ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 27, 2025

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Lavish Roman villa with rare fish pond and frescoes unearthed in ancient Tripolis, Turkey | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Lavish Roman villa with rare fish pond and frescoes unearthed in ancient Tripolis, Turkey

Spanish discovery suggests Roman era ‘church’ may have been a synagogue | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/27/spanish-discovery-suggests-roman-era-church-may-have-been-a-synagogue

Ancient Sarmatian cemetery unearthed in Hungary during sports complex construction – DailyNewsHungary

Ancient Sarmatian cemetery unearthed in Hungary during sports complex construction

Ancient building symbolizing tribal unity to get facelift | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1276384/ancient-building-symbolizing-tribal-unity-to-get-facelift/

Samos show celebrates German Archaeological Institute’s work | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1276495/samos-show-celebrates-german-archaeological-institutes-work/

Trajan, the Roman emperor who fought the Dacians and Parthians, superpowers like today’s Russia and China | Culture | EL PAÍS English
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-07-27/trajan-the-roman-emperor-who-fought-the-dacians-and-parthians-superpowers-like-todays-russia-and-china.html

Reconstruction of an entire Roman city starts in France: Béziers Antique, 19-hectare site
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/reconstruction-of-an-entire-roman-city-starts-in-france-beziers-antique-19-hectare-site

3000 Years Old Bronze Age Settlement Unveiled Ahead of New Stadium Construction – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/3000-years-old-bronze-age-settlement-unveiled-ahead-of-new-stadium-construction/

Magna Graecia – Part 4: From Colony to Colossus: Syracuse and Hellenism in Sicily – The Greek Herald
https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/magna-graecia-part-4-from-colony-to-colossus-syracuse-and-hellenism-in-sicily/

Clive Hicks-Jenkins brings Homer back to life in exquisite new books

Clive Hicks-Jenkins brings Homer back to life in exquisite new books

The best episodes of Ulysses 31 | It’s A Stampede!

The best episodes of Ulysses 31

Not Just Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’: Top 5 Films Inspired by Ancient Greek Mythology – Startefacts.com/spotlight – UK
https://startefacts.com/news/not-just-nolans-odyssey-top-5-films-inspired-by-ancient-greek-mythology_a154

The Coen Brothers Beat Christopher Nolan By 25 Years
https://screenrant.com/coen-brothers-odyssey-adaptation-o-brother-where-art-thou/

Hulk Hogan’s Worst-Rated Movie On IMDb Was A Forgotten Attempt At A Greek Epic
https://www.slashfilm.com/1921169/hulk-hogan-worst-movie-imdb-little-hercules/

[AI?]Lost Acropolis piece returns to Athens | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-862326

Ancient artifact returned from Chile | eKathimerini.com
https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1276492/ancient-artifact-returned-from-chile/

Beyond the Busts: Unveiling Alexander the Great’s True Face – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/27/alexander-the-great-face-reconstruction/

‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ Is A “What If” Sequel Where The Romans Won, Coming This Winter | Geek Culture

‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ Is A “What If” Sequel Where The Romans Won, Coming This Winter

10 Best Adaptations of ‘The Odyssey’ To Watch Before Christopher Nolan’s Next Epic
https://movieweb.com/the-odyssey-best-adaptations-to-watch-before-christopher-nolan-epic/

‘Nolan may be the only person who could do this’: How The Odyssey is already gunning to be 2026’s biggest film
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250725-how-nolans-the-odyssey-is-already-gunning-to-be-2026s-biggest-film

Movie Review: Ulysses (1954) and The Odyssey (1997)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/26/2334855/-Movie-Review-Ulysses-1954-and-The-Odyssey-1997

(9) The Case for the Aeneid – CSMFHT Writes
https://csmfht.substack.com/p/the-case-for-the-aeneid?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1211085&post_id=169349502&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(9) The Spy, the Mogul, the Wife, and the Worker
https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/the-spy-the-mogul-the-wife-and-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1000549&post_id=168474740&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(10) Aeneid VII.601-705 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-vii601-705-c9a?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168991100&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(9) Aeneid VII.706-817 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-vii706-817-659?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168991273&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: Eternal War
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/07/eternal-war.html

