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Rufus Hound @rufushound.com · 13/03/2026

As you know I'm very humble. However... youtu.be/sqUJfue3vZc?...

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THE MESMERIST PRESS REVIEWS TRAILER

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AncientBlogger @ancientblogger.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn carries off Kephalos the hunter. Made on Melos in the mid 5th century BC but found in a tomb on Rhodes. #eos #greekmyth #ancientgreece

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Some things never change! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

The photo shows a Roman iron stylus pen used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The image shows the four lines of inscribed text which read:

‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi
gratum adf(e)ro acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m) rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’

‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me. I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’

Excavated in London by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

A charming little piece for Sunday: a terracotta figurine of a #cat playing the harp. From #Egypt, #Roman period, late 1st century AD. On display at Museum August Kestner, Hannover. Have a lovely Sunday! 📷 by me 🏺 AncientBlueSky #archaeology

The picture shows a terracotta figure of a standing cat playing a harp-like instrument with its front legs. The lower part of the figurine is broken off.

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

#ReliefWednesday - Delightful small-scale detail with this depiction of a Circus on a bone 'game counter'. The two conical projections being the metae ('turning posts'): ca. 1st Century AD. #Roman 🏺 Image: Princeton University Art Museum (1996-178), Link - artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/...

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AncientBlogger @ancientblogger.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Aphrodite crowns a herm of Dionysius ( terracotta circa 150-100 BC). #aphrodite #dionysus #ancientgreece

Aphrodite crowns a herm of Dionysus. Terracotta, circa 150-100 BC.

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The wrath of the grapes: How the #Romans cheated the hangover by eating one of their five a day! #HappyNewYear #Hangover #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky bacchusandbeyond.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/t...

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RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

#MosaicMonday; from the Archaeological Museum of Patras, a mosaic depicting the toilette of Venus. The goddess holds up a mirror reflecting her face as Cupid attends to her. From a villa at Plateia Ipsilon Alonion in #Patras. Second century CE. #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece #AncientBlueSky

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

A fishy dish for #FindsFriday. Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'. This one, by artist called 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel. Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.

Painted terracotta plate with black background and orangey-red sea creatures swimming in a circle: two fish with black/white stripes (bream?) on sides and long fin along their back, plus a hornshell (a long cone shaped shellfish with a scalloped 'mouth' opening), and a mussel. In the centre of the plate is a round depression to hold condiment such as fish sauce for dipping.

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Adrie van der Luijt @traumainformedcontent.com · 23/12/2024

Minoan mugs that are 3,700 years old, but would sell like hotcakes today too. At the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📸 me #MuseumMonday #AncientBluesky #skystorians 🗃️

Minoan mugs on glass shelves in a museum.

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Rome and Beyond @romebeyond.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Head of Aphrodite, marble. From Velletri, half of the 2nd century CE, on display at the Archaeological Museum #Rome #archaeology #history AncientBlueSky 📸 August 2024

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Wow your friends and family this festive season with a taste of the past. Try this ancient #Roman recipe for #Passum — a delicious sweet #wine with a rich and velvety texture that goes down a treat! Why not give it a go? #SensoryTimeTravel #Christmas #AncientBluesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=bod3...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

These #Roman glass spherical bottles would make great #Christmas baubles🎄, but they were used to hold perfume and loose powder. The contents were sealed inside the delicate cosmetic containers and a small knob at the top had to be broken off to remove the oil/powder. 1/2 🏺 AncientBluesky

The picture shows five spherical bottles made of glass in different colours: red, bue, light blue, yellow. One is made of colourless glass. Each of the bottles is decorated with a spiral thread. With the exception of one vessel, the knobs are broken off.

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RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

#RomanSiteSaturday; the aqueduct of ancient Nemausus, which includes the famous Pont du Gard aqueduct bridge over the Gardon. Numerous other remains can be found along the ~50 kilometer route, though: www.roamintheempire.com/index.php/20... #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #France #AncientBlueSky

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The stunning site of #AlbaFucens comes complete with stepping stones, water fountains and bars! What more could you ask for? #RomanSiteSaturday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 Me

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

#FrescoFriday - Niche wall painting depicting Thanatos (the personification of death). From the Via Laurentina Necropolis, tomb 9, located outside the city walls of Ostia. Dated to the second half of the 2nd century AD. Ostiense Museum, Ostia Antica.

