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Exploring the ancient, interlocked world of North Africa, South/Southwest Asia, and Europe
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carausius286.bsky.social
I love this mosaic. It shows a ship leaving port. Sailors with muscles rippling and seemingly glossy with sweat work at the ropes as the wind ripples two flags and billows the sail. On the left may be a Roman lighthouse. It’s a dynamic piece with a deep, rich indigo backdrop

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January 10, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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Visual joke: cat in a knitted spartan hat. Caption say, "Historians agree that Meownidas could have held Thermeowpawlae if the Persians hadn't had a laser pointer."
January 6, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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'Africa & Byzantium’ at the Met reconfigures both ancient and modern worlds.
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Review | When the Roman Empire was African
“Africa & Byzantium” at the Met reconfigures both ancient and modern worlds.
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January 6, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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partialhistorians.bsky.social
Ancient textiles that have survived until today tend to be very rare, making this beauty all the more jaw-dropping.

This fragment depicts a scene from the myth of Leda and the swan and showcases the use of purple dye no less!

🕰️ C2nd CE
📍Karanis, Egypt; KM 10662
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A cream and purple woven square that shows Leda and the swan in the central circle. This centre is framed by another circle with a variety of figures depicted before animals have been placed in the corners before the final square border.
January 2, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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Rock Inscriptions in Greek Discovered on Mountain in Central Asia.
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Rock Inscriptions in Greek Discovered on Mountain in Central Asia - GreekReporter.com
An interesting discovery was recently made in Central Asia in Tajikistan containing Greek inscriptions on a rock.
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January 2, 2024 at 7:57 AM
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carausius286.bsky.social
Happy New Year, everyone!! And here’s Janus to commemorate it, one face looking back to the year passed, the other looking to the year to come.

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📷Marie Lan Nguyen
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December 31, 2023 at 1:48 PM
anxientaxis.bsky.social
Do any classics folks happen to know authoritative sources on early imperial coinage and their values?

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December 30, 2023 at 6:02 PM
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New post this week on Brundisium (modern Brindisi), the famed terminus of the Via Appia and departure point for the East:

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December 28, 2023 at 3:43 PM
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Fascinating world of ancient glass: an amazing yellow pitcher. The handle is terminating in an appliqué decorated with a head of a Bacchant, a follower of Bacchus, the god of wine - an appropriate decoration for a vessel used to pour wine. Dating 50-75 AD 🏺

📷 Corning Museum of Glass
December 27, 2023 at 9:19 AM
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The Colosseum in Rome was also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre. Construction began between 70-72 AD during the reign of Vespasian.

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December 26, 2023 at 11:30 PM
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Says 'A map of the distribution of Roman coins found in Eurasia and North Africa,' but it's not at all clear that it reflects their distribution in antiquity. Maybe silver coins found in West Asia or Egypt are less likely to be reported? Or nobody has looked for them?

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Map of Europe and the surrounding area, with orange dots showing findspots of Roman coins, most of which are in Europe with a scattering in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and India.
December 20, 2023 at 5:18 PM
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carausius286.bsky.social
This glass Roman bowl is a wonderful find, from its rich colours (honey, burgundy, midnight blue & ivory) to its garland motifs created from millefiori. It dates to the early imperial period (early C1st CE). Do yourself a favour & zoom in on the garlands. They’re great

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December 18, 2023 at 6:26 PM
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Greek ceramic imports in Bilsk settlement (Ukraine) in Scythian time
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A new look at the early phase of Greek Black Sea colonization - Lecture by Dr. Stanislav Zadnikov
The settlement of Bilsk, founded in the 8th century BC, is a true mega-center in today's Ukrainian forest-steppe: impressive 5000 ha in size and surrounded b...
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December 16, 2023 at 1:30 PM
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And of you wonder what secret knowledhe these Ancient Egyptians would've used for this kind of stunt - it's: physics. 🙌

Look a bit closer at that guy in the sled's front. 😉

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Ancient Egyptians transported pyramid stones over wet sand
Physicists from the FOM Foundation and the University of Amsterdam have discovered that the ancient Egyptians used a clever trick to make it easier to transport heavy pyramid stones by sledge. The Egy...
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December 10, 2023 at 10:51 PM
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A very bright small #Roman glass dish - a reminder in a single artefact that the Romans lived their daily lives in vivid colour, garishly so sometimes! AncientBlueSky
December 7, 2023 at 9:52 PM
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Some thoughts while going thru lit on the Scythians...

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December 6, 2023 at 10:37 PM
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greciangirl.bsky.social Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · Nov 24
Mycenaean gold twisted wires used as hair decorations and to entwine hair. Dated to 15th century BCE. From Mycenae, Peloponnese, Greece. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 My own.
Mycenaean gold twisted wires used as hair decorations and to entwine hair. Dated to 15th century BCE. From Mycenae, Peloponnese, Greece.
November 24, 2023 at 11:34 PM
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partialhistorians.bsky.social
Greek marble pelican’s foot shell ~ c. 400 BCE

The artistry involved in capturing nature is breath-taking. One of my favourite pieces from the ancient Greek world. Sadly, the provenance is not recorded…

🏛 The Met, 1995.19
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Description from the museum: “ This work imitates a pelican's foot shell, which is common to the Mediterranean. Only a handful of marble shells are known. They must have been manufactured in the same Greek workshops that produced elegant marble vessels intended as grave offerings for the dead.”
November 25, 2023 at 6:07 PM
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carausius286.bsky.social
Thonis-Heraklion was founded in C8thBCE at the Nile’s mouth. Before Alexandria’s creation, it was the major port of the delta. Succeeding earthquakes & floods saw the city slip under the waves in C2ndBCE eventually disappearing c.900CE. It has been excavated since 1933
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November 21, 2023 at 7:49 AM
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carausius286.bsky.social
This incredible bronze cuirass was found in Maresse, France. It was made as the Bronze Age was transitioning to the Iron Age & dates to the C9th/8thBCE. Along with several others, it was given as a votive offering. Give it a whopping wow, please

🏛️📷 National Archeological Musem 🇫🇷
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November 20, 2023 at 11:57 AM
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A lovely Roman glass jug, with a decorative spiral thread trail running around it. It was made 1700-1900 years ago, & has survived in wonderful condition (🏛️ NY Met Museum) 🏺AncientBueSky
November 18, 2023 at 3:08 PM
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Looking for alt ac? Choose gaming! We need you!

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alexvandewalle.bsky.social Alexander Vandewalle @alexvandewalle.bsky.social · Nov 17
Just visited Delos in Assassin's Creed Nexus VR! Nice to come back to this place, this time in VR. After hundreds of hours in Odyssey you do notice the graphical changes, and the ambience is a bit less, but it's still detailed & parkour is great!

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November 18, 2023 at 2:00 AM
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Delighted to announce to ancientbluesky that the ancient world finally has a home on H-Net! Check us out, sign up, share announcements, and get involved! I’m a book review editor, so expect to see me in your inboxes soon, begging for a favor!

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November 16, 2023 at 4:06 PM
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On this hydria by the Ganymede Painter (Apulia, ca 340 BC), Pan offers a syrinx to Apollo as his sister Artemis, two small Paniskoi, a dog and a geese watch them. In the lower register, a young woman receives offerings in her tomb.
München Antikensammlungen, ArchaiOptix (CC BY-SA) 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Red-figured vase (hydria) seen from above : Pan offers a syrinx to Apollo as his sister Artemis, two small Paniskoi, a dog and a geese watch them. In the lower register, a young woman receives offerings in her tomb.
November 15, 2023 at 9:21 AM