Born of the coupling of Leda and the Swan, then hatched from an egg There’s more to Helen of Troy than the most beautiful woman in the world - as Charlotte and I discuss in our 4 part Instant Classics mini series podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

#FrescoFriday - A real favourite! The paintings from the Fullonica of Veranius Hypsaeus, Pompeii (VI.8.20), showing the stages of the laundry process, with an owl (symbol for the Fullers) atop the 'viminea cavea'. #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺 Image: MANN (9774). Link - mann-napoli.it/numismatica/...

This beautiful #Roman enamelled copper alloy flask in hexagonal shape was found in Welzheim. The small vessel was a product of a workshop in Britain or Gaul and was presumably used to hold perfume. Dating 2. century AD. #findsfriday 🏺 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social

Colosseum's Commodus Passage reopens after extensive restoration work www.euronews.com/culture/2026... #Rome #archaeology @euronews.com

Villa Farnesina Cubiculum B fresco depicting the Nymphs of Mount Nysa caring for the infant Dionysus. The baby is shown being nursed or tended to by female figures in a lush setting. It is painted in a "Neo-Attic" or "lekythos" style, which mimics the look of 5th-c. BCE Greek pottery. #FrescoFriday

For #ReliefWednesday, the Saturnia Tellus relief from the Ara Pacis, #Rome. It depicts Mother Earth, or, according to a different interpretation, Venus, divine mother of Aeneas and progenitor of the Gens Iulia, to which Augustus himself belongs. 📸 Chris Nas #archaeology #history

The Pyrgi tablets are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They date to c. 500 BC. They record the foundation of a temple and its dedication to the Phoenician goddess Astarte. The work is attributed to Thefarie Velianas, ruler of Caere #EpigraphyTuesday

This is the tombstone of a Roman soldier named Ammonius, son of Damio, a centurion in the first Cohort of Spaniards who probably came from North Africa or the Eastern Mediterranean. He died after 27 years service and was buried at Ardoch in Perthshire, Scotland. #TombTuesday

This inscription, on display at Museo Archeologico di Velletri, bears a dedication from a mother to her daughter, Faltonia: "To Faltonia Hilaritatis, mistress and dearest daughter who, at her own expense, built this cemetery and destined it for this faith." #EpigraphyTuesday #Rome #history

Hidden beneath the #Rome Ring Road (GRA) lies the Ninfeo della Lucchina.Originally constructed in the 3rd century CE as a tomb, it was transformed in the 4th century into a nymphaeum with stunning mosaics and frescoes.It was likely part of a grand villa owned by the Ottavi family #MosaicMonday 📸 MiC

Fossanova Abbey is one of Italy's most significant examples of Cistercian Gothic architecture. Located in the town of Priverno, the abbey is famous for its austere beauty and is a major pilgrimage site because it is where St. Thomas Aquinas died in 1274. #MedievalMonday #art 📸 alessiodisilvestro

✨The Chariot Race✨ This chariot race is part of the famously large mosaic found in Britain called the Horkstow mosaic. Featuring all the thrill of chariot racing including the spina (central island) and the metea (turning points). Happy #MosaicMonday indeed! #AncientBluesky

Giorgio de Chirico, Mistero e malinconia di una strada, 1914, New Canaan (Connecticut), Private collection #art A copy of this work (right) by de Chirico himself can be found at Museo Bilotti in #Rome www.museocarlobilotti.it/it/opera/mis...

✨ An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists Ever wondered what archaeology looks like behind the scenes at National Trust places? Join us and @nattrustarch.bsky.social for a free online evening exploring community digs and hilltop enclosures to Roman gold mining. Book here 👉 shorturl.at/85Avq

A section of the Roman Wall at St. Albans which was built between AD 265 to 270 to defend the Roman city of Verulamium. The surviving sections are located in Verulamium Park which is a short walk from the city centre. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #StAlbans

The Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. Inspired by Egypt and adorned with Greek-style Caryatids, this 120-metre reflecting pool served as the Emperor’s ultimate summer dining spot. Hadrian and his guests would recline on a stibadium (a semi-circular couch) to dine. #RomanSiteSaturday #history #Rome

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Guido Reni, L’Aurora, 1612-14 circa, Casino dell’Aurora Pallavicini, #Rome #FrescoFriday #art

Portrait of Lucius Verus, 160-170 CE, Museo Archeologico di Palestrina. #FindsFriday #archaeology #history

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born on this day in 1836. During a visit to Rome from December 1875 to April 1876, Alma-Tadema collected material for future paintings. He made three studies of parts of the city, including this one in the gardens of the Villa Borghese. 🍃 Detail from WA1966.13.1

✨À VOS AGENDAS 📣 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥'𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞́𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 = https://www.efrome.it/la-recherche/formations 📣 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚̀ 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 = https://www.efrome.it/la-recherche/actualite-et-appels #EFR #rencontresscientifiques #formations #agendaEFR2026

Lecture, 14 Jan 2026 (18:00): Dr Oren Margolis on pontifex maximus in Quattrocento Rome. Hybrid & free: bsr.ac.uk/lecture-in-s...

