Today we are blue, for the newly discovered blue room in Pompeii 💙🩵📘🖌️ Isn’t it incredible? Photos from friend of the show Dr Sophie Hay! Posted @withregram • @pompei79 Blue is the new black (room) in #Pompeii An extraordinary discovery of a sacred room in Region IX decorated in a rare blue colour (Egyptian Blue). The red painted niches would be used in religious worship and offerings. And wonderfully, despite the rooms magnificence, it was part of the Roman building works at the time of the eruption and contains upturned empty amphorae and building materials in discrete piles on the floor including mortar, cocciopesto and oyster shells. Huge compliments and thanks to all the archaeologists, in particular Gennaro Iovino, and conservators for their diligent work and, as ever, for always warmly welcoming me to come and document the progress of their work @pompeii_parco_archeologico
Today we are blue, for the newly discovered blue room in Pompeii 💙🩵📘🖌️ Isn’t it incredible? Photos from friend of the show Dr Sophie Hay! Posted @withregram • @pompei79 Blue is the new black (room) in #Pompeii An extraordinary discovery of a sacred room in Region IX decorated in a rare blue colour (Egyptian Blue). The red painted niches would be used in religious worship and offerings. And wonderfully, despite the rooms magnificence, it was part of the Roman building works at the time of the eruption and contains upturned empty amphorae and building materials in discrete piles on the floor including mortar, cocciopesto and oyster shells. Huge compliments and thanks to all the archaeologists, in particular Gennaro Iovino, and conservators for their diligent work and, as ever, for always warmly welcoming me to come and document the progress of their work @pompeii_parco_archeologico
Today we are blue, for the newly discovered blue room in Pompeii 💙🩵📘🖌️ Isn’t it incredible? Photos from friend of the show Dr Sophie Hay! Posted @withregram • @pompei79 Blue is the new black (room) in #Pompeii An extraordinary discovery of a sacred room in Region IX decorated in a rare blue colour (Egyptian Blue). The red painted niches would be used in religious worship and offerings. And wonderfully, despite the rooms magnificence, it was part of the Roman building works at the time of the eruption and contains upturned empty amphorae and building materials in discrete piles on the floor including mortar, cocciopesto and oyster shells. Huge compliments and thanks to all the archaeologists, in particular Gennaro Iovino, and conservators for their diligent work and, as ever, for always warmly welcoming me to come and document the progress of their work @pompeii_parco_archeologico
Today we are blue, for the newly discovered blue room in Pompeii 💙🩵📘🖌️ Isn’t it incredible? Photos from friend of the show Dr Sophie Hay! Posted @withregram • @pompei79 Blue is the new black (room) in #Pompeii An extraordinary discovery of a sacred room in Region IX decorated in a rare blue colour (Egyptian Blue). The red painted niches would be used in religious worship and offerings. And wonderfully, despite the rooms magnificence, it was part of the Roman building works at the time of the eruption and contains upturned empty amphorae and building materials in discrete piles on the floor including mortar, cocciopesto and oyster shells. Huge compliments and thanks to all the archaeologists, in particular Gennaro Iovino, and conservators for their diligent work and, as ever, for always warmly welcoming me to come and document the progress of their work @pompeii_parco_archeologico
Today we are blue, for the newly discovered blue room in Pompeii 💙🩵📘🖌️ Isn’t it incredible? Photos from friend of the show Dr Sophie Hay! Posted @withregram • @pompei79 Blue is the new black (room) in #Pompeii An extraordinary discovery of a sacred room in Region IX decorated in a rare blue colour (Egyptian Blue). The red painted niches would be used in religious worship and offerings. And wonderfully, despite the rooms magnificence, it was part of the Roman building works at the time of the eruption and contains upturned empty amphorae and building materials in discrete piles on the floor including mortar, cocciopesto and oyster shells. Huge compliments and thanks to all the archaeologists, in particular Gennaro Iovino, and conservators for their diligent work and, as ever, for always warmly welcoming me to come and document the progress of their work @pompeii_parco_archeologico
Today we are blue, for the newly discovered blue room in Pompeii 💙🩵📘🖌️ Isn’t it incredible? Photos from friend of the show Dr Sophie Hay! Posted @withregram • @pompei79 Blue is the new black (room) in #Pompeii An extraordinary discovery of a sacred room in Region IX decorated in a rare blue colour (Egyptian Blue). The red painted niches would be used in religious worship and offerings. And wonderfully, despite the rooms magnificence, it was part of the Roman building works at the time of the eruption and contains upturned empty amphorae and building materials in discrete piles on the floor including mortar, cocciopesto and oyster shells. Huge compliments and thanks to all the archaeologists, in particular Gennaro Iovino, and conservators for their diligent work and, as ever, for always warmly welcoming me to come and document the progress of their work @pompeii_parco_archeologico
I love the stories of people turning into trees in Ovid – Daphne, to escape the predatory Apollo; the lovers Philemon and Baucis as a memorial to their devotion and piety. And look, here is the tree Prince turned into, in 2016
I love the stories of people turning into trees in Ovid – Daphne, to escape the predatory Apollo; the lovers Philemon and Baucis as a memorial to their devotion and piety. And look, here is the tree Prince turned into, in 2016
You heard right! Monday 8th July, 9:30am, we kick off series 10 of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics with our CLEOPATRA episode 🐍👑 Special guests are Dr Jane Draycott and Prof Llewelyn Morgan! Tune into @bbcradio4, and listen again on @bbcsounds… #radio4 #bbcradio4 #classics #nataliehaynes #cleopatra #history #ancientegypt #ancienthistory
Happy father’s day to all the great dads and kids of great dads! For everyone else, this is your annual reminder that Kronos was so threatened by the idea of his children’s future success that he swallowed them whole the moment they were born. Only when Rhea switched her youngest son – Zeus – for a large stone, prompting Kronos to swallow that instead, did the cannibalism cease. Zeus then forced his father to regurgitate his older siblings, which enabled a whole new generation of toxic rivalries to begin. You’re welcome! Here is Kronos saying he couldn’t manage another baby even if you poured caramel sauce on it.