Het Evangelie van de Egyptenaren – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Evangelie van de Egyptenaren

Médracen (Madghacen) – Mainzer Beobachter

Médracen (Madghacen)

“Good can be radical”: Ancient Papyri and Ethics in Evil Times – Everyday Orientalism

“Good can be radical”: Ancient Papyri and Ethics in Evil Times

PaleoJudaica.com: Wunrow, Heavenly Space in Hebrews and Its Jewish and Christian Environment (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/wunrow-heavenly-space-in-hebrews-and.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Muraoka, Appendices to the Septuagint Book of Daniel (Peeters)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/muraoka-appendices-to-septuagint-book.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Canaanite Gods in Metal: An Archaeological Study of Ancient Syro-Palestinian Figurines
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/canaanite-gods-in-metal-archaeological.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: SIRAR (Sylloge Inscriptionum Religionis Africae Romanae)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2023/06/sirar-sylloge-inscriptionum-religionis.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (SNG) Tübingen
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/sylloge-nummorum-graecorum-sng-tubingen.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Conquest of Lachish by Sennacherib
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-conquest-of-lachish-by-sennacherib.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Various Excavations
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/various-excavations.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Tel Beer-Sheba, 1969–1971 Seasons
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/excavations-at-tel-beer-sheba-19691971.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Investigations at Lachish: The Sanctuary and the Residency (Lachish V)
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/investigations-at-lachish-sanctuary-and.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Old Babylonian Texts in the Schøyen Collection” Part Four, Documents from Selected Archives
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/old-babylonian-texts-in-schyen.html
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Anima Latina 27.07.2025 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/rvi-programmi/anima-latina/2025/07/anima-latina-27-07-2025.html

Fall of Roman London – The Ancients | Acast

BBC Audio | Business Daily | Looted: the risks of buying ancient history
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct6s2b
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(94) True Size of the Battle of Cannae 3D DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

(94) The best preserved Roman theatre in the world? | Aspendos, Antalya – YouTube

‘Spartacus: House Of Ashur’ Sets Winter Premiere; Drops Teaser Trailer
https://deadline.com/2025/07/spartacus-house-of-ashur-premiere-teaser-trailer-sdcc-1236469729/

(96) Can AI speak Latin?! (I chat with Gemini in classical Latin) – YouTube

Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 26.07.2025 – Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/de/podcast/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein/2025/07/audio-nachrichten-auf-latein-26-07-2025.html

(98) 5 Must-See Discoveries from Pompeii’s New Excavations – YouTube

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 25, 2025

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Urartian necropolis in Türkiye sheds light on Iron Age burial rites | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/urartian-necropolis-in-turkiye-sheds-light-on-iron-age-burial-rites

Bird divination text found at Hittite settlement – The History Blog

Bird divination text found at Hittite settlement

Roman-era gold jewelry found at Hippos testifies to wealth of city likely visited by Jesus | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/roman-era-gold-jewelry-found-at-hippos-testifies-to-wealth-of-city-likely-visited-by-jesus/

Martin Scorsese and a Sicilian Shipwreck – Biblical Archaeology Society

Martin Scorsese and a Sicilian Shipwreck

Where Are the Mysterious Cassiterides Islands Mentioned in Ancient Greek Records? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/24/cassiterides-islands-ancient-greek-records/

Ancient Greek Sanctuary From Hellenistic Era Discovered Inside a Cave in Italy – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/25/ancient-greek-sanctuary-hellenistic-era-cave-italy/

Ancient Phoenician Builders Used Concrete-Like Plaster Before the Romans – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/25/phoenician-hydraulic-lime-plaster-before-romans/

How the Antonine Plague Became The Beginning of the End for Rome – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/25/antonine-plague-end-rome/

I bind down, bury deeply and make disappear from humanity… – National Archaeological Museum

I bind down, bury deeply and make disappear from humanity…

Google Just Released an A.I. Tool That Helps Historians Fill in Missing Words in Ancient Roman Inscriptions
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/google-just-released-an-ai-tool-that-helps-historians-fill-in-missing-words-in-ancient-roman-inscriptions-180987046/

