Why are there suddenly so many news articles saying #Pompeii was destroyed by lava & mud? Lava has always been a misconception but I've seen the phrase 'lava & mud' in multiple news articles about recent discoveries. Is there a big lava & mud industry lobby that I'm not aware of?

Set into this iron ring is a gilded emblem of Julius Caesar, identified by his distinctive profile, long neck and large forehead. He is wearing a laurel wreath, something that he embraced due to his receding hairline.

There is a jug..(1/6)

📷March
#Roman #Archaeology

What are you reading?
My Most Recent:
1) That Weekend by Kara Thomas
2) Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban
3) Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards
On My TBR:
1) Final Girls by Riley Sager
2) The Wicked Deep by Shea Earnshaw
3) Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
#amreading #booktwt

A street in Japan where a roadside channel is like an aquarium

📹 see.japan.rl

This is a very niche joke : 🙃

While celebrating Rome's birthday #OnThisDay in AD 121, Hadrian consecrated a new temple which he dedicated to Venus, the divine ancestress of the Roman people, and Roma herself. The great temple was to stand on a huge platform stretching from the Arch of Titus and almost as far

MRAC's Secretary #MelissaAlAhmadi is one of our volunteers at #TouchATruck on #WhetestoneSquare . Bring your kids to make sand art, we are right in front of the northeast entrance of the #HistoricHarrisonCountyCourthouse in dowtown #MarshallTexas . #ArtsInMarshall

The south transept doorway of St. Magnus Cathedral at Kirkwall in Orkney, with its alternating sandstone stonework. #AdoorableThursday #Kirkwall #Orkney 📸 My own.

Brutus was the first guy to make merch of a political assassination

I submitted my thesis!

Many thanks to everyone who helped me on this journey, especially Martine Cuypers

If anyone needs me, I'll be cuddling my doggo until further notice😊

#MosaicMonday

Be blown away by the sheer scale and beauty of the mosaic work in Galla Placidia’s mausoleum in Ravenna. The brilliant sky adorned with stars stretches above a scene of the good shepherd tending to his flock.

Detail from a 3rd century AD Roman floor mosaic. Originally from Jerash in Jordan, the mosaic is part of the collections at the Altes Museum in Berlin. #MosaicMonday 📸 My own.

Roman jar with a female face mask. The jar was manufactured in the Nene Valley, Cambridgeshire - a major centre for Roman pottery production during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. Now part of the collections Norwich Castle #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

For #FindsFriday a new discovery: Greek-Illyrian helmet unearthed in Pelješac, Croatia.

👉thedubrovniktimes.com/news/dubrovnik…

‘Warrior’ figurine-C1st-early 2nd AD

This rare find from #Roman Britain of a sub-Saharan African figurine was discovered in the 1920’s, at Letocetum (Wall).

Originally an upright figurine, when first discovered it was..(1/8)

📷March
#Archaeology #Roman Britain #FindsFriday

Pictura mirabilis nuper in villa reperta est. Quae sunt personae hic depictae? Femina est Helena, regina Graeca. Helena virum pulchrum et Troianum spectat. Vir est Paris, princeps Troiae, quoque ‘Alexandros’ vocatus. Nescio quis sit tertia persona. Canis sine dubio bonus est.

The 15th century octagonal font from St. Andrew’s Church at Blickling in Norfolk. #FontsOnFriday 📸 My own.

Yorkshire craftsman Robert Thompson became known as ‘Mouseman’ because he carved a mouse on almost everything he made. This one’s in Southwell Minster. As you can imagine, he is very popular amongst my kind…

Carved leaves from Peterborough Cathedral - surviving fragments of the original 13th century choir stalls which were incorporated into later furniture. #Woodensday 📸 My own.