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Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos. We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.

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Someone runs your account?! We just use an AI bot.

10.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

😘😘

10.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whaaaaat?! Why were we not told?!

Our list is:
Mosaics
Huxley
@merchantshallyork.org
Rabbits in archeological archives
Daffodils

And ALL OUR FOLLOWERS! 😘😘😘

10.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
From Delos, the Theatre Quarter, House, the so-called House of Cleopatra and Dioscorides (apparently an Athenian couple)
Late 2nd or early Ist cent BC

From Delos, the Theatre Quarter, House, the so-called House of Cleopatra and Dioscorides (apparently an Athenian couple) Late 2nd or early Ist cent BC

#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientWorld
A Flying Mosaic!
Even though Philippe Bruneau called it β€œun tapis en pierre” the lozenges of red, black and white create a 3 dimensional illusion of cubes in perspective. The wave band border is reminiscent of earlier pebble mosaics, from tex Makedonia

09.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Roman marble sculpture of four puppies, all curled up asleep together. Unearthed from the ruins of the House of the Faun in Pompeii, 1st century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

09.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 814 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16
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a young boy in a yellow shirt is holding a cup of milk . ALT: a young boy in a yellow shirt is holding a cup of milk .
09.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a person wearing a white shirt that says archive ALT: a person wearing a white shirt that says archive

Yay! 🀩😎

09.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You should add it to your archive and then in 600 years someone might post it on social media, and then someone else will write a PhD on it, then it will be in a documentary. Songs will be written about it, statues erected, streets named. Our love will last FOREVER!!

(Too much? 😳)

09.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For those of you who didn’t see this earlier, we received a Valentines Day card from @romanpalace.bsky.social.

Our very first so it’s very special.

We ❀️ these guys.

09.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It arrived so late we were hoping it would count for next year too? 🀞😘

09.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We refer you to our previous comment.

09.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They're steel toe-capped jelly-shoes.

09.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're not sure. We're reaching out to @charlixcxofficial.bsky.social for confirmation.

09.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep.

09.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to listen to this and learn more about the only historic figure whose name is spelled entirely in Roman numerals.

09.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

They will always be chili peppers for us now. Not least because it will drive management nuts.

09.03.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We'd always assumed it was simply figurative. The leaf/fruit motif appears in quite a few Roman floors. Some at the Palace even!

09.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That makes sense. He visited a while back and talked about meeting archaeologists in Chichester, but not having dug at the Palace (we assumed he'd have mentioned it if he had!).

09.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This makes the Horizon thing look like an unpaid parking ticket.

09.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Butser Roman mosaic website launch! β€” Butser Ancient Farm We’ve developed an educational resource all about the Roman art of mosaic making!

They did it @butserancientfarm.co.uk and it turned out rather well...

www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/blog/butser-...

09.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What can we say.... ? It worked! πŸ˜‚

09.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We don't think he got involved, but he did visit! 🀩

09.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, that floor is probably the most stable in the North Wing, so they must have got something right!

09.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a person 's hands are reaching into a brown cardboard box ALT: a person 's hands are reaching into a brown cardboard box

Did the massive box of chocolates, huge bunch of flowers and actual box of kittens arrive?

09.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is no mosaic safe??! 😱

09.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And let's not forget a shout out to the Palace's social media team for putting out such consistently banging content day after day. 🀩

09.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a Bobby Dazzler! 🀩🀩

09.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He does! Usually when he remembers he needs to be somewhere else.

09.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We'll pass on your compliments as soon as he gets back from the Magistrates' court.

09.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooh! Lovely! 🀩

We're guessing that, unlike our mosaic, it wasn't found with a JCB.

09.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0