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Nikki Vellidis

@nikkivellidis.bsky.social

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DPhil student studying Roman Mosaics at Oxford | Big fan of the cats that live at archaeological sites | she/her

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

One of the cats of #Pompeii, chilling on what was once a #Roman fast food counter 🏺 #AncientBlueSky

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Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Celebrating Women’s Day with a fresco from #Pompeii. #WD2025

Portrait of a woman’s head in a circular frame. She has dark frizzy hair tied back. She wears large silver/pearl earrings made up of 4 spheres tightly bunched. Her right hand is gently lifting her silky garment off her shoulder.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Everyone’s favourite - the ‘Wolf and Twins’ mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus. Dating to the 4th century AD, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Leeds City Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl. 🦉

A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days.

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Nikki Vellidis @nikkivellidis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Happy #MosaicMonday! Here is a mosaic showing Zeus as an eagle and Ganymede with one of the most beautiful floral borders ever AND a mosaicist signature 🌸🌼🌻 2 c. CE and currently in the Met

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Happy #NationalHedgehogDay! This little model of a hedgehog was made around 1500–1300 BCE in Egypt. Hedgehogs had a favourable reputation in ancient Egypt & were often seen as a symbol of rebirth & renewal of life, likely due to their reappearances after long periods of absence while hibernating.

Tiny blue figurine of a hedgehog, with black spikes, made in Egypt about 1,500–1,300 BCE.

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Nikki Vellidis @nikkivellidis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Some beauties from the Archaeological Museum of Corinth for this #MosaicMonday! 2-3 c. CE from a dining space. I love the bright glass tesserae in this mosaic <3

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Nikki Vellidis @nikkivellidis.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Happy Mosaic Monday to those who celebrate 🤗 Here is a gorgeous (albeit fragmentary) mosaic from Sami, Kefalonia, Greece. Dates to around the 3 c. CE and is currently on display in front of the Archaeological Museum of Sami. #mosaicmonday

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Dominic Perry (Egypt Podcast) @egyptpodcast.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Not a photographer but very pleased with these ones. From Philae

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Nikki Vellidis @nikkivellidis.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

One of my favorite mosaics for my first #mosaicmonday on Bluesky. The Horae (or maybe the Three Graces) dancing around an altar from a villa in Patras, Greece. 2-3 c. CE.

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Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Another for #MosaicMonday. :) This mosaic fragment with mollusks and other shells 🐚, Carrara Marble and vitreous paste, from Centrale Montemartini in Rome. Mid-1st-century CE, found in excavations of the Velian Hill. (Musei Capitolini AC 31778)

Mosaic with blue and white tesserae with a geometric pattern, and two rows of shells at the top

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