#roman

[econoenigma]

Become Ungovernable

[arabdoll]

“What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.”

Seneca

[illustratus]

The Sacred Grove of the Druids, set design from Vincenzo Bellini's Opera ''Norma''

[museum-of-artifacts]

Stone cooking supports used to grill skewers of meat by Minoans on Santorini, circa 3600 years old. The line of holes in the base supplied coals with oxygen. Many consider modern "souvlaki" street kebabs a direct descendant of this portable food system. Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Greece. More: https://thetravelbible.com/museum-of-artifacts/

[zegalba]

A Roman "hologram" effect ring found in the grave of 1st century AD noblewoman, Aebutia Quarta.

The ring is thought to depict her son, Titus Carvilius Gemello, who passed away at age of 18. Found at the Grottaferrata necropolis close to Rome.

[thefoilguy]

Laocoon and His Sons - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

[666candies]

adam and eve apple. quote translates to “I am your half”

[ancientrome]

Erotic fresco at the House of the Vettii in Pompeii.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Statue of Tyche.

Date: A.D. 2nd century

Medium: Marble

Provinience: Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.

[the-evil-clergyman]

In the Tepidarium by John William Godward (1913)

[389]

Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios. Hands decorated with religious symbols were designed to stand in sanctuaries or, like this one, were attached to poles for processional use.

Date: Roman 1st–2nd century AD. Collection: British Museum.

[hadrian6]

Bust of Antinous. Roman. circa 130-138 AD. found at Hadrian's Villa in 1769. marble. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK) http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

[illustratus]

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming by Joseph Wright of Derby

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Charles-Amable Lenoir (French, 1860-1926) A dance by the sea, n.d.

[museum-of-artifacts]

An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. The didlo was hidden in the seat of a Louis XV armchair found in a convent near Paris. Now housed at the Science Museum in London

More: https://thetravelbible.com/mysterious-archaeological-finds/