• ludi Megalesia continue (day 6)
• 193 A.D. — Septimius Severus given the rank of Augustus

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April 8, 1820: Venus de Milo Discovered on Milos — Calls Grow for Its Return to Greece Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/04/08/venus-de-milo-return-greece/

Survey of Eretria plain on Evia points to unknown ancient sites | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1300422/survey-of-eretria-plain-on-evia-points-to-unknown-ancient-sites/

When a Warrior’s Terrible Weapon to Deal Death Is Just a Tool – Archaeology
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-04-08/ty-article/when-a-warriors-terrible-weapon-to-deal-death-is-just-a-tool/0000019d-6764-d759-ab9d-7ffd788a0000

Roman villa of Publius Cornelius Dolabella resurfaces in Bacoli: first site on property confiscated from the Camorra
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/roman-villa-of-publius-cornelius-dolabella-resurfaces-in-bacoli-first-site-on-property-confiscated-from-the-camorra

A Byzantine fort discovered in Elda, built by the garrison of the Eastern Roman Empire on the Visigothic frontier of southeastern Iberia

A Byzantine fort discovered in Elda, built by the garrison of the Eastern Roman Empire on the Visigothic frontier of southeastern Iberia

Archaeologists Didn’t Expect to Find Anything at This Site in England. Then, They Stumbled Upon a Roman Villa and a Bronze Artifact Dubbed ‘Norfolk Nessie’
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-didnt-expect-to-find-anything-at-this-site-in-england-then-they-stumbled-upon-a-roman-villa-and-a-bronze-artifact-dubbed-norfolk-nessie-180988505/

Finding the Mycenaeans of Cape Madness

Maritime Mycenaeans

Roman Complex Unearthed Near Marseille Points to Larger Ancient Settlement – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/08/ancient-roman-complex-discovered-marseille/

How AI is helping save 2,000-year-old Roman relics in Northern England – Channel 4 News
https://www.channel4.com/news/how-ai-is-helping-save-2000-year-old-roman-relics-in-northern-england

See the 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Roman Cargo From an Accidental Shipwreck Discovered at the Bottom of a Lake in Switzerland
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-cargo-from-roman-ship-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-swiss-lake-180988492/

Dementia Was Rare in Ancient Greece, Study Finds – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/08/dementia-ancient-greece-rome/

Ancient Romans were obsessed with a plant said to be a contraception and an aphrodisiac. Then one day, it went extinct
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ancient-romans-obsessed-contraception-aphrodisiac.html

Thieves Who Allegedly Stole an Ancient Gold Helmet Belonging to a Lost European Culture Just Returned It
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/thieves-allegedly-stole-gold-helmet-lost-european-culture-returned-it-180988487/

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman bridge in Zaragoza. ‹ ARTSAKH NEWS
https://artsakh.news/en/news/355446

Farming the Roman way: unearthed 1,800-year-old farmhouse had cosy covered porch – and a bathhouse! | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15709715/Farming-Roman-way-unearthed-1-800-year-old-farmhouse-cosy-covered-porch-bathhouse.html

Museum Finds 8-Inch Ancient Roman Bone Penis in Unopened Box

Museum Finds 8-Inch Ancient Roman Bone Penis in Unopened Box

HBO’s Rome – A Stunning Series
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/ancient-history-blog/hbos-rome-a-stunning-series

The Ancient Greek Myth That Inspired Lord of the Rings Author J.R.R. Tolkien – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/07/greek-myth-inspired-tolkien/

Yann Martel Son of Nobody review: Trojan War reimagined by The Life of Pi author
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/son-of-nobody-yann-martel-review-20260406-p5zlim.html

Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top) – Greek, South Italian, Apulian – Late Classical – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/255648

End of an era: Xavier College ends 147-year classical Greek tradition as enrolments decline – Neos Kosmos

End of an era: Xavier College ends 147-year classical Greek tradition as enrolments decline

Scientists Discover New Group of Tarantulas Named After the Greek Deity of Unstrained Indulgence – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/07/scientists-new-group-tarantulas-named-ancient-greek-deity-unstrained-indulgence/

Despairing at the state of the world? The ancient Greeks and Romans knew the feeling
https://theconversation.com/despairing-at-the-state-of-the-world-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-knew-the-feeling-279566

This Bold ’80s Sci-Fi Anime Tackled The Odyssey Decades Before Christopher Nolan
https://www.slashfilm.com/2136633/ulysses-31-80s-sci-fi-anime-the-odyssey-adaptation/