Hadrian’s 2,000-year-old aqueduct returns to life in drought-hit Athens – The Greek Herald
https://greekherald.com.au/news/hadrians-2000-year-old-aqueduct-returns-to-life-in-drought-hit-athens/

Roman cavalry swords reveal ancient settlement in Gloucestershire | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/metal-detectorists-feeling-leads-massive-roman-settlement-discovery-popular-tourist-hotspot

‘Mysterious’ Roman artefact to go on show in Nottingham
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7d7m83d1xo

The antiquities looters and the treasure hunt: They dug throughout Greece at night – How a lone “hunter” exposed their operation – ProtoThema English

The antiquities looters and the treasure hunt: They dug throughout Greece at night – How a lone “hunter” exposed their operation

New Archaeological Find Sheds Light on Bulgaria’s Roman-Era Stronghold – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
https://www.novinite.com/articles/233554/New%2BArchaeological%2BFind%2BSheds%2BLight%2Bon%2BBulgaria%25E2%2580%2599s%2BRoman-Era%2BStronghold

A trilobite fossil amulet from Roman Hispania

A trilobite fossil amulet from Roman Hispania

This trilobite fossil became ancient Roman bling | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/trilobite-fossil-became-ancient-roman-bling

Precious Acropolis Fragment Returned Home From Chile – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/25/precious-acropolis-fragment-returns-greece-chile/

Museum of Rescued Art reopens in Rome -Xinhua
https://english.news.cn/europe/20250725/16b8af8ad36c441c8c6ac16ff4bf1482/c.html

Plato, Aristotle & Other Greek Philosophers in Raphael’s Renaissance Masterpiece, The School of Athens | Open Culture

Plato, Aristotle & Other Greek Philosophers in Raphael’s Renaissance Masterpiece, The School of Athens

Danger In Pompeii Is Launching Today On Steam – COGconnected

Danger In Pompeii Is Launching Today On Steam

Alexander Henry Rhind: The first experienced archaeologist to excavate in Egypt | National Museums Scotland
https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/alexander-henry-rhind-the-first-experienced-archaeologist-to-excavate-in-egypt

Medusa stones the gaze – Arena

Medusa stones the gaze

The Long Walk is Stephen King’s dark take on The Odyssey for Vietnam War-era America | Popverse
https://www.thepopverse.com/literary-stephen-king-the-long-walk-odyssey-if-it-bleeds-we-read

(9) Epic Bullsh*t – by Joel Christensen
https://joelchristensen.substack.com/p/epic-bullsht?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1870284&post_id=169230297&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(9) Aeneid VII.511-600 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-vii511-600-77c?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=168991042&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

What’s in a book title? | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

What’s in a book title?

The Cod Latin Phrase That Links Amazon’s ‘The Assassin’ to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/tv/a65500552/the-cod-latin-phrase-that-links-amazons-the-assassin-to-the-handmaids-tale/

Gap Week, July 25, 2025 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Gap Week, July 25, 2025

(9) Literary devices – by Armand D’Angour

Faits divers (40) – Mainzer Beobachter

Faits divers (40)

PaleoJudaica.com: Moabite sex workers at Baal Peor?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/moabite-sex-workers-at-baal-peor.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Pagels, Miracles and Wonder
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-of-pagels-miracles-and-wonder.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Gold jewelry excavated at Hippos-Sussita
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/gold-jewelry-excavated-at-hippos-sussita.html

[paywalled] Greek Mythology Books for Children of All Ages – The New York Times

Local experiences of connectivity and mobility in the ancient west-central Mediterranean – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Local experiences of connectivity and mobility in the ancient west-central Mediterranean

Brill’s companion to Cassius Dio – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Brill’s companion to Cassius Dio

Cassius Dio and the Principate – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Cassius Dio and the Principate


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Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA367 – How permanent were institutions like dux or comes?
https://sites.libsyn.com/91136/awa367-how-permanent-were-institutions-like-dux-or-comes

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Vespasian #3 – The Sticky Wicket – Life Of The Caesars

Vespasian #3 – The Sticky Wicket

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Conference – The Classical Association

