This little #Roman silver statuette of a shepherd is displayed incorrectly at the #BritishMuseum (1st pic). Because when he's turned, you can see that he's carrying an adorable smiling lamb in a skin bag slung over his shoulder. 😍 🏺 1/ Probably 1st c. CE. 📸 me #ancientbluesky

CFP: Summer Symposium in Oriental Christian & Armenian Studies 2026, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, June 18–19, 2026. Submissions due February 22, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/summer-...

#EpigraphyTueday with the gravestone of Mercatilla at Bath. D(IS) M(ANIBVS) / MERC(ATILLA) MAGNI L(IBERTA) / ALVMNA VIXIT AN(NVM) I / M(ENSES) VI D(IES) XII. To the spirits of the departed, Mercatilla, freedwoman and foster-daughter of Magnius, lived 1 year, 6 months, 12 days. #AncientBlueSky🏺

Detail of Ornament https://www.wikiart.org/en/byzantine-mosaics/detail-of-ornament-1030

Magnificent Good Shepherd discovered in Iznik (ancient Nicaea) Turkey

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: One of my favourite #Roman objects made of glass is this little basket (height 6.5cm). It is not clear what it was used for, possibly to hold cosmetics. From Syria, dating 3rd century AD. On display at British Museum 📷 me 🏺#archaeology

Today is Charlemagne’s death day in 814 CE. In his honor, I give you the best depiction of professors writing in their offices while attempting not to socially interact with each other on any level. It’s from the Aachen Gospels. 📕

This piece of fired brick from the Legions' Tile works at Holt in Cheshire bears the signatures of three workers to confirm their expenses have been paid. Grosvenor Museum. #romans

Check out new interview with archaeologists working at Olympos in Lycia (modern Antalya) Sarcophagus of Captain Eudemos, Temple, Peristyle of the Bishop's Palace, and more from the Olympos Excavations interview with Dr. Gökçen Öztaşkın and Dr. Seçkin Evcim

From the bit of the mosaic in Hagia Sophia that is harder to see.

the Co-emperor Alexios, Eldest Son of John Ii https://www.wikiart.org/en/byzantine-mosaics/the-co-emperor-alexios-eldest-son-of-john-ii-1122

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

St. Anthony the Great, a famous monk from Egypt. Mosaic in the parekklesion of the former Pammakaristos Monastery/Fethiye Museum Today is the feast day of St. Anthony the Great

‘For a Roman statesman, Cicero’s aversion to provincial command and military glory was almost unseemly; he was only happy when his finger was on the pulse of life at Rome. Away from it, he was desolate.’ Michael Kulikowski on a new Life of Cicero. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Great name for a football team

Bombus terrestris workers (3+) out and active in Malvern today, busily collecting pollen and nectaring on Mahonia

Kariye Camii, the former Chora Monastery From "Les anciennes églises byzantines de Constantinople" by Domenico Pulgher (1880)

Portrait of a young Cooper Hawk #bird #birdoftheday #photography #blueskybirds #birdsofbluesky #canonphotography #birdart #wildlife #nature #birdportrait #birdofprey

Christ as a Warrior. Ego Sum Via, Veritas Et Vita https://www.wikiart.org/en/byzantine-mosaics/christ-as-a-warrior-ego-sum-via-veritas-et-vita-425

Another wonder unearthed from the sand in Sohag - foundations not very high but impressive and lovely clay bottles for wine

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #romans

Snowy day at the Hippodrome of Constantinople/modern Atmeydanı in Sultanahmet, Istanbul

Note the white plaster foot bottom left ... the original was found in Constantinople/Istanbul where the statues had been made and set up.

Our new online course: 'The Idea of Decline: Make Rome Great Again?' starts Wednesday 14th January! This course looks at the idea of decline in the ancient world as a concept whose resonances echo right down to the present day. www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event... #AncientBluesky 🏺

Good morning from Exmoor! Beautiful high tide with full moon and Jupiter at Minehead Harbour. Photo by Adrian Campbell.

Amazing carving of the three kings for Epiphany from Damascus

I've decided on Fahrenheit 451 as my final book of the year. I have read Bradbury, but for some reason, never this one. Usually I skip the forewords but decided not to, and I'm glad I read this one because it was lovely, and ended thus.

Health, Life, Joy, Peace, Good Cheer, Hope Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς 4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) at the British Museum

A lot of images of Cybele have her holding up a drum or tambourine like "you want this don't you?"

Hunter's Idol (Garra) – Bahinemo culture, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century 109 cm – 43 in.

A blue morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) resting at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado, showing the eye-spot patterns on the underside of its wings. Photography is about perspective — and I’m glad you’re part of this one. #MacroPhotography #BlueMorpho #ScottKissPhoto

Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by Justinian on December 27, 537

Yesterday, she set sail. A fairy sailboat shaped from a horse chestnut shell, trimmed with silken butterfly wings and guided by a sycamore seed rudder, drifting across the moon-burn. Carrying hop flowers and quiet hopes, she finds safe harbour in the 23rd window of Nature’s Advent Calendar. #Wonder

#SunriseSaturday #NewZealand #nature #photography The best sunrise I had on the whole trip, this was Nugget Point at dawn in mid November, not far from Kaka Point kia ora 🤙

Glorious. Thanks for the reminder of where to find them

#MosaicMonday with this one of the four chariot teams at Palazzo Massimo! We see a member of each of the Green, Red, White and Blue teams with their horses. First half of the 3rd Century AD, from Rome, cubiculum of the Villa of the Severi, Baccano locality, 16m along Via Cassia. #AncientBlueSky🏺

The colours also look amazing - that orange border, is it common in Roman mosaics in Britain?

Love-in-a-mist #art #photography #flowers

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h... "Historians Say This Rare Mosaic Found on a British Farm Depicts Scenes From a Long-Lost Account of the Trojan War"

We saw a ship come sailing in... a rather fine Narbonnese sailing ship going past a lighthouse on this mosaic from Ostia. #MosaicMonday #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-...

Gold coin (nomisma histamenon) of Basil II and Constantine VIII At Dumbarton Oaks Basil II died in Constantinople on December 15, 1025.

Phoenix and archangel - Late Antique mosaics from the Rotunda of Thessaloniki One of the major landmarks of the Thessaloniki, the Rotunda is often identified as the Mausoleum of Galerius (who made Thessaloniki an imperial residence around 300) and later converted into a church.

Wonderful conference in Naples

Autumn progressing in the walled garden at Royden Park. 🍁🍃🍂 Last-gasp equaliser for Tranmere Rovers too, I believe. 👍⚽️

Angel (Eucharist Cycle) https://www.wikiart.org/en/byzantine-mosaics/angel-eucharist-cycle-1113

For #findsfriday the most adorable #chess piece ever! A knight, made of antler. Dating 11/12th century. Found at the Burgstein, Lichtenstein-Holzelfingen. 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

Friday 20 June, the Acropolis Museum celebrates its 16th anniversary! www.parthenonuk.com/latest-news/...