TheRomandressPhD

We're never going to pay for a blue tick We're never going to promote our posts We're never going to spam anyone who doesn't want to be spammed by brochs but damn it, we will continue to post about brochs And we'd appreciate a wee RT to help people learn all about the CBP :)

Sums up the current crisis in Dutch government neatly

@TakkenRemco @JonaLendering @AnneMariedejon5 Ha! Ik ken zelfs de meeste van die termen niet! 😅

@SASpeksnijder Hm zwart wit is zo ouderwets 🤔. Maar goed ik ga eens kijken of het bruikbaar is

@JSieraden In mijn herinnering is alles zwart/wit, qua kaarten, dus dat helpt alvast

Request for help: I'm looking for a map of Roman Britain ( 2nd/third cent.) with major settlements on it and preferably with administrative borders of civitates. No other stuff or screaming colours. So far I have not found a suitable one online. Tips are welcome! #romanbritain

@SASpeksnijder Hey! Dat ga ik eens bekijken. Ja ik heb t boek wel gelezen, maar toen was ik niet actief op zoek naar een kaart dus heb ik dat niet opgeslagen....

@JSieraden Ben niet thuis dus kan het niet checken, maar staat zo'n soort kaart niet gewoon in Jones &Mattingly, An Atlas of Roman Britain? Heeft de UvA vast, maar ik neem eigenlijk aan dat je werk ook kent...

@Durotrigesdig They were just great lovers of mutton I guess

Two Iron Age postholes inside a possible roundhouse, with (almost) every last inch crammed with sheep bone Curious 🤔 #Durotriges23

The remains of a monumental Roman mausoleum have been found in Soutwark, London. An amazing find!

@chapps @ChasingAphrodit I'd like that high-res picture too! Beautiful scene!

@ChasingAphrodit This is the best that I can find. I see Hermes-Mercury, and lots of women with fans, but ... can't tell what's going on. It does look like the figures are labeled, but the photo is too low-res to be legible. An odd tableau.

Italy displays 750 looted antiquities seized from London dealer Robin Symes The $12 euro haul includes an Etruscan three-legged bronze table, marble busts of men from the imperial age, and wall paintings believed to be from the area of Mt. Vesuvius. kark.com/entertainment-…

I'm doing a bit of reading on medieval cosmetic usage & thought I'd share a bit to dispel the "medieval people were dirty & smelly & didn't care for their bodies" narrative A more "natural" look was preferred in 13c Italy where a neutral base, pink rouge, black eyeliner, (1/6?)

@LaceyBonarHull Please tell us more about beard bags! This is fascinating stuff!

Even as far back as the 7th c, Aldhelm criticized nuns for cutting their nails into the shape of talons 💅 By the 14th c, women were criticized for over-plucking eyebrows By the 12th c, men regularly waxed & curled their beards, even keeping them in beard bags while they slept

@quidamabo Look suspiciously like decorative corners from a funerary monument. Definitely not imperial portraits or portraits at all. Wonder what else they'll find!

I asked the National Gallery how much money they make from image fees (the licensing cost if you want to publish works in their collection). After initially refusing to answer, they confirmed that actually they lose money. 1/3

@duxBritanniarum @HoutenPieter @carlosfnorena @abby_fecit Balls of wool look rather dicferently on other reliefs. From personal viewing of these stelae of Nehalennia, I am sure these round shapes are apples/pears.

@HoutenPieter @carlosfnorena @abby_fecit Wait, what about balls of wool? Wool was another high end product of Britannia.

So for those of you who aren't tired of reading about monarchy yet, here is my latest blog on early medieval kings and their palaces: leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/what-…

@bashoogland De oostertoren ziet er prachtig uit! Het sits behang is mijn favoriete stijl print! ❤️ ik heb er jurken en tassen in ❤️❤️❤️

@marinamaral2 I feel weirdly challenged to try this now.

Absolutely no one can think of a better outfit to climb a mountain

@pete_savin Loved that bar! They serve some sort of honey-beer. Delicious!

The vicars pele tower in the grounds of St Andrews Church built around the early 14th cent and contains reused stone from the roman town. It remained a vicarage till the 17th cent and is now small bar #Corbridge #HadriansWall #spolia

@archae_delle Perhaps you can have someone perform a ritual to chase the demons out of your laptop 😉

Maybe enough time hasn’t yet passed since finishing my PhD, but I swear I can’t use my laptop anymore without feeling sick 🥲 it’s like all the torment of the last several years is trapped inside it. Did anyone else feel like this? Does it ever go away? 🥴 #PhDchat