Conference

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 24, 2025

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Volunteer uncovers 2,000-year-old Roman gold ring in Israel | The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-862106

3,800-year-old burial of tall warrior buried with 4-pronged spearhead unearthed in Azerbaijan | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-800-year-old-burial-of-tall-warrior-buried-with-4-pronged-spearhead-unearthed-in-azerbaijan

Archaeologists race to preserve looted Parthian-era cemetery in Yazd – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/515992/Archaeologists-race-to-preserve-looted-Parthian-era-cemetery

Pella: A Window on Survival – Biblical Archaeology Society

Pella: A Window on Survival

Czech Republic, found fragment of armor dating back to the time of the Trojan War
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/czech-republic-found-fragment-of-armor-dating-back-to-the-time-of-the-trojan-war

Piece of Bronze Age chestplate found in Moravia – The History Blog

Piece of Bronze Age chestplate found in Moravia

Thracian Clues Emerge Near Heraclea Sintica as Bulgaria Restores Rare Ancient Statue – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
https://www.novinite.com/articles/233549/Thracian%2BClues%2BEmerge%2BNear%2BHeraclea%2BSintica%2Bas%2BBulgaria%2BRestores%2BRare%2BAncient%2BStatue

ai_meets_antiquity
https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/ai_meets_antiquity

Contextualizing ancient texts with generative neural networks | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09292-5

AI helps Latin scholars decipher ancient Roman texts
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250723-ai-helps-latin-scholars-decipher-ancient-roman-texts

Google’s new AI deciphers missing Latin words in ancient Roman inscriptions | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/google-ai-decipher-roman-latin-inscriptions-b2795092.html

Dr. Zahi Hawass hits back at Joe Rogan: ‘Didn’t do his homework’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/lifestyle/dr-zahi-hawass-hits-back-at-joe-rogan-didnt-do-his-homework/

Yann Martel Has a New Book on the Way — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
https://people.com/life-of-pi-author-yann-martel-new-book-see-the-cover-exclusive-11775805

The Most Renowned Paintings Inspired by Homer’s Odyssey – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/24/renowned-paintings-odyssey-homer-ancient-greece-literature/

Ancient Greek Genius Archytas Built a Flying Machine 2,400 Years Before Drones – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/24/ancient-greek-archytas-flying-machine-drone/

Intact Byzantine Frescoes Found in Church of Saint Nicholas, Albania – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/23/intact-byzantine-frescoes-found-church-albania/

Maria Luisa Nava. Non dimentichiamoci di Iside: la “scandalosa e la magnifica” abita nel cuore di Adriano e della sua Villa. – Archeologia online – Archeomedia

Maria Luisa Nava. Non dimentichiamoci di Iside: la “scandalosa e la magnifica” abita nel cuore di Adriano e della sua Villa.

See the ancient tunnels under Rome, Italy | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/travel/video/capitoline-hill-tunnels-italy-tour-digvid

One of ancient Rome’s most notorious emperors murdered his own mother, and there’s a dark reason why | HistoryExtra
https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-rome-notorious-emperor-nero-murdered-own-mother/

Spartacus: House of Ashur reveals the Julius Caesar recasting in a new fresh look
https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/news-spartacus-house-ashur-reveals-julius-caesar-recasting-new-fresh-look

INTERVIEW: Sara Farrington’s ‘A Trojan Woman’ and the power of anti-war art – Hollywood Soapbox

INTERVIEW: Sara Farrington’s ‘A Trojan Woman’ and the power of anti-war art

“Step into Ancient Pompeii !  A new adventure game brings History to life.” – Games Press
https://www.gamespress.com/en-GB/Step-into-Ancient-Pompeii-A-new-adventure-game-brings-History-to-life-

Damaged Goods | Sphinx

Damaged Goods

What makes an academic career? – Noodlings

What makes an academic career?

Book Alert! Roman Law is FAR from boring! – Liv Mariah Yarrow

Book Alert! Roman Law is FAR from boring!

