A cache of 13,000 inscribed potsherds from the Roman and Byzantine eras have been discovered in Sohag, Egypt.
New discoveries have come to light at Pompeii in the House of the Library.
An article in Haaretz contrasts an ancient Roman doll with the modern Barbie.
A team of scientists believe they have a new understanding of the Antikythera mechanism.
The US has returned 200 antiquities stolen from Italy, including items seized from the Fordham Museum and the Getty Museum.
A new museum of Roman antiquities opened in Narbonne, France last week.
Lonely Planet names their 10 ten museums in Istanbul.
Online exhibit: Mesopotamia: An Intimate Look at Some Extraordinary Objects from an Exhibition at the Getty Villa
Clay tablets from the library of Ashurbanipal reveal an ancient Assyrian remedy for hair loss (subscription req’d).
The recorded presentations are now online for the conference on “Perspectives on the Ramesside Military System.”
Dirk Obbink owes Hobby Lobby a full refund for the $7 million of ancient papyri that he sold them.
Nearly a million tourists have visited the ancient city of Dara in southeastern Turkey this year.
New release: Edgar J. Goodspeed, America’s First Papyrologist, by Todd M. Hickey and James G. Keenan
Glenn Corbett is leading a Jordan Seminar at the Dead Sea in April.
Carl Rasmussen has begun a series on the shipwreck of Paul on Malta. He is also leading a trip to Malta, Sicily, and Italy in the spring.
HT: Agade, Joseph Lauer, Arne Halbakken, Alexander Schick, Keith Keyser, Explorator