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Lynn Bridgett 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @northernlass208.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Winter Solstice! RIB 1599 altar dedicated to Mithras by Litorius Pacatianus. Found in 1822 at the Mithraeum, Housesteads. Currently on display at the Great North Museum: the Hancock.

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Matthew 🏺 @sumeriansauce.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The Roman built Frontinus Gate and main street of Hierapolis, Turkey. Hierapolis is the site of a much earlier Phrygian settlement and later a Greek city. The city was home to the first known water powered saw mill. City was also known for its hot springs and wool production. #RomanSiteSaturday 🏺

The watermill is evidenced by a raised relief on the sarcophagus of a certain Marcus Aurelius Ammianos, a local miller. On the pediment, a waterwheel fed by a mill race is shown powering via a gear train, and frame saws cutting rectangular blocks by the way of connecting rods and cranks.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Lovely little Romano-British brooch in the form of a hare 😍 The artisan who made this brooch some 1,900 years ago, gave the hare a cheerful little face! Copper alloy decorated with enamel. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

Romano-British brooch in the form of a crouching hare, viewed from the side with head to the right. The hare has one long ear, a slightly curved incised mouth, and two curved legs (one back and one front). The brooch is cast from copper alloy (bronze), now grey in colour. The body is inlaid with green enamel with four copper-alloy decorative dots in the green enamel. The head is decorated with a circular green enamel inlay, at the centre of which is a copper-alloy dot for the eye.

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Which came first, the hairdo or the bread? Carbonised loaf from #Pompeii. Hairdo, Imperial family, #BritishMuseum. #ChristmasQuiz #PanisQuadratus #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 Me

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Which came first, the hairdo or the bread? Carbonised loaf from #Pompeii. Hairdo, Imperial family, #BritishMuseum. #ChristmasQuiz #PanisQuadratus #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 Me

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RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Was digging up some photos for a friend from this site today, so why not, for #RomanSiteSaturday, the Palace of Galerius in #Thessaloniki. Built circa 300 CE, the excavated archaeological area includes a large peristyle and bathing complex. #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece #AncientBlueSky

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The garden of the House of the Vettii in #Pompeii is wonderful! I recently got the chance to see it when it reopened after years of restoration. It’s a fabulous place to visit! 😍 #RomanSiteSaturday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 📷 my own

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Peter Coffinman @petercoffman.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

For my first foray into #RomanSiteSaturday, here's one of my favourites: the tetrapylon, or gateway to the Temple of Aphrodite, in Aphrodisias, Turkey. Built ca. 200 CE. Lots of other gems in Aphrodisias for the weeks to come....

A semi-ruined ancient temple like structure sits on a flat base. Free-standing columns topped by elaborate capitals support a Classical entablature of ornamented horizontal layers. On the entablature sit triangular gables which define the slope of the long-lost roof.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Something wonderful for the weekend! About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art. 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Bardolph’s Nose @bardolphsnose.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

What better way to prepare for Xmas than seeing #TwelfthNight at the RSC. Superb cast, marvellous music & beautiful staging. Michael Grady-Hall is an outstanding fool. (That’s a good thing). This production is so deliciously funny your garters will be cross if you miss it!

Sam West wears a yellow ruff and makes a heart shape with his hands as Malvolio in the poster for Twelfth Night at the RSC

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A decorated #Roman helmet, complete with cheekpieces (I always love ears being included!) #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology AncientBlueSky

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Pecked to perfection: This rather splendid #cockerel with a basket of cherries can be found lurking in the back room of the bar of Sotericus at #Pompeii. #FrescoFriday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 Me

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Adrie van der Luijt @traumainformedcontent.com · 13/12/2024

Fragment of a fresco with a floral motive, at the Heraklion Archeological Museum. #FrescoFriday #AncientBluesky #skystorians 🗃️

