Nina Willburger @[email protected]’s Tweets

Aug 20

The impressive silver-plated Roman cavalry helmet found in Nijmegen, dating 2nd half of the 1st c. AD. The helmet itself is made of iron, large parts are rusted away. The brass coating on the face, forehead, and ears is still intact. The brass was completely ...1/2

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An unusual bronze #pie mold in the shape of a #pig 🐖. Found in Pompeii, dating 1st century AD. It was certainly used for a tasty dish for a luxurious #Roman dinner party. 🐷🐷🐷 Photo: MAN Naples #romanarchaeology

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For #MosaicMonday the mosaic in the so-called winter triclinium of the #Roman villa at Antandros. A kantharos and birds are depicted in the centre of the mosaic. The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region,... 1/2 #RomanArchaeology

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Emmanuel Posselt

@Eps5371

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Acá celebrando a nuestra Madrecita, la #VirgendeGuadalupe en Etla #Oaxaca. Junto con

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.. #GuadalupeReinas2022

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Archaeology & Art

@archaeologyart

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Greek Gold Sphinx Earrings, 4th Century BC. Originally an Egyptian mythological creature, the sphinx was adapted by the Greeks and appears frequently in Greek art. Photo Credit: Christies.

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Becky Wallower

@bwallower

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#MosaicMonday Even seemingly workaday floors in #Roman buildings can be a delight. This from Oplontis/Villa Poppea reminds me of 1950s/60s kitchen linoleum. But the bits of coloured stone and marble in the mix show it's rather posher than that - maybe even Nero's wife's villa.

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Kevin Wilbraham

@KPW1453

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The remains of the 12th century monastic church at Roche Abbey in South Yorkshire. The Cistercian abbey was founded in 1147 as a daughter house of Newminster Abbey in Northumberland. #MedievalMonday

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Durotriges Project

@Durotrigesdig

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Discovered in 2017, only half of this fine 4th century mosaic from Bratton Seymour Roman villa survived Lifted and partially recreated for the excellent villa museum

@thenewtsomerset

with central panel as Bacchus, god of wine and ecstatic celebration Cheers 🍷 #MosaicMonday

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Alison Fisk

@AlisonFisk

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A remarkable #Neolithic stone axe inscribed with a #Roman-era magic love spell! ❤️ The inscription also includes invocations for bodily protection. 2nd-3rd century AD. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart. #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

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Beautiful city of #Würzburg #christmastime

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...2 km east of the town of Altınoluk, western #Turkey. Photo: antandros.org/en/foto-galeri

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Simon Knott

@last_of_england

Last stop before home, Little Blakenham, as pretty as a picture.

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Arys

@ArysPan

Bronze statue of the goddess Artemis, 3rd century BCE Archaeological Museum of Piraeus ©George E. Koronaios #Archaeology #Hellenistic #Greece

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Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD. Photo: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier / Thomas Zühmer 2/2

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a #Roman glass bottle in the shape of an #ape sitting on a wicker chair and playing the syrinx (shepherd's flute). In Roman times, apes were kept as pets, as obcjects of entertainment that were trained. 1/2 #RomanArchaeology

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Alison Fisk

@AlisonFisk

Ancient and beautiful amber pendants worn by hunter-gatherers some 10,000 years ago. Mesolithic period. 📷: National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. #Archaeology

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...ward off any evil. Rattles have been found in children's graves, but were also used as gifts to the gods in sanctuaries. On display at Badisches Landesmuseum 2/2

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Children have always loved playing with #toys: a #Greek rattle in the shape of a boy riding on a #pig. Taranto, 3rd century BC. Rattles such as this were used as toys, but the sound produced by the small pieces of clay or stones inside the animals was also intended to ...1/2

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