Really appreciated Melbourne’s pigeons dressing up as ancient Greek warriors to make me feel at home
Zeus and his offspring (Clytemnestra, Helen, Castor, Polydeuces). Leda out of shot, hopefully sneaking off to a life of freedom with a handsome man who doesn’t have feathers
It is so rare for us to know the name of an ordinary person who had an ordinary job in antiquity – we tend to know far more about leaders, statesmen, warriors, orators etc. But look at this – from the Athenian Agora Museum. You can see a set of hobnails, for boots. And a set of bone eyelets, for the leather thongs that tie your shoes in place. And there is also the base of a broken cup that tells us the name of the cobbler who used these items: Simonos. So, these objects belonged to Simon the shoe-maker. Isn’t that terrific?
It is so rare for us to know the name of an ordinary person who had an ordinary job in antiquity – we tend to know far more about leaders, statesmen, warriors, orators etc. But look at this – from the Athenian Agora Museum. You can see a set of hobnails, for boots. And a set of bone eyelets, for the leather thongs that tie your shoes in place. And there is also the base of a broken cup that tells us the name of the cobbler who used these items: Simonos. So, these objects belonged to Simon the shoe-maker. Isn’t that terrific?
Hey @bordersbookfest! Thanks for having me! You were lovely 😊 I left you some signed books for the weekend!
Hey @bordersbookfest! Thanks for having me! You were lovely 😊 I left you some signed books for the weekend!
In the 75 years since this book was first published, I feel like the ‘Hey, you can skip over these bits’ introduction has become far too rare. More of this, please
Look at this lovely water fountain at @bordersbookfest. I filled up my bottle with DELIGHT. Can’t more water fountains have birds on? NB not actual birds, thanks
Look at this lovely water fountain at @bordersbookfest. I filled up my bottle with DELIGHT. Can’t more water fountains have birds on? NB not actual birds, thanks
I’m not sure I’d ever noticed quite how much bigger the font is in a new Peng, relative to an old one (I think my edition of Tac Annals is probably from about 1990). More of this sort of thing! *adjusts glasses, adjusts ear trumpet*
In the Annals (4.67), Tiberius is described as having 12 villas on the island of Capri which he used for plotting evil #HeronTacitus
In the Annals (4.67), Tiberius is described as having 12 villas on the island of Capri which he used for plotting evil #HeronTacitus
Here we see the opening of a sequence we know as the Doloneia, from book 10 of the Iliad, in which Odysseus and Diomedes set out on a daring night raid. They capture and torture a Trojan spy named Dolon, who tells them that King Rhesus is an easy target. They kill Dolon, then Rhesus and his men, then steal his horses #CootHomer
The July sessions of The Conversation focus on women, gender and equalities. JUNG CHANG has mapped the making of modern China with her books about Empress Dowager Cixi, the extraordinary trinity of Song sisters, and her own mother and grandmother, in the global best-seller Wild Swans. Three days into a new government, barrister Baroness HELENA KENNEDY surveys the state of equalities in a conversation with my brilliant colleague Caitlin McNamara. And the season finale has rockstar classicist NATALIE HAYNES redressing the imbalances on Olympus and celebrating goddesses from Aphrodite to Beyonce… As ever, the Conversation continues in the Crypt Bar after the interviews. Come. It’s fun, and everyone is welcome. Tickets from £5 – live and online
