Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialDr Simon Elliott FSA @simonelliott20.bsky.social · 14/10/2026 1122
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialChapps @chapps.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A fascinating little ring from the Punic necropolis on Ibiza. It depicts a bearded man in profile, but his hair and beard are composed of two birds (!), and his collar is a dolphin. 😮 The Punic inscription reads 'Belonging to Abdim'. 🏺 1/ 3rd-2nd c. BCE. #MuseoArqueológicoNacional 📸 me 12650148
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialJohn Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 12/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comIf Russia had interfered with the Brexit vote, Nige would have been the first to knowBurnham was lying, Farage told a press conference on Monday. This was clearly just another plot to undermine him 1010934
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest Leiko Tar artwork 11824163
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Shade of an Orange Tree. Leiko Tar 121231176
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This spectacular fresco depicts Bacchus, covered in glistening grapes and accompanied by a panther, a snake and birds in front off a conical mountain (maybe Vesuvius?). I have slightly enhanced the colours for clarity. 📍 House of the Centenarian, Pompeii 🏛️📷 MANN 225964
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialLong_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Past Midnight, 7Eleven 8”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel 2989159
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialMr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Malcom T Liepke (b. 1953 USA) "Sparklers" - oil on canvas, 2015. 461774
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialMr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 07/10/2026David Maass (1929-2026) Autumn Brilliance - Pheasants. oil on board. 430452
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialRachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶 851157949
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 07/10/2026These plaques are from an Etruscan tomb. The sphinxes flanked the interior of the doorway, while the three plaques show Greek myths - the Judgment of Paris (left), with Paris & Hermes; Athena, Hera & Aphrodite behind him; & Helen, with three attendants. This is worth a zoom 🕰️c560-550BC 🏛️BM 📷mine 825263
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#TombTuesday Roman tomb on Dere Street, near High Rochester, Northumberland. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #History (see Alt.) 05410
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialphoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Kenny Harris (b. 1974) : Moka With Venetian Red And Blue, 2023 Oil on Panel | 51 × 41 cm Private Collection 1084281
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialUSA @usamailbox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#Art #African #ceramic clay #3D 016228
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Coffee table (2020) by Dutch artist, Kenne Grégoire (born in 1951). Acrylic on linen 47 x 39 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 0214
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Solitude (1906) by German painter, printmaker, and museum director, Hans Thoma (1839-1924) Oil on paperboard 82 x 67 cm Collection Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Germany #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 0385
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Johannes Wessmark (Swedish, born 1962) Sub-surface, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas (95.3 × 95.3 cm) Mash Gallery, Los Angeles #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 0294
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialEhko @ehkoart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#abstractimpressionism #abstractart #watercolorart #art #blueskyartshow 630640
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialRupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Section of a Roman fresco depicting participants in a Bacchanalia found at Rome; courtesy of TimeTravelRome. #FrescoFriday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology 0103
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialErika Lee Sears @erikaleesears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Alice’s. Bath #oilpainting #art 218221
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialDave Kosak @thefargo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fascinating find in a museum in Stari Grad, on the island of Hvar in Croatia. This is a clay mold from around 300 BCE, used by Ancient Greeks to make game pieces! Games are truly universal. (Nearby, a clay tablet was found accusing the devs of being lazy.) 2054379
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"I am she that is the natural mother of all things, mistress and governess of all the elements, the initial progeny of worlds, chief of powers divine, queen of all that are in hell, the principal of them that dwell in heaven, the manifested uniform of all gods and goddesses." See Alt 👀 25712
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialphoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Kim Tschang Yeul (S. Korea, b. 1929) : Water Drops, 1979 Oil on hemp cloth 27 × 22 cm | 11 × 9 in Known for his paintings of water droplets. 124935
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialThomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Thousands of years old, this statue still stares with eternal life. 371539200
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026John William Waterhouse (1847-1917) British “ Envious Circe” 1892 Oil in canvas 180 x 37 cm Art gallery of South Australia. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 5778124
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialphoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Cyril Cox (Canada, b. 1958) : Glorius Autumn, 2022 Acrylic on canvas | 36 × 48 in Private Collection A vibrant autumn scene showcasing colorful birch and aspen trees in a brilliant fall forest. 738455
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Teacups" • 2024 Artist "Ans Debije" (Dutch, b.1962) Oil on mdf gesso panel 20 x 14 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 131761229
