Łukasz Sokołowski
@sokolowskilukasz.bsky.social
Doctor of archaeology and cultural anthropologist interested in Roman art and portraiture with special emphasis put on #RomanEast and #Palmyra🏺📖🇵🇱🇪🇺🌍🙋♂
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🖊️Meet 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭â (100–130 CE), a Palmyrene woman shown frontally, in local dress, holding a distaff and spindle—symbols of virtue and domestic life. Subtle jewelry and refined drapery reveal discreet wealth. More in my LinkedIn article:
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November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🖊️Meet 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭â (100–130 CE), a Palmyrene woman shown frontally, in local dress, holding a distaff and spindle—symbols of virtue and domestic life. Subtle jewelry and refined drapery reveal discreet wealth. More in my LinkedIn article:
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
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#TombTuesday
Ghirza's North Cemetery is about half a km west of the center of the desert town. Unlike the tombs on the South Cemetery, which look like obelisks, the mausoleums of this cemetery resemble temples.
#Roman #Libya 🇱🇾
#architecture #History #Archaeology
Ghirza's North Cemetery is about half a km west of the center of the desert town. Unlike the tombs on the South Cemetery, which look like obelisks, the mausoleums of this cemetery resemble temples.
#Roman #Libya 🇱🇾
#architecture #History #Archaeology
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#TombTuesday
Ghirza's North Cemetery is about half a km west of the center of the desert town. Unlike the tombs on the South Cemetery, which look like obelisks, the mausoleums of this cemetery resemble temples.
#Roman #Libya 🇱🇾
#architecture #History #Archaeology
Ghirza's North Cemetery is about half a km west of the center of the desert town. Unlike the tombs on the South Cemetery, which look like obelisks, the mausoleums of this cemetery resemble temples.
#Roman #Libya 🇱🇾
#architecture #History #Archaeology
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@helsinki.fi saattaa rahoittaa sivistystehtäviään kiinteistötuotoilla, mutta kiinteistöjohtaja ei ole sisäistänyt sivistysarvoja.
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Lukijan mielipide | Helsingin yliopisto rahoittaa tilojen vuokrauksella sivistystehtäviään
Yliopiston talousnäkymät ovat haastavat, sillä perusrahoitus on riittämätöntä ja nyt uhkana ovat uudet leikkaukset.
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August 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@helsinki.fi saattaa rahoittaa sivistystehtäviään kiinteistötuotoilla, mutta kiinteistöjohtaja ei ole sisäistänyt sivistysarvoja.
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
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Register for the webinar series Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture @ Yale Institute of Sacred Music ism.yale.edu/late-antique...
August 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Register for the webinar series Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture @ Yale Institute of Sacred Music ism.yale.edu/late-antique...
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(241) Lost Kingdom of the Desert: How the Nabataeans created an Empire - YouTube
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Lost Kingdom of the Desert: How the Nabataeans created an Empire
YouTube video by Ancient Rome Live
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August 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
(241) Lost Kingdom of the Desert: How the Nabataeans created an Empire - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEz6...
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10 years ago, Khaled al-As’ad gave his life defending the ruins of Palmyra. His belief endures: people without history are people without a future. A symbol of courage and resilience against barbarism.
August 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
10 years ago, Khaled al-As’ad gave his life defending the ruins of Palmyra. His belief endures: people without history are people without a future. A symbol of courage and resilience against barbarism.
There is no need for any further comment ...
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
There is no need for any further comment ...
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#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2
#archaeology 🏺
#archaeology 🏺
August 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2
#archaeology 🏺
#archaeology 🏺
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Italy marks Ferragosto with a national holiday today
Ferragosto: Italy's summer holiday in August
Italy marks the national holiday of Ferragosto each year on 15 August, in a tradition that dates back to Roman times, with many Italians going on vacation.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Italy marks Ferragosto with a national holiday today
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BTA :: Hellenistic Gold from Bulgaria's SE Sakar Region Is Now on Display at National Archaeology Museum
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Hellenistic Gold from Bulgaria's SE Sakar Region Is Now on Display at National Archaeology Museum
An exhibition titled The Splendour of Hellenistic Gold: the Ruler of Sakar, is now on display at the National Archaeology Museum in Sofia. At the opening event on Tuesday night, Deputy Culture Ministe...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
BTA :: Hellenistic Gold from Bulgaria's SE Sakar Region Is Now on Display at National Archaeology Museum
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Relief with a teaching scene from the Via della Foce in Ostia Antica, near Rome. Dating to the late 4th century AD, the relief is on display at the site museum. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #Roman #Ostia
August 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Relief with a teaching scene from the Via della Foce in Ostia Antica, near Rome. Dating to the late 4th century AD, the relief is on display at the site museum. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #Roman #Ostia
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#OnThisDay - 13 August - in 29 BC Octavian celebrated the first of three triumphs on successive days - his notable 'Triple Triumph'. This one was for his conquest of Dalmatia. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Augustus 268; Münzkabinett Berlin (18202352). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Augustus 268; Münzkabinett Berlin (18202352). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
August 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#OnThisDay - 13 August - in 29 BC Octavian celebrated the first of three triumphs on successive days - his notable 'Triple Triumph'. This one was for his conquest of Dalmatia. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Augustus 268; Münzkabinett Berlin (18202352). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Augustus 268; Münzkabinett Berlin (18202352). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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Why Ancient Romans Paid a Fortune for the Color Purple — More Than Even Silver | Open Culture
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Why Ancient Romans Paid a Fortune for the Color Purple — More Than Even Silver
Purple may not be one of the most popular colors in the apparel of our age, but if you want it — as certain cultural figures have amply demonstrated — you can get as much of it as you like, even if yo...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Why Ancient Romans Paid a Fortune for the Color Purple — More Than Even Silver | Open Culture
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1. “𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝐼 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑎!” Carl Haag in 1859, below his watercolour 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 [Bel Temple - ŁS]. The work from the same year with a rich, transcending and astonishing, hazy light.
