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The Weekly Round-up — 10 September 2026

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The controversial study about hidden structures inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, published in the journal of Remote Sensing in 2022 (with substantial) media attention, has been retracted by the journal. Read more at News...

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Who Were the Sea Peoples? And Did They Bring About the End of the Bronze Age? - 3 Sep 2026

Who Were the Sea Peoples? And Did They Bring About the End of the Bronze Age?

By Eric H. Cline

Captured Sea People from wall relief in the mortuary temple of Ramses III, Medinet Habu. Photo by Rémih, CC By-SA 3.0.

The spectacular suc...

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In Search of Wes Anderson's “Phoenicia” — 20 Aug 2026

In Search of Wes Anderson’s “Phoenicia”

By Helen Dixon

From left to right: Riz Ahmed, Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, and Michael Cera in Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme. Courtesy of Focus Features.

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenic...

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The Odyssey, A View from the East — 6 Aug 2026

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, A View from the East

By Alex Joffe

The sacking of Troy as visualized in The Odyssey. (Promotional image by Melinda Sue Gordon, © Universal Pictures).

What is The Odyssey, really? Is it an accurate his...

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The House of Aršāma, Persian Satrap in Egypt - 23 Jul 2026

The House of Aršāma, Persian Satrap in Egypt

By Rhyne King

Bulla from Egypt bearing the seal of the satrap Aršāma’s, ca. 427-407 BCE. Bodleian Library Sigill. Aram. V. ©Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. CC By-NC 4.0.

In the l...

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