Kyle Glover

Statue of Cretan hero Spiros Kayales overlooking the city of Chania. During the Cretan Revolt of 1897, the "Great Powers" bombarded the Cretan encampment. Seeing the Greek flag about to fall, Kayales grabbed it and used his own body as a flagpole, keeping it aloft.

#Greece #Crete #History

Could be a swan, could be Zeus in disguise. Either way, best steer clear...

#Greece #Crete #GreekMythology

To Crete!

#Greece #Crete #Chania #Holiday #Travel #History #Adventure

Soon...

#Greece #Travel #Holiday

YouTube video by Paul City Epic of Gilgamesh in two minutes by Patrick Stewart

Gilgamesh, a king. Gilgamesh, a king! At Uruk!

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The lower part of a shroud depicting a woman. The feet of a woman can be seen below her garment. She is wearing red socks that are divided at the toe and sandals.

A shroud with a depiction of a woman. She is wearing a fringed tunic, a mantle is draped over her arms. The woman wears a great deal of jewelry; earrings, three necklaces, six twisted gold bracelets, and three rings can be seen. On her feet are red socks and black sandals.

Wearing #socks in sandals! This shroud from #Egypt, #Roman period, shows a woman wearing a tunic, jewellery and bright red socks in sandals.
Socks were usually divided at the big toe, as they were designed to be worn with thonged sandals. Several examples of ... 🧵1/2

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More or less. The war pretty much broke him.

A War of Shadows is a lot darker than Ill Met. A LOT darker.

Statue of Nicolas Winton in Maidenhead railway station, the man who helped arrange the rescue hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi occupied Europe on the eve of the Second World War.

John Pendlebury urgently writes to his mother requesting vital supplies. From The Rash Adventurer by Imogen Grundon.

@deliciouslegacy.bsky.social

This is incredible!

Right! I'll get home and report back!

Right @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social I've listened to the episode and instantly went out and got some Trahana. Now what do I do with it?

The algorithm knows!

Then and now, 18th December 1944. British tanks & paratroopers move through the streets of Plaka in central Athens, with the Acropolis in the distance.

Original by Dmitri Kessel & my own from earlier in the year.

#OTD #WW2 #History

QUIZ TIME! What connects wartime SOE agent and beloved (travel)writer Patrick Leigh Fermor with the TIE fighter from the Star Wars films?

Answer on Sunday evening!

It usually gets summed up with a page, if that, along the lines of "Something something protests something something street fighting something something The End" when it was weeks of full on bitter urban warfare with tanks, air strikes, suicidal supply runs though ELAS territory, the works.

Original wartime caption: Paratroopers line the wall around the top of the Acropolis.

A wall near the Acropolis, with the city of Athens below.

Original wartime caption: A Bren gunner in action against rebels from a strongpoint in the Acropolis.

Original wartime caption: Paratroopers in the Acropolis in action against rebel snipers.

Then and now, 10th December 1944. British paratroopers take up positions on the Athenian Acropolis. From the Imperial War Museum photo series "Fighting in Greece" and my photo from earlier in the year.

#OTD #History #WW2

Bronze snakes and perfectly intact eggs among treasures found at ancient Italian thermal spa Trove had been preserved by warm waters and mud at the Tuscan springs near Siena

Snakes! Why'd it have to be snakes?
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The History of Olive Oil Pt1 | The Delicious Legacy Or, the Liquid Gold of the Ancient Mediterranean!

What is the common thread running through the following;

- The sack of Athens from the Persians at 480BCE

- Rome's 8th "hill"

-The end of the biblical flood

- the remains of an 1600BCE workshop in Cyprus?

Listen to 👇 to find out!

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A list of discharged legionaries (laterculum) from the camp of Legio II Parthica, on display at the Legio II Parthica museum in Albano Laziale. The first column to the left presents a list of cognomina, followed by the soldiers' country of origin (domo).
#EpigraphyTuesday #Rome #archaeology #history

Daily life in the Roman Empire. The transport of two (wine?) barrels on a four wheeled chariot pulled by two oxen. A dog is sitting on the barrels. Found in Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicum), dating early 3rd century AD.

YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller What did Alexander the Great eat?

After conquering Persia, Alexander the Great held grand feasts for his men, though it seems he was less partial to food and more about the wine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdKV... #tastinghistory

There's more emotion in the words "You were a gladiator?" ".......yes I was" than in the entire sequel.

In about 10 years everyone will be saying "yeah the theatrical edition was great, but if you watch the directors cut..."

I'm still stewing about Gladiator 2, so threw together a 150 word spoiler free micro review to explain my thoughts:
kyleghistory.substack.com/p/gladiator-...

The poster for the movie Gladiator 2, flanked by the Odeon cinema logo.

I'm going in!
#Gladiator2 #ClassicsBlueSky

Avoncroft posted some beautiful photos to their Facebook page.

A stall of Roman jewellery, bracelets and mirrors.

Roman pottery, amphora and bowls.

A medieval helmet with visor and decorated top

A row of medieval armour and helmets.

Lots of lovely Roman and Medieval things on display!