August 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
1. “𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝐼 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑦𝑟𝑎!” Carl Haag in 1859, below his watercolour 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 [Bel Temple - ŁS]. The work from the same year with a rich, transcending and astonishing, hazy light.
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#SpoliaSunday shows us how to use an ancient basin of #Aswan #granite from the #Baths of #Nero in #Rome as it should be. Enough with locking #Roman #fountains in museums. Put them back to work, ad ornamentum Urbis. #AncientBluesky 🏺
August 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#SpoliaSunday shows us how to use an ancient basin of #Aswan #granite from the #Baths of #Nero in #Rome as it should be. Enough with locking #Roman #fountains in museums. Put them back to work, ad ornamentum Urbis. #AncientBluesky 🏺
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🚨🏛️ Pompeii news! People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say
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People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists says
New evidence suggests an informal settlement was established after the eruption that buried much of the city.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🚨🏛️ Pompeii news! People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say
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Secrets of Pompeii's survivors, revealed: Study reveals how brave people RETURNED to live in the ruins after the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius | Daily Mail Online
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Secrets of Pompeii's survivors, revealed
The ancient Italian city of Pompeii soon experienced a second life after it was blanketed by pumice and ash from the Mount Vesuvius eruption of AD 79, say experts.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Secrets of Pompeii's survivors, revealed: Study reveals how brave people RETURNED to live in the ruins after the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius | Daily Mail Online
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My picture of the Arch of Titus and menorah carried during Emperor's triumph after coming from Judea. 11 June 2023,
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August 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My picture of the Arch of Titus and menorah carried during Emperor's triumph after coming from Judea. 11 June 2023,
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@khiflorenz.bsky.social
1. «𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲», oil on canvas, 179 x 130 cm, 1860 by Franz von Lenbach 1836 – 1904.
The remarkable contrast between grey remains of 'classical' antiquity and bright folk costumes of contemporary Romans.
Hungarian National Gallery, 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 245.𝐵.
The remarkable contrast between grey remains of 'classical' antiquity and bright folk costumes of contemporary Romans.
Hungarian National Gallery, 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 245.𝐵.
August 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1. «𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲», oil on canvas, 179 x 130 cm, 1860 by Franz von Lenbach 1836 – 1904.
The remarkable contrast between grey remains of 'classical' antiquity and bright folk costumes of contemporary Romans.
Hungarian National Gallery, 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 245.𝐵.
The remarkable contrast between grey remains of 'classical' antiquity and bright folk costumes of contemporary Romans.
Hungarian National Gallery, 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 245.𝐵.
1. Did 𝑫𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂 had a chance to be Augustus' descendant, as now taken for granted? The last of the nobilitas among homines novi. A striking contrast of class and cultural background, and the the expansion of the Empire in the East. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒔, 1885
August 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
1. Did 𝑫𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂 had a chance to be Augustus' descendant, as now taken for granted? The last of the nobilitas among homines novi. A striking contrast of class and cultural background, and the the expansion of the Empire in the East. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒔, 1885
𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚 50-123/7 CE. Fascinating person and appearance always. The "Orbis comarum" hairstyle, jewellery, vanity and calm, yet haughty, aristocratic pride. Political instinct, flexibility, and adaptability. The last of the nobiles. A descendant of Augustus who was more cunning than Livia.
August 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚 50-123/7 CE. Fascinating person and appearance always. The "Orbis comarum" hairstyle, jewellery, vanity and calm, yet haughty, aristocratic pride. Political instinct, flexibility, and adaptability. The last of the nobiles. A descendant of Augustus who was more cunning than Livia.
1/ Hunting Animals, a remarkable Roman mosaic from a luxurious villa at Daphne near Antioch in Syria. Between 450 and 520 CE, a marker of the Late Antique transformation originally located in a building was destroyed by an earthquake in 526 CE
Unexpectedly kept in the Honolulu museum
#MosaicMonday
Unexpectedly kept in the Honolulu museum
#MosaicMonday
August 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
1/ Hunting Animals, a remarkable Roman mosaic from a luxurious villa at Daphne near Antioch in Syria. Between 450 and 520 CE, a marker of the Late Antique transformation originally located in a building was destroyed by an earthquake in 526 CE
Unexpectedly kept in the Honolulu museum
#MosaicMonday
Unexpectedly kept in the Honolulu museum
#MosaicMonday
Sunday, in its turn, reminds me of the fragment of a Late Antique sarcophagus with 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔 scene I saw on 3/6/2025 in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒌𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒎 in Cracow. Christ giving the laws, peacocks and palms. Full visual program of emerging, triumphant early-Christianity.
Photo: Ł. Sokołowski
Photo: Ł. Sokołowski
August 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sunday, in its turn, reminds me of the fragment of a Late Antique sarcophagus with 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔 scene I saw on 3/6/2025 in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒌𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒎 in Cracow. Christ giving the laws, peacocks and palms. Full visual program of emerging, triumphant early-Christianity.
Photo: Ł. Sokołowski
Photo: Ł. Sokołowski