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November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Are you aware that The Critic is a politically funded broadsheet? It’s part of the group funded from 55 Tufton Street. This goes beyond leaning – it was funded to promulgate right-wing ideas.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
(250) A Bronze Age Pompeii in Greece 🌋 - YouTube
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A Bronze Age Pompeii in Greece 🌋
YouTube video by Dig It With Raven
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November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran
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A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran
The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery come from? And why now?
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Modern staging of the immortal “Aeneid” at the ICCM
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Modern staging of the immortal “Aeneid” at the ICCM
"ENEID" is a modern staging of Ivan Kotlyarevsky's masterpiece, created by directors Rostyslav Derzhypilsky and Oleksiy Hnatkovsky.
kyiv1.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Another Bronze Age Temple in Kuwait - Biblical Archaeology Society
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Another Bronze Age Temple in Kuwait
Archaeologists working in Kuwait made a remarkable discovery when they uncovered the remains of a Bronze Age temple on Failaka Island.
www.biblicalarchaeology.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Merit's wig: A 3,400-year-old Egyptian headpiece smoothed down with ancient homemade hair gel | Live Science
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Merit's wig: A 3,400-year-old Egyptian headpiece smoothed down with ancient homemade hair gel
Merit's head covering was made from real human hair and was buried with her in its own wooden cabinet.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ephemeris ~ NUNTIUS BOREOAMERICANUS Novus praefectus
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EPHEMERIS_ Nuntii Latini Universi
ephemerisnuntii.eu
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ram-shaped teapot from ancient Canaanite cult discovered near ancient city of Armageddon | Live Science
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Ram-shaped teapot from ancient Canaanite cult discovered near ancient city of Armageddon
Archaeologists have discovered a ram-shaped tea pot and one of the oldest old wine presses in the world that date to the time of the Canaanites during the Bronze Age.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Anomalies in Giza pyramid may indicate an unknown entrance | Live Science
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Anomalies in Giza pyramid may indicate an unknown entrance
Two voids found on the eastern face of Menkaure's pyramid may indicate the presence of a second entrance.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New Documentary Says Parthenon Sculptures Stolen in "Greatest Heist in Art History" - GreekReporter.com
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GreekReporter.com - Greek News from Greece and the World
Greek news from Greece and the world, get the latest updates on business, economy, Greek travel, recipes, Ancient Greek culture and more.
GreekReporter.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A 5,000-Year-Old Canaanite Wine Press Has Been Discovered in Israel
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A 5,000-Year-Old Canaanite Wine Press Has Been Discovered in Israel
Researchers discovered the press, along with a ritualistic, animal-shaped “tea set,” outside the ancient site of Tel Megiddo
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides | TheCollector
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides | TheCollector
Thucydides’ account of the confrontation between Athens and Melos poses the question, does might make right?
www.thecollector.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in Ancient Rome
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Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in Ancient Rome
Clothing in antiquity functioned as an immediately legible social code, a woven system of signs in which the appearance of a garment, the nature of its raw materials, the details of its ornamentation,...
www.labrujulaverde.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Unearthing the Birthplace of the Alphabet: Archaeologists Return After 14 Years of Silence - Arkeonews
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Unearthing the Birthplace of the Alphabet: Archaeologists Return After 14 Years of Silence - Arkeonews
After more than a decade of silence, the ancient civilization of Ugarit, once one of the most influential trade hubs of the Late Bronze Age
arkeonews.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt (American Society of Papyrologists) | Society for Classical Studies
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Culture and Society in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Egypt (American Society of Papyrologists) | Society for Classical Studies
Society for Classical Studies 158th Annual Meeting
www.classicalstudies.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Explore Tutankhamun's tomb through the excavation records of Howard Carter and his team in the 1920s | Tutankhamun Spatial Archive
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Explore Tutankhamun's tomb through the excavation records of Howard Carter and his team in the 1920s
tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
CFP: Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia (Deadline December 15) - The Classical Association of Canada
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/aigs...
CFP: Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia (Deadline December 15) - The Classical Association of Ca...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM