Mappa Dan

A lot like a cribbage board.

Ancient Roman altars to go on display in Edinburgh Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.

How exciting - I have always wanted to see these altars, the one featuring Sol is particularly amazing!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I just love these sorts of reconstructions. Thanks for sharing. Gives people with less knowledge like me the opportunity to see how these people lived.

Also hidden from view is the enormous amount of work involved in depicting every detail.

And the evocative recreation of the main entrance of #Llanmelin hillfort by the brilliant #AlanSorrell. Dated 1940 the painting is owned and curated by @Museum_Cardiff
#HillfortsWednesday #artwork
#History #art (2/2)

My photo shows an ornate golden helmet on display in a museum case. It is a reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon helmet which was decorated with gilded silver sheets embossed with designs of warriors and animals. It has decorated cheek guards, a nose guard, and a long red horsehair plume running from back to front over the top of the helmet.

The Staffordshire Hoard helmet.
A helmet fit for a king!

This reproduction is based on helmet fragments from the Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard. It shows how it might have looked when it was made around 1,400 years ago.

Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent 📷 by me

#Archaeology

A hillside with two large standing stones overlooking a waterway with a large metal bridge crossing it

#StandingStoneSunday During construction of this bridge "a causeway of ancient origins but unknown age" was discovered underwater

Could that be the ancient route used by Neolithic peoples to reach this stone circle?

📍 Callanish VIII, Bernera island, Scotland

📸 Me

#archaeology #photoftheday 🏺

Reminded myself - English/ British

Trying to remember if those are Spanish or English.

Do you have an opinion on what they are? To me they look a bit like holly leaves, but mostly just think I don't know.

Redrawing and translation of the same image...

Sections of the bottom right hand peripheral image...

Redrawing and translation of this section...

The bottom lefthand peripheral image in the Hereford Mappa (split into sections).

Seaglass pendents in green and blue and a wooden button Pendant

Have made more pendants with #Shetland seaglass and have been experimenting with other beach finds like pottery and buttons! Available now on Etsy and will be adding some earings later today. Link in comments

A Roman road, constructed of large blocks of stone, is seen running to back of photo, with a twist to the left around a building that once stood on the right. This is Via Traiana, the route from Rome to Brindisi. On left are remains of buildings and columns that surrounded a large marketplace. Beyond marketplace is a hill - this is on the sea, and has remains from c. 13th C BC of Bronze Age/Messapian cultures. Further along Roman road can be seen a modern covering, which extends over former baths. The site is some 40 hectares and still being excavated.

Urban #RomanSiteSaturday of Egnazia in #Puglia was key point on Trajan's new Via Appia branch 109-114 AD, a quicker route to Adriatic ports.
But Via Traiana bit wonky as ran through existing #Roman 2C BC town, itself built over Messapian site begun 6C BC.
Here Traiana passes marketplace on left. 🏺

19-TS of 020326 hearing - Segundo APG v. Bondi, 26-CV-603

The transcript of the MN hearing where an AUSA said “This job sucks” is remarkable for more reasons than that. It’s a searing portrait of a crisis perpetrated by depraved & oblivious high-level officials. Read it all. ...
1/7
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

“The era of hiding behind servers is over”.

I think you may be arguing that peace achieved by genocide is not necessarily virtuous.

I also wonder if he could walk and chew gum at the same time.

That's damned funny, Dr P?

I recognise that picture from long ago. Wow!

I wonder. What is American Jesus (blue-eyed blonde bearded bloke) doing in it?

So you are saying Agricola is not really our friend?👀

I think it's an interesting, clever choice of Nolan's.

It's funny, I almost said I hoped it was her. Perfect casting.

I don't know who has been cast, but I like the idea of it.

Are some sensitive folks worried about cultural appropriation, maybe?

Another question I have is how Homer's description of Ariadne's outdoor dance platform fits with the minotaur story. Homer may have been aware of a version of Ariadne's tale that explained how the two are connected. But alas, I believe there is no record of it.

Black swan event.

Y'all would not believe the abuse this entailed on the wonderful app of X

Getting too speculative, but I suppose a dance involving a ribbon or thread might have preserved a memory of Ariadne's role in the story. But the mythological version of the tale of Theseus and the minotaur clearly requires a multicursal maze.

shoot - this mosaic labyrinth.

Poor old Ariadne lost her role in labyrinth design long before this mosaic maze was constructed. For me, the interesting question is why that happened. 😊

Probably didn't communicate my interest well. Have thought about this question for a while.