8) Standing on one of my favourite elements in the Forum set, this gorgeously recreated public calendar...

A 3,000 year old doodle from ancient Egypt of a cat serving a mouse! Drawn on a shard of pottery, was it simply done for fun or as a piece of witty social commentary by a disgruntled worker? Dated 19th - 20th Dynasty. 🏛️Brooklyn Museum #Ancient #Egypt #History #Art #Animal

Magna-ificent! A wonderful find to share with you today from the new excavation of Milecastle 46 at our Roman Magna site. This is a delicate equal arm steelyard beam, part of a Roman scale. Read more about it. 👇#RomanMagna #Hadrianswall romanarmymuseum.com/about/magna-fi…

A wonderful example of Roman technology and engineering - a bronze water piston pump! Excavated at one of the bathhouses in Pompeii and around 2,000 years old, it helped supply fresh water for Roman bathers to enjoy. 🏛️Musei in Comune Roma #Classics #Roman #Archaeology #History

Okay this looks like bullying. "Hey careful, don't step on my tiles Dave, they're drying." "This tile" *steps "DAVE" "Not step on it?" *steps again "STOP IT" "Oh this tile!" *steps again. "Come on, why Dave, why?" "Hey Fido, don't step on that tile" "Woof?" *dog steps "Noooooo"

Tombstones of two #Roman auxilliary cavalrymen from the 1st century AD Dannicus (recruited from Switzerland) and Genialis (from the Netherlands) who both died in Britain Illuminated in colour, as the originals may have been, in the excellent Corinium Museum #RomanFortThursday

Then vs Now : Ancient Theatre of Delphi, Greece; has been built on same hill as Temple of Apollo, but it is located further above it. Its situation gave audiences a great view of entire sanctuary and above 'Olive Tree Valley'. Dating back to 4th Century BC, theatre was

Papyrus of Ahmose or Mathematical Rhind (1650 BC); an oldest Manuscript written in Algebra and Trigonometry. "Rhind Mathematical Papyrus" : Papyrus is probably a mathematics textbook, used by scribes to learn to solve particular mathematical problems by writing down appropriate

Hace unos meses trabajé en uno de los proyectos más exigentes a los que me he enfrentado: la recreación virtual en 3D de tres ciudades romanas muy diferentes para una exposición que estaba preparando el Museu de Lleida. ¿Me acompañáis a descubrirlas? ¡Dentro hilo! 🧵

This gigantic hand was found near the Temple of Hercules on the Amman Citadel in Jordan (ancient Philadelphia). It belonged to a colossal statue of Hercules from the 2nd century AD. The statue is estimated to have stood over 13 metres high, making it one of the largest statues

Revisiting the impressive Amphitheatre of El Jem, the largest amphitheatre in North Africa. It could hold up to 35,000 spectators. It is dated to the 3rd century AD and illustrates the grandeur and extent of Imperial Rome. #Tunisia

Designer fashion on the Roman frontier! This expensive lady’s leather sandal is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’. It was made in Gaul (modern-day France) almost 2,000 years ago. Perhaps Lucius was a ‘must-have’ designer brand, the Louboutin of his day! 😉

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🏛 View from the upper storey of the Stoa of Attalos, Athens, looking out over the Athenian Agora towards the temple of Hephaestus. 📷 Athenologio

For #SuperbOwlSunday a superb, armed #owl, depicted on a Greek vessel, dating 5th century BC. Photo: Louvre, Paris

Researchers have deciphered text on charred papyrus recovered from Herculaneum, a Roman town destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, from Philodemus of Gadara (110–30 B.C.) about the burial of the 4th-century Greek philosopher Plato. archaeology.org/news/12353-240…

Did you know? Ancient Roman statues weren't white as we see them today, but were actually colorful. Roman artists used a wide range of pigments, painting media, and surface applications to embellish their marble sculptures. In the 19th century, archaeologists unearthed

The exquisite and elegant braided hair of the Caryatids. 421-406 BC. Erechtheion/Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

The ancient theatre of Delphi, Greece

#OnThisDay in AD 180, Marcus Aurelius dies at Vindobona (now Vienna, Austria). His son Commodus becomes the sole emperor.