Victoria's Secret? A #Roman leather #brief/#bikini bottom with a cut-out design, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces. Made of goat leather, from Trier, dating 2nd c. AD. So far, seven differently cut leather briefs are known. It's unclear whether they were use das underwear or whether they were worn by acrobats.

On display at Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier

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Victoria's Secret? A #Roman leather #brief/#bikini bottom with a cut-out design, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces. Made of goat leather, from Trier, dating 2nd c. AD. So far, seven differently cut leather briefs are known. It's unclear whether they were use das underwear or whether they were worn by acrobats.

On display at Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier

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The week just started, and we already need a timeline cleanse....

A #Roman pot with ears and a funny little face (it looks like Shaun the Sheep). Found in a burial in the necropolis of Giubiasco, Switzerland 2nd century AD.

📷 Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Children loved to play with toys in #Roman times too: some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta horse with a rider on wheels. It was certainly a much-loved which the child was also supposed to play with in the afterlife.

📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

The week just started, and we already need a timeline cleanse....

A #Roman pot with ears and a funny little face (it looks like Shaun the Sheep). Found in a burial in the necropolis of Giubiasco, Switzerland 2nd century AD.

📷 Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Children loved to play with toys in #Roman times too: some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta horse with a rider on wheels. It was certainly a much-loved which the child was also supposed to play with in the afterlife.

📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

The cleaning of the world’s largest #Roman floor mosaic, covering around 1050 sqm. It was discovered during the construction of a hotel in Antakya/Turkey. The shifting of the ground during an earthquake has caused a a ripple effect.
Dating 4th c. AD. 🏺#mosaicmonday

📷 https://www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/sanat/dev-mozaigin-yer-aldigi-muzede-sona-yaklasildi,u-F3LpGdy0qH5ihG6yFeDA/hMoDqJwAb0y--44PIH6aMQ

The cleaning of the world’s largest #Roman floor mosaic, covering around 1050 sqm. It was discovered during the construction of a hotel in Antakya/Turkey. The shifting of the ground during an earthquake has caused a a ripple effect.
Dating 4th c. AD. 🏺#mosaicmonday

📷 https://www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/sanat/dev-mozaigin-yer-aldigi-muzede-sona-yaklasildi,u-F3LpGdy0qH5ihG6yFeDA/hMoDqJwAb0y--44PIH6aMQ

How much care do you take in choosing your character's names? I'm currently digging through great women in history for my Desolation #SciFi series, as most of the characters are female. Do you have a naming scheme?

#AmWriting #writing#WritingCommunity #names#Roman

How much care do you take in choosing your character's names? I'm currently digging through great women in history for my Desolation #SciFi series, as most of the characters are female. Do you have a naming scheme?

#AmWriting #writing#WritingCommunity #names#Roman

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a major trading city at the Silk Road, the flask was found in one of two storerooms of a merchant, filled with luxury good.
National Museum of Afghanistan

#archaeology#RomanArchaeology

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a major trading city at the Silk Road, the flask was found in one of two storerooms of a merchant, filled with luxury good.
National Museum of Afghanistan

#archaeology#RomanArchaeology

Andrew O’Hagan, écrivain: «L’Angleterre est obsédée par les classes sociales»

Dans un impressionnant #roman choral, Andrew O’Hagan, un temps prête-plume de Julian Assange, décrit les mutations du #Londres d’après la pandémie, gorgé d’argent russe. Auprès de Mediapart, l’auteur écossais interroge les compromissions de la gauche travailliste.

Par Ludovic Lamant › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-et-idees/310825/andrew-o-hagan-ecrivain-l-angleterre-est-obsedee-par-les-classes-sociales?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

‪Fascinating world of ancient #glass: this absolutely stunning #Roman ribbed bowl was unearthed fully intact with little to no wear during excavations in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Monochrome ribbed bowls made of brightly coloured glass were very popular throughout the Roman empire in the 1st century AD.
They were also exported beyond the empire’s eastern frontier and have been found in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

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#archaeology#RomanArchaeology

‪Fascinating world of ancient #glass: this absolutely stunning #Roman ribbed bowl was unearthed fully intact with little to no wear during excavations in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Monochrome ribbed bowls made of brightly coloured glass were very popular throughout the Roman empire in the 1st century AD.
They were also exported beyond the empire’s eastern frontier and have been found in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

📷 me

#archaeology#RomanArchaeology

An impressive #Roman cavalry helmet with a face mask that was made of iron and plated with silver (Nijmegen-Kops Plateau type). The mask was attached to the iron helmet, which was covered with horse hair showing an elaborate and highly decorative hairstyle.
Helmets such as this one from the 1st century AD were used in tournaments as well as in battle. Fully masked cavalrymen certainly intimidated the enemy.

Found in Nijmegen.

Helmet and replica on display at Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen

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An impressive #Roman cavalry helmet with a face mask that was made of iron and plated with silver (Nijmegen-Kops Plateau type). The mask was attached to the iron helmet, which was covered with horse hair showing an elaborate and highly decorative hairstyle.
Helmets such as this one from the 1st century AD were used in tournaments as well as in battle. Fully masked cavalrymen certainly intimidated the enemy.

Found in Nijmegen.

Helmet and replica on display at Museum Het Valkhof Nijmegen

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For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.

Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei