MediterraneanHistory

#mediterranean #history #archeology #anthropology #medieval #ancient #roman #greek #levant #byzantium #latin #ottoman

[Roma Aeterna 🏛 @ValeriaAugusta8]

#Archéologie : découverte d’un espace commercial d’époque romaine à #Djerba en #Tunisie. https://t.co/LFRixOQ9qe

[Araceli Rego @AraceliRego]

Ancient theatre in Bosra, Syria, built in the second quarter of the 2nd century CE. It is the largest and best preserved theatre of all Roman theaters in the Middle East

[Ancient Origins @ancientorigins]

A 3000-year-old Iron Age cult temple, from around the First Temple period, has been unearthed in Jerusalem, and it is now throwing into doubt an age-old biblical claim and assumptions about the formation of Judah.

https://t.co/cKCIE0CmG5

[Ancient Origins @ancientorigins]

Mount Athos has been a scared place since the time of the battle between the gods and the giants. Its mythic birth, the dedication of it to the Virgin Mary, and as the home of over 40 monasteries ensures it remains a spiritual place. https://t.co/C3gun2Hgjx

[The Ancient World @TheAncientWorld]

Bronze Age Minoan art (including detail from the Bull-Leaping fresco) on display at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete, Greece (2009)

[Following Hadrian @carolemadge]

The last day of our trip to #Egypt was spent exploring ancient Alexandria. We visited the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Pompey's Pillar and the Serapeum, the Roman Theatre (or Odeum), the National Museum, as well as the Bibliotheca Alexandria and its museum.
#archaeologytravel

[Darius Arya @DariusAryaDigs]

Splendid setting 4 exploring history - Imperial Fora Museum is a massive archaeological site composed of the “Markets” of Trajan, built into Quirinal Hill on 3 levels. You also have a clear view of the Forum of Trajan & Via Alessandrina excavation @museiincomune @Sovrintendenza

[Historia National Geographic @HistoriaNG]

Los mares aún ocultan muchos secretos.
https://t.co/lHkR3GMeDf

[The Byzantine Legacy @ByzantineLegacy]

Hippodrome in the Ottoman era

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

#Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Reconstruction Sketch by J. Golvin. Read Story: https://t.co/Y9HKcYgq39

[Pantheon Roma @pantheon_roma]

a concave floor in the centre and 22 holes contribute to drain all the water that has been falling into #pantheon for almost 2000 years..

[CANI @ClassAssocNI]

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph from 724 and after a reign of honesty and simplicity, died of diphtheria #OnThisDay

[HistoryExtra @HistoryExtra]

A brief history of #ValentinesDay – from the patron saint of epilepsy to Chaucer’s love tales https://t.co/v27o9llqM1

[HistoryExtra @HistoryExtra]

"It’s estimated that somewhere between 25 and 100 million people died worldwide in what is, in absolute terms, the worst #pandemic ever recorded" says Robert Hume of the #SpanishFlu in 1918–20 https://t.co/v067J1jWCc

[MediterraneanHistory @Med_Hist]

@ancientorigins Great article, but please correct the statement about Ragusa being under Venitians when they implemented Europe's first quarantine law - 1377.

They weren't.
Venitian rule over Ragusa/Dubrovnik ended in 1358. That's when the last "comes" departed for Venice, never to return.

[Ancient Origins @ancientorigins]

With the global spread of a deadly coronavirus, world leaders have turned to the ancient tradition of quarantine. Used for 1000s of years but does it really work?

https://t.co/EZkdTZxSEW

[Ancient Origins @ancientorigins]

In the 17th century a group of esteemed alchemists, calling themselves the Academia dell’ Arcadia, including the abdicated Queen Christina of Sweden congregated at Villa Palombara in Rome. https://t.co/Ng1W4K1vCU

[The Hidden Face of Istanbul @thehiddenfaceof]

The Cistern of Theodosius (aka Şerefiye Cistern)

[Prof Janina Ramirez @DrJaninaRamirez]

Spend 1 minute in the company of a medieval manuscript & you’ll realise the real ‘magic’ of books. They’re time machines, individual voices frozen forever, repositories of lost stories & pockets of art. If you can’t make space for them in your life, what ARE you making space for?