#roman

[ancientrome]

Room M of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79, functioned as a bedroom. x

[romegreeceart]

Pantheon

Rome, July 2012

[evangelinepickering]

"Didn't think you'd get sweet on me," Eva teased. There was still plenty about him that frustrated her to no end, but it only made what she could get from him even more satisfying. If she had to agree to his terms sometimes, it seemed like it was a price she was wiling to pay. "I know, it's so unlike me," she shrugged off, rewarded with the feeling of his fingers against the material of her clothing. "But I'd say you're to blame for melting my braincells and causing me all this terrible memory loss. What have you got to say for yourself about that?"

"Would you be that surprised? I'm not exactly stingy with them, you just were never exactly pleasant enough to warrant receiving them before. These days... well, you've proven to be more than what meets the eye." And he'd enjoyed experiencing it, especially with that extra added spice of sass that Eva always seemed to bring to everything. "Awfully forgetful today aren't we?" He teased with a warmth to his tone as she stepped in closer, his fingers brushing over her clothing lightly.

[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/

[666candies]

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

[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

[illustratus]

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

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Child's Sock from Egypt, c.250-350 CE: this colorful sock is nearly 1,700 years old

This sock was discovered during excavations in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus. It was likely created for a child during the late Roman period, c.250-350 CE.

Similar-looking socks from late antiquity and the early Byzantine period have also been found at several other sites throughout Egypt; these socks often have colorful, striped patterns with divided toes, and they were crafted out of wool using a technique known as nålbinding.

Above: a similar child's sock from Antinoöpolis, c.250-350 CE

The sock depicted above was created during the same period, and it was found in a midden heap (an ancient rubbish pit) in the city of Antinoöpolis. A multispectral imaging analysis of this sock yielded some interesting results back in 2018, as this article explains:

... analysis revealed that the sock contained seven hues of wool yarn woven together in a meticulous, stripy pattern. Just three natural, plant-based dyes—madder roots for red, woad leaves for blue and weld flowers for yellow—were used to create the different color combinations featured on the sock, according to Joanne Dyer, lead author of the study.

In the paper, she and her co-authors explain that the imaging technique also revealed how the colors were mixed to create hues of green, purple and orange: In some cases, fibers of different colors were spun together; in others, individual yarns went through multiple dye baths.

Such intricacy is pretty impressive, considering that the ancient sock is both “tiny” and “fragile."

Given its size and orientation, the researchers believe it may have been worn on a child’s left foot.

Above: another child's sock from Al Fayyum, c.300-500 CE

The ancient Egyptians employed a single-needle looping technique, often referred to as nålbindning, to create their socks. Notably, the approach could be used to separate the big toe and four other toes in the sock—which just may have given life to the ever-controversial socks-and-sandals trend.

Sources & More Info:

Manchester Museum: Child's Sock from Oxyrhynchus

British Museum: Sock from Antinoupolis

Royal Ontario Museum: Sock from Al Fayyum

Smithsonian Magazine: 1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion

The Guardian: Imaging Tool Unravels Secrets of Child's Sock from Ancient Egypt

PLOS ONE Journal: A Multispectral Imaging Approach Integrated into the Study of Late Antique Textiles from Egypt

National Museums Scotland: The Lost Sock

[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)

[ancientrome]

Fresco from Pompeii of Dirk's punishment.

[romegreeceart]

Roman horse statues

Baths of Diocletian Museum

Rome, July 2015

[jackhenderscnadams]

"And what point would you be referring to?" Jack asked, raising a brow as if she did have a clue what he was talking about. She didn't, "Oh really? You'll have to prove that since I've got no experience with unusual places," she retorted in a playful tone, finding a broom cupboard and pulling him into it by the shirt until he back slammed into a wall. Their noses were touching and she grinned before closing the gap.

"Oh, we're at that point are we?" Roman said with a laugh though he clearly wasn't turning down the idea. "Sure, sounds like a fun time to me. The unusual places are usually the best." He admitted with a grin.

[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/