Face-to-face with the past: TV classicist Mary Beard interviewed

Face-to-face with the past: MARY BEARD interviewed

UMass Amherst Receives $1.5 Million Gift from Estate of Late Classics Lecturer Caroline Hill Horvitz to Endow Professorship in Her Honor : UMass Amherst
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-receives-15-million-gift-estate-late-classics-lecturer-caroline-hill

Averil Cameron passes away – Medievalists.net

Averil Cameron passes away

NIU Today | Sinclair Bell named 2026 Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor

Sinclair Bell named 2026 Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor

Revisiting the God-Fearers | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/revisiting-god-fearers

Did You Know? Ancient Iberian Warrior Tombs Were Reportedly Adorned With Spikes – The Historian’s Hut

Did You Know? Ancient Iberian Warrior Tombs Were Reportedly Adorned With Spikes

Perseus 4.0 Outage » Perseus Digital Library Updates

Perseus 4.0 Outage

Reclame – Mainzer Beobachter

Reclame

Alexander de Grote in de Levant – Mainzer Beobachter

Alexander de Grote in de Levant

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Longman, The Book of Ecclesiastes, 2nd ed.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/review-of-longman-book-of-ecclesiastes.html

PaleoJudaica.com: DNA from all over in the Shroud of Turin?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/dna-from-all-over-in-shroud-of-turin.html

PaleoJudaica.com: More on the iron blooms from the Dor shipwreck
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-on-iron-blooms-from-dor-shipwreck.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-power-of-thetis-and-selected-essays.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Purpled World: Marketing Haute Couture in the Aegean Bronze Age
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-purpled-world-marketing-haute.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/aspects-of-history-and-epic-in-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/paideia-and-cult-christian-initiation.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Plato’s Wayward Path: Literary Form and the Republic
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/platos-wayward-path-literary-form-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Concordia discors: Eros and Dialogue in Classical Athenian Literature
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/concordia-discors-eros-and-dialogue-in.html

Homer: Odyssey Book IX – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.10/

The Cambridge encyclopaedia of late antique art and archaeology – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.09/

Weapons, Warriors and Battles of Ancient Iberia, by Fernando Quesada Sanz, translated by Elizabeth Clowes | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741338

The Shaft Graves and Other Late Helladic I and II Remains, by Michael Lindblom | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741339

Logistics in Greek Sanctuaries: Exploring the Human Experience of Visiting the Gods, edited by Judith M. Barringer, Gunnel Ekroth, and David Scahill | American Journal of Archaeology
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741340

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The Thirty Tyrants – Ancient History 101 | Acast

H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XXI (Ad Navseam, Episode 216) | Ad Navseam
https://adnavseam.podbean.com/e/hi-marrou-s-a-history-of-education-in-antiquity-part-xxi-ad-navseam-episode-216/

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS the audiobook podcast – episodes 1 & 2 | Greek Myth Comix

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS the audiobook podcast – episodes 1 & 2

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(55) Femicide and gender violence in ancient Rome: evidence from epigraphy and Roman art – YouTube

(56) Inside a Roman villa: ancient life REVEALED – YouTube

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Treatment and Pharmacology of Anxiety From Classical Antiquity to the Present Day: Methods and Therapeutic Practices | Cureus
https://www.cureus.com/articles/480922-treatment-and-pharmacology-of-anxiety-from-classical-antiquity-to-the-present-day-methods-and-therapeutic-practices#!/

Conference: Play, from Greece to Rome: between pleasure and transgression | Antiquity at the BnF

Conférence : Jouer, de Grèce à Rome : entre plaisir et transgression

• ludi Megalensia continue (day 5)
• 217 A.D. — murder of the emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla)
• 1898 — Birth of Maurice Bowra (The Greek Experience)
• 1979 — death of E.R. Dodds (The Greeks and the Irrational)

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A 5,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Bread Found in Türkiye Reveals an Unusual Ritual Use

A 5,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Bread Found in Türkiye Reveals an Unusual Ritual Use

Roman sanctuary unearthed beneath Frankfurt may have a dark past involving ritual human sacrifice | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/human-sacrifice-roman-site-frankfurt-b2952336.html

Archaeologists Discover the Hidden History of the Ancient Underwater City of Iuliopolis in Turkey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/07/history-underwater-ancient-city-iuliopolis-turkey/

Khresis Mosaic Reveals the Hidden Wealth of Ancient Troy in Hatay – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/khresis-mosaic-reveals-the-hidden-wealth-of-ancient-troy-in-hatay/

