🪷 Jan. 23rd we honor #Asclas of #Antinoopolis, representing the many martyrs throughout the centuries - pagans, Jews, Christians - who've been persecuted, tortured and killed in the hotbed of religious fervor around #Antinopolis and #Akhenaten's #Armana: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... 🪷

🪷 Dec 4th is #SockDay: #Antinoopolis, founded where #Antinous died, is famous for woven cloth, tapestries. A child's sock found at #Antinopolis has innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Such socks were exported throughout the empire: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/05/stri... #NationalSockDay 🪷

🪷 30 Oct 130 AD grieving #Hadrian founded #Antinoopolis on the Nile where #Antinous had died just days earlier. First priest and Epistrategos of #Antinopolis was #JuliusFidusAquila. The obelisk text says it was a mix of Egyptian and Greco-Roman styles. antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... 🪷

🪷 On 30 October 130 AD #Hadrian founded #Antinoopolis on the banks of the Nile where #Antinous died. " #Antinopolis became a haven for the educated and mystically inclined homosexuals," Watch this "History of Antinoopolis" video by modern-day Priest Julien: youtu.be/v63vIsamXUY 🪷

🪷 #Antinoopolis, built where #Antinous died in October 130 AD, is known for woven cloth, tapestries. Now a child's stripey sock found in an #Antinopolis dump reveals innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Such socks were exported throughout the empire: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/05/stri... 🪷

🪷 February 131 AD #Antinoopolis rises on the banks of the Nile where #Antinous had died in October 130 AD. First priest of #Antinopolis is #JuliusFidusAquila. Obelisk hieroglyphs say the city was a mix of Egyptian & Greco-Roman styles. Full story here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-... 🪷

🪷 January 23rd we honor #Asclas of #Antinoopolis, symbolizing countless martyrs throughout the ages to this day: pagans, Jews, Christians persecuted, tortured and killed in the hotbed of religious fervor around #Antinopolis & #Akhenaten 's #Armana. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-... 🪷