A detail of a geometric mosaic of squares in shades of black, green and white, giving a 3D effect. The border is open guilloche with coloured centres.
For this fine spring day (in the UK), shades of green. This simple, elegant mosaic is in the museum in Aquileia.
#MosaicMonday
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
Read and remember her...
A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi
If good eyes, wow! That would only last so long...lenses, very cool. Also, some level being able to see, so carved during bright days?
ZOHRAN: “TBH, I don’t think too much about how Republicans portray me. The power of an ideology is judged in the worth of its delivery— to be told a city-run grocery store is implausible but $500 MILLION/day to kill ppl in Iran & Lebanon is necessary speaks to a broken politics.”
Oh that's so flipping cool!
An unusual statuette from Egypt's Late Period or Ptolemaic era, depicting an elegant #cat feeding her kittens. In this case, she's not a just a cat - she's Bastet, goddess of fertility, and protector of women and children. I love the kitten trying to give mama a kiss. 🐈⬛ 🏺 1/
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On the discus in relief, a horseman riding left with head turned back looking over his left shoulder and holding a long, oblong shield in his left hand. He may be identified as a barbarian, possibly a Gallic warrior, since he is naked above the waist, has long flowing hair, and wears a torque around his neck.
An absolutely fascinating image on this Roman terracotta oil lamp. A horseman holding a long, oblong shield gallops left, looking over his shoulder. He wears trousers and is naked above the waist, with wild hair and a torc. Probably a Gallic warrior. 🏺 1/
Early 1st c. CE #MetMuseum 📸 me
Todd is a good follow
It’s a good question, let’s clear the air:
1) Disco is awesome, like 25 all-time classic tracks in a 4 year span,
2) Disco was hated because it was queer, brown, and black,
3) Disco was hated because it paired women and men in a different power dynamic.
4) “Disco Sucks” was a “ MAGA” test run.
Large gold ring with chased decoration on the hoop, set with an amethyst engraved with Cupid riding on a lion. The hoop is hollow, with a D-shaped cross-section; it expands evenly towards the shoulders. The large oval setting is surrounded by a border with dog-tooth ornament. The hoop is decorated with chased ornament in the form of pointed, heavily-veined leaves and small circles made with a ring-ended punch. The gem is a somewhat pale mauve amethyst with a convex surface, engraved with a leaping lion ridden by a Cupid who brandishes a whip. Traces of the sulphur backing can be seen through the translucent stone. There is no evidence of wear on the ring. The gem is Severan in date. There is no close parallel for the leaf pattern on this ring, except on the other rings in the Thetford hoard.
Just because I can now *see* such vibrant colors and details, here's a chonky Romano-British gold ring with an engraved amethyst depicting Cupid riding a lion. There is no ancient parallel for the leaf decoration on the ring. 🏺 1/
Part of the 4th c. CE Thetford Hoard. #BritishMuseum
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Hope it was a great success!! Here's to quick healing and clearer vision!
#OnThisDay - 6 April - in 46 BC, Julius Caesar defeated the Republican forces under the command of Metellus Scipio and Cato the Younger at the Battle of Thapsus in North Africa. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RRC 468/1; Münzkabinett Berlin (18216705). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Happy Easter
Even if the bunny is scary! 😉
A rather frightening-looking hare gnawing on a cluster of grapes, its fangs exposed; part of a still-life panel (one of three in the long rectangular painting). On the window sill above the rabbit is an apple; on the wall, a partridge is hanging. All examples of the wealthy Roman larder, intended for the dinner table. Herculaneum, House of the Deer (VI 21), ca. 62-79 CE. Museo Archeological Nazionale di Napoli (MANN inv. 8644)
The Easter Hare is frankly terrifying. 😳 🏺
This gilded cartonnage, or mummy case, made from layers of linen and plaster, once covered the head and chest of a mummified woman. She wears a draped garment pulled over her head in a veil in Roman style, and wears an elaborate Roman style coiffure. Her fringed shawl or himation is tied at her breast in the style of devotees and priestesses of the Egyptian goddess Isis, and she is adorned with earrings, necklaces (formerly inlaid with glass, faience, and/or semiprecious stones throughout), and snake bracelets and armlets. The flowers and wheat in her hands also connect her to the goddess Isis, while the use of gold links her to the sun's daily rebirth - the gods themselves were said to have gold skin. She stares out at us with inlaid eyes of opaque colored glass; the dramatic lining of her eyes and her eyebrows are made with blue faience, imitating lapis lazuli. The front is mostly gilded, but the rose petal funerary wreath in her hand and the sides of her head are painted. Her hairstyle is also a mix of Roman and Egyptian elements. It's basically a Trajanic style, but the curls framing her face and corkscrew locks above her ears are in accordance with an Romano-Egyptian style popular during the latter years of the 1st century CE. Under Roman rule, Egyptians often chose burial features that emphasized either Roman or Egyptian identities - or both, as seen here. Egyptian, Roman Period, 1st century CE, possibly from Hawara. Brooklyn Museum, New York (69.35)
This 1st c. CE gilded cartonnage (mummy case, a mix of linen and gesso) of a woman shows an incredible blend of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures. The gold is traditional Egyptian, linked to the sun's daily rebirth, showing her hope of rebirth in the afterlife. 🏺 1/
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It takes two! Sarah decorating the Greek spindle whorls that have been wheel thrown by me. 🏺⚱️🪡🧵🧶🎨 www.facebook.com/share/r/18De...
Well, this has me pondering and thinking. Not sure where I am on this one...
But, watching it with the #HATM fam adds to the experience.
Folks, take care - be kind, smile more than not, laugh occassionally even at yourself.
See you next week.
Ok, we have hit 2024...got it.
But, the fun center is a bit on the creepy side.
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"This isn't the midnight realm, it's... the suburbs."
Oof, that hit for me as a former weird teen in the suburbs with depression.
#HATM #ISawtheTvGlow
So, wait, Owen, as some questions here...
This is where questions make sense to ask.
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Ok, now that is a few levels of dark I didn't have on my Sunday evening list.
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Ok, GEICO for the interruption when the stepdad came to help? rescue? Or, something...
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Ok, I am along on this journey, but um, uh...where is this going?
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Ok, so does this bar actually exist or have they gone into the show itself?
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It captures so much of rural town life - just an incredible job in storytelling.
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It's a great place to visit. Will say that the region has change so much, but not so much for that town.
Suncadia really added a whole different vibe to that area of the state. The lodge is an amazing place with the lodge room having an incredible view.
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So, he's like 24 now??
His mom has passed away. He's in the same City??
Well, ok, surprise.
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So we are going to all pray that Maddy did in fact get the hell out of there and is living the life she was hoping for...
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Northern Exposure was an incredible show. So much in that series...lots of connections with aspects of that show. Then there are the visits to Rosyln. A great little town.
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