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The 1st of Feb was also the first day I started my 5th-month Postdoctoral fellowship at @khiflorenz. My project aims to pursue further research following the PhD on #funerary #portraiture of #RomanSyria
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1/ 1st Feb brought breaking news about the life-size statue of the Roman Emperor shown as Hercules discovered in the Roman sewer system. The marble statue, complete with identifying lion skin headwear and club, was discovered during cleaning of a 100-year-old pipe!
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1/ 1st Feb brought breaking news about the life-size statue of the Roman Emperor shown as Hercules discovered in the Roman sewer system. The marble statue, complete with identifying lion skin headwear and club, was discovered during cleaning of a 100-year-old pipe!
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Roman sewer repair reveals statue of emperor posing as Hercules https://t.co/gFyxccl8mN
#facetoface with Caligola in room 9
#museoarcheologicovenezia #romanportrait #collection #Rome
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Roman marble bust of a girl. Between 1st century BC and 1st century AD. Elaborate modelling of hairdo. Splendid portrait of late Republican/early imperial aristocrat.
@Muzeum_Narodowe
#NocMuzeow2022
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Golden mummy mask discovered in 1999 in #Bahariya Oasis, #Egypt. Dr. Zahi Hawass located a 6-sq-km, the largest Graeco-Roman cemetery ever found. Dates back to 600 BC, nearly contemporary to the temple of Alexander the Great a kilometer away.
#RomanSiteSaturday
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The emperor Tiberius, by Angelo Minghetti (1822-1885), in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A shocking example of Victorian taste.
Heard about it in Mary Beard's lecture on "Roman Imperial Portraiture".
The cultural history of a Roman bust.
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#Roman sculpture of a man remains of color, Archaeological Museums, #Istanbul.
Wreath, and bent head and gesture of contemplation. There is a mystery about this carving.
Urban public display? Tomb?
Asia Minor, Syria, or Thracia?
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There was also a fine set of marble aristocratic #busts with this grave aristocratic lady with #DomitiaLongina in the background. Eve of the II century C.E.
Rearranged Gallery of Ancient Art at @Muzeum_Narodowe in #Warsaw.
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"Old friend" - boy with "Isis lock". Painted on narrow wood panels. Graeco-Roman Egypt, II century C.E.
Rearranged Gallery of Ancient Art at @Muzeum_Narodowe in Warsaw.
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#ArtisticFusion
Fayum 'mummy portrait' of a young man from Roman-Egypt; perhaps a soldier, the man wears a cloak fastened with a gold brooch. Encaustic on wood, Late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
تمثال نصفي لامرأة مصنوع من الرخام اكتشف في معبد أفروديت بمدينة قورينا ويعود للقرن الميلادي الثاني - المتحف البريطاني
Marble portrait bust of a woman from the Temple of Aphrodite at Cyrene, 2nd century AD - British museum
The spectacular head of Lucius Caesar from Spanish excavations.
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Today Musée archeologique d'Aventes has published the extaordinary pictures of finding this extaordinary bust from Roman Helvetia in 1939.
Local interpretation of Antonine imagery.
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Transformations of Commodus. From the delicate son of the Philosopher Emperor to the degenarate Neos Hercules, the Gladiator on the throne of Roman Empire. Interesting psychological shift documented by #RomanPortrait
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From the @metmuseum comes this poignant image from a #Roman funerary relief, showing a family from the 2nd-3rd century AD. This one does not carry an inscription so the names and story of this family remain unknown.
I just adore the noble portraiture of virtuous Agrippina Maior ...
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The #Roman Empire said farewell to a powerful woman on 17th October 33AD, when Agrippina the Elder possibly died. She was wife of Germanicus, Granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus & mother of the Emperor Caligula. She died in exile, possibly having been starved to death, aged 46
A sensitive portrait of Lucilla as a girl from @britishmuseum collection. Lucilla was daughter of the #Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius & his wife, Faustina the Younger, She was born cAD148 & this bust dates from the time of her marriage at aged 17/18 in AD165. #DayOfTheGirl
Roman tombstone showing child with his parents... https://t.co/2gC2SQwToV
#rzym #antycznyrzym #ancientrome #imperiumromanum
The remarkable head of #DomitiaLongina from Medelhavnsmuseet in Stockholm.
#FlavianHairstyles
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