Fragment of a fresco with a floral motive, at the Heraklion Archeological Museum. A green plant with blue flowers is shown against a white background.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A wall painting fragment of theatre masks from the House of the Wrestlers at Ostia Antica, near Rome. Dating to the 1st century AD, the fragment is on display in the site museum. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #Rome #Archaeology

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

From rubble to restoration: The #theatre of Ancient #Messene back in 2004 and as it appears today. What a transformation! #Peloponnese #Greece #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 Me

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A selection of #AncientGreek pottery vessels, reproduced in miniature form as votive offerings dedicated at the temple of Artemis Orthia in #Sparta some 2500-2600 years ago #Archaeology AncientBlueSky

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Rome and Beyond @romebeyond.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Known as Vercovicium, #Housesteads Roman Fort was built during 122-32CE. It is one of the best preserved Roman forts along Hadrian's Wall. #RomanFortThursday #archaeology #history AncientBlueSky

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Sestertius of Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax (235–38) reworked posthumously to show the emperor's head on a spike, brain being eaten by a worm and eye pecked out by a bird. #RomanNumismatics

Obverse of sestertius of Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax (235–38) reworked posthumously to show the emperor's head on a spike, brain being eaten by a worm and eye pecked out by a bird.

Obverse of sestertius of Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax (235–38) showing the emperor's head on a spike.

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

From rubble to restoration: The #theatre of Ancient #Messene back in 2004 and as it appears today. What a transformation! #Peloponnese #Greece #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 Me

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Funerary inscription from Rome for Proculus e Marcellus - a spices and pepper seller. Dating to the 2nd century AD, the inscription is part of the collections at the Terme di Diocleziano in Rome. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #Rome

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Dr Paula Lock @paulalock.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Blowing in the wind: A rare example of an anemoscope — an ancient device used to indicate the direction of the wind. It features the names of the winds and their quirky personifications, lips pursed in the act of blowing. #ParcoArcheologicodelCelio #Rome. #StormDarragh #AncientBluesky 🎥 Me

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#RomanSiteSaturday This is the Roman site of Libarna. Founded in 148BCE, it lay in Liguria along a major trade route across Northern Italy. The area was home to the Ligures, peoples who shared some cultural links w/ the Celts. Follow our excavations there @libarnaulp.bsky.social #AncientBlueSky

Photo shows the remains of two square city blocks and the elliptical amphitheater. Between the two city blocks is the ancient road that led directly to the amphitheater. The walls are only preserved enough to show the footprints of the buildings. Green grass covers parts of the site and there is a line of pine trees behind the amphitheater. In the background there are the foothills, with the sanctuary of Monte Spineto on the top of one. The sky is blue and cloudless.

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Glynn JC Davis @camulodunumcurator.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A late #FindsFriday and a first in the new place. Working on @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social #Roman collections last week found tracked down this lovely #gladiator lamp. Not a lot of provenance information and going by some of the other collections, and a general ‘feel’, don’t think it’s a Suffolk find…

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A terracotta #Roman oil-lamp, decorated with the image of a sea monster leaping out of the sea towards the fortifications of a walled city, with soldiers stood ready to defend against it. This lamp was made about 2000 years ago (📷 NY Met Museum) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

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Katherine V Huntley @kvallie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

#AdoorableThursday A small wooden shrine for household gods from the #Roman city of Herculaneum, Italy, 1st cent. CE. The shrine is in the form of a temple with double doors. Incredible preservation due to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the town. #AncientBluesky #Archaeology

Carbonized wooden shrine in the form of a temple. A double door, slightly open is flanked by two corinthian columns. Above the columns is a architrave with diamond shapes carved into it. The doors each have two large depressed panels on them.

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A beautiful #Roman necklace, made from big gold beads joined by little beads in green, white, blue/grey, & brown - it must have made quite a statement when the original owner(s) wore it! Found in Carnuntum (Austria) AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Love this #Roman game made from sandstone and glass found at the military fort at Vindolanda. It’s set up for a game of ‘little bandits’ where the aim is to surround your opponent’s pieces in one colour with yours in a different colour. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Ancientbluesky 📷 my own

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