For #MosaicMonday a #Roman a detail of a mosaic found in Thuburbo Majus/#Tunisia, depicting the Greek hero Theseus slaying the Minotaur in the labyrinth. Dating late 3rd century AD.
An aerial view of the pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, a tomb built in the late 1st century BC. It was incorporated into the Aurelian Walls in the late 3rd century AD. According to an inscription the tomb was completed in 330 days!
A bust of the #Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, hammered from a single sheet of gold. The bust (weight ca. 1590grams) was found in 1939 in a sewer in front of the so-called Sanctuaire du Cigognier in Aventicum (Avenches, Switzerland). Dating 170/180 AD.
New discovery: Carpenter’s tools found in a room in the Villa of Civita Giuliana at Pompeii.
The room contains a bed, as well as work tools e.g. baskets, a long rope, pieces of wood, and a saw
For #EpigraphyTuesday a Trier black slipped ware motto beaker bearing the Latin inscription: PARCE AQVAM ADIC MERVM - save the water, pour unmixed #wine!
Trier motto beakers are frequently decorated with toasts to life and wine.
From Trier, dating around 300 AD.
The gold-band pyxis is an amazing example of Roman luxury glassware. It combines canes of brightly colored glass with strips of gold leaf encased between layers of colorless glass.
It was used to hold cosmetics.
Dating 1st c. AD.
On display at Altes Museum Berlin
Sketched by #kids? Drawings depicting #gladiators among latest discoveries at Pompeii.
Charcoal graffiti believed to have been sketched by #children uncovered at Pompeii.
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.
#MosaicMonday & its always a treat to tick off a famous Romano-British Mosaic
In this case the instantly recognisable, if a little bizarre - cockerel headed man, Brading Roman Villa, IOW
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).
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.
The so-called Treverermännchen ('little man of the Treveri'), a charming Roman bronze figurine depicting a man wearing a short hooded cloak (cucullus). Gaiters are wrapped around his legs. It's unknown what the figure once held.
Found in AugustTreverorum/Trier, dating 3rd c. AD.
Apparently it's #WorldTurtleDay! A #Roman enamelled copper alloy fibula (a decorative pin for fastening garments) in the shape of a #turtle. Dating 2nd century AD.
Celebrating the German style: Excavators celebrating the discovery of a #Roman wooden barrel in the legionary fortress at Oberaden with #beer 🍻.
Photo taken in 1910.
One of my most favourite #glass vessels: A marvellous #Roman vessel in the form of a #pig, made of blue glass. It was used to hold ointment or perfume.
Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd c. AD
For #RomanSiteSaturday the aqueduct of Segovia/#Spain. It was built in the late 1st/early 2nd c. AD and supplied water to the city until the mid 19th century. It's one of the best-preserved #Roman aqueducts and an impressive work of engineering.