What’s going on in 419 and 418 BCE? We hear your questions and this episode is all about the answers. Tune in for an uprising, and some neighbourly disputes with the Labicani…
This is basically a recreation of a photo I took maybe six or seven years ago. As fortune would have it, I’m even wearing basically the same outfit 😅 Augustus remains unchanged.
Detail from the one of my favourite ancient Roman mosaics. There’s tentacles galore to enjoy here as well as many different examples of marine life 🐟🐙🦑🦐
I'd say Herculaneum did, because it's a less popular site and very well preserved. Although seeing the food stall remains at Pompeii and going back to Naples to have Pizza gave me pause.
We saw Herculaneum the day before we went back. When we were waiting for the train we had pizza at the small place at the top of the hill. So I feel I reflected more on the people and the lost history there.
Found a certain ‘so-called’ Agrippina bust at MAN Napoli! Very excited to hang out with such an extraordinary figure from Rome’s early imperial period.
Caught this beautiful fragment of a number of birds in a tree with my own eyes yesterday. This was once part of a funerary fresco from Paestum c. C4th BCE.
The best part was pointing out this excellent phallic display to passing English tourists, who were shocked in that awkward English way, and took a picture to end our interaction. I was like, you’re about to miss the best part of Pompeii!
We sat down with Genn and Jenny from the ‘Ancient History Fan Girl’ podcast to learn all about the Women of Myth in celebration of their book! Tune in to hear all about some of the amazing mythological women from across the globe.
Lessons I learnt at Pompeii: never let anyone tell you that you can’t ride a shrimp. You can. And if the opportunity arises, such an act may just be captured in a fresco.
I caught this beauty while at the Baths of Diocletian. It’s been placed on display on an exterior wall and is genuinely huge. The different bird life featured is spectacular!
At the Baths of Diocletian, I just happened across what appears to be a sarcophagus sized for one… it was an exciting find, especially when the fully realised single portrait is of a woman.
This piece is on my mind after coming across it quite unexpectedly in the Baths of Diocletian. It was a feeling of awe to see this beauty with my own eyes.
🏛 Acropolis Museum (usually, but clearly currently on loan!)