NicholasArchaeology

Archaeologist Classicist #PhD Roman Sarcophagi 🤠⛏️⚰️💀🐝 @Mare_Project @univgroningen | @warwickuni @UniofOxford alumnus

[NicholasArchaeology @NicholasAherne]

📄 Visit the conference webpage here for more information:
https://t.co/euVMtR73nJ

[NicholasArchaeology @NicholasAherne]

Friends, Romans, countrymen—lend us your ears!
We @MARE_Project are delighted to announce the call for papers for our final
conference: ‘Mortuary Ritual in the Roman Near East: Current Work and Future Directions’ ⛏️💀❤️🏛️🌸🏺🔎
More info on how to apply: 🧵

[NicholasArchaeology @NicholasAherne]

The impulse to insert the present into the sacred past and the delicate intersections of sacred and politics are not new—what changes is how society judges them. In this image of a Roman model of the shield in the British Museum, can you spot the two men? https://t.co/xM5mhk3wdl

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Hearing reports that a contemporary figure’s face may have been painted onto an angel in an Italian church made me recall ancient debates about self-inscription in religious art, although the circumstances differ. Plutarch (Pericles 31), a Greek biographer in Roman times...

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

The face of an angel resembling Giorgia Meloni in a Roman church will be restored to its original version

The face of an angel in the Roman church of San Lorenzo in Lucina, which acquired a portrait-like resemblance to Italy’s prime minister after restoration work, will be returned to its original 2000 version, when the fresco was created, La Repubblica reports.

According to the newspaper, after the story about the “Meloni-like angelic face” attracted media attention, the church’s parish priest was contacted by the Vatican.

The parish priest, Daniele Micheletti, confirmed that “technicians from the episcopate are looking for a solution, and the drawing will be modified.”

[NicholasArchaeology @NicholasAherne]

‘Phidias’ as an old man wielding a stone over his head and ‘Pericles’ with spear partly obscuring his face. But this was clearly not enough to stop people criticising the artist as a sort of scapegoat for their views on Pericles’ rulership.

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wrote that Phidias, the artist of the famous Athena Parthenos statue in the Temple of Athena on the Acropolis, of sculpting both himself and Pericles, the ruler of Athens onto the shield of the statue. There, the two men are said to have fought amongst mythological figures.

[NicholasArchaeology @NicholasAherne]

Yesterday, I presented my PhD project for the first time at the @NINO_Leiden Annual Meeting @UniUtrecht. Looking forward to exchanging more research on the Near East within this community in the coming years. @MARE_Project
https://t.co/Pcsdi2uWBv

[MAREproject (@mareproject.bsky.social) @MARE_Project]

Today the MARE team attended the Mediterranean Archaeology Day where @NicholasAherne presented our project. Great to hear about all ongoing research in the Low Countries! Thanks Platform Argos and @UvA_Amsterdam for organising and hosting
#Archaeology @GArchaeology @ZooArchGIA

[Lorraine Evans 💀 @MortePhoto]

Spending the morning filing images when I came across one of my favourite grave markers. Had to share. Located in St Regulus Churchyard, Cromarty, aka The Pirates Graveyard, this rather wonderful stone, the Swan Stone, dates to c. 1675 💀

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@GrecianGirly He was occupying the same spot when I visited, though not as photogenic. He made the experience even more magical.

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@romanmosaics I asked the same whilst visiting Pompeii this summer. Impluvium, House of the Tragic Poet. Interestingly, the coloured marble is not present in some reconstruction drawings: https://t.co/TDsAtrQe5w

[Angela O'Brien @GrecianGirly]

Guy (also known as Guido) Fawkes' signature before and after torture. Signed documents held at the National Archives. #GuyFawkes

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@flaroh Made me think of these guys 'lions' on a Roman-period sarcophagus from Beit She'arim, Israel.

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

4 Nov 1922: British #archaeologist Howard #Carter discovers the entrance to #Tutankhamun's tomb, aka King Tut, in the Valley of the Kings in #Egypt. #history #OTD #KingTut #ad https://t.co/4ccz0mvClJ

[The Partial Historians🏺 @p_historians]

Tutankhamen but make him Lego!

https://t.co/lDaIAsROYs

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@rydercup Shank parked car many witnesses

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Front scene from the Exekias Amphora, @britishmuseum Achilles slaying the Amazonian queen, Penthesilea.
#Halloween #Pumpkincarving #ClassicsTober

Credit to the amphora-shaped pumpkin for its apt shape and colour.

https://t.co/6iQ1suKtsZ

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

Large ancient theatre-like building from the #Roman-era discovered on Greek island. https://t.co/jpm6HLL14c #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #RomanSiteSaturday

[NicholasArchaeology @NicholasAherne]

Interesting discussions today on interdisciplinary collaboration @archonschool #archonday2022 #archaeology Amersfoort
https://t.co/1aT40w8T43