Simply beautiful: a pair of hands of an #Egyptian statue group.
18th dynasty, around 1350 BC , from Amarna.

On display at Neues Museum, Berlin

📸 taken by me.

Another couple for #ReliefWednesday , from today's visit to #Thassos . From the Gate of Hera and Zeus, Zeus and Hermes in situ at the gate, and Hera and Iris in the archaeological museum. Dated to a 4th century BCE restoration of the gate by Pythippos.

#Archaeology #Greece

#ReliefWednesday
Mithras slaying the bull, late 2nd - early 3rd century AD, from Rome, Girolamo Zulian collection, on display in room 1
#museum #Venice #Archaeology #sculpture

#ReliefWednesday

Surely a lesser known relief held in the Torlonia Collection. The inscription has been restored and we see two women tending to poultry and other butchered animals.

Today, a visit to Philippi! Very different from my last visit in 2015, both in the site (upgraded facilities, no road through the middle, no access to acropolis and sanctuaries) and my own perspective after another decade of experience.

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

An inscribed golden ring found in the #Roman settlement at Aalen. The ring belonged to a child, the inscription reads CRESCAS, which translates as “may you grow”. A wish every parent still has for their kids today.
#EpigraphyTuesday

📸 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

Portrait of a matrona ~ c. 40 BCE

This piece captures the realism that characterised Roman portraiture of the late republic. The identity of the woman is not known but it is intriguing as statues for women were considered rare in this period.

🏛 Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

#MosaicMonday
Mosaic depicting a 'Flower of Garum' jug with a titulus reading 'from the workshop of [the garum importer Aulus Umbricius] Scaurus'
#Pompeii #Archaeology #History #Art
(1 of 2) For more on Aulus 👇

For today's #MosaicMonday an early 4th century AD mosaic, discovered in the basilica of Aquileia, depicting the fight between a rooster and a turtle, commonly interpreted as the representation of light/good (rooster) and darkness/evil (turtle).

#LateAntiquity #RomanArchaeology

I can see the acropolis of Philippi from where I'm staying for the next few days! Hopefully the storm rolling through this evening will be gone by tomorrow, which will be my day for visiting the site, which even from the outside looks a bit different than my visit in 2015.

#MosaicMonday

The Villa of the Birds mosaic is something to behold. There are 33 individual birds represented, each with their own frame. Just stunning!

📸 Frédéric Lecut

#MosaicMonday , from yesterday's visit to the Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis, a mosaic depicting Hylas (identified by the inscription at center) and the Nymphs. From the Roman House at Amphipolis. Dated to the 3rd century CE.

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a Roman Theatre on the slopes of the Acropolis in Athens. It was completed c. AD 161, destroyed by 267, and renovated in 1950. Now the Theatre is used for the Athens Festival, May - Oct. 1st photo shows the theatre now, other photos from the 1880s.

Papyrus with lists of #Roman centurions stationed in #Egypt have found by Polish archaeologists in Berenike. These documents were found along with, among other things, pottery from Italy, Roman coins, in what may be the remains of a centurion’s office. #Archaeology #History

For #ancientsitesunday this stunning aerial view of the Parco degli Acquedotti, south east of #Rome . The park is named for its seven aqueducts which supplied the city with water.

Photo: Valentino Ligori

#romanarchaeology

A visit today to the remains of ancient Amphipolis, founded by Athenians in the 5th century BCE and location of the battle in 422 BCE in which both Kleon and Brasidias were killed.

#AncientSiteSunday #Archaeology #Greece