• ca. 82 B.C. — birth of Marcus Antonius (a.k.a. Mark Anthony)

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Ancient Rome meets modern technology as tourists visit restored, frescoed home via livestream tours
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-ancient-rome-modern-technology-tourists.html#goog_rewarded

Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: In ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-eunuchs-sex-workers-ancient-mesopotamia.html

Want to escape Rome’s crowds? Visit its underground sites. | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/city-underneath-rome?loggedin=true&rnd=1768333846057

Lost Iron Age Ship Cargoes Discovered in Ancient Israeli Port Rewrite Mediterranean Trade History %
https://scitechdaily.com/lost-iron-age-ship-cargoes-discovered-in-ancient-israeli-port-rewrite-mediterranean-trade-history-archaeologists-discover-rare-iron-age-ship-cargoes-hidden-in-a-long-lost-mediterranean-harbor/

Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor, according to isotope analysis
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hygienic-conditions-pompeii-early-poor.html

Seeing Roman life through water: Exploring Pompeii’s public baths via carbonate deposits | PNAS
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2517276122

The North Wall: A Gateway to the Lost Tomb of Queen Nefertiti? – Popular Archeology

The North Wall: A Gateway to the Lost Tomb of Queen Nefertiti?

Is Homer’s Odyssey Based on Real Events? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/13/homers-odyssey-real-events/

From Gypsy Girl to Roman marvels: Zeugma draws record crowds | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/from-gypsy-girl-to-roman-marvels-zeugma-draws-record-crowds/news

Archaeologists Unearth a Rare 2,000-Year-Old Iron Age War Trumpet in Britain
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-unearth-a-rare-2000-year-old-iron-age-war-trumpet-in-britain/

Port Talbot’s Pompeii: Largest Roman villa ever found in Wales unearthed under deer park
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15458755/amp/Port-Talbots-Pompeii-Roman-villa-Wales.html

Roman industrial hub discovered on banks of River Wear

Roman industrial hub discovered on banks of River Wear

[paywalled] Statues of Roman gods in Malaga ‘look like comic superheroes’
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/statues-of-roman-gods-in-malaga-look-like-comic-superheroes-n2gfjd9hc

Mycenaean Gold Ornaments Reveal Surprising Northern European Solar Symbols – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/mycenaean-gold-ornaments-reveal-surprising-northern-european-solar-symbols/

He was ancient Rome’s mightiest figure – and rumours said he had a secret affair with Julius Caesar | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-romes-mightiest-figure-octavian-augustus-affair-with-julius-caesar/

Prof. Gabriel Barkay, Jerusalem archaeologist, dies at 81 | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-883109

World Archaeology Magazine highlights UC discoveries from ancient Greece | University of Cincinnati
https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2026/01/archaeology-highlights-uc-discoveries-from-ancient-greece.html

Is there a revolution at the Smithsonian? | Blog post | The TLS

Is there a revolution at the Smithsonian?

Remembering Erich von Däniken, 1935 – 2026 – JASON COLAVITO
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/remembering-erich-von-daniken-1935-2026

The Posthumous Olympic Victory Of Arichion of Phigaleia – The Historian’s Hut

The Posthumous Olympic Victory Of Arichion of Phigaleia

Project Announcement: Biblissima+ Generic Epigraphy Working Group – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Project Announcement: Biblissima+ Generic Epigraphy Working Group

Grave Wisdom | Sphinx

Grave Wisdom

Sitzfleisch Tuesday (?) – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Sitzfleisch Tuesday (?)

Two on Survey Tuesday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two on Survey Tuesday

Een dynastiek monument – Mainzer Beobachter

Een dynastiek monument

Ancient History Roundup – by Owen Rees – Our Ancient World
https://owenrees.substack.com/p/ancient-history-roundup-0fa?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2470207&post_id=184311099&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Unepic Diction
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/unepic-diction.html

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Russia Protests Detention of Archaeologist in Poland
https://paul-barford.blogspot.com/2026/01/russia-protests-detention-of.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The politics of “Palestine”
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-politics-of-palestine.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A ceramic fingerprinting database
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-ceramic-fingerprinting-database.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Two Barkay obituaries
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/two-barkay-obituaries.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Culture
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-destruction-of-jerusalem-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aristotle reads Hippocrates
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/aristotle-reads-hippocrates.html

Luxuria. Storie di banchetti, ville e altri eccessi nell’antica Roma – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.04/

The muse of history: the ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the present – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.03/

Latin inscriptions from the legionary fortress of Apulum – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.01.02/
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Bearing witness to women’s war…–Visualising War and Peace – Apple Podcasts

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(586) Pyramid of Cestius! – YouTube

