Roman Middle East

News, pictures and history concerning the #Roman-era frontier/#Byzantine #archaeology of North Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and Arabia.

#RomanMiddleEast

[Duncan Dine @duncan_dine]

Mosaic of Angel grape pickers and Panthers,the House of the Dolphins El Jem Tunisia for #MosaicMonday @romanhistory1 @roamintheempire @romanarchaeouk @RomanMiddleEast s

[Journal of Open Archaeology Data (JOAD) @up_joad]

🆕📢 New paper alert!
"Preserving Endangered #CulturalHeritage Through #3D Scanning. The Case of the Banqueting Tokens from #Palmyra, #Syria 🇸🇾" : https://t.co/l7mcfUI6TR

#OpenData #OpenScience #Archaeology #Heritage
#3dscanning

[Biblical Archaeology Review @BibArch]

Rare in the second century BCE, these ceramic roof tiles may have once topped the Acra fortress built by Antiochus Epiphanes. https://t.co/F9LnJNdiJO

[Honor Frost Foundation @honor_frost]

A reminder that it is now possible for *everyone* to attend our annual lecture this Friday (December 8th, 2023) at 6 pm! In-person tickets are still available, but if you would like to digitally attend the lecture, please register to receive the link: https://t.co/i5Sm96hoJt

[Jon Hawke 🏛️🏺 @HawkeJon]

#MosaicMonday
Byzantine period #church in Nahariya Israel.
In the heart of the city of Nahariya, hides a Byzantine church whose #mosaic floor remains intact and the decorations are among the most beautiful found in the churches of the Galilee.
#Archaeology #History #art

[Jon Hawke 🏛️🏺 @HawkeJon]

#MosaicMonday
EXISTENCE - A "SWEET LIFE" Floor mosaic with allegorical representation of Life and "Sweet Life", a pleasant life. limestone and glass tiles- 133x97 cm - from Syria, Emesa, modern Homs- ca 350/400 AD- Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
#ancient #art #artwork

[Lucius Apuleius @RPH969]

Mosaic of Europa; on display at the National Museum of Antiquities, Algiers, Algeria.

#Algeria #Numidia #MosaicMonday

[Kim Humberstone OBE @K_Humberstone]

#MosaicMonday ARA Turkey study tour - the House of the Fisherman, Bodrum. @romanarchaeouk

[Duncan Dine @duncan_dine]

Head of Oceanus surrounded by Sealife in a pool Second Century AD in the Archaeological Museum Sousse Tunisia 🇹🇳 @romanhistory1 @romanarchaeouk @RomanMiddleEast #romanhistory #mosaicmonday

[Duncan Dine @duncan_dine]

Mosaic hunting scene of a Greyhound with erect ears Second Century AD In the Archeological Museum Sousse Tunisia 🇹🇳 @romanhistory1 @roamintheempire @romanarchaeouk @RomanMiddleEast #mosaicmonday

[Roman Middle East @RomanMiddleEast]

Thousands of #Roman seal impressions unearthed in #Turkey. https://t.co/tODtgLIMqD #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #RomanEmpire

[Roman Middle East @RomanMiddleEast]

@EAMENA123 @TheArtNewspaper @GMAndreou @ArcadiaFund @MarEA_project Do you have any information about the cultural destruction employed by Hamas during the last 18 years? The article you posted seemed a bit 'selective' to say the least. https://t.co/eWu3CjtVEN

[Nicholas de Lange @NicholasdeLange]

Sadly (or happily) my book is sold out.
The good news is that there are plans to reprint it.

[Duncan Dine @duncan_dine]

The Baths of the Fishing Cupids , truly wonderful at Uthina Tunisia seen yesterday #mosaicmonday

[Duncan Dine @duncan_dine]

Wonderful mosaic floor in situ at Uthina in Tunisia , seen yesterday at the “ House of the Laberii ‘ #mosaicmonday

[Jon Hawke 🏛️🏺 @HawkeJon]

#MosaicMonday
The Madaba Map is part of a floor mosaic in the early #Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, #Jordan. The Madaba #Map is of the Middle East, and it contains the oldest surviving original #cartographic depiction of the Holy Land.
#Archaeology #History #art

[RomanMosaicWorkshops @romanmosaics]

The doctor treating his patient? Unusual in that it seems to show quite graphically the state of health of the patient (although there are plenty with scenes of death or wounding). Mosaic from Algiers Museum, Algeria. 📷 Steve Richards #MosaicMonday #romanmosaic #romanmosaics

[Duncan Dine @duncan_dine]

Hopefully a small taster of Roman sites we’re visiting in Tunisia 🇹🇳 this coming week , little known site on the outskirts of Tunis called Uthina , considered one ( if not the largest ) Temple in Africa @RomanMiddleEast @romanarchaeouk @romanhistory1

[Jon Levine @LevineJonathan]

They found a synagogue in Gaza that was built before Islam even existed

Tell me again — who are the occupiers?

https://t.co/jooPHdQYHF

[Roman Middle East @RomanMiddleEast]

Morocco unearths #Roman-era second century site in Rabat.
https://t.co/a0bFxawP0l

#RomanMiddleEast #Morocco #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology