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Randall posted separately on this one, but still worth a second mention: the discovery (maybe) of the site where Julius Caesar was assassinated:
http://www.france24.com/en/20121010-scientists-claim-find-spot-julius-caesars-slaying

Curiously less coverage of the possible (?) find of the tomb of Roxane:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/10/06/tomb-near-serres-wife-son-of-alexander/

They’re digging in the Agora of Paphos:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/paphos/archaeologists-explore-ancient-market/20121014

A couple of Roman ships found off the coast of Elaiussa Sebaste (Turkey):
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/turkey/2012/10/08/Italian-archaeologists-find-2-sunken-Roman-ships-off-Turkey_7595945.html

Nice feature on the current goings-on at Zeugma (Turkey):
http://www.archaeology.org/1211/features/zeugma_turkey_belkis_roman_mosaics.html

Hype for a Cambridge conference on Linear B:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cracking-the-code-the-decipherment-of-linear-b-60-years-on/

Feature on the Caryatids:
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121009/OPINION16/310090024/Six-headstrong-women-confidently-raise-Acropolis-roof

That marble sarcophagus that was languishing in a Dorset garden fetched a nice price at auction:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-19878090

Khaled Holmes is another athlete with a Classical past:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-1012-usc-khaled-holmes-20121012,0,2640933.story

Diphthong is apparently the best word ever:
http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/2012/10/the-best-word-ever-is-greek.html

Some Greek-myth-inspired manga:
http://graphic-novels-manga.suvudu.com/2012/10/olympics-come-and-gone-get-your-ancient-greek-fix-with-olympos.html

The APA is pondering a name change:
http://apaclassics.org/index.php/apa_blog/apa_blog_entry/request_for_comments_on_possible_name_change_for_association/

Seven things you probably did know about Caligula, actually:
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-caligula

Latin has acquired hipster status, apparently, down under/up over:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/hipsters-embrace-lingo-of-the-ancient-worlds-20121012-27i6u.html

More on revisiting the find site of the Antikythera Mechanism:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/10/04/archaeologists-revisit-ancient-greek-computer-wreck-site/

More on the Mazotos shipwreck:
http://famagusta-gazette.com/mazotos-shipwreck-among-the-very-few-in-the-mediterranean-that-can-provide-p16908-69.htm

Big bucks expected for a silver decadrachm from Akragas:
http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=58261#.UHqvpGd0YWk

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Coverage of recent (erotic) finds cataloged by the PAS:
http://www.livescience.com/24298-roman-artifacts-penis-bone-lovers-bust.html

Ratiaria (Bulgaria) is beset by looters:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htBDePK28o6DkSrkKBrTuZ_ItY3w?docId=fe7e6330a2a9438c9745b5d5d08a4c5d

A Roman necropolis (?) from Somerset:
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/most_important_archaeological_finds_for_a_century_found_in_village_1_1666505

A very interesting dig in Izmir (Turkey):
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/izmir-presents-mosaic-city-of-western-region.aspx?pageID=238&nID=32979&NewsCatID=375

Colorizing the Lovatelli Venus:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/bringing-the-color-back-to-ancient-greece-174841661.html

A followup to the site-of-Caesar’s-assassination thing:
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/232135/288/Where-did-Caesar-die-Archaeologist-says-she-knows

Comparing Silvio Berlusconi to assorted Roman emperors:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/fall-of-a-roman-emperor-how-the-conviction-of-silvio-berlusconi-repeats-the-pattern-of-history-8228751.html

Feature on Carthage:
http://www.livescience.com/24246-ancient-carthage.html

Feature on Celtic sacrifice in Galatia:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/vergano/2012/10/27/celtic-sacrifice-gordion/1661011/

Feature on assorted female oracles:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765612802/Christians-saw-ancient-femaleoracles-as-divine.html

What we can learn from Classical Mythology:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pramit-chaudhuri/teaching-teens-to-challen_b_2026006.html

Camille Paglia on the Karyatids:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-07/six-headstrong-women-confidently-raise-acropolis-roof.html?goback=%2Egde_690807_member_173544744

Honours for Peter Krentz:
http://davidsonnews.net/blog/2012/10/27/college-convocation-honors-professors-and-students/

Susan Prince tells us that Cynicism is good for you:
http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=16671

The Aphrodite exhibit in San Antonio is causing a bit of a kerfuffle:
http://www.kval.com/politics/Aphrodite-exhibit-poster-stirs-controversy-in-Texas-176037541.html

On the legacy of imperialism in Rome:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/fisk/the-legacy-of-imperialism-still-haunts-every-street-in-rome-8219905.html

Can’t remember if I mentioned this thing on orchids in Ancient Rome last week:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/10/caesar-the-orchid-chief.html