Researchers have recovered 20 columns of previously hidden text on one of the oldest Herculaneum scrolls.
“A report of illegal digging on the rural edge of Rome has led archaeologists to one of the most striking recent discoveries in the city’s western countryside: a Roman imperial-period villa with mosaic floors, painted walls and a white marble statue that may represent Silvanus, the rustic god of fields, woods and agricultural life.”
After restorers added two marble blocks into empty gaps, the Parthenon’s western side looks whole for the first time in more than 200 years.
An Ugaritic treatment for a hangover involved the application of dog hair.
Writing for the BAR Test Kitchen, Jennifer Drummond provides a recipe for Roman dill sauce that comes from Apicius, a first-century Roman gourmand.
“A team of historians, scientists and engineers has developed a portable X-ray scanner to study 4,000-year-old [cuneiform] letters encased in clay envelopes.”
A European project has used AI and robotics to reconstruct and restore damaged frescoes at Pompeii.
The Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports “aims to digitize 500 archaeological site reports describing archaeological excavations in Iraq and the immediately surrounding areas (Turkey, Syria, Iran, and the Gulf). This will include both out-of-copyright as well as in-copyright and in-print materials.”
Henry Colburn explores the meaning of Achaemenid silver. “Achaemenid silver was fungible in meaning as well as substance. Gifts of silver from the king, such coins and drinking vessels, were simultaneously monetary objects and tokens of prestige, and their precise meaning could shift according to their context.”
A local newspaper runs a story about the Biblical History Center in LaGrange, Georgia.
Lisa Lock and Andrew Zinin write about the history of glassblowing and its effect on the Roman world.
A team has used 3D printing to revive an ancient Roman board game.
There will be no roundup next weekend.
HT: Agade, Explorator