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In Norfolk, England, a vast Roman villa discovered during work on a wind farm

During preliminary work on the laying of cables for an offshore wind farm in Norfolk, England, archaeologists identified the remains of an unknown Roman villa, probably dating from between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD.

Dementia Was Rare in Ancient Greece, Study Finds - GreekReporter.com

A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in Ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 years ago.

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“Gates of Death” Unearthed in Perge: How a Roman Stadium Became an Execution Arena | Arkeonews

The discovery of the “Gates of Death” in Perge reveals a Roman stadium transformed into an arena of execution and spectacle.

New AI Video Brings the Minoan Palace of Knossos Back to Life - GreekReporter.com

A new AI video revives Minoan Knossos, reimagining the great palace of Bronze Age Crete and the world of Europe’s earliest civilization.

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Stone Depicting Roman Emperor Tiberius as Pharaoh - GreekReporter.com

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a sandstone monument showing Roman emperor Tiberius as a pharaoh at Karnak.

The Child in an Amphora Masterpiece: A 2,600-Year-Old Mystery at Eleusis - GreekReporter.com

The "Eleusis Amphora," dating to roughly 670–650 BC and containing the remains of a ten-year-old child, was no common storage jar.

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See the 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Roman Cargo From an Accidental Shipwreck Discovered at the Bottom of a Lake in Switzerland

Divers recovered weapons, tools, pieces of horse-drawn chariots, ceramic plates, platters and goblets. One archaeologist surmises that the loss would have been "immense" at the time

ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ April 17, 2026

=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old knife set in northern Türkiye …

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Averil Cameron passes away - Medievalists.net

Averil Cameron, one of the most influential historians of the Byzantine world and a scholar whose work reshaped the study of late antiquity, has passed away at the age of 86.

Book Review: "I, Medusa"

Ayana Gray's novel adds nuance and vulnerability to one of antiquity's most infamous and terrifying villains.

Türkiye Today

Archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old knife set in northern Türkiye - Türkiye Today

Knife set and sharpening stone found at Hadrianopolis point to livestock-based daily life in the region 1,500 years ago

La Brújula Verde

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

A team of archaeologists led by Antonio Manuel Poveda Navarro, of the Fundación Urbs Regia, has published an extensive study in the journal SALDVIE of the University of Zaragoza demonstrating that the hill of El Monastil, in Elda (Alicante), housed a castellum (fortlet) of proto-Byzantine origin wit

Gold Artifacts From Mycenaean Tombs Reveal Lost Techniques of Bronze Age Greece - GreekReporter.com

New study of Mycenaean gold artifacts reveals forgotten craftsmanship and burial traditions of Bronze Age Greece.

Greek City Times

April 8, 1820: Venus de Milo Discovered on Milos — Calls Grow for Its Return to Greece Greek City Times

More than 200 years after its discovery on Milos, the Venus de Milo remains abroad, with growing calls for its return to Greece alongside the Parthenon Sculptures.

Cambridge Core

Cursing and curse tablets in the Roman West | The Journal of Roman Studies | Cambridge Core

Cursing and curse tablets in the Roman West

H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XXI (Ad Navseam, Episode 216) | Ad Navseam

This week the guys dip back into Marrou, where the author pivots like Yaxel Lendeborg to the Roman side of things. H.I. takes up the "Old Roman Education". Immediately we notice realities that put the lie to the loose notion that the Romans just took from the Greeks and changed the names. While, yes, eventually much of Roman education merges with the Hellenistic ideals explored earlier (and later) tome-wise, at its root, Roman education was fundamentally a different enterprise. Much more than th

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas maias

ludi Cereri continue (day 7) 359 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Gratian

Restoration at Gla Brings One of the Largest Mycenaean Citadels Back into Focus - GreekReporter.com

Restoration of the Mycenaean citadel of Gla highlights one of Greece’s largest fortified Bronze Age sites and improves access for visitors.

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