Peter Stewart

A photograph of a weathered bronze statuette of an animal attacking a centaur with a man riding on his back

A curious sea-battered #Roman copper alloy statuette found on Sidmouth Beach #Devon in 1840

Featuring a man (Achilles?) riding on the back of a centaur (Chiron?) at the moment both are attacked by a wild animal

An enigmatic object now on display @rammuseum.bsky.social

📷 May 2025

#FindsFriday

I am actually a believer in the importance of branding, but it will be fascinating to see whether the reputational damage from the University of Warwick’s risible exercise leads to net harm. It’s possible that it won’t.

This very fine book has its own care instructions on the cover.

“Gandhara Uncovered” - at Lahore Museum and online tomorrow 21 July

Spotted this extraordinary comparandum on the Twitter account of @persiaantigua.bsky.social

Full Professor, Greek History, Antiquity and Epigraphy, University of Vienna, Austria (Deadline September 17) - The Classical Association of Canada
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/07/vien...

YouTube video by Michael A Le Poer Trench Les Misérables 85th Academy Awards rehearsal

Annual re-post of the best rehearsal video of all time: youtu.be/PfZgOV4UHBU?.... Cameron Macintosh: 'Good.'

Kazakh Archaeologists Uncover Scythian-Era Treasures - The Times Of Central Asia Archaeologists from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University have uncovered artifacts from the Scythian era in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region, including a rare gold

Kazakh Archaeologists Uncover Scythian-Era Treasures - The Times Of Central Asia
timesca.com/kazakh-archa...

A rare opportunity for a permanent lectureship in German in our fabulous School! Please circulate to your networks. @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social

Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

tenture Décor : poisson ; eau ; bandes

Fragment of Roman woollen fish tapestry from Antinoopolis #LouvreCollections collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...

Late Roman tapestry fragment @colgate.edu emuseum.colgate.edu/objects/2770...

Huge archaeological puzzle reveals Roman London frescoes Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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University of Cambridge - McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research #skystorians 🗃️#archaeology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO007/r...

And eyebrows.

Two warriors clash with shields and spears, shoeless and wearing only briefs and helmets. One on the left has bleeding wound in his chest, one on left has one on his left thigh. Colours are a deep red and gold on white background, and the figures have shading and lines to emphasise their strong physiques. The ground is a lighter red and there is a band with black and dark red, top and bottom of a light red continuous arrow shaped motif.

#FrescoFriday 🏺
Warriors in bloody combat, perhaps to the death in elite funerary rite.
Such battles may be origin of gladiatorial games.
Livy says 1st games were in Campania 310BC + schools also started there.
Fresco painted in situ on tombs slabs below-ground in Poseidonia (later Paestum) C4 BC.

From Tristan Gooley’s ‘How to Read a Tree’, I have learned that trees have eyes. I can’t un-see them now. 🌳 👀

It’s why these systems are so hard to break. Once someone believes their cruelty is virtue, no amount of evidence changes that. It’s not just a matter of facts. it’s identity, narrative, and belonging all fused together.

This comment, by Prof Daniel Miller, is pleasing.

[from www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology... ]

A church tower with a tall, pointed red roof rises above a cluster of traditional buildings, partially hidden behind lush green trees and dense foliage. The tower features a clock face and arched windows, set against a backdrop of forested hills under a partly cloudy blue sky.

The view from my parents' home, a cherished scene from my childhood.

EN IMAGES - "C'est une découverte rare" : une statue gauloise retrouvée sur le chantier du musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims - ici Les fouilles sur le chantier du musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims ont mis au jour des vestiges, comme cette statue gauloise datant du 1er siècle avant JC. Une découverte rare à l'échelle de la France.

"C'est une découverte rare" : une statue gauloise retrouvée sur le chantier du musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims. #Archéologie
www.francebleu.fr/culture/patr...

Great infographic here from St James's Stonehaven on the different varieties of Scottish episcopalian in the 18th century www.stjames-stonehaven.org.uk/exhibition/e...

Archer on an Attic red-figure krater found in Brindisi, now in the Museo Archeologico there.
(Also another episode in the photographer vs. the reflective glass case)
#Pottery #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

Cabinet behind glass with five shelves of red-figure pottery in different shapes

The rhyton is decorated with a sphinx with a white body, clay-colored hair, and black and white striped wings

Rhyton decorated with a monkey's face

At the Museo Jatta in Ruvo di Puglia (top places!), you'll find a rhyton for every taste in every shape.
#Museitaliani #AncientBlueSky #Pottery #Puglia

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Rome, major discoveries on the Appia Antica: mosaics and funerary monuments unearthed The new excavation campaign at 39 Via Appia Antica, along the Regina Viarum, on the border between Rome and the suburbs, has concluded. Important discoveries: funerary structures with valuable mosaics...

Rome, major discoveries on the Appia Antica: mosaics and funerary monuments unearthed
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...

#Bisley 😊

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The mosaic depicting two dolphins.

New discovery: Three excellently preserved mosaics, including a dolphin motif from the 2nd century AD, found in Thalheim near Wels.

ooe.orf.at/stories/3307...

🏺 #archaeology