Roman villa discovered on route of Norfolk wind farm cables | Eastern Daily Press
https://www.edp24.co.uk/resources/images/20698886.jpg?type=mds-article-962&x=0&y=0&w=2400&h=1350

Dutch Museum Discovers 8-Inch Ancient Roman Phallus
https://hyperallergic.com/dutch-museum-discovers-8-inch-ancient-roman-phallus/

Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral ‘gown’ that was in vogue during the Old Kingdom | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/beadnet-dress-a-4-500-year-old-ancient-egyptian-funeral-gown-that-was-in-vogue-during-the-old-kingdom

[stale] The ‘Sarcastic’ Message Archaeologists Found Carved Into This 2,100-Year-Old Bullet Is Pretty Hilarious

The ‘Sarcastic’ Message Archaeologists Found Carved Into This 2,100-Year-Old Bullet Is Pretty Hilarious

Appian Way Archaeological Park, restoration of the Tomb of the Pancras has begun
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/appian-way-archaeological-park-restoration-of-the-tomb-of-the-pancras-has-begun

[old news]Odysseus Sanctuary Discovered on Ithaca in Major Greek Archaeological Breakthrough Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/04/07/odysseus-sanctuary-ithaca-discovery/

How Troy Became an Ancient Tourist Trap

Trojan Tourist Trap

[old news]A Tomb at Knossos Inspired by the Iliad?

The Archer’s Tomb

The Lost Remix of the Trojan War

Another Trojan War?

[paywalled] Archaeologists Found an Ancient Necropolis with More than 3,000 Burials
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70920636/archaeologists-found-an-ancient-necropolis-with-more-than-3000-burials/

When the Legions Entered Rome for the First Time, Setting a Precedent That Would Not Stop

When the Legions Entered Rome for the First Time, Setting a Precedent That Would Not Stop

Thieves, soda cans and an ancient vessel: Carlos exhibit pieces together a provenance puzzle
https://news.emory.edu/features/2026/04/er_carlos_museum_provenance_puzzle_06-04-2026/index.html

Morality and murder: Medea takes stage – The Mass Media

Morality and murder: Medea takes stage

Despairing at the state of the world? The ancient Greeks and Romans knew the feeling
https://theconversation.com/despairing-at-the-state-of-the-world-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-knew-the-feeling-279566

(8) The Myth of Progress – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-progress

Two Thing Tuesday: Harry’s Wall and Augustine’s Monica | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two Thing Tuesday: Harry’s Wall and Augustine’s Monica

Monday Nonsense – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Monday Nonsense

The Provenance and Date of the Berlin Cretans | Variant Readings

The Provenance and Date of the Berlin Cretans

Prov[ena]nce: A Papyrological Easter Tale – The Philological Crocodile

Prov[ena]nce: A Papyrological Easter Tale

Latin Rules! – CANE

Latin Rules!

Weekly Varia no. 176, 04/05/26 – Noodlings

Weekly Varia no. 176, 04/05/26

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) | Sphinx

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Dullest Book in Latin?
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-dullest-book-in-latin.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: Conflict Resolution
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/conflict-resolution.html

Testis unus, testis nullus – Mainzer Beobachter

Testis unus, testis nullus

Glykon – Mainzer Beobachter

Glykon

Always Second Best (Or Worst): Characterizing Hektor in Iliad 17 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Always Second Best (Or Worst): Characterizing Hektor in Iliad 17

PaleoJudaica.com: More on that marble baptismal (?) artifact
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-on-that-marble-baptismal-artifact.html

PaleoJudaica.com: The missing cuneiform evidence
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-missing-cuneiform-evidence.html

PaleoJudaica.com: How was Hezekiah shut up “like a caged bird” in Jerusalem?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-was-hezekiah-shut-up-like-caged.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Why a golden calf?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/why-golden-calf.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A Lost Ark docudrama
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-lost-ark-docudrama.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Wild Songs, Sweet Songs: The Albanian Epic in the Collections of Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/wild-songs-sweet-songs-albanian-epic-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/loving-humanity-learning-and-being.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Literary History in the Parian Marble
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/literary-history-in-parian-marble.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Citizenship Practised, Citizenship Imagined: Multiple Ways of Experiencing Citizenship in the Greek World
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/citizenship-practised-citizenship.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tufts Greek Reading List Reader
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/tufts-greek-reading-list-reader.html

Plato’s Hippias Minor: analysis, text, translation, and commentary – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.08/

Lungo il corso del fiume Paglia. Archeologia, mobilità e mediazione culturale nell’antichità – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.07/

