Wall section
https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-hadrians-wall

The long, deep dig: Collaboration unearths ancient city of Sardis
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-deep-collaboration-unearths-ancient-city.html

Hellenistic cult structure discovered in the Pertosa-Auletta Caves
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/hellenistic-cult-structure-discovered-in-the-pertosa-auletta-caves/156254

Grand Egyptian Museum fully opens to the public – DW – 10/29/2025
https://www.dw.com/en/grand-egyptian-museum-fully-opens-to-the-public/a-74531255

Burial in Biblical Judah – Biblical Archaeology Society

Burial in Biblical Judah

Did Ancient Egyptians Build the Great Pyramid With a Hidden Pulley System?
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/great-pyramid-giza-pulley-system-study-2705457

Pompeiopolis may become a pilgrimage center for Christians
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pompeiopolis-may-become-a-pilgrimage-center-for-christians-215140

Unraveling Alexander the Great: Battlefield Genius, Hidden Romances, and the Mystery of His Final Resting Place –
https://greekcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2024-11-26-at-12.07.49-PM-jpg.webp

Laudator Temporis Acti: W.M. Lindsay
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/wm-lindsay.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: An Echo
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/an-echo.html

The Latin hymn “Tantum ergo sacramentum”, and its 19th century translation by Edward Caswall – Roger Pearse

The Latin hymn “Tantum ergo sacramentum”, and its 19th century translation by Edward Caswall

The 29 wonders of the Greek “Indiana Jones” – Antiquities returning to Greece – ProtoThema English

The 29 wonders of the Greek “Indiana Jones” – Antiquities returning to Greece

Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ at Gist Hall Theatre Starting November 7th – Redheaded Blackbelt
https://kymkemp.com/2025/10/28/sophocles-antigone-at-gist-hall-theatre-starting-november-7th/

The Strange Second Life of the Greek Alphabet | Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/small-talk-and-big-questions/202510/the-strange-second-life-of-the-greek-alphabet

They mummified a modern human with ancient tools. It got messy. | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/sam-kean-book-dinner-with-king-tut-modern-mummy-ancient-egypt?loggedin=true&rnd=1761763394692

Diet and Dental Diseases in Pre-Roman Italy: Periodontitis Already Present in Etruscan and Samnite Populations ~ UNIPI

Diet and Dental Diseases in Pre-Roman Italy: Periodontitis Already Present in Etruscan and Samnite Populations

Prophet of Evils – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Prophet of Evils

PaleoJudaica.com: Shaphan and the origins of Judaism?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/shaphan-and-origins-of-judaism.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Dr. Stephen J. Pfann (1952-2025)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/dr-stephen-j-pfann-1952-2025.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Gathercole, The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/review-of-gathercole-genuine-jesus-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kriegsherr und Reisekaiser? Eine vergleichende Studie zur Baupolitik der Kaiser Traian und Hadrian
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/kriegsherr-und-reisekaiser-eine.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rituale: Schlüssel zur Welt hinter der Keilschrift
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/rituale-schlussel-zur-welt-hinter-der.html

The Homeric Doloneia: evolution and shaping of Iliad 10 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The Homeric Doloneia: evolution and shaping of Iliad 10

The Confessions of Saint Augustine: a Latin reader’s edition. Books I-IX – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The Confessions of Saint Augustine: a Latin reader’s edition. Books I-IX

Hermias: On Plato, Phaedrus 257C-279C, with ‘Syrianus’: Introduction to Hermogenes on Styles – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Hermias: On Plato, Phaedrus 257C-279C, with ‘Syrianus’: Introduction to Hermogenes on Styles

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Virgil’s Aeneid: Ep. 7 Viscum … – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

Viriathus–Emperors of Rome – Apple Podcasts

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(232) Mock Trial of Emperor Nero – YouTube

(232) Euripides’ Bacchae: the earthquake scene – YouTube

(232) The Siege of Carthage Begins! – Third Punic War (Part 2) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

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Animal Sacrifice in the Roman Empire (31 BCE-395 CE) – J. B. Rives – Oxford University Press
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/animal-sacrifice-in-the-roman-empire-31-bce-395-ce-9780197648919?cc=ca&lang=en&

Project MUSE – Intellectual Property: Learned Slaves and Educated Freedmen in Republican Rome
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/140757

TEXNH lecture by Prof. Lorenz Rahmstorf

TEXNH lecture by Prof. Lorenz Rahmstorf

Lettre ouverte en soutien aux études anciennes à l’Université d’Ottawa | Open Letter in Support of Classics at the University of Ottawa – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/sosclassicsuo/

Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
https://www.change.org/p/save-greek-and-latin-at-the-university-of-ottawa?source_location=search

Summer School: Thesaurus linguae Latinae
https://thesaurus.badw.de/en/summer-school.html

Conventiculum Dickinsoniense 2026 | Dickinson College Commentaries

Conventiculum Dickinsoniense 2026

• ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 4)– games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
• 1729 — birth of James Boswell (biographer of Johnson)

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Hadrian’s Wall section discovered in Drumburgh dig
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdrvegdd08o

Great Pyramid Was a Gigantic Machine Building Itself from the Inside Out, New Study Says – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/27/great-pyramid-gigantic-maching-build-inside-out/

Pompeii’s Elite Once Lived in Luxury Towers, Research Says
https://hyperallergic.com/1052720/pompeiis-elite-once-lived-in-luxury-towers-research-says/

Excavations in Bicske reveal Roman and Árpád-Era remains
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/excavations-in-bicske-reveal-roman-and-arpad-era-remains/156242

Archaeologists uncovering Korčula’s forgotten civilisation at Kopila | Croatia Week

Archaeologists uncovering Korčula’s forgotten civilisation at Kopila

The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis | Cornell Chronicle
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/10/long-deep-dig-collaboration-excavates-ancient-city-sardis

Egna (Bolzano), Roman building resurfaces: possibly a forge on the Via Claudia Augusta
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/egna-bolzano-roman-building-resurfaces-possibly-a-forge-on-the-via-claudia-augusta

Elon Musk says AI research into ancient Rome will ‘rewrite history’
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/elon-musk-ai-archaeology-rome-7rn9xpsgd

Embrace Elon Musk’s pledge to rewrite history books with AI
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/the-times-view/article/elon-musk-rewrite-history-books-ai-ffc7n5w22

The Glozel affair: A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-glozel-affair-sensational-archaeological-hoax.html#goog_rewarded

An anecdote on “living Latin” by Ronald Knox – Roger Pearse

An anecdote on “living Latin” by Ronald Knox

Hellenism and Iranism in Southern Russia. General Overview | Spartokos read

Hellénisme et iranisme dans le sud de la Russie. Aperçu général

Stage Machinery: ancient and modern | Blog post | The TLS

Stage Machinery: ancient and modern

Laudator Temporis Acti: Epigraphy
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/10/epigraphy.html

Early Byzantine Marbles in the Levant | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Early Byzantine Marbles in the Levant

28 October 58 BCE: From Cicero (in Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)
https://epistulae.substack.com/p/28-october-58-bce-from-cicero-in?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=944078&post_id=177307472&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Eileithyia, the Forgotten Greek Goddess of Painful Births | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/eilethyia-goddess-birth/

RAGUSA. Off the coast of Ragusa, a “navis lapidaria” loaded with African stones and amphorae. – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia

RAGUSA. Al largo della costa ragusana, una «navis lapidaria» carica di pietre e anfore africane.

Ephemeris ~ DE ITINERE TRUMPIANO
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2447

De Vandalen in Andalusië – Mainzer Beobachter

De Vandalen in Andalusië

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of McCarty, Religion and the making of Roman Africa
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/review-of-mccarty-religion-and-making.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Punic Wars meet Snopes
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-punic-wars-meet-snopes.html

PaleoJudaica.com: On the recovery of 30 looted Carthaginian coins
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/on-recovery-of-30-looted-carthaginian.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Khirbat ‘Amra: A Rural Site from the Hellenistic to Early Islamic Periods in the Beʼer Sheva‘ Valley
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/khirbat-amra-rural-site-from.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Iktanu in the South Jordan Valley, Jordan
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/10/excavations-at-iktanu-in-south-jordan.html

Comedy in literature and popular culture: from Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Comedy in literature and popular culture: from Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live

Governare l’emergenza. Sulla gestione senatoria di “interregnum”, “dictatura” e “prorogatio imperii” (V-III sec. a.C.) – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Governare l’emergenza. Sulla gestione senatoria di “interregnum”, “dictatura” e “prorogatio imperii” (V-III sec. a.C.)