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• 86 B.C. — death of Marius
• 27 B.C. — Octavian “restores the republic” and receives the corona civica
• ca. 101 A.D. — birth of L. Aelius Caesar, future adoptive heir (never realized) of the emperor Hadrian
• 235 A.D. — martyrdom (?) of Andrew, bishop of Trier

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Margam park Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk8j1gkxelo

Tumba Madžari Great Mother: A boxy goddess figurine from North Macedonia designed to protect Stone Age houses 7,800 years ago | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/tumba-madzari-great-mother-a-boxy-goddess-figurine-from-north-macedonia-designed-to-protect-stone-age-houses-7-800-years-ago

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient War Trumpet That Once Struck Fear in the Hearts of Enemies on the Battlefield
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-war-trumpet-that-once-struck-fear-in-the-hearts-of-enemies-on-the-battlefield-180987975/

Erotic Symbolism on a Potter’s Tool? Rare 5th Century BC Bone Stylus Found in Sicily – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/erotic-symbolism-on-a-potters-tool-rare-5th-century-bc-bone-stylus-found-in-sicily/

Roman Bone Box with No Known Parallels Discovered in Broadway Grave – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/roman-bone-box-with-no-known-parallels-discovered-in-broadway-grave/

Israeli archaeologists’ new project traces ancient pottery | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-883130

Astounding discovery made after restoring the Molinete sitella – Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/news/archaeologists-make-astounding-discovery-after-restoring-the-molinete-sitella/

The Hidden Role of Women in Agriculture in Ancient Greece and Rome – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/12/women-agriculture-ancient-greece-rome/

Did the War Between Atlantis and the Greeks Really Happen? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/11/war-atlantis-greeks/

Behold Shatner as Alexander the Great in failed 1963 pilot – Boing Boing

Behold Shatner as Alexander the Great in failed 1963 pilot

7 of the Most Famous Buildings in Ancient Greece | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/famous-buildings-ancient-greece/

Sad News: Gabriel Barkay z”l… – Archaeological Projects and Discussions with Aren Maeir

Sad News: Gabriel Barkay z”l…

Huqoq Excavation Consortium receives $1.6 million grant from U.S. Department of State – North Texas e-News
https://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_144328.shtml

The Ancient Roman Guide to Building Your Personal Library
https://www.millersbookreview.com/p/the-ancient-roman-guide-to-building-your-personal-library?triedRedirect=true

The Passing of Dr. Gabriel Barkay – The Temple Mount Sifting Project

The Passing of Dr. Gabriel Barkay

Weekly Varia no. 164, 01/11/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 164, 01/11/26

Plough Monday – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Plough Monday

Laudator Temporis Acti: Low Earning Degrees
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/01/low-earning-degrees.html

De verledens van Spanje (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

De verledens van Spanje (1)

De verledens van Spanje (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

De verledens van Spanje (2)

De verledens van Spanje (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

De verledens van Spanje (3)

PaleoJudaica.com: The Roman army at Megiddo
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-roman-army-at-megiddo.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Erich von Däniken, 1935-2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/erich-von-daniken-1935-2026.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Gabriel Barkay, 1944-2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/01/gabriel-barkay-1944-2026.html

‘Marcus Aurelius’ by William O. Stephens | Book Review – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/marcus-aurelius-review-the-mind-and-the-sword-ae7799b8?st=onCrwY&reflink=article_email_share
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Dear Judah, This is Not a Bill, Except It Really Is, Signed, Assyria; or, The Iron Age Tax Man Cometh | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/dear-judah-this-is-not-a-bill-except-it-really-is-signed-assyria-or-the-iron-age-tax-man-cometh/

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(546) Why the Colosseum Needed a New Pavement – YouTube

(548) Reading the Ancient Library from Herculaneum with Digital Unrolling – Richard Janko – YouTube

(548) The most Roman of Roman cities – YouTube

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REMINDER: Seeking Nominations for the Elaine Fantham Award in Public Engagement (Deadline February 15) | Call for Nominations – Elaine Fantham Award for Public Engagement in Classical Studies (Deadline: February 15) – The Classical Association of Canada

REMINDER: Seeking Nominations for the Elaine Fantham Award in Public Engagement (Deadline February 15) | Appel de candidatures – Prix Elaine Fantham pour la mobilisation du public en Études classiques (date limite: 15 février)

IG XIV New Edition – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

IG XIV New Edition

CALL FOR PAPERS: Boston University Classical Studies Graduate Student Conference 2026 – CANE
https://caneweb.org/call-for-papers-boston-university-classical-studies-graduate-student-conference-2026/

• 49 B.C. — Caesar crosses the Rubicon (yet another suggestion).
• c. 230 A.D. — martyrdom of Tatiana in Rome
• c. 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Arcadius in Mauretania