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Spring Fresco Akrotiri | Greece This beautiful Minoan fresco (c. 1600 BCE), features blooming lilies and dancing swallows.

🧵 This is the other side of the pot I showed you yesterday, by the Dokimasia Painter. Yesterday's image was the murder of Agamemnon by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. Here we can see the sequel...

Bringing back my illustration of the Minoan Prince of Lilies. 🌱 I just think he's neat.

A lovely selection of #Roman jewellery (mainly necklaces & earrings), made of gold with precious stones for extra decoration. Some real timeless beauty on display here! #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Today 69AD Aulus Vitellius, Roman Emperor for 8 months, executed by the troops of his successor Vespasian in Rome at 54

This beautiful polychrome #Etruscan cinerary urn is a bit of a mystery. A figure of a young man holding a phiale (offering dish) reclines on the lid. On the chest, a scene of battling warriors, with the name of the deceased: Thana Ancarui Thelesa, a woman. 1/ 150-100 BCE 📸 me

“You died from drinking too much, Anacreon.” “Yes, it was fun! You’ll die too, even though you didn’t drink” Πολλὰ πιὼν τέθνηκας, Ἀνάκρεον. β. Ἀλλὰ τρυφήσας· καὶ σὺ δὲ μὴ πίνων ἵξεαι εἰς Ἀΐδην. #Epitaphs

First time I’ve ever seen this fresco from #Pompeii and it has everything: a palette brimming with colours, a beautiful portrait of a genius, delicate foliage, stylised designs and wings! Thanks to the @nma, Canberra it’s now on display in their ‘Pompeii’ exhibition #FrescoFriday

Some photos from 2013 from my research trip to Ventotene (ancient Pandateria), the location to which Julia the Elder was exiled - approaching the villa and some surviving painted plaster. #roman #archaeology

This clip shows a selection of #Roman surgical instruments on display in Merida Museum in #Spain. The Romans used a number of surgical instruments, including bone levers to move bones back into place, scalpels for incisions & surgical saws for amputations.

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Detail of a marble head of the goddess Hygeia, Goddess of Health. Dated 5th - 4th century BCE. Hygeia was the daughter of Asklepios (God of Medicine and healing) and this sculpture was found at a healing sanctuary dedicated to him in Feneos, Peloponnese, Greece. 📷 Athenologio

On #WorldSandDunesDay2024 (this is A Real Thing), I discover that ancient Greek themes dominate traditional sand sculpture festivals in Great Yarmouth and Norfolk. Who knew?

The Gemma Augustea is such a beautiful & intricate #Roman cameo gem - with an upper scene showing an emperor (probably Augustus) & mythological figures, above a scene showing the raising of a battlefield trophy. An exquisite piece - especially as it was made about 2000 years ago!

A #Roman couple from the 3rd Century AD & now residing in the @ClevelandArt . Uniquely, 3 slightly different busts were commissioned of both the man & woman. The hair, beard and clothes fashion date them to cAD270. The woman sports a fashionable hairstyle from the period.

@TrimontiumTrust He's one of my main POVs in my new book--and was the most fun to write, I thought! :)

Agrippa Postumus was likely born in late June/early July 12BC. He was the youngest son of of Marcus Agrippa and Julia the Elder. Through his mother, he was the Grandson of Augustus. Like Tiberius, he was adopted by Augustus in AD4 but then exiled in AD6. He was executed in AD14

A snake depicted in a #Roman mosaic from #Pompeii, in part of a scene set along the banks of the river Nile 🐍 #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Today 109AD Emperor Trajan inaugurated the Aqua Traiana. The Aqueduct took water from Lake Bracciano into Rome. It was used until the 17th century. Picture shows inside the Aqueduct with the flow of water