rogueclassicist ~ david meadows

rogueclassicist ~ david meadows

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I've been curating classics social media since the 1990s and still feel a need to do it! Classics /Ancient World feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lyrmsmhhg7vzz4ghj44y5xzq/feed/7cb2f06b13c0

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows
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The remains of an ancient Roman city are resurfacing: a house and possible temple have been discovered in southern France www.voiceofemirates.com/en/lifestyle...

voiceofemirates.comThe remains of an ancient Roman city are resurfacing: a house and possible temple have been discovered in southern FranceFréjus, France – A new archaeological discovery has been made in the southeastern French city of Fréjus, where archaeologists unearthed an ancient Roman house and the remains of a large structure beli...
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Was This Roman Soldier Murdered by His Own Comrades? Archaeologists Reopen a 2,000-Year-Old Cold Case www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/10/w...

labrujulaverde.comWas This Roman Soldier Murdered by His Own Comrades? Archaeologists Reopen a 2,000-Year-Old Cold CaseIn 1977, amateur archaeologists digging at the site of an old Roman fort in Velsen, on the coast of North Holland, uncovered a well. At the bottom lay the almost complete skeleton of a man who was sti...
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The Very Active Lifestyles of the Egyptian Princesses, Or Suns Out, Guns Out, Middle Kingdom Edition | This Week in the Ancient Near East thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/e/the-very-a...

thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.comThe Very Active Lifestyles of the Egyptian Princesses, Or Suns Out, Guns Out, Middle Kingdom Edition | This Week in the Ancient Near EastIn the late Middle Kingdom the daughters of King Hor were working out and getting buff. But were they kicking butts as warriors on the front line? Or maybe they were dad’s special hit squad? Either wa...
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Hidden in the Spanish Pyrenees, the traces of a Roman gold rush: miners used water to move about 2 million cubic meters of earth - Futura-Sciences www.futura-sciences.com/en/hidden-in...

futura-sciences.comHidden in the Spanish Pyrenees, the traces of a Roman gold rush: miners used water to move about 2 million cubic meters of earth - Futura-SciencesIn the Cerdanya Valley, in northeastern Catalonia, the archaeological site of Les Guilleteres d’All has puzzled researchers for years. The terrain is marked by unusual cuts, artificial ravines, and ex...
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A Roman Inscription Nearly 16 Feet Long Was Found Reused in Southeastern Spain Roman Baths www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/10/a...

labrujulaverde.comA Roman Inscription Nearly 16 Feet Long Was Found Reused in Southeastern Spain Roman BathsOn Tuesday, October 20, a team in southeastern Spain lifted a block of stone out of a wall where it had been sitting for about twenty centuries. The block carries fragments of two lines of text. The l...
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The Island That Gave Copper Its Name Had a 3,600-Year-Old Port City that Received Goods From Sardinia, the Baltic and India During the Bronze Age www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/10/t...

labrujulaverde.comThe Island That Gave Copper Its Name Had a 3,600-Year-Old Port City that Received Goods From Sardinia, the Baltic and India During the Bronze AgeBeside the airport of Larnaca, on the south-east coast of Cyprus, there is a salt lake. About 3,500 years ago it was a sheltered bay, and on its shore stood a port city of up to 50 hectares (124 acres...