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Leicester Wall-painting from 2ndC house close to the basilica, depicting fantasy architecture with decorative motifs.
Finds like this are exceptional in Britain but were probably typical of well-to-do town houses in major towns in #RomanBritain #Archaeology #FindsFriday #History
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female painter sitting on a campstool, painting a statue (Dionysos or Priapos) onto a panel which is held by a boy; two women (customers) looking on - period / date: fourth style of pompeian wall #painting
#art #History #Archaeology
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Menade (or maenad) in silk dress, a #Roman fresco from the Casa del Naviglio in #Pompeii, 1st century AD, Naples National Museum.
#art #History #Archaeology
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Figurine of a banqueter. Probably from the rim of a #bronze vessel
Mid-1st century AD
#Burrium #Usk #Wales #romanarchaeology #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Roman #History
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A fresco showing Hades and Persephone riding in a chariot, from the tomb of Queen Eurydice I of #Macedon at Vergina, #Greece, 4th century BC. Colors on marble. 48 x 80 cm.
#ancient #artwork #mythology #History #Archaeology
#MosaicMonday
Details of the floor #mosaic with #Dionysian procession and scenes from the life of #Dionysus from the "Domus of Silenus" in the #Roman Thysdrus - late 2nd early 3rd century AD - El Jem Archaeological Museum, #Tunisia
#Art #History #Archaeology #mythology
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Approximately 50 square metres of well preserved #Roman #mosaics featuring a series of marine motifs have re-emerged during the archaeological excavations on the site of Pietrarossa, in the Umbrian municipality of Trevi. #Italy
#Archaeology #History #art
Miltiades c. 550 – 489 BC, also known as Miltiades the Younger, was a #Greek #Athenian citizen known mostly for his role in the #Battle of #Marathon
Helmet of Miltiades the Younger, Archaeological Museum of Olympia
#Archaeology #AncientGreece
#History