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We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000. Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026. More information:
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The deadline is fast approaching! Apply for a Shohet Scholars Grant from the International Catacomb Society!
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Arthur Urbano
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Check out my Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection on
#Flickr
. Like sarcophagi? This is for you.
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#photography
#archaeology
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Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection
Explore this photo album by Arthur Urbano on Flickr!
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The deadline is fast approaching! Apply for a Shohet Scholars Grant from the International Catacomb Society!
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Arthur Urbano
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The central medallion was heavily restored in the 19th c. and some would argue many of the original details obscured. For example, Jesus is depicted as bearded here, whereas in many other early Christian depictions of the baptism (such as the one in the Arian baptistery) he is shown beardless.
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Arthur Urbano
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To see this mosaic of the
#Baptism
of Christ in person is breathtaking. Commissioned in the 5th c. it decorates the dome of the Orthodox Baptistery in
#Ravenna
. Around the central medallion is a procession of the 12 apostles (Paul being the 12th!) 📷🇮🇹
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#photography
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Dome, Neonian Baptistery (Ravenna, Italy)
The ancient baptistery of Ravenna originally built under the bishop Ursus in the fourth century was embellished in the fifth century with the brilliant mosaic program we see today by Bishop Neon. It ...
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We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000. Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026. More information:
www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
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2025 was an exciting year for us at the ICS and we have more in store for 2026! We began the year with a new face on board. Shira Telushkin joined us as Business Manager bringing enthusiasm and new creativity to the ICS. We’re thrilled to be working with her!
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2025 was an exciting year for us at the ICS and we have more in store for 2026! We began the year with a new face on board. Shira Telushkin joined us as Business Manager bringing enthusiasm and new creativity to the ICS. We’re thrilled to be working with her!
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Want to help support Humanities and Interdisciplinary research in ancient studies? Consider a year-end gift to the International Catacomb Society to help support our Shohet Grant program! Give here:
www.catacombsociety.org/give/
Learn about the Shohet Grants here:
www.catacombsociety.org/program/
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Jon Hawke
27 days ago
#Happy
#NewYear
2026 to all that follow and engage. I hope it is successful in every way. Janus The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, Janus fresco in Aula Gotica in Ss. Quattro Coronati, Rome
#painting
#art
#History
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows
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Archaeologists Are Using Lasers to Clean Decades of Grime Off a Towering 1,800-Year-Old Marble Column in Rome
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Archaeologists Are Using Lasers to Clean Decades of Grime Off a Towering 1,800-Year-Old Marble Column in Rome
Standing 154 feet tall, the column of Marcus Aurelius is located in the Piazza Colonna and intricately decorated with gruesome scenes of warfare
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-using-lasers-to-clean-decades-of-grime-off-a-towering-1800-year-old-marble-column-in-rome-180987926/
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Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture
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Funding opportunity: 2026–2027 Shohet Scholars Program, International Catacomb Society. Applications due February 1, 2026
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2026–2027 Shohet Scholars Program, International Catacomb Society | Mary Jaharis Center
https://maryjahariscenter.org/blog/20262027-shohet-scholars-program-international-catacomb-society
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Our Facebook page was down for a bit, but we're back up and live! Give us a follow!
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International Catacomb Society. 2,025 likes · 19 talking about this. The International Catacomb Society, Inc. is a 501(c)3 U.S public charity.
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Praise-Abby Barebone
about 1 month ago
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
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Arthur Urbano
about 1 month ago
Merry Christmas! 🎄 Here is the lid of a fourth century sarcophagus in the Vatican Museums showing one of the earliest depictions of the Nativity.
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#Christmas
#photography
#BuonNatale
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Early Christian Nativity (Vatican Museums)
From a lid of a fourth-century sarcophagus preserved in the Pio Cristiano collection of the Vatican Museums. One of the earliest representations of the Christmas story. Depicted are a series of scene...
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Robyn Faith Walsh
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I was delighted to visit Bible & Archaeology (
bam.sites.uiowa.edu
) recently to talk about early nativity scenes! 🤓
youtu.be/nKBm6FYKoEc?...
We cover the catacombs, frescoes, Life of Brian. And it's the closest I've ever come to invoking "Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals"...
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This Is The Oldest Nativity Scene We Have
YouTube video by Bible & Archaeology
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Our Facebook page was down for a bit, but we're back up and live! Give us a follow!
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International Catacomb Society. 2,025 likes · 19 talking about this. The International Catacomb Society, Inc. is a 501(c)3 U.S public charity.
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Arthur Urbano
about 1 month ago
Here's a video I took of the interior of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in
#Ravenna
. It gives you a good sense of what it's like to view the amazing mosaics on site--the saints procession, the Palatium, and the christological panels. 📹🇮🇹
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#photography
#travel
#LateAntiquity
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VIDEO: The nave mosaics of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy)
The church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna was built as the palace chapel of the Ostrogoth king Theoderic (454-526). Theoderic was an Arian Christian. Eastern Arianism held that as Son of God, Jes...
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Arthur Urbano
about 2 months ago
hey, that me! I was only at the PIAC for one year as an auditor, but it was hands down THE most formative aspect of my graduate and professional education.
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The PIAC was founded in 1925 by decree of Pius XI. Over the past century it has trained scores of archaeologists in the study of the catacombs, ancient basilicas, inscriptions, and other early Christian artifacts of Rome and beyond.
