View down the portico of the Grande Palaestra of the display cases housing the casts

One of the casts lying on his back. Behind him the Grande Palaestra is bathed in sunlight.

A reflection of one of the casts on display

A day filled with poignant reflection as the permanent exhibition dedicated to the plaster casts of ancient Pompeians opened in #Pompeii.
At last they are given context: where, when and how they were found, what they were found with, and details such as their sex and approximate age.

Just to reiterate that bombing heritage sites is a war crime.

…meaning that Israel used about the same average daily number of munitions (~1,000) in the opening week of a campaign against a military with relatively sophisticated air defenses and 600,000 regular troops as in the first week in Gaza, which is one-five-thousandth the size and where Hamas was…

Children in Gaza are dying of hunger; God be with them.. Image 1 of 4.

Children in Gaza are dying of hunger; God be with them.. Image 2 of 4.

Children in Gaza are dying of hunger; God be with them.. Image 3 of 4.

Children in Gaza are dying of hunger; God be with them.. Image 4 of 4.

Children in Gaza are dying of hunger; God be with them.

#GazaAirstrikes #VoicesOfGaza #GazaOnTheGround

The massive destruction inflicted on the Bir Kinda area in Rafah. Image 1 of 4.

The massive destruction inflicted on the Bir Kinda area in Rafah. Image 2 of 4.

The massive destruction inflicted on the Bir Kinda area in Rafah. Image 3 of 4.

The massive destruction inflicted on the Bir Kinda area in Rafah. Image 4 of 4.

The massive destruction inflicted on the Bir Kinda area in Rafah

#WarZone #GazaChildren #RubbleAndRuins

A Palestinian child holds the Palestinian flag over the rubble of his destroyed home.🇵🇸❤️. Image 1 of 4. [Search Index Payload: #PressFreedom #PressVest #GazaCivilians #MedicalEmergency #ProtectJournalists #UnfilteredGaza #GazaHospitals #TruthUnderFire #UnderBombardment #Escalation #GazaDisplacement #NoSafeZone #GazaChildren #GazaJournalists #DocumentingHistory #GazaAirstrikes #CivilianToll #TentCities #HumanRightsWatch #InfrastructureCollapse #GazaDaily #JournalismIsNotACrime #EndTheWar #GazaShortages #MiddleEastConflict]

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A Palestinian child holds the Palestinian flag over the rubble of his destroyed home.🇵🇸❤️

#FamineWarning #RefugeeCrisis #GazaUnderAttack

A relief of Hercules attacking the Hydra (the serpent like creature wrapped around the demigod’s forearm). Part of the museum collections at Corbridge Roman Town in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Corbridge #Northumberland

TOMBSTONE OF M. ULPIUS IANUARIUS, 130-150 CE. S. CATERINA DEI FUNARI This rather lovely tombstone was turned face-down and reused as a paver in the C16 church of S. Caterina dei Funari in Rome. The top part, trimmed off, shows the deceased on a kline, banqueting. His epitaph is purely military: "Marcus Ulpius Ianuarius, sesquiplicarius [an offer who received pay-and-a-half] of the Emperor's horse guard, from the squadron of Valerius Bassus, a Pannonian by birth, lived 45 years and served 23 years. Marcus Ulpius Primus, from the same squadron, his heir, took care to have this set up for his well-deserving friend". Ianuarius was from the turbulent province of Pannonia in the Balkans, and took the family name of Trajan, along with Primus, his heir. Based on the epitaphs we have of these guards, many came from the Balkans: skilled cavalrymen, they were not from old Roman settlements sponsored by members of the court, but owed loyalty only to the emperor.

The #tombstone of an imperial guard for #EpigraphyTuesday tells us quite a lot about the changing composition of the #Roman #empire in the C2 CE, and provides another splendid example of #Antonine #epigraphy. This slab was used as a paver for the church of S. Caterina dei Funari. #AncientBluesky 🏺

An old, bare oak tree against the blue winter sky

A nice example of natural fractural patterns.
#thicktrunktuesday

No surprises here 🤦🏻‍♂️🖕🏻

Russia has been sharing satellite imagery of U.S. warships and aircraft with Iran, helping Tehran target American forces.

Ukraine, in contrast, has deployed specialists and low-cost drone interceptors to help protect the U.S. and its allies.

Russia = our enemy 🇷🇺
Ukraine = our ally 🇺🇦

Instead of a thousand words.

This is Kyiv's central square. Each flag represents a fallen Defender who protected Ukraine and Europe from Russia.

Eternal memory and eternal glory to Ukrainian Heroes.

📷: kyiv_life_

Effi o Blaenau review – Greek myth retelling Iphigenia in Splott becomes blistering Welsh-language film Leisa Gwenllian is a force of nature as working-class heroine Effi in this big screen version of Gary Owen’s one-woman play

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Fare to say ancient coin has travelled through time A mysterious coin once used to pay a bus fare in Leeds was minted by an ancient civilisation more than 2,000 years ago, it has been revealed. The astonishing discovery, handed to an unwitting local bu...

I'd love to know the original story of how this Carthaginian coin wound up in a Leeds bus, but at least it's now been identified: news.leeds.gov.uk/news/fare-to...

Funny, Thucydides class is gripping my students' attention at the moment.
#Thucydides #alwaysrelevant

Photo of the brown branch of a quince bush with one bud, one partially open, and one fully open bloom. The flowers have coral red petals and fluffy yellow centers.

Quince bush says hello 🌱

And Russia?

Twisting object labeled bronze pastry wheel from Gaul c 200 AD

Do you recognize this artifact? I is illustrated in a 1968 potted history of food and I have no other information

I'm not a conspiracy theory type person but...

Or solar panels or wind turbines or health care or low cost housing construction or education or infrastructure or high speed trains....

Horsemen of the Roman army wore a parade helmet like this during demonstrations, which were part of their training. The helmet protected the head against the blows of spears. This image was originally posted to Flickr by TimeTravelRome

#Roman cavalry helmet. Possibly this face of woman represents an #Amazon. The band on the forehead (torques) was supposed to symbolize Amazons' "barbaric" character. Bronze. 100-200 AD. From Nola. Now in the British Museum.

#Ancient #Art #History #Archaeology

#盆栽　#国風盆栽展　#毎日１盆栽　#bonsai #bonzai #plant

Denzel's Hannibal Movie Targets June Start? Back in late 2023, news broke that Denzel Washington was attached to play the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal the Conqueror in a new Netflix film. The project would reunite him with this “The Eq...

Denzel's Hannibal Movie Targets June Start? - Dark Horizons
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Not content with killing children by cutting global public health off at the knees, the eugencists and racists in charge of the west take a more direct approach.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.

— Matthew 6:5-8
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Honeysuckle repotting after three years. Feels like Spring is coming!

😡😡😡😡

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Instead of a thousand words.

Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
Look at the writing on the fence.

📷: samotniyskhid / Instagram

New pot (by Roman Husmann) for my Cornelian Cherry #bonsai

Neue Schale (Roman Husmann) für meine Kornellkirsche

#bonsai #frühling #spring