Ancient #Roman Lesicheri Obelisk is an enigmatic Roman structure of old times. Were the two obelisks related to Emperor #Trajan 's triumph over the #Dacians ?
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#SarcophagusSaturday - The Viking-Age Govan Sarcophagus is thought to depict a royal saint killed by Vikings in the 870s. The coffin has sides covered with panels depicting animals & a horseman alongside ribbon motifs. tinyurl.com/ydednr7f

#TombTuesday - Din Lligwy Burial Chamber (Moelfre on Anglesey) - a circle of 8 upright stones of differing shapes, all supporting a massive capstone, 5.9m by 5.2m and 1.1m thick. The massive capstone weighs ca. 25 tons, the chamber's height ca. 2 m.
tinyurl.com/mvbmzdfc

“A book is a dream
you hold in your hands...” 📚✍️❤️
– Neil Gaiman

#BookChatWeekly

#MapMonday - Planisphere made by Rumold Mercator in 1587 (the youngest son of cartographer Gerardus Mercator). He published a supplement of 34 maps to his father's 'Tabulae Geographicae' map book. It contains 29 maps. It is one of them. tinyurl.com/382my327

#MosaicMonday - Princess Andromeda with Perseus, who is holding the head of Medusa. The mosaic is from the 'House of Poseidon' in Zeugma, Turkey, 2nd–3rd century AD.

#SarcophagusSaturday - The sarcophagus of Tabnit, the Phoenician King of Sidon, was unearthed in 1847. Tabnit ruled between 549–539 BC. His body was preserved thanks to a specific liquid.
tinyurl.com/bdfe35fu

#RomanSiteSaturday - The 5th-century two-story Roman aqueduct (Kursunlugerme Aqueduct Bridge) provided water for Constantinople. The ancient world's longest water channel. Two water channels passed over this bridge (one above the other.)
tinyurl.com/4fc2fyw9

#StandingStoneSunday - Machrie Moor Stone Circles - complete Neolithic cursus set within a rich prehistoric landscape on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.
It is probably dated to as early as 3500 BC. tinyurl.com/bddafw8a

#IronworkThursday - Iron staircase balustrade from Chesterfield House, London, c. 1747. The townhouse was built between 1747-1752 by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773). Medium: Wrought iron, Prussian-blue pigment, gilding (the baroque tradition of ironworking.)

#TerracottaTuesday - Eurykleia (old nurse) is washing Odysseus's feet, after Odysseus's return to Ithaka. Odysseus appears seated before a columned facade that represents his palace. Before him stand his son, Telemachos & his wife, Penelope. 450 BC, Greek Melian; (19.7 x 18.6 cm)

#TombTuesday - Skegriedösen (Skegrie Dolmen) in Skegrie, Trelleborg, Sweden, one of the graves, only for funerals & used around 3500–3300 BC & surrounded by a rectangular circle of 17 stones (some carved with bowl pits for an offering (a coin or butter).
tinyurl.com/bde33h22

#ManuscriptMonday - Codex Cospi, a beautiful pre-Columbian, well-preserved, illuminated manuscript, protected by 2 covers (the 17th century), probably to replace former older wood covers. It's decorated with many illustrations & four golden fan designs. tinyurl.com/3vjp2ksh

#MosaicMonday - Achilles at Skyros, a beautiful mosaic from Zeugma depicts Achilles disguised as a girl) being discovered by Odysseus on Skyros island.

#FindsFriday - Finds are associated with the myth of the Argonauts' expedition to Colchis in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The culture dates to the 3rd millennium BC and the first half of the 1st millennium BC. Colchis is in Western Georgia. tinyurl.com/yrf36vpx

Early morning visitors flock to Roman Vindolanda!

Beautiful late afternoon winter light at Roman Vindolanda. #Vindolanda

💌 When was the last time you wrote a postcard? Can you imagine those words being read 2000 years later?

From a care package of socks to lamenting the lack of beer, the Vindolanda tablets reveal life in Roman Britain in the words of the people who lived there 🍺🧦

Running to the north of the main alignments at Kerzerho in Erdeven (Morbihan) and set at 90 degrees to them are over 20 much taller menhirs (several over 5m tall). The one on the left of this 1902 card by Neurdein is known as La Polichinelle. #StandingStoneSunday .

The menhir of Kerangosker in Pont-Aven (Finistère) is also known as Pierre le Coq and le Doigt de Dieu. It stands almost 6m tall conveniently on the edge of the rue du Hénan. Card by Parisian publisher Neurdein Frères c. 1909. #StandingStoneSunday .