Perspectives on Plotinus: the collected essays of John Dillon – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.06/

Ancient plaster: casting light on a forgotten sculptural material – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.05/

Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum IV: inscriptiones parietariae Pompeianae Herculanenses Stabianae. Suppl. pars 4: inscriptiones parietariae Pompeianae. Fasc. 2 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.04.04/

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The Case of the Elephant Bone in Third Century BCE Spain, or, Babar Says, You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry | This Week in the Ancient Near East
https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-case-of-the-elephant-bone-in-third-century-bce-spain-or-babar-says-you-wouldn-t-like-me-when-i-m-angry/

Anima Latina – CCXXX – 06.04.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/04/anima-latina-06-04-2026.html

Expert in Residence: Get to Kn… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts

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(26) What Can Greek Myths Tell Us About AI? With Stephen Fry – YouTube

(26) Uncovering the Social and Political History of Ancient Egypt – YouTube

Pompeii: The Legacy – Official Full Release Trailer – IGN
https://www.ign.com/videos/pompeii-the-legacy-official-full-release-trailer

(27) What Did Helen of Troy REALLY Look Like? – YouTube

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An Exclusive Excerpt from Yann Martel’s New Novel, Son of Nobody | The Walrus
https://thewalrus.ca/an-exclusive-excerpt-from-yann-martels-new-novel-son-of-nobody/

Job details: A. G. Leventis Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Greek Literature
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=43195&jobTitle=A.+G.+Leventis+Postdoctoral+Research+Fellow+in+Ancient+Greek+Literature

Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 7 April 2026

Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 7 April 2026

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Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities – Egypt Independent

Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities

The treasure in the mud: the bronzes of San Casciano, history of discovery
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/the-treasure-in-the-mud-the-bronzes-of-san-casciano-history-of-discovery

A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks

A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several piers and docks

The attack that changed the history of the Vascones: evidence of a Roman Republic battle found at the oppidum of Irulegi

The attack that changed the history of the Vascones: evidence of a Roman Republic battle found at the oppidum of Irulegi

What happened to the Minoan civilization? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/what-happened-to-the-minoan-civilization

Pompeii Evidence Points to an Ancient Automatic Weapon Used More Than 2,000 Years Ago — The Polybolos – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/pompeii-evidence-points-to-an-ancient-automatic-weapon-used-more-than-2000-years-ago-the-polybolos/

Buried Roman sanctuary discovered beneath Frankfurt hints at shocking rituals | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260405003937.htm

Roman camp discovery linked to Battle of Pydna
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/04/roman-camp-discovered-linked-to-battle-of-pydna/157662

Previously Unknown 2,500-Year-Old Achaemenid Cemetery Discovered in Northern Iran—Includes Woman Buried with Horse Gear – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/previously-unknown-2500-year-old-achaemenid-cemetery-discovered-in-northern-iran-includes-woman-buried-with-horse-gear/

Bybon, the Ancient Greek Strongman Who Lifted a 316-Pound Stone With One Hand – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/04/ancient-greek-weightlifter-bybon/

Explore the Ancient Greek World Through a Revolutionary Digital Map – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/04/ancient-greek-world-digital-map/

Apollonius of Rhodes: The Man Who Changed Ancient Greek Literature for Ever – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/05/apollonius-rhodes-man-change-greek-literature/

Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter – Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar) – Greek, Attic – Classical – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/256791

Terracotta mug with horizontal rills – Greek, South Italian, Apulian – Classical – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/255791

Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument – Late Period–Ptolemaic Period – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/zh/art/collection/search/570309

Mosaic of the House of Citharist of Pompeii – Roman – Late Republican – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/ja/art/collection/search/900498

Pompeii Study Confirms Roman ‘Wine’ Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts
https://gizmodo.com/pompeii-study-confirms-roman-wine-ritual-previously-known-only-from-texts-2000739384?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQ3q8hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe8hvEZv1g295vC-k_l-k7JZa_I0Dr_56qO59lXJzMgxoO3XauI2Rx8RcfJI8_aem_4ZFxkVezqBuQEYQY8zChyw

Spectacular Roman Villa Being Restored in Amyntaio near Florina – The National Herald
https://www.thenationalherald.com/spectacular-roman-villa-being-restored-in-amyntaio-near-florina/

A crisis in the Classics and Religious Studies department: U of O Honours BA in Greek and Roman Studies suspended again  – The Fulcrum

A crisis in the Classics and Religious Studies department: U of O Honours BA in Greek and Roman Studies suspended again 

