Pottery flask in the form of Isis.
Probably made at Cnidus, Turkey. Said to be from Hama, Syria. 60-100 CE #AncientHistory

« J'ai cru que c'étaient des pièces en chocolat » : il découvre... des pièces d'or vieilles de plus de 1 500 ans en Norvège !

🇫🇷 https://www.bienpublic.com/insolite/2023/09/08/des-pieces-en-chocolat-non-la-decouverte-d-or-du-siecle-en-norvege

#ancienthistory #archaeology #norway

“I thought they were chocolate coins”: he discovers... gold coins over 1,500 years old in Norway!

🇬🇧 https://euro.dayfr.com/trends/804786.html

This maenad is certainly living up to her reputation! As a devotee of Dionysus she appears nude holding a thyrsos staff and touching a disembodied phallus! This C2nd BCE amethyst simply shines!

#PhallusThursday #AncientHistory @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons @AimeeMaroux

☀️ 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.

#romanarchaeology #archaeology #antiquity #ancientart  #ancientrome #ancienthistory #antiquity
@archaeodons @histodons
@antiquidons

Greco-Roman evolution: #greece #rome #italy #athens #classics #academia #academicmastodon #philosophy #sex #psychoanalysis #psychology #ancienthistory

☀️ 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.
#romanarchaeology #archaeology #antiquity #ancientart  #ancientrome #ancienthistory #antiquity
@archaeodons @histodons
@antiquidons

Another fascinating archaeological discovery in Scotland.
#History #AncientHistory #Archaeology #Scotland
Complete Neolithic cursus uncovered on Isle of Arran https://www.thenational.scot/news/23765944.complete-neolithic-cursus-uncovered-isle-arran/?ref=rss

☀️ 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.
#romanarchaeology #archaeology #antiquity #ancientart  #ancientrome #ancienthistory #antiquity
@archaeodons @histodons
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Interesting reading on Father's Day,* but I was nonetheless very happy to be given a hardcover copy of Stephanie McCarter's Ovid translation.

* Australian Father's Day

#AncientHistory #Ovid #Latin

One of London’s oldest railway bridges over Abbey Street in Bermondsey was built in 1836 for the London and Greenwich Line (London’s first railway line). The blue Doric columns resemble solid ancient Egyptian columns reflecting the popularity of this style at the time. Restored in 2013. #AncientHistory #London

Positional Accuracy Assessment Of Digital Orthophoto Based On UAV Images - An Experience On An Archaeological Area
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https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4030071 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #archaeology #archaeological #heritage #heritagebuildings #ancienthistory #culturalheritage #imagery #visualisation #orthoimagery #UAV #documentation ##accuracy #quality #precision #survey #surveying #KubadAbadPalace #Beyşehir #Konya #Anatolian #SeljukPalace #metrics #orthophoto #orthophotoaccuracy #archaeologicalheritage #ASPRS #Turkey

The Aeneid, Book II (Jurassic edition)

#AncientHistory #Latin #Vergil #Virgil

Archaeology Thursday do you ever get that brush from a headline that wakes you right up even before you have a chance to drink your coffee? “Mysterious 2,800-Year-Old Structures Found in Old Jerusalem Baffle Experts” has me hearing John Williams in my head!

#Archaeology #IndianaJones #LostCivilizations #Pseudoarchaeology #ancienthistory

https://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-2800-year-old-structures-found-old-jerusalem-baffle-experts-1823512

Picasso traveled to Italy in 1917 with Diaghilev’s ballet russe. After a visit to Naples he wrote to Gertrude Stein of Pompeian erotic fantasies inspired by the ancient wall paintings he saw

This painting shows Venus reclining on a sea shell, a sign of her maritime origins and possibly the importance of sea bound trade to the city

She was perhaps linked to the sea metaphorically because of its immense power and mystery and its tempestuous character

#AncientHistory #art #archaeology

The Phoenician Wall outside #Batroun, #Lebanon 🇱🇧
July 2023

#MeerMittwoch #TravelPhotography #reisen #urlaub #Beirut #Beyrouth #SmartphonePhotography #AncientHistory #antiquity #antike #BronzeAge #Tripoli #写真 #マストドン写真部

Reappraisal Of Linkages Between Concepts And Ideas In Geography And The ‘Puranas’ [seven Dwipas]
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https://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/article/view/127964 <-- shared paper
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“Knowledge of Geography had been enlightened in ‘Puranas’ and number of eminent thinkers or scholars studied in this respect. But instead of these there are still remain some corner to be discussed. Among these ‘Puranas’ most popular ‘Puranas’, written in ‘Devnagari’ language or Sanskrit, are ‘Brahma Purana’, ‘Padma Purana’, ‘Vishnu Purana’, and ‘Shiva Purana’. This paper seeks to explore the relevance of Geographical concepts and ideas as described by the ancient sages in India. For this purpose the authors are go through the ‘Puranas’ to search about the aforesaid fact...:
#GIS #spatial #mapping #geography #ancienttexts #hindu #hinduism #hindutradition #spirituality #spiritualism #puranas #dwipas #India #ancienthistory #scriptures #global #world

☀️ 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.
#romanarchaeology #ancientart  #ancientrome #ancienthistory #antiquity @archaeodons @histodons
@antiquidons

Fantastic news about Belsay Hall’s restoration, an early nineteenth century Greek revival mansion in Northumberland based on the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/23/belsay-hall-northumberland-greek-temple-style-rescued-english-heritage #AncientHistory #architecture

Had lunch with a couple of archaeologist friends I haven't seen in years. Of course we had to talk about the pandemic, the weather, and the collapse of previous civilizations. When we got to talking about tersoria (Roman sponges on a stick -- what they used instead of TP), we figured we had gone as far as we needed to go with that discussion.
#Histodons #History #AncientHistory #ImpoliteSociety #RealFriends

☀️ 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.

#romanarchaeology #archaeology #antiquity #ancientart  #ancientrome #ancienthistory #antiquity #romanart
@archaeodons @histodons
@antiquidons