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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 59m

The train station serving Ostia Antica is to be completely transformed amid plans by Italy to seek UNESCO recognition for the ancient port city near Rome.

New train station for Ostia Antica as Italy plans UNESCO bid for ancient site

Project to be funded with €8.4 million in Jubilee funds. The train station serving Ostia Antica is to undergo a major renovation, the Lazio region announced, coinciding with plans by Italy to seek UNE...

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 1d

TrovaTrivia is a new story-led quiz app designed to help kids discover Ancient Rome in a fun way.

TrovaTrivia: A new story-led quiz app to help kids discover Ancient Rome

A quiz that gets kids excited about ancient history. TrovaTrivia is a new story-led quiz designed to help kids discover the wonder of Ancient Rome before they set foot in a museum or archaeological si...

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 2d

#MosaicMonday - Kibyra's captivating Medusa Mosaic. Made in opus sectile, a technique using thin marble slabs, the mosaic adorned the entire orchestra floor of the Roman Odeon in Kibyra, an ancient Greek city in southwestern Türkiye. Unearthed in 2009, the mosaic dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d

Wow, a small Roman glass bottle with preserved ointment from almost 2,000 years ago! 🤩

The ointment is composed of fatty acids, glycerine, and plant fibres (wood, pollen, and seeds). Perhaps a valuable cosmetic or medicinal cream.

Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier 📷 by me

#Archaeology

My photo shows a small, Roman bottle made of translucent pale green glass. It has a square body with rounded shoulders, a short, narrow, cylindrical neck with an out-turned, flat rim sealed with a (cork?) stopper. There is a single curved handle attached between the shoulder of the bottle and top of the neck. The bottle contains a solid, yellowish-orange substance. Bottle height 9.6 cm. The bottle is displayed on a grey surface. Dated late-1st century to first-half 2nd century AD.

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Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · 3d

9:32am TODAY on ⁦‪@bbcworldservice‬⁩

CrowdScience, Can we record our senses?

Cameras and microphones can record what we see, and hear. Anand Jagatia discovers the technology that might allow us to record our other senses, like smell and touch, too.

BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Can we record our senses?

Can we record what it's like to taste, smell, or touch something?

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 6d

This is a fabulous large hanging oil lamp from the Augustan era theatre in #Verona
Depicting a comic mask of an old bearded man.

8 flames per 🪔
Just imagine the lumens!
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📸 Us, #Roman Theatre Museum

#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 6d

And here is a rendering of where/how it was used in the theatre space.

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 6d

This is a fabulous large hanging oil lamp from the Augustan era theatre in #Verona
Depicting a comic mask of an old bearded man.

8 flames per 🪔
Just imagine the lumens!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

📸 Us, #Roman Theatre Museum

#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 9d

This totally got me crying with laughter. Inspired.

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 9d

There's a lot going on here. Not least the cameo appearance of Captain Blackadder.

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AncientBlogger @ancientblogger.bsky.social · 10d

@classicsacademy.bsky.social unsure how to pronounce 'goêteia' (will be used in an upcoming episode). Any help appreciated!

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 13d

Glasswares ,1st century. #Roman painted pitcher showing gladiatorial scenes.
Found in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. 👀
#Glass #Art #History #artwork
#FindsFriday

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 13d

#FindsFriday! A Roman brush found in Bregenz.

Roman brush fragments are sometimes difficult to interpret; in this case, their function may relate to textile production, as suggested for similar finds in Eschenz.The bristled surface is suitable for carding or teasing wool fibers. 🧵1/2

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A photo of a well-preserved fragment of a Roman brush in a show case. The object consists of a rectangular base with rounded and scalloped edges, formed from wood into which hundreds of stiff rushes have been densely embedded.

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 15d

The Colosseum opens a hidden underground tunnel once used by Roman emperors, notably Commodus, to the public for the first time.

Colosseum opens secret underground passageway used by Roman emperors

Visitors to the Colosseum can experience the same hidden path once walked by Emperor Commodus. The Colosseum Archaeological Park is opening a hidden underground passageway, dubbed the Tunnel of Commod...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17d

#MosaicMonday: colourful #Roman glass tesserae found in Geneva/Switzerland, dating 3rd/4th c. AD.

Mosaic cubes were made of stone, pottery, tile, or glass. Glass tesserae were rather fragile. They were used rather rarely in floor mosaics to provide colours that...🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺

A pile of small glass mosaic cubes in shades of blue, green, and yellow, on a white surface.

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 16d

The Baths of Caracalla will open to visitors for tours by night on nine dates this autumn.

Rome opens Baths of Caracalla for tours by night

Visit Baths of Caracalla by the light of the moon. Rome's majestic Baths of Caracalla will open to visitors for night tours on nine dates between 12 October and 2 November, the city announced on Monda...

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 17d

Fragment of 3rdC A.D. mosaic from the dining hall of a #Roman villa.

Theatrical scene with the charioteer Pelops & his wife to be Hippodamia (cloaked). And maybe her pleading mother.

📸 Us, Theatre Museum #Verona

#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 18d

Coming soon…🏛️

#HistoryPodcast #AncientHistory #history #skystorians #ancientrome #roman #classicsteacher #imperialrome #romanempire #classicsbluesky #sensoryhistory #classicalstudies

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 19d

Montepulciano dedicates exhibition to legendary Etruscan king Porsenna
www.finestresullarte.info/en/exhibitio...

Montepulciano dedicates exhibition to legendary Etruscan king Porsenna

The Museo Civico Pinacoteca Crociani in Montepulciano is hosting an itinerary dedicated to the legendary Etruscan lucumone Porsenna through Jan. 6, 2026, between historical sources and artistic interp...

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 21d

Outcry in Rome as the iconic cypress trees around the Mausoleum of Augustus are chopped down.

Outcry after Rome cuts down cypress trees at Mausoleum of Augustus

City authorities claim trees in Piazza Augusto Imperatore posed a risk to public safety. Most of the iconic cypress trees that circled Rome's Mausoleum of Augustus have been chopped down, sparking an ...

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Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · 21d

Updated flyer for my virtual lecture on Tuesday 4 November, 6-7pm Eastern US.

Registration free and open to all: tampamuseum.org/event/virtua...

Tampa Museum of Art
Virtual Lecture
Ta Megala Theria: Heavy Metal Music's Reception of Mythological Adversaries

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ClassicsTober @classicstober.bsky.social · Sep 21

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25
#ClassicsTober25

ClassicsTober25: Katabasis

1. Hypnos
2. Thanatos
3. Graeae
4. Shroud
5. Hermes Psychopompos
6. Moirai
7. φαρμακίς (pharmakis) - witch, sorceress
8. Erebos
9. Lampades
10. Hekate
11. Torch
12. Styx
13. Empousa
14. Cocytus
15. Τέρατα (Térata) - monsters
16. Typhon
17. Echidna
18. Kharon
19. Shade
20. Acheron
21. Kerberos
22. Judge
23. Lamia
24. Phlegethon
25. Tartarus
26. Punishment
27. Erinyes
28. Phobos & Deimos
29. Mysteries
30. Lethe
31. Elysian Fields

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 21d

Happy International Coffee Day! ☕️

Kick back with this episode and ponder days gone by when a trip to the coffee house might conincide with an auction by candle or a dolphin dissection...🕯

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#historypodcast #sensory #thegeorgians #georgianlondon #primarysources

The Georgians - Wake Up & Smell The Coffee! (Georgian Coffee House Culture)

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The Classics Library @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social · 22d

Warwick Ancient Drama Festival

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Programme art from the Warwick University Ancient Drama Festival

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Society For Museum Archaeology @socmusarch.bsky.social · 23d

Museums wrangle many different types of collections - including amazing mosaics dug up in the early 1800s, like this one from Withington #MosaicMonday - find out more about what modern museum archaeologists (and others do) with objects at our conference in Liverpool socmusarch.org.uk/conference/

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