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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

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

Logging in European Antiquity

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

It’s not racist to quote the n-word

Greek, Hellenistic, Republican… Where are the lines? – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Greek, Hellenistic, Republican… Where are the lines?

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

ASOR 2025 Recap

Voices | From Clay Tablets to Cookie Dough

From Clay Tablets to Cookie Dough

Tartessos – Mainzer Beobachter

Tartessos

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

Magica Levantina and Defixiones Atticae

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

Call for Applications

New Visions of Ancient Peace – January 2026 workshop – Ancient Peace Studies Network

New Visions of Ancient Peace – January 2026 workshop

How Has Digitalization Changed Archaeology?

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

PhD Position at York University (Toronto) in the History of Authoritarian Politics in Ancient Rome (Deadline January 15)

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

• 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood begins (according to someone’s reckoning!)
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Mercurius
• 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Moses of Rome

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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

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

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

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

Weekly Varia no. 157, 11/23/25

Back in Athens | Blog post | Mary Beard

Back in Athens

The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The Rage of Hera and a Dehumanized World

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

Current Research in Egyptology 2026

Macedonia & Sparta

Macedonia & Sparta

Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens

Annual Open Meeting of the DAI Athens

• 29/30 A.D. — partial solar eclipse in the eastern Mediterranean which is sometimes associated with the crucifixion
• 62 A.D. — death of the satirist Aulus Persius Flaccus (source?)
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Felicissimus and Firmina
• 1977 — the discovery of a tomb believed to be that of Philip II of Macedon is announced
• 1998 — death of John Chadwick

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Antiquities and Museums: Roman-era tomb uncovered in al-Hara, Daraa countryside

Antiquities and Museums: Roman-era tomb uncovered in al-Hara, Daraa countryside

Excavations at Blaundos ancient city reveal stadium from Alexander the Great era – Türkiye Today
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/excavations-at-blaundos-ancient-city-reveal-stadium-from-the-era-of-alexander-the-gre-3210276

[AI?] Jerusalem stone quarries beneath modern city | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-874854

Roman engineering genius comes to life beneath the streets of ancient Ratiaria – History and religion
https://bnr.bg/en/post/102243540/roman-engineering-genius-comes-to-life-beneath-the-streets-of-ancient-ratiaria

Ancient Roman coffin disturbed by archaeologists for the first time in 1,700 years | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15314645/Ancient-Roman-sarcophagus-budapest.html

Europe-wide raids smash major antiquities trafficking ring | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/europe-wide-raids-smash-major-antiquities-trafficking-ring/news/

2,000-year-old skull found at Celtic fort was likely a ‘war trophy’ displayed by conquering Romans | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/archaeologists-discover-decapitated-head-the-romans-used-as-a-warning-to-the-celts

3,500-Year-Old Minoan Royal Road: Europe’s Oldest Paved Path – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/22/3500-years-old-minoan-road/

Ancient Curse Tablets Found in Athens Reveal Dark Side of Classical Greece – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/23/ancient-curse-tablets-athens-well/

Greece’s Persephone and Rome’s Proserpina: How One Myth Changed Empires – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/22/greece-persephone-rome-prosepina/

The Monumental Greek Beauty of Berlin’s Pergamon Museum – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/11/23/greek-pergamon-museum-berlin/

Did the eruption that destroyed Pompeii happen in summer? A new study reopens the enigma
https://en.ara.cat/culture/did-the-eruption-that-destroyed-pompeii-happen-in-summer-new-study-reopens-the-enigma_1_5570653.html

Tang Museum Reveals Secrets of Ancient Mystery Religion – Saratoga TODAY newspaper

Tang Museum Reveals Secrets of Ancient Mystery Religion

The Boudican Revolt: When a British queen took on Rome | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-boudican-revolt-rome

‘Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s love of Ancient Rome hides a secret fascination with imperialism’
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/11/23/elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg-s-love-of-ancient-rome-hides-a-secret-fascination-with-imperialism_6747738_23.html

Braggart Soldier – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/braggart-soldier?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=179728366&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Better than our Fathers! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Better than our Fathers!

AI in the Classroom is a Social Problem – Noodlings

AI in the Classroom is a Social Problem

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part II: Hoplite Equipment, Hoplight or Hopheavy? – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part II: Hoplite Equipment, Hoplight or Hopheavy?

Feit en betekenis – Mainzer Beobachter

Feit en betekenis

PaleoJudaica.com: Festscrift for SEERI (Gorgias)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/festscrift-for-seeri-gorgias.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Bremmer, Jews, Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/11/bremmer-jews-pagans-and-christians-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sculpturo: Plateforme de recherche sur la sculpture romaine en Méditerranée
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/sculpturo-plateforme-de-recherche-sur.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani (CSIR)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-corpus-signorum-imperii-romani-csir.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Oxytone: The Bleeding Edge of Ancient Language
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/oxytone-bleeding-edge-of-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The “electronic Babylonian Library” (eBL) Platform
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-electronic-babylonian-library-ebl.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Relativism and the Frontiers of Empire: Critical Perspectives on Roman Soldiers, Communities and Military Landscapes
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/11/relativism-and-frontiers-of-empire.html
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Anima Latina 23.11.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/11/anima-latina-23-11-2025.html

Emperor Tiberius: Monster or Misunderstood? – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 22.11.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/11/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-22-11-2025.html

144. The two millennia of Roma… – Byzantium & Friends – Apple Podcasts

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(569) Return Nefertiti: Egypt renews claims while Germany cites fragility of bust – YouTube

(572) De philologia musica, cum Henrico de Corrigia – YouTube

(572) Why Ancient Greek is so hard… and how to fix it! – YouTube

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explorator 27.49 – Explorator

explorator 27.49

Clodia of Rome: Champion of the Republic, Thursday, December 4, 2025, 6:30 – 7:45 PM EST – Smithsonian Event | Smithsonian Institution
https://www.si.edu/events/detail?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D190828998