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialMr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 28/09/2026René Magritte (1898-1967) The Princess of Autumn, 1963. Oil on canvas 141356225
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"House by the Railroad," by the artist Rob Gonsalves 7683111
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Macedonians preserved the Mycenaean tradition of burying elites with gold masks. This was made for a priestess. The decoration is detailed & exquisite, including animals on the headband. However, the disks on the eyes & plate on the mouth are confronting & final 🕰️C6thBC 🏛️📷Pella Archaeological Museum 516940
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger. 442233734
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialBrendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hammurabi, the only guy in history who could credibly say "I am the code" 424643
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A roar of loneliness. For #ReliefWednesday, this beautiful late C4 BCE Etruscan terracotta askos. Its deeply modelled mane echoes the frescoes of the François Tomb where it was found. The tomb's dispersion proves that scattering a collection destroys its context. #AncientBluesky 🏺 724559
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialSusan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.” On this day Greece celebrates the bday of Athenian tragic poet, Euripides 480BC He wrote about the downtrodden, women & slaves, while other playwrights focused on more powerful, triumphant characters #Booksky 0247
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ancient Greek figurine of a barber cutting a man’s hair, 5th century BC. Brings to mind the ‘chatty barber’ joke: Q. How should I cut your hair Sir? A. In silence! 😂😂😂 Coincidentally this joke can also be traced back to the 5th century BC! Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology 632487
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialChapps @chapps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This morning it was announced that several pieces of 7th c. BCE Greek (Cretan) armor and other antiquities in the #MetMuseum were repatriated to Greece. Looted in the 1960s from Crete, this includes two helmets, and three mitrai (belly guards). A look at three items ... 🧵 🏺 1/ 📸 me 11455103
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Almost 40 years ago... 😂 Blackadder: “Criminal record?” Baldrick: “Absolutely not.” Blackadder: “Oh come on Baldrick, you’re going to be an MP for God’s sake! I’ll just put fraud and sexual deviancy” (Rowan Atkinson & Tony Robinson, Blackadder the Third, 1987) 13504122
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialMr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 17/09/2026John Everett Millias (1829-1896) Autumn Leaves, 1855-56. Oil on canvas. #PreRaphaelite 18904144
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In the Distance by Andrea Kowch: kneading bread while the world burns sinapti.ca/post/en/in-the-distance-… 0376
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialThe History Files @historyfiles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Uruk: this was already a major city by 3300 BC, being here that #Sumerian civilisation seems to have reached its creative and social peak with familiar urban human themes emerging. www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMid... #history #historyfiles #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Uruk #ancientneareast #NearEast 38216
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#TombTuesday The Tymbos of #Marathon is a vaulted tomb where the 192 #Athenian soldiers who died at the #battle were buried. The burial monument, also known as the “Soros”, is the reminder of the epic victory of the #Greek forces against the “unbeatable” #Persians. #History 1576
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialAngela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Gold diadem belonging to one of the seven wives of Philip I (Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great), possibly Meda of Odessos. Dated 360-335 BCE. From the Royal Tombs of Aigai, Vergina, Central Macedonia, Greece. Photo source: sovereignanadem /tumblr 424256
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This beautiful, elegant silver kantharos (drinking vessel) depicts the death of Orpheus on this side the other shows the abduction of Helen. 🕰️c 420-410BC 🏛️📷Vassil Bojkov collection 🇧🇬 19025
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialFollowing Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#MosaicMonday - Mosaic depicting four charioteers with their horses, representing the four factions of the Roman circus: the Greens (Prasina), Reds (Russata), Whites (Albata) and Blues (Veneta). Dated to the 3rd century AD. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome. 212023
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Painting by Charles Ginner ‘Early Morning’ 1917. Oil on canvas. Measurements 61.6 x 50.2 cm. 112021
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I was today years old when I learned the Christian halo likely goes back to an Ancient Greek cover against bird droppings. 21367106
Reposted by @republic1661.bsky.socialAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Some things never change! 😂 The oldest known written customer complaint dates back almost 4,000 years! An angry customer called Nanni complained to his copper merchant about poor quality product, lack of refund, and rude customer service! Sound familiar? 📷 Zunkir #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology 28669156
![One of two bronze Archaic Cretan helmets at the Met Museum, the finest pieces of a large cache of armor that came to light in southern central Crete, where they were undoubtedly made. It has a beautiful patina of bright greens and rich, deep orange-reds. The inscriptions suggest that the armor was captured as booty and offered as a dedication. This helmet depicts two long-legged horses worked in repoussé with incised details (one on each side). Small engraved lions appear on the cheekpieces. An inscription on the helmet states that “Synenitos the son of Euklotas [took this].”
Greek, Cretan, late 7th century BCE (Archaic). Said to be from Afrati, Crete.
Height: 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)
Met Museum, New York (1989.281.49)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4gvknr7shvnikz4ymbtf7wye/bafkreibyu7ase4654wc5jv3gwetj7dnx5vkv3u75mzv5h6smzw2oz6z3zy)
