Raya Rossi

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[Pompeii Sites @pompeii_sites]

The recently restored House of the Vettii is one of the most famous houses in Pompeii renowned for its vibrant and exquisite frescoes and its grand architecture including an ornately decorated garden but here are some things you may not know about it and details to look out for.

[Natalie Haynes @officialnhaynes]

🧵 The Floralia was a Roman festival in celebration of their goddess of flowers and plants, Flora. Animals included in the festivities usually symbolised fertility: hares, goats etc. However, the short-reigning emperor Galba (who took over from the dead Nero in 68,

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel , Egypt. Photographer: Kees Scherer , c. 1965-1968.

[Arys🏺🪶 @ArysPan]

Ancient Greek Coins with Goddesses.

Artemis 🌙 🏹, Persephone 🌷💀
Athena🛡🦉, Aphrodite💘
Demeter 🌾, Hera💍👑

[Raya Rossi @RayaRossi]

Opinions on Quickbooks vs Xero with regards to Shopify? 🙏💫

[Danielle @DLVermeer]

Hot take: most Gen Z consumers don't even know what quality fashion looks & feels like

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

#AncientSiteSunday: a fantastic photo of one of the colossal statues from the main entrance to the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, #Egypt, mostly covered by sand. It was taken by Maxime Du Camp in 1850. An assistant climbed to the top of the head of the colossus, probably...1/2

[Classical Mythology @ClassicalMyths]

Stunning cover designs for various @foliosociety books: The Hittites, The Babylonians, The Egyptians, The Persians (1/2).

[Art Encyclopedia @artenpedia]

Georges Merle - The Sorceress (1887), detail.

[weird medieval guys NEW BOOK OUT NOVEMBER 5!!! @WeirdMedieval]

best friends, paris, 14th century

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

A room from the excavated ruins of Herculaneum; destroyed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

#archaeohistories

[Formula 1 @F1]

BREAKING: Fernando Alonso will join Aston Martin from 2023 on a multi-year contract

#F1

[Cihancan @Cihancansezgin]

The Basilica Cistern, This large underground cistern built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527-565).

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

If you study these 13 maps for just a couple of minutes each, you'll understand history much better.

Starting with... the migrations of prehistoric humanity.

[Raya Rossi @RayaRossi]

Burst pipe outside Oude Schip Estate in Hout Bay. Been reported but it’s been 4 days and still running. Please assist 🙏 💦@CityofCT

[The Emperor Of Umlazi @MaBlerh]

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a Kenwood. A status symbol. In this house lived a supermarket owner, a teacher (HOD upwards) or a nurse (Sister upwards).

[Roman History @romanhistory1]

Happy birthday Rome. Rome was founded on 21 April 753BC

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Such craftsmanship, such age! Gold necklaces, over 3,000 years old, from tombs in ancient Greek city Mycenae. The upper three necklaces feature stylised papyrus flowers, those lower have patterns of ivy leaves & scrolls (National Archaeological Museum, Athens (Ilya Shurygin)

[Roman History @romanhistory1]

Pompeii. The Golden Bracelet
The house of the golden bracelet, one of the richest urban villas of the Insula Occidentalis of Pompeii, also known as the Domus of Marco Fabio Rufo, takes its name from the discovery of a gold bracelet with an incredible weight of 610g