Looking forward to hosting this joint @ics.bsky.social / @bsrome.bsky.social event with Peter, @christophersmith.bsky.social, @profyarrow.bsky.social and @kathryntempest.bsky.social in a few weeks! ‘Myth, History and Archaeology’ Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky

Relief of Trajan's Posthumous Triumph, II c CE, currently on display in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina. When Emperor Trajan died in 117 CE while returning from his Parthian campaign, his successor, Hadrian, organized a spectacular posthumous triumph in 118 CE. #ReliefWednesday #Rome

The Galleria Sciarra in #Rome is a hidden #ArtNouveau gem, a covered pedestrian passage in the Trevi district, built 1885-1888 by Giulio De Angelis, famous for its iron and glass dome and vibrant frescoes by Giuseppe Cellini celebrating women's virtues.Free to visit during office hours 📸 Labicanense

For #EpigraphyTuesday an inscription commemorating Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 161-169 CE. Cryptoporticus of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, #Rome

The Temple of Venus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. It is a small, circular Doric temple (tholos) set upon a raised platform. It was originally surrounded by a semicircular colonnade. A statue of Venus of the Cnidian type was found in the cella. #archaeology #history

Hello old friend. Good to be back. #Pompeii #Vesuvius

'What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?' theconversation.com/what-were-bo... #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky 🏺

Mosaic of the Griffins from the Domus dell’Ospedale, beginning of 1st century BCE. Currently on display at Museo Archeologico di Palestrina. #MosaicMonday #Rome

Artemisia Gentileschi, Saint Cecilia, 1620 circa, Galleria Spada, #Rome #art

Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Sermon in the ruins of #Rome, Les musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, #Brussels 📸 2024 #art

Because beauty helps, this is the Villa Farnesina in #Rome, full of bright early 16thC frescoes - incl Raphael's "Galatea" on the wall left - filled to the brim with heavenly creatures: gods, planets, constellations, cupids, and birds everywhere 🤩

Entering the frigidarium (cold room) of Bratton Seymour #Roman villa bathhouse Excavated by @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social 2015-16, this stunning rebuild at the Newt in #Somerset is as close as we can get to the sights and sounds of Britannia without a time machine 😍 🎥 Dec 2022 #RomanSiteSaturday

#RomanSiteSaturday from the cryptoporticus at the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste (Palestrina, #Rome). #archaeology #history

#FrescoFriday #FindsFriday 🏺 One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster. Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.

For #FrescoFriday, fresco fragments from Palestrina, #Rome. 1st century BCE, currently on display at Museo Archeologico di Palestrina. #archaeology #history

For #ReliefWednesday, a magnificent #jasper #intaglio depicting #Athena Parthenos in profile, in #palazzoMassimo. A tiny signature in Greek running vertically behind her helmet names the artist as one Aspasios. The artist took inspiration from the great statue in the #Parthenon. #AncientBluesky 🏺

The Cryptoporticus (Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina) is the vaulted gallery that runs beneath the seating of the cavea. Built using opus incertum and originally finished with stucco, the space now houses sculptures and epigraphic documents from both the city and the surrounding area.

12 gods with interesting modes of transport for Xmas #6. Hermes/Mercury, god of travel, rather bafflingly choosing to have his chariot drawn by roosters. Two of many prints imitating a design by Raphael in the Sala dei Pontifici.

The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia is a sacred complex dedicated to the goddess Fortuna in the city of Praeneste (Palestrina, #Rome). It is one of the greatest examples of Late Republican architecture in ancient Italy. It was built at the end of the 2nd century BCE. Pictures from yesterday’s visit.

View over Rome from the Ludovisi district

Clay goblet from Early Bronze Age Troy. Known as a depas goblet after the Homeric ‘depas amphikypellon', recent residue analysis shows these two-handled vessels were used for drinking wine some 4,250 years ago! Istanbul Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Part of the ‘Hunting Dogs Mosaic’ from Roman Cirencester (Corinium). The mosaic was discovered in 1849, and is now on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Cirencester

#MosaicMonday live from Museo archeologico nazionale di Palestrina! It houses the magnificent Nile Mosaic, depicting the Egyptian landscape during a flood of the Nile. Created by Alexandrian artists at the end of the 2nd century BCE, it is one of the largest and most significant Hellenistic mosaics

Upcoming exhibition in #Melbourne! #ROME: Empire, Power, People From Wednesday 1 April to Sunday 25 October 2026 at Melbourne Museum museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemus...

Perched on a hilltop overlooking the Pontine Marshes, ancient Norba boasts some of the best-preserved polygonal walls in Italy. The town plan is a rare early example of Roman orthogonal urbanism on difficult terrain, utilizing a system of terracing. #archaeology #history #AncientSiteSunday

So delighted to have recorded this podcast with the fabulous Emily Briffett @historyextra.bsky.social. Really great to have been talking “all you could want to know about Roman houses”. 😃 podcasts.apple.com/sk/podcast/r...

#RomanSiteSaturday live from ancient Norba! Norba was a member of the Latin League and fought against Rome around the turn of the 5th century BCE. Thread 🧵 #archaeology #history