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(206) The First Christian Heresies with Dr. Bart Ehrman – YouTube

(207) Before Ancient Greece: Minoan Civilization – Ancient History – YouTube

(208) As darkness falls Rome’s Colosseum reveals its secrets – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1) Andrew Idris Ad
https://www.religiondepartment.com/coptic

• 97 A.D. – The emperor Nerva adopts the future emperor Trajan
• 312 A.D – Battle of the Milvian Bridge; Constantine I has a vision and defeats Maxentius to become sole emperor

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Archaeologists Find Roman Military Camp Hiding in Swiss Alps
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a69164694/roman-army-camp-alps-hidden/

Preserving Pompeii’s past, one step at a time
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03479-6

Archaeologists stumped by ‘extremely rare’ circular Roman-era tomb | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/rare-roman-tomb-germany-contents-b2852701.html

An Ancient Greek City for Sale in Turkey: The History and Plight of Bargylia – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/27/ancient-greek-city-bargylia-turkey-sale-eight-million-euros/

Rare Sabaean Princess Head Statue from Yemen Listed in Vienna Auction, Sparking Heritage Concerns – Yemen Online |
https://www.yemenonline.info/land-of-sheba/10560

Türkiye’s archaeologists reconnect with Roman Empire’s eastern legions – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/turkiyes-archaeologists-reconnect-with-roman-empires-eastern-legions-3209050

New study finally reveals reason behind mysterious abandonment of ancient Egyptian ca
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rydionnaxg

Israel allocates $12 million to expand control over West Bank archaeological sites – Middle East Monitor

Israel allocates $12 million to expand control over West Bank archaeological sites

Greek guard charged in crackdown on antiquities smuggling rings | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greek-guard-charged-crackdown-antiquities-smuggling-rings-2025-03-20/

What Caused the Untimely Death of Alexander the Great? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/26/new-theory-what-killed-alexander-the-great/

Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times (November 2, 2025–January 25, 2026) | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
https://www.mfah.org/art/exhibitions/art-and-life-in-imperial-rome-trajan-and-his-times

Life in Imperial Rome Returns to the MFAH – Houston Press

Life in Imperial Rome Returns to the MFAH

From Pagan Sage to Islamic Prophet of Science: The Reinterpretation of Hermes Trismegistus – Retrospect Journal

From Pagan Sage to Islamic Prophet of Science: The Reinterpretation of Hermes Trismegistus

How important are the structural remains at Mycenae, other than those of graves to our understanding of Mycenaean society?   – Retrospect Journal

How important are the structural remains at Mycenae, other than those of graves to our understanding of Mycenaean society?  

‘Diseased Love’, Female Sexuality and Sexual Jealousy in Euripides’ Medea  – Retrospect Journal

‘Diseased Love’, Female Sexuality and Sexual Jealousy in Euripides’ Medea 

How did the Roman Empire view nature and its seasons? | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/how-did-the-roman-empire-view-nature-and-its-seasons?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=47ac653b44-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-71963652

Weekly Varia no. 153, 10/26/25 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 153, 10/26/25

Kleopatra in Rome – Mainzer Beobachter

Kleopatra in Rome

PaleoJudaica.com: (Temporarily) free book ! Alder, Between Yahwism and Judaism (CUP)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/temporarily-free-book-alder-between.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The Bible and northern Hebrew?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-bible-and-northern-hebrew.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Tomb of Assyrian official excavated in Northern Israel?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/10/tomb-of-assyrian-official-excavated-in.html

A companion to the Aeneid in translation – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

A companion to the Aeneid in translation

Proclus on whole and part: a reappraisal of mereology in Neoplatonic metaphysics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Proclus on whole and part: a reappraisal of mereology in Neoplatonic metaphysics

Foreign influences: the circulation of knowledge in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Foreign influences: the circulation of knowledge in antiquity

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Why are the French so fascinated by Ancient Egypt? – France in focus
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/france-in-focus/20251027-why-are-the-french-so-fascinated-by-ancient-egypt

Annual Meeting and CSI Videos Available – CANE

Annual Meeting and CSI Videos Available

(174) Ancient Greek in Action! ep.2 | Taking, Putting, Drinking – YouTube

(174) Latin in Action! ep.2 | Taking, Putting, Drinking – YouTube

(174) Creepy Animated Statues #shorts #archaeology – YouTube

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Job Description – Assistant Professor (Ancient World History) (250001V7)
https://cuhk.taleo.net/careersection/cu_career_teach/jobdetail.ftl?job=250001V7

Suspension of Honours at Ottawa in Greek & Roman Studies – The Classical Association of Canada
https://www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/saveottawagkrmst/