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5000 historical sites are geo-located on the map, ranked by interest, and supported by our unique up-to-date descriptions . The library includes 300 ancient texts and the Gallery is 8000 pictures rich.
5000 historical sites are geo-located on the map, ranked by interest, and supported by our unique up-to-date descriptions . The library includes 300 ancient texts and the Gallery is 8000 pictures rich.
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πͺ For #FrescoFriday: a wall-painting with a reclining Naiad, drinking from a horn. Dated to AD 30-50, it was found at a Roman villa at Campo Varano, #Stabiae. Now in the BM. πΈ me
πͺ For eyes pleasure: an amber ring from the #Sibenik city museum in Croatia. The Romans believed that amber possessed the ability to ward off evil spirits and to protect its wearer from harm πΈ me
2πͺ For #EpigraphyTusday: a detail of a marble slab bearing the signature of a sculptor called Menas. Dated to the mid-3d century BC in Magnesia ad Sipylum, it is now part of the Istanbul Archaeology Museum collection. πΈ me
πͺ For #MosaicMonday: a 4th c AD roman mosaic depicting a woman holding a grey #sistrum. The sistrum was a sacred instrument in ancient Egypt. #Isis was depicted with a bucket in one hand, symbolizing the flooding of the Nile, and a sistrum in the other. Now in the BM. πΈ me
πͺ For #ReliefWednesday: Itβs a roman tombstone from the town of #Osor, on the beautiful Croatian island ofCres. It depicts a centurion of the war ship liburnae. The roman officer died in Osor, and the city paid for his burial. He is holding a hitch knot in his hand. πΈ me