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Alison Fisk
about 2 months ago
Stunning pair of c. 1,500 year-old luxury women’s leather shoes! Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨ From Egypt. V&A Museum 📷 by me
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows
about 2 months ago
Anatolia’s only known ‘Good Shepherd’ Jesus fresco uncovered in Iznik, crafted in Roman style - Türkiye Today
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Anatolia’s only known ‘Good Shepherd’ Jesus fresco uncovered in Iznik, crafted in Roman style - Türkiye Today
In a frescoed tomb at Iznik’s Hisardere Necropolis, a rare Good Shepherd image of Jesus offers a new glimpse into Early Christian faith in Anatolia
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anatolias-only-known-good-shepherd-jesus-fresco-uncovered-in-iznik-crafted-in-roman-s-3211092
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Anatolia’s only known ‘Good Shepherd’ Jesus fresco uncovered in Iznik, crafted in Roman style
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Anatolia’s only known ‘Good Shepherd’ Jesus fresco uncovered in Iznik, crafted in Roman style - Türkiye Today
In a frescoed tomb at Iznik’s Hisardere Necropolis, a rare Good Shepherd image of Jesus offers a new glimpse into Early Christian faith in Anatolia
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/anatolias-only-known-good-shepherd-jesus-fresco-uncovered-in-iznik-crafted-in-roman-s-3211092
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Ennius
about 2 months ago
"Arma virumque cano......."
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We received enough submissions for two online sessions at next year's NAPS annual meeting! Thanks to all who submitted abstracts. We are looking forward to the sessions!
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NAPS organizers have extended the deadline to Nov 26! Pull that paper out of the wardrobe and submit it!
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Hey
#SBLAAR25
, looking for funding for your project on the Ancient Mediterranean? We're accepting applications through February 1 for the Shohet Scholars Grant.
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Hey
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, looking for funding for your project on the Ancient Mediterranean? We're accepting applications through February 1 for the Shohet Scholars Grant.
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NAPS organizers have extended the deadline to Nov 26! Pull that paper out of the wardrobe and submit it!
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DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS TOMORROW NOV. 19!
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Jamey Walters
3 months ago
It’s really too bad that I have so many things I need to do today, because all I want to do is sit and read this new book by
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We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000. Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026. More information:
www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
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We are organizing an online session for the 2026 annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society: "Clothing and Meaning-Making in Early Christianity". Proposal deadline is Nov. 19.
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Conference: I Sarcofagi paleocristiani romani: nuovi studi, nuovi approcci / Roman Early Christian Sarcophagi: New studies, new approaches DAI Roma - Musei Vaticani Nov 6-7. In person and online
www.academia.edu/143216180/I_...
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Join us on Thursday!
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Register now to hear one of the leading experts on the Jewish catacombs!
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A productive meeting of the ICS Board of Directors this week! The call for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean will be published soon. Keep an eye out! More info:
www.catacombsociety.org/program/
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Arthur Urbano
4 months ago
In the Boston area? Check out Jessica's talk. She is one of the leading experts on Jews and archaeology in Rome. Her new book "A Jewish Archaeology: The Christian Discovery of Jewish Catacombs in Rome" (Brill, 2025) is out now!
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Anca Wilkening
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I will be the Glücksfee (German word of the day) who gets to the draw the lucky winner!
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welcome and attn: new followers! 👇
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Love catacombs and ancient Mediterranean material culture? Oraganized, and good with numbers? We are looking for a new Treasurer and Board member. See announcement below.
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We appreciate your patience as the ICS website undergoes planned maintenance that may temporarily interrupt access to some users, depending on region and internet provider. Interruptions may last up to 10 days, until 10/17/25.
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We have partnered with Lehrhaus in Somerville, MA to bring you an exciting class taught by Dr. Jessica Dello Russo on 10/30 at 6pm: "Whispers from the
#Catacombs
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#Rome
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We have partnered with Lehrhaus in Somerville, MA to bring you an exciting class taught by Dr. Jessica Dello Russo on 10/30 at 6pm: "Whispers from the
#Catacombs
: Discovering Jewish Culture Under Ancient
#Rome
" Registration required:
t.co/4tlXs5o1mH
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We appreciate your patience as the ICS website undergoes planned maintenance that may temporarily interrupt access to some users, depending on region and internet provider. Interruptions may last up to 10 days, until 10/17/25.
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We will be organizing an ONLINE session for the 2026 annual meeting of the North American Patristics Society in Chicago -- "Clothing and Meaning-Making in Early Christianity." We'd love to consider your proposal! CfP opens on October 15.
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Subscribe to the newletter of the Pontifical Institute of Christian
#Archaeology
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www.piac.it/news/1757680...
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Iscriviti alla nostra Newsletter
Per ricevere le notizie su novità, eventi, congressi, conferenze, ecc. iscriviti alla nostra newsletter.
https://www.piac.it/news/1757680024_iscriviti-alla-nostra-newsletter
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Giornate di studio in ricordo di Hugo Brandenburg
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Giornate di studio in ricordo di Hugo Brandenburg
Il Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana e l'Istituto Archeologico Germanico di Roma invitano a due giornate di studio sulle ultime ricerche e novità sulle chiese paleocristiane di Roma.
https://www.piac.it/eventi/giornate-di-studio-ricordo-di-hugo-brandenburg_1749972206
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Love catacombs and ancient Mediterranean material culture? Oraganized, and good with numbers? We are looking for a new Treasurer and Board member. See announcement below.
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Fresco of the good shepherd from the Crypt of Lucina, one of the oldest sections of the
#catacombs
of Callixtus in
#Rome
. Early third century. (Wilpert water color)
#archaeology
#EarlyChristianity
#art
#antiquity
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