[paywalled] Mary Beard: ‘I’ve annoyed people. It comes with the territory’
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/mary-beard-ive-annoyed-people-it-comes-with-the-territory-rx3n3pn8z

Erin L. Thompson | The Epstein Marbles
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/march/the-epstein-marbles?fbclid=IwVERTSAQ88sJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5V1I2KssUFtg4ARWI-wTvxnfdtO3aP4Oo84biVV2JVa-evXpsmrQQKwNYSpw_aem_SGorfajk1eyYaPmbBXKMMQ&sfnsn=mo

Japan gets its first “ancient Roman VTuber” as author of legendary Thermae Romae series announces debut  – AUTOMATON WEST

Japan gets its first “ancient Roman VTuber” as author of legendary Thermae Romae series announces debut 

‘Lysistrata’ in Shanghai | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1299948/lysistrata-in-shanghai/

Cuneiform Written Artifacts and Missing Evidence in the Study of the Ancient Near East – The Ancient Near East Today

Cuneiform Written Artifacts and Missing Evidence in the Study of the Ancient Near East

Eusebius Gallicanus, Homily 12, De Pascha 1 – English translation

Eusebius Gallicanus, Homily 12, De Pascha 1 – English translation

Security, Spectacle, and Return – Illicit Cultural Property

Security, Spectacle, and Return

Laudator Temporis Acti: Contentment
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2026/04/contentment.html

Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (8) de zeeën – Mainzer Beobachter

Voor-westerse geschiedenis (8) de zeeën

PaleoJudaica.com: Isaiah between Judaism and Christianity (Mohr Siebeck)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/isaiah-between-judaism-and-christianity.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Easter 2026
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/easter-2026.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Does the Exodus story subvert Egyptian propaganda?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/does-exodus-story-subvert-egyptian.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Levin, The Chronicles of David and Solomon (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/04/levin-chronicles-of-david-and-solomon-t.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “Mixed Aorists” in Homeric Greek
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/mixed-aorists-in-homeric-greek.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/lovers-of-soul-lovers-of-body.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Women Weaving the World: Text and Textile in the Kalevala and Beyond
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/women-weaving-world-text-and-textile-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Agamemnon, the Pathetic Despot: Reading Characterization in Homer
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/agamemnon-pathetic-despot-reading.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Equine Poetics
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/equine-poetics.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Au prisme des goûts: Sociétés phéniciennes et puniques
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/au-prisme-des-gouts-societes.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Histoires des handicaps à travers les siècles: Identifications, trajectoires, institutions et sociabilités
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/histoires-des-handicaps-travers-les.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Imaginaires des reines des steppes: Regards croisés entre Orient et Occident
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/imaginaires-des-reines-des-steppes.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Violences extrêmes et transgression en temps de guerre: Dialogue entre mondes anciens et contemporains
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/violences-extremes-et-transgression-en.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry and the Polis in Euripidean Tragedy
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/poetry-and-polis-in-euripidean-tragedy.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Culture of Kitharôidia
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-culture-of-kitharoidia.html

The Bosporus Necropolis from the Great Migration Period. Last Quarter of the Fourth Century to the Early Seventh Century | Spartokos read

The Bosporus Necropolisfrom the Great Migration Period. Last Quarter of the Fourth Centuryto the Early Seventh Century

‘Those Who Are About to Die’ Review: Ancient Martial Artists – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/those-who-are-about-to-die-review-ancient-martial-artists-9e3cac58?st=eSn4vm&reflink=article_email_share

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Anima Latina 05.04.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2026/04/anima-latina-05-04-2026.html

Judas Iscariot – The Ancients | Acast

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 04.04.2026 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2026/04/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-04-04-2026.html

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VIDENDA
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(593) The surprising truth about archaeology – YouTube

(593) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem 📖 | St. John Passion (Latin Audiobook) – YouTube

(593) Movies We Dig Watch Party: Romulus S02:E01 with The Partial Historians ‪@partialhistorians‬ – YouTube

(593) Evidence For Ancient Greek Myths That PREDATE Homer – YouTube

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explorator 28.14 ~ April 5, 2026 – Explorator

explorator 28.14 ~ April 5, 2026

Call for Papers: ‘Trauma, Tragedy and Redemption in the Ancient World and beyond’ (Exedra Mediterranean Centre, Siracusa) – The Classical Association | The Classical Association

Call for Papers: ‘Trauma, Tragedy and Redemption in the Ancient World and beyond’ (Exedra Mediterranean Centre, Siracusa)