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#MuseumsUnlocked - LGBTQ+ ArtefactsReally, it had to be one artefact for this post: the Warren Cup. A Roman silver stemmed drinking cup, ca. 15 BC-AD 15, showing two scenes of
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Ancient Artefact of the Day: A Bronze Mouse - with snack for nibbling; Roman, ca. 1st Century AD.Traditionally, such statuettes have been associated with the cult of the god Apollo
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#MuseumsUnlocked - 'Fashion, Clothing and Bodily Adornment'Some examples of #Minoan dress: the 'Saffron Gatherers' Fresco, east wall of Room 3a, Xeste 3, Akrotiri; House of the Ladies, Akrotiri. And of
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#MuseumsUnlocked - 'Stone Tools'Now I know that technically this is volcanic glass, but one of my first research interests was the Aegean and Near Eastern trade in Obsidian, especially its
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Ancient Coin of the Day: I bloody LOVE this one! A silver Tetradrachm of the First Macedonian 'Meris', ca. 158-150 BC. The Obverse is a portrait of Zeus; the Reverse
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Ancient Artefact of the Day: Today's piece has been chosen to fit with #MuseumsUnlocked and the focus on bone, horn, and teeth.The Boar's Tusk Helmet from Mycenae, Chamber Tomb 518,
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Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Piraeus Athena, a hollow-cast Greek Bronze, ca. 360-340 BC. Found in 1959, along with the Piraeus Apollo and two bronzes of Artemis. #AAOTD #Athena
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Ancient History Quote of the Day: "23 April: Julia Augusta and Tiberius Augustus dedicated a statue to Divus Augustus their father at the Theatre of Marcellus" (Fasti Praenestini). #AHQOTDImage: Sestertius
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Ancient Artefact of the Day: Only one option today really, in honour of the birthday of Rome, 21 April, here is the Capitoline Wolf. #AAOTD #Rome Image: Capitoline Museum The
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Ancient Coin of the Day: An aureus of ca. 18 BC, a lovely example of a moneyer's coin, carrying the magistrate's name, Lucius Aquillius Florus, on the Reverse. #ACOTD Image:
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#LatinForTheDay - 15 April"Tertia post Veneris cum lux surrexerit Idus, pontifices, forda sacra litate bove.forda ferens bos est fecundaque, dicta ferendo: hinc etiam fetus nomen habere putant."Ovid Fasti
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Ancient History Quote of the Day: "Caesar perceived that because of the nature of the land he could not force them to engage in conflict unless they chose, he set
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