#MosaicMonday , from the Museo Cívico Arqueológico de Bolonia, a panel depicting a triton surrounded by sea life and playing a tibia. Dated to the 2nd century CE. Found near the San Mamalo Gate in #Bologna .

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Italy

Two evil #Roman #dolphins spar off in a fragment of the beautiful black and white border of the #mosaic of the upper floor of the Baths of Caracalla.

#WorldArtDay or Ancient Mediterranean World art day you decide 🏺🌿

#MosaicMonday - The central emblema of a delicate pavement from Antioch-on-the-Orontes, showing the transformation of Daphne into a laurel as she flees Apollo: ca. Late 3rd Century AD. #Myth #Art

Image: Princeton University Art Museum (y1965-219). Link - artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/ob…

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The archaeological section of the City Museum in Rimini is a revelation. I am especially fond of this Anubi mosaic from the late 2nd to early 3rd century AD.

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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.

#MosaicMonday - The Chariot Race panel from the Horkstow Mosaic: ca. 4th Century AD. Discovered in 1797, the scene is arranged in two registers showing the race on either side of the central spina. #Roman #Art

Image: Hull and East Riding Museum. Link - museumcollections.hullcc.gov.uk/collections/st…

Mycenaean terracotta jar ~ c. 1200–1100 BCE

Gaze into the hypnotic eyes of this ancient octopus and marvel in the Mycenaean artistry on display. The poor fish must be just as bamboozled really.

🏛 The Met

In a fabulous new discovery—in the arches under a large staircase in the Region 9 excavations—a series of #gladiators are in perpetual combat.
Murmillo versus Thracian (armed with a curved sword) sketched in detail in charcoal alongside a stylised phallus painted in red
#Pompeii

For #SpoliaSunday we're off to the MAF_Firenze to admire this upcycled ancient #bronze statue of a lamp-bearer, found in #Pesaro in the lands of the #dellaRovere duchy of #Urbino and sent to #Florence as a wedding gift from the duke to his heiress in 1630.

🚨 New Ancients Ep! 🚨

The black market trade of illegally-obtained artefacts has been, and remains, a massive problem in archaeology. Prof. Valerie Higgins is today's guest, explaining this darker side of archaeology and the fight against it.

🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/7DqCaO…

#OnThisDay - 14 April - in AD 69 the forces of Vitellius defeated those of Otho at the Battle of Bedriacum. The victory marked the next shift in power in the Year of the Four Emperors. #Rome

Image: RIC Vitellius 35; British Museum (1933,0711.1). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(…

I love the humble #Roman terracotta lamp. Mass-produced, humble, with so many interesting variations and artistic expressions. Here we see a bust of the beardy god Mars, wearing a cuirass and crested helmet, with an arrow behind him.

N. Africa, 1st-4th c. CE
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Sorry to dredge this up yet again… Ryan Stitt of The History of Ancient Greece podcast has continued his annual tradition of posting an episode. So we must again remind everyone that he is an ABUSER who used his platform to harm people & ask everyone not to support his work.

Who wouldn't want to spend their Saturday a.m. talking worst emperors with the wonderful The Partial Historians🏺 ?Much fun and interesting conversation was had. Set up my weekend on a high.

Mycenaean terracotta jar ~ c. 1200–1100 BCE

Gaze into the hypnotic eyes of this ancient octopus and marvel in the Mycenaean artistry on display. The poor fish must be just as bamboozled really.

🏛 The Met

It’s been a privilege watching these frescoes of scenes from Trojan mythology emerge from the pumice in Region 9, Pompeii Sites.
And what an unforgettable experience it’s been working with Rebecca Morelle and others to bring these discoveries to the public gaze this week. #Pompeii .

For #RomanSiteSaturday , the odeon of Nicopolis, constructed in the first half of the 2nd century CE with a capacity of about 1,600 spectators.

More on the odeon and Nicopolis:
roamintheempire.com/index.php/2022…

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

This tempera-on-linen mummy shroud was created during the Roman era in Egypt. He appears to be on the cusp of adulthood, given the wispy facial hair. The boy has a beautiful wreath on his head, and the bird on his shoulder may represent Horus or Harpocrates.

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For #SarcophagusSaturday we're going back, back, back in time, to October 2023 when I took this photo of a late #Mycenaean #larnax in the #Louvre in #Paris . The undulating linear patterns on this #terracotta box are heirs to the spiral reliefs in earlier cemeteries.