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Mask of Hermes showing golden divisions

☀️ The Pont du Gard is the highest known aqueduct bridge in the Roman world. It was designed to carry water from Uzès to the city of Nîmes over the Gardon river. Built in the 1st century AD, the top of the bridge rises 49 m above the river. 📸 Own photos.

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☀️ For #MosaicMonday: Mosaic of fish displayed in the Museum of Alba la Romaine, France. It comes from the triclinium of a so-called "Pinard" domus of the Alba la Romaine archaeological site - a rich roman villa, where seven other mosaics were found. 📸 Own photos.
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New 5 mins video
"Gateway Guardians: Lamassu of Ancient Assyria"
https://youtu.be/iSyWjffv2fU

Related to older Mesopotamian traditions, these enormous statues flanked gateways in ancient Assyrian cities, temples, and palaces

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☀️ Just for eye pleasure : this is a representation of Winter from a Dionysus #mosaic found in 1911 in a house of Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. The mosaic is dated to the 2nd-3rd cc and is now in the Lugdunum Museum. 📸 Own pic.
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☀️ For #ReliefWednesday: A 4th c. AD stele with a dedication of a wife to her deceased husband, Centurion of Cataphracti: "To the Manes and in eternal memory of Klaudius Ingemuus, Centurion of the Senior Cataphracti Horsemen, who died at the approximate age of 35. Candida raised this tomb to her cherished husband and dedicated under the Ascia".

Now in Lyon museum.  📸 Own pic.
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☀️ The theatre in Orange, France, is the only Roman theater in Europe to preserve its impressive scene wall: it is 103 meters long and 37 meters high. This theater is exceptionally well preserved and benefits from an extensive restoration program. 📸 Own pics.

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☀️ This is the Arch of Orange - it stood on the Via Agrippa to honour legionaries who conquered Gaul, then Tiberius had it renewed to celebrate victories over German tribes. During the Middle Ages, the arch became part of the town wall, which allowed it be exceptionally well preserved. 📸 Own pics.

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☀️ The 'Flavian Bridge' is a Roman bridge on the continuation of the via Aurelia, between Marseille and Arles. Built at the end of the 1st c. BC by a certain Claudius Donnius Flavius, it is the only surviving Roman bridge to have preserved both arches It spans the Touloubre river at the entrance to Saint-Chamas, France. 📸 Own pics.

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For #WorldLionDay 🦁:
Head of a Lioness
Ur (Iraq) PG 800, c. 2450 BCE
Silver, Shell, Lapis Lazuli, Bitumen
Penn Museum display
#AncientArt
“Wild animals had great symbolic power. In Mesopotamia, the lioness was associated with the goddess Inana/Ishtar.“

☀️ For eyes pleasure: a little mouse on the roman bronze oil lamp. Musée de la Romanité, Nîmes. 📸 Own pics. #ancientart #ancientrome

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#InternationalFlamingoDay: a #flamingo friend in the Maon Synagogue tile floor #mosaic, located near Nirim, Israel. #Byzantine, 5th-6th century.
The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus rose 3us) is the largest & most widespread of the world's 6 species & the only one native to the region.
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Today was a good day. I got to spend two hours talking about the #Neolithic Pitted Ware culture in Sweden and their clay figurines, as "shadow opponent" on a dissertation manuscript. Just two people being absolute nerds about the greatest prehistoric culture there is (fight me!) 😁
Just look at these lovely examples of both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures 😍
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Didn't have time to post yesterday for Rome's birthday. Traditionally, Rome's founding date is April 21, making Rome 2,775 years old. Here are images of ancient Roman glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.1. Mosaic glass bowl. Italy or East Mediterranean, 125-1 BCE. 2. Dish cover in the form of a fish. Probably Italy, 1st Century CE. 3. Wine pitcher with applique of a follower of Dionysus at the handle. Probably Italy, 50-75 CE. #ancientglass #Romanglass #antiquities #ancientart #arthistory

Photograph: Ceremonial throne of Princess Sitamun Location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo Date: April 2023
Sitamun's throne was found in the burial chambers of her maternal grandparents.

The view of the right arm-rest depicts the goddess Taweret in the center, and two views of the god Bes (one holding two knives, the other a tambourine).
Taweret and Bes were both household protectors.

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Pendant depicting Hercules
Flemish manufacture
Date: 16th Century
Material: gold, enamel and pearl, Scaramazza
via Christie"s Geneva
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Did the Easter Bunny derive from an ancient Buddhist symbol? Rabbits were venerated in Celtic mythology, and the icons proliferate across the visual cultures of China, Japan, Korea. An honored creature synonymous with celestial powers and rejuvenation, its symbol is also discovered on artifacts created in Syria, Egypt & Pakistan, carrying themes of renewal & rebirth. credit: Alamy https://www.bbc.com/.../20230403-the-easter-bunny...
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So, who were these people? Portraiture was one of the most distinctive genres of art in the ancient Mediterranean, yet their names, their relations, their homes, and most other details about what made them them are lost to us. https://www.artic.edu/articles/1008/the-accidental-anonymity-of-ancient-portraits?fbclid=IwAR3-bZYghRJaXC-U8Qze04HSaJh5ja3UBxExbt6OTHa2lAjl7Ck0HwN5dok
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Massive ancient Roman mosaic unearthed in Syria

#Syria uncovered a large intact mosaic from the #Roman era, describing it as the most significant archaeological discovery since the country’s conflict began 11 years ago.

(Images: Omar Sanadiki/AP and Louai Beshara / AFP via Getty Images)

Read More: https://archaeologymag.com/2022/10/massive-ancient-roman-mosaic-unearthed-in-syria/
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