(9) Aeneid VII.406-510 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-vii406-510-75e?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=167466387&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Foul-Tongued Man
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-foul-tongued-man.html

Laudator Temporis Acti: The Romans
https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-romans.html

Two Article Tuesday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Two Article Tuesday

(9) The Commodification of the Female Body in Ancient Egypt and Today
https://ancientnow.substack.com/p/the-commodification-of-the-female?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=752411&post_id=167680026&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Een Gallische inscriptie uit Alesia – Mainzer Beobachter

Een Gallische inscriptie uit Alesia

PaleoJudaica.com: Danzig obituary
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/danzig-obituary.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Metaphor etc. in the Bible
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/metaphor-etc-in-bible.html

PaleoJudaica.com: An AI system for reconstructing ancient (Latin) inscriptions
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/an-ai-system-for-reconstructing-ancient.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Beer-Sheba II: The Early Iron Age Settlements
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/beer-sheba-ii-early-iron-age-settlements.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Tel Michal, Israel
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/excavations-at-tel-michal-israel.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Prehistoric Anatolia: The Neolithic Transformation and the Early Chalcolithic Period
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/prehistoric-anatolia-neolithic.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Shiloh: The Archaeology of a Biblical Site
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/shiloh-archaeology-of-biblical-site.html

Ars Amazonica: study of sources and comparative analysis | Spartokos read

Ars Amazónica: estudio de fuentes y análisis comparativo

Women in Martial: a semiotic reading – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Women in Martial: a semiotic reading

Conceptualising concepts in Greek philosophy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Conceptualising concepts in Greek philosophy

(9) ANE Today, 24 July 2025 – The Ancient Near East Today
https://ancientneareasttoday.substack.com/p/ane-today-24-july-2025?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3497924&post_id=169061785&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Special Episode – Cleopatra 1963 – Cleopatra and Caesar – The Partial Historians – Ancient Roman History with smart ladies

Special Episode – Cleopatra 1963 – Cleopatra and Caesar

The Official Lore Olympus Cookbook (with Genn McMenemy) – Ancient History Fangirl

The Official Lore Olympus Cookbook (with Genn McMenemy)


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(25) Roman Politics: Republic vs Empire – Ancient History DOCUMENTARY – YouTube

(26) La tomba etrusca inviolata di San Giuliano – Barbarano Romano commento storico archeologico – YouTube

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Politics of Greek in the Roman world – Centre for Geopolitics

Politics of Greek in the Roman world

Assistant Professor of Classical Studies – Ancient Rome | Society for Classical Studies
https://www.classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2025-2026/39115/assistant-professor-classical-studies-ancient-rome

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 23, 2025

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Archaeologists race to preserve looted Parthian-era cemetery in Yazd – Tehran Times
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/515992/Archaeologists-race-to-preserve-looted-Parthian-era-cemetery

Ancient Fossil Turned into Amulet Found at Roman Site in Spain – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/23/ancient-fossil-amulet-roman-site-spain/

The Dark Secret Behind the Ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/22/secret-ancient-odeon-herodes-atticus-athens/

Did the Ancient Greeks Name Britain’s Isles of Scilly? – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2025/07/22/britain-isles-scilly-name-ancient-greeks/

AI reveals new details about a famous Latin inscription

AI reveals new details about a famous Latin inscription

[paywalled] AI for Latin inscriptions supplies missing text and predicts date and location
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02132-6

Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past – Google DeepMind
https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/aeneas-transforms-how-historians-connect-the-past/

Athens Is Reviving a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Aqueduct to Deliver Water to the City Amid Prolonged Droughts
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/athens-is-reviving-a-2000-year-old-roman-empire-era-aqueduct-to-deliver-water-amid-prolonged-droughts-180987013/

Czech museum unveils rare ‘Trojan War’ armor found at ‘secret site’
https://tvpworld.com/87977706/czech-museum-unveils-rare-trojan-war-armor-found-at-secret-site

Iron Age builders used recycled ceramics in hydraulic mortar at Tell el-Burak Lebanon, new study reveals | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Iron Age builders used recycled ceramics in hydraulic mortar at Tell el-Burak Lebanon, new study reveals

