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Roman fresco detail of Fresco depicting a Genius holding a patera and a cornucopia, now in the Narbo Via Museum, Narbonne; courtesy of Carole Raddato.

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2022-12-10

Painting from the Amphitheatre in Merida. Hunter with lioness, late 1st century A.D.

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2022-09-24

For a Roman Fresco recovered from Vesuvian ash at Stabiae on the Bay of Naples courtesy of Mary Harrsch

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2022-08-19

Fascinating world of ancient This magnificent flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a....1/2

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2022-06-03

On the move in the empire. Mobility both in Roman administration and military was of great importance. The career of Titus Varius Clemens from Celeia (Celje, Slovenia), which lasted more than 40 years, can be reconstructed... 1/2

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2022-05-10

the Veneralia festival, in honor of Venus Verticordia and Fortuna Virilis. And for an image of seated Venus from the 4th century CE. Found in and now in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.

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2022-04-01

A fantastic photo of the shipwreck Bou Ferrer, that was discovered in 1999 off the coast of of Villajoyosa, Alicante, The ship was loaded with lead ingots and 2,500 amphorae used to transport fish sauce.

The length of the cargo ship..1/2

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2022-03-29

It's certainly very spring-like out there! Some optimism shared by this wonderful silver hare brooch from Folkestone villa in 🐇🌼🌱
📸:©#Folkestone Museum.

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2022-03-22

Rediscovering female merchants - As queens or captains, women deftly operated ships across the Red Sea and Mediterranean 2,000 years ago.
https://t.co/GBMXrWoeA2

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2022-03-18

Frances Stackhouse Acton was born in 1794, she was a famous botanist, archaeologist & artist. She repaired Acton Hall, built a local school, saved Stokesay Castle from ruin & excavated a Roman villa 📷

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2022-03-09

For another beautiful marble oscillum, depicting a head of Pan. Originally in the collection of the antiquarian Charles Townley, it was purchased in 1805 by the

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2022-02-10

A selection of Lorica Squamata (Bronze Scale Armour) from The larger fragment was found at the site of the frigidarium https://t.co/lfVZ5nquLG

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2022-01-20

Another fascinating, if slightly odd, mosaic inscription from Roman Britain (the villa at Frampton, Dorset): ‘The head of Neptune allotted the kingdom tossed by winds, whose face/beard is dark blue and girt by twin dolphins’

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2022-01-11

from atrium 2 of the House of Meleager at Dido sits on her throne, surrounded by maids and the personification of Africa, as Aeneas sails away in the background. Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli!

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2021-12-18

A 3D-model of a rare fibula (pin for fastening garments) in the form of a
https://t.co/yYWXmml6Tq

Animal-shaped brooches were popular in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire, yet they rarely appear in the form of frogs. 1/2

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2021-11-21

A lararium, the shrine to the guardian spirits of the Roman household, from a villa at Terzigno, We can see 2 Lares flanking a genius or ancestor-figure, and 2 serpents underneath, representing the nature's principle of generative power.

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2021-11-20

Hangers for strap ends from . The hangers in the form of Hercules’ club are dated to 2nd-3rd century AD. The other three come from the 2nd century AD.

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2021-11-18

Furniture mounting in the form of a Gryphon from . Dating to 1st-2nd century AD, there’s a possibility it could actually come from a helmet.

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2021-10-01

..The sulcus primigenius, literally the original furrow, refers to the furrow plowed by priests leading two oxen in an archaic ceremony, probably adopted from the Etruscans, that established a sacred area in the foundation of a new city. 2/2

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2021-09-16