Caistor St Edmund #Norfolk #Archaeology my reconstruction painting of the two temples at the centre of the walled #Roman town #RomanSiteSaturday

The port of Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia, as it would have appeared in the 3rd century BC, and how it looks today. #archaeohistories

Ancient Greeks in the Arctic. In 325 BC the Greek geographer Pytheas made a voyage of exploration into the Arctic Circle, reaching the polar ice and witnessing the midnight sun. (Art by Mateusz Przeklasa)

Eagle and Snake, detail of the 6th century mosaic floor from the Great Palace Mosaic Museum, #Istanbul

My watercolour reconstruction of a market being held at the forum, and one of the two temples in the centre of the walled town of Venta Icenorum, ‘the market place of the Iceni’ #Caistor #Roman town in #Norfolk c200AD excavated in 1929-30 #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology

🏛 Columns of the temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece.

Cathedrals typically take a long time to build. Notre Dame de Paris took about 80 years, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome about 120 years, and St. Paul’s in London a comparatively brisk 35 years. Impressively, Hagia Sophia was completed within 5 years.

Hagia Sophia column capital with monogram of Justinian.

Gemstone (sardonyx) cameo portrait of the Roman emperor Trajan and his wife Plotina, ca. 105-115 AD. Now on display at the British Museum.

Today 138AD The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor

The Pantheon of Rome, is one of the architectural masterpieces in the Italian capital, as well as the best preserved building of Ancient Rome. The construction of the Pantheon was done in the time of Hadrian, in 126 AD

Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor from 483 to 565 AD, gold coin, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pleased to announce my book on Forts and Roman Strategy is going to be published by Pen & Sword end April. #roman #history

Emperor Door of Hagia Sophia.

This opaque blue glass jug might look like it was made in the 19th century but it actually dates to the 1st century AD! A masterpiece of Roman glasswork, the jug was crafted in both hot and cold worked glass with detail carved afterwards and the base cut on a lathe. The Met

The greatest sight to be seen in any London carpark anywhere! x.com/YipsChips/stat…

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Old Roman road from Nijmegen (Noviomagus) to possibly Castra Herculis (Arnhem-Meinerswijk). This reconstructed part is at the still-used Roman road near Driel. The road leads past the temple in Elst and is marked by a higher elevation from times when the Betuwe was a marsh land.

Hurrah! #HadriansWall sites off the Historic England Heritage at Risk register! VERY proud to have led with Prof Rob Collins, FSA and @kmurphster the Hadrian's Wall Community Archaeology Project work taking Port Carlisle, Steel Rigg, Cat Stairs and Mucklebank Turret off the list. Love the Wall! Walk by it, not on it!

Great photo of my favourite #Greek vessel: a stunning rhyton (drinking cup) in the shape of a #dog's head. Dating ca. 475 BC. A life without #dogs is possible, but pointless! Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia Photo: Pietro Mazzarol