I am interested in the classical world.
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Dancing figures fresco, Pompeii, 1st century AD, National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
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It's Nov. 01. Unapologetic monthly reminder: if you want ancient history and art through original photo close-ups 📸, make sure to follow Visuals of the Ancients.
My guarantee is zero drama and slop. Here you will have Romans, Assyrians, Minoans, Aztecs, and much more!
Head of a female Lapith from the Battle of Centaurs scene on the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Olympia, Greece, circa 1930.
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Have you ever pictured Greek philosophers as goofballs?
Ordinary people, always ready to crack a Dad joke?
If you haven’t, remember: Chrysippus died from laughing after seeing
a donkey eating his figs and ordering a slave to give the animal some wine
to help it wash them down.
Mosaic depicting Euterpe, the Muse of music, found in the Roman villa of Els Munts (2nd century AD). Photo courtesy of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona.
Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, and fertility. Through her son Aeneas, she was honored as the divine ancestor of the Roman people.
Glass cameo plaque fragment, Roman, end of 1st century BC–beginning of 1st century AD. Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gladiator mosaic, 3rd century AD, Roman Empire. Photo courtesy of the National Museum of Archaeology, Spain.
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Not my best photos, but this is what the Colosseum may have looked like today. How different!
Portrait head of a woman (1st century AD) at the Archaeological Museum of Sparta. Photo by George E. Koronaios.
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Digging through my Vatican Museums pics and... wait, what? It's Pertinax 2.0!