From Ancient Banquet to Psychoanalysis: Plato’s Symposium | Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ideals-in-question/202507/from-ancient-banquet-to-psychoanalysis-platos-symposium

Sanctuary of Dodona Prepares for Bouleuterion Restoration Works This Year
https://www.argophilia.com/news/bouleuterion-at-the-sanctuary-of-dodona-restoration/243693/

Ultimate dinner party guests in ancient Iran

Ultimate dinner party guests in ancient Iran

Ancient Romans’ favorite sauce reveals fishy secrets
https://nypost.com/2025/07/23/science/ancient-romans-favorite-sauce-reveals-fishy-secrets/

Ancient DNA Analysis Proves Roman Fish Sauce Was, Shockingly, Made of Fish – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2025-07-23/ty-article/ancient-dna-analysis-proves-roman-fish-sauce-was-shockingly-made-of-fish/00000198-37c5-dce9-abfd-7fe716040000

Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE | Oxford Academic
https://academic.oup.com/book/60683

The roots of honour: babies’ ‘struggle for recognition’ in Greek literature and thought « Classics# « Cambridge Core Blog

The roots of honour: babies’ ‘struggle for recognition’ in Greek literature and thought

Dependency and Slavery in the Hebrew Bible and its Repercussions on the Image of God | Bible Interp
https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/dependency-and-slavery-hebrew-bible-and-its-repercussions-image-god

Ovid – The Historian’s Hut

Ovid

Sophonisbe Drinking Poison, By Isaac Moillon (c. 1614-1673) – The Historian’s Hut

Sophonisbe Drinking Poison, By Isaac Moillon (c. 1614-1673)

The Bizarre Tale Of The Gnomish Money-Men Cercopes Who Clashed With Zeus And Heracles – The Historian’s Hut

The Bizarre Tale Of The Gnomish Money-Men Cercopes Who Clashed With Zeus And Heracles

Why Are Tech Billionaires so Obsessed with the Roman Empire? – Electric Literature

Why Are Tech Billionaires so Obsessed with the Roman Empire?

Writing Wednesday: Pens and Notebooks | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Writing Wednesday: Pens and Notebooks

(9) On the Use of Writing – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/on-the-use-of-writing?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=169042949&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(9) Aeneid VII.323-405 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-vii323-405-f41?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=167466274&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Het Rijk van Toledo (3) – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Rijk van Toledo (3)

Het Rijk van Toledo (4) – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Rijk van Toledo (4)

PaleoJudaica.com: Mendels, A Hellenistic Ethical Lexicon (T&T Clark)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/mendels-hellenistic-ethical-lexicon-t.html

PaleoJudaica.com: A purple dye factory or fish-salting facility at Tel Dor?
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-purple-dye-factory-or-fish-salting.html

Ephemeris ~ NIHIL PALAESTINIS
https://ephemerisnuntii.eu/nuntius.php?id=2438

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tel ꜥIra: A Stronghold in the Biblical Negev
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/tel-ira-stronghold-in-biblical-negev.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Apollonia-Arsuf: Final Report of the Excavations, Volume I: The Persian and Hellenistic Periods
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/apollonia-arsuf-final-report-of.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ethnoarchaeology of Anatolia: Rural Socio-Economy in the Bronze and Iron Ages
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/ethnoarchaeology-of-anatolia-rural.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Megiddo III: The 1992–1996 Seasons
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/megiddo-iii-19921996-seasons.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ḥorvat Qitmit: An Edomite Shrine in the Biblical Negev
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/horvat-qitmit-edomite-shrine-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Naḥal Qanah Cave: Earliest Gold in the Southern Levant
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-nahal-qanah-cave-earliest-gold-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeology of the City: Urban Planning in Ancient Israel and Its Social Implications
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/archaeology-of-city-urban-planning-in.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Highlands of Many Cultures: The Southern Samaria Survey
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2025/07/highlands-of-many-cultures-southern.html

Aeschylus: Agamemnon – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Aeschylus: Agamemnon

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‘Sing, O muse!’ A look at muses and how we evoke them | Connecticut Public
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2025-07-23/sing-o-muse-a-look-at-muses-and-how-we-evoke-them

