The wrath of the grapes: How the #Romans cheated the hangover by eating one of their five a day!
#HappyNewYear #Hangover #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky

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Wow your friends and family this festive season with a taste of the past. Try this ancient #Roman recipe for #Passum — a delicious sweet #wine with a rich and velvety texture that goes down a treat! Why not give it a go? #SensoryTimeTravel #Christmas #AncientBluesky

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The stunning site of #AlbaFucens comes complete with stepping stones, water fountains and bars! What more could you ask for? #RomanSiteSaturday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky
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Which came first, the hairdo or the bread?
Carbonised loaf from #Pompeii. Hairdo, Imperial family, #BritishMuseum.

#ChristmasQuiz #PanisQuadratus #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky
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What better way to prepare for Xmas than seeing #TwelfthNight at the RSC. Superb cast, marvellous music & beautiful staging. Michael Grady-Hall is an outstanding fool. (That’s a good thing). This production is so deliciously funny your garters will be cross if you miss it!

Pecked to perfection: This rather splendid #cockerel with a basket of cherries can be found lurking in the back room of the bar of Sotericus at #Pompeii.
#FrescoFriday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBluesky
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From rubble to restoration: The #theatre of Ancient #Messene back in 2004 and as it appears today. What a transformation! #Peloponnese #Greece #Archaeology #AncientBluesky
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Blowing in the wind: A rare example of an anemoscope — an ancient device used to indicate the direction of the wind. It features the names of the winds and their quirky personifications, lips pursed in the act of blowing. #ParcoArcheologicodelCelio #Rome. #StormDarragh #AncientBluesky
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This vibrantly painted tomb includes images of flowers, fruit and birds. The niches — that would have held the ashes of the deceased — still retain some of the names of those commemorated.
2nd century AD, Museo delle Terme. #Archaeology #TombTuesday #AncientBluesky
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Delighted that the Royal Shakespeare Company along with the Premier League and Channel 4 have been chosen as the trailblazers to help the young. www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/rsc...

An afternoon of beats and rhymes at the Kiln Theatre today, watching a stellar cast probe the vagaries of life, love & music in #ThePurists. Wickedly funny & definitely fly, don’t miss @jasperbritton.bsky.social, Tiffany Gray, Emma Kingston, Richard Pepple & Sule Rimi hanging out on the stoop

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Faded fame: This rather smart lararium (shrine) can be found in the House of the Red Walls, #Pompeii. It once featured paintings of a helmet, greaves, shield & dagger, leading to the theory that this was the house of a retired #gladiator!
#Roman #FrescoFriday #GladiatorBandwagon
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The mighty sea-god Triton — half man, half fish — looking particularly fetching in this beautifully colour-coordinated mosaic, which can be found at the Archaeological Museum of Sparta. #MosaicMonday #Sparta #Archaeology
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#Caturday at Ye Olde Thermopolium, where fast food isn’t as fast as it used to be! #Pompeii #Roman #Archaeology

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If you haven't gone yet, you've only got a week to get down to Hampstead Theatre to see Richard Bean's new play #Reykjavik. It‘s a superb piece of #theatre – funny, sobering, moving. Excellent cast. An astute slice of working life – with chips!