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[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

Extraordinary discovery in #Pompeii - an intact 'street food' shop with "food in the pots". https://t.co/kF1NVJOl60 #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Archeologia #ArcheologiaRomana

[PPNA Farmer @PPNAFarmer]

Police build #Roman road out of cocaine hidden in frozen chicken. https://t.co/JXuS3ioEBs #RomanBritain #RomanRoad #FrozenChicken

[Dr. Mary Ann Tedstone Glover @music_ancient]

Io Saturnalia to one and all 😀
#RomanBritain #RomanScotland #classicstwitter #iosaturnalia

[Naomi Daw @Naomi_Daw]

Archaeologists excavating parts of the ancient city of Pompeii made public new discoveries on Friday that provide a grim glimpse into the bleak existence of enslaved people two millenniums ago, including the existence of a “bakery-prison.”

🔗 https://t.co/UpvsMQk48t

#pompeii #archaeology #italy @RomArchable

[Roman Britain News @Roman_Britain]

Tiny #Roman tortoise figurine found in #Suffolk.

📰:https://t.co/cxyvgWxxPQ

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Tortoise

[Roman Middle East @RomanMiddleEast]

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

[Roman Britain News @Roman_Britain]

Carlisle #Roman bathhouse dig wins three national awards.

📰 :https://t.co/HzGvcuyhDU

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Carlisle #HadriansWall

[Marco Picardi @MarcoPicardi]

Potevamo mai mancare io e il fratocugino a questa apertura straordinaria del foro di #Cuma? Certo che no ... @pa_fleg

#archeology #archeologia #Archaeology #arqueología #archeologie #italy #napoli #romanarchaeology #anticaroma #campiflegrei

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

Why We Need a Women’s History of the #Roman Empire: https://t.co/FObVGYGo3v
#Archaeology #AncientRome #RomanArchaeology #History #RomanHistory #RomanWomen

[Forest:Archaic Collective @ForestCollectiv]

#WallsonWednesday Ravenna & a tale of 2 walls
1/2 First of all a fragment the roman wall of Ravenna around the Teguriense gate

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[Dr. Mary Ann Tedstone Glover @music_ancient]

Thanks to @ancientorigins magazine and Alicia Mc Dermott for such a lovely article about my Ancient Roman music. Might open the quality street slightly early 😀#classicstwitter #romanscotland #romanbritain #themusicofancientrome

[RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire]

#ReliefWednesday; a votive relief depicting Orpheus among animals, perhaps in a cave. A poet offers to him a scroll. Found at the acropolis of #Sparta. Now in the Archaeological Museum of Sparta. Dated to the 1st century CE.

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

5 facts about the ancient #Roman necropolis that borders the #Vatican, now open to the public.

The site was previously only accessible to scholars and specialists.

https://t.co/mYOhV60KnU
#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Rome

[Lotta Dots @RogerBlumberg]

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'Intersecting arches' come Norman-Romanesque 'blind arcading', come 'pointed arch intersects' are NOT an "Islamic" innovation — they are of _Roman_ origin, Roman mosaic ornament/motif.

#MosaicMonday
Roman Mosaic, 2nd C AD, House of Tetrastyle Atrium, Nora, Sardinia Italy
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[Roman Middle East @RomanMiddleEast]

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

#RomanMiddleEast #Morocco #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

[RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire]

#OnThisDay, the Feroniae, a festival to Feronia, a Sabine goddess related to fertility and the wilds. Pictured, Temple C at Largo Argentina in #Rome, believed to be dedicated to her, possibly by Marcus Curius Dentatus following... (1/2)

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Italy

[Roman Britain News @Roman_Britain]

Two "important" #Roman cavalry swords discovered in the #Cotswolds found to have decorative markings.

📰: https://t.co/tt66LfIu3Y

#RomanBritain #Gloucestershire #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

Venus statuette among artifacts unearthed in #Roman-era rubbish dump in northwest France.
https://t.co/IF8njgKqH8
#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Archéologie #ArchéologieRomaine

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

2,000-year-old #Roman coins found on deserted Swedish island. https://t.co/AxHV6IQY69
#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #Sweden

[RoaminTheEmpire @roamintheempire]

#OnThisDay, the Requietio of the festival of Cybele and Attis, a day of rest following the celebrations of the previous day. From the Archaeological Museum of Philippi, a votive relief depicting Attis and Cybele. Dated to the Roman period.

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

@Pallavolista3 Terme di Baia archaeological park

[Roman Archaeology News @RomArchable]

The bizarre fig tree that's growing upside-down in the ruins of a #Roman town.
https://t.co/dqkgLeWO5h
#RomanArchaeology #Napoli #Archaeology #Baia #Archeologia #ArcheologiaRomana #Naples