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YouTube Shorts: MYTHOLOGY PAINTING—Theseus Finding His Father’s Sword, By Jean Lemaire (1598-1659) – The Historian’s Hut

YouTube Shorts: MYTHOLOGY PAINTING—Theseus Finding His Father’s Sword, By Jean Lemaire (1598-1659)

(18) Archaeologist Reacts to AI Generated History Memes! – YouTube

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News: Upcoming Conference, Beyond War. Personal, Cultural and Economic Factors in Hellenistic Politics, Bergamo,September 10-13, 2025 – HeRoM

News: Upcoming Conference, Beyond War. Personal, Cultural and Economic Factors in Hellenistic Politics, Bergamo,September 10-13, 2025

Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship at The Met

Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship at The Met

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ July 22, 2025

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Study translates fragmentary ancient Sumerian myth around 4,400 years old
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-fragmentary-ancient-sumerian-myth-years.html

Bronze armour discovery dates from time of Trojan War
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/07/bronze-armour-discovery-dates-from-time-of-trojan-war/155649

First Trilobite Fossil Amulet from Roman Early Empire (1st–3rd Century CE) Found in Spain – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/first-trilobite-fossil-amulet-from-roman-early-empire-1st-3rd-century-ce-found-in-spain/

Archaeologists Uncover Rare Trojan War-Era Armor from 1200 BCE in Czechia – Arkeonews
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-uncover-rare-trojan-war-era-armor-from-1200-bce-in-czechia/

‘A rare find for Etruscan archaeology’: Archaeologists discover sealed, untouched tomb in central Italy | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/pristine-etruscan-tomb-discovered-in-italy-contains-more-than-100-untouched-artifacts

Archaeologists dig deep in Türkiye’s southeast
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/archaeologists-dig-deep-in-turkiyes-southeast-211718

How to defend the humanities | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

How to defend the humanities

The sirens in ancient mythology weren’t the seductresses of today | National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/sirens-mythology?loggedin=true&rnd=1753204825699

Fresh Discovery At Pompeii Sheds New Light On Power Available To Women In The Roman City » TwistedSifter

Fresh Discovery At Pompeii Sheds New Light On Power Available To Women In The Roman City

Why we need Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ in these xenophobic times – The Forward
https://forward.com/culture/books/756958/daniel-mendelson-translation-homer-odyssey-emily-wilson-peter-green/

Why Does Elon Musk Have Such a Straight View of Antiquity?
https://hyperallergic.com/1029023/why-does-elon-musk-have-such-a-straight-view-of-antiquity/

Centuripe’s imperial past shines in its Archaeological Museum
https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/travel/centuripe-s-imperial-past-shines-in-its-archaeological-museum

Teaching Tuesday: Prepping Classes | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

Teaching Tuesday: Prepping Classes

(9) A Roman Werewolf – by Armand D’Angour
https://armanddangour.substack.com/p/a-roman-werewolf?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1877109&post_id=168939525&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

(9) Aeneid VII.212-322 – by publius vergilius maro
https://aeneiddaily.substack.com/p/aeneid-vii212-322-4cc?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1678986&post_id=167466036&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=q7tlq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

PaleoJudaica.com: A fifth-century West Bank church was not burned down.
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-fifth-century-west-bank-church-was.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Biblical archaeology, interrupted
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2025/07/biblical-archaeology-interrupted.html

Het Rijk van Toledo (1) – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Rijk van Toledo (1)

Het Rijk van Toledo (2) – Mainzer Beobachter

Het Rijk van Toledo (2)

Is Gibbon’s “The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire” Still Relevant? | TheCollector
https://www.thecollector.com/edward-gibbon-decline-fall-roman-empire/

Aeschylus. The Persians – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Eschyle. Les Perses

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Greek and Latin ChangeMakers | Faculty of Arts and Humanities
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/classics/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/greek-and-latin-changemakers

(131) Secrets of Pompeii’s Dead (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans | National Geographic – YouTube

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The SSEA – Symposium 2025 – Call for Papers
https://ssea2020.thessea.org/index.php/events/annual-scholars-colloquium-symposium-weekend-2025/symposium-2025-call-for-papers