Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly
@greciangirl.bsky.social
Avid book collector/Dreamer/MA Student (Half-English / Half-Greek)
Posts: Archaeology/Ancient History/Classics 🏺🏛
Expect typos and photos of sheep 😊🐑
Posts: Archaeology/Ancient History/Classics 🏺🏛
Expect typos and photos of sheep 😊🐑
View from the restaurant’s balcony last night. Monemvasia, Greece.
October 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
View from the restaurant’s balcony last night. Monemvasia, Greece.
The medieval fortified town of Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece. Video filmed yesterday.
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The medieval fortified town of Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece. Video filmed yesterday.
Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece, yesterday.
October 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece, yesterday.
🏛️ Beautiful mosaic floor of the Roman baths at the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia, Greece. The baths were built ca 150 CE and were used by the athletes who performed in the Isthmian Games. The mosaic depicts Triton and sea creatures. Video filmed a couple of days ago.
September 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🏛️ Beautiful mosaic floor of the Roman baths at the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia, Greece. The baths were built ca 150 CE and were used by the athletes who performed in the Isthmian Games. The mosaic depicts Triton and sea creatures. Video filmed a couple of days ago.
I’m currently in Xylokastro, Peloponnese, Greece, visiting family and I will never grow tired of looking at this amazing view of the Gulf of Corinth. 🇬🇷💙
September 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’m currently in Xylokastro, Peloponnese, Greece, visiting family and I will never grow tired of looking at this amazing view of the Gulf of Corinth. 🇬🇷💙
August 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This 3,300 year-old Mycenaean terracotta chariot was found in a rock-hewn tomb at Megalo Monastiri, in the region of Larissa, Greece. Dated ca. 13th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Volos, Greece. 📷 Athenologio.
August 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This 3,300 year-old Mycenaean terracotta chariot was found in a rock-hewn tomb at Megalo Monastiri, in the region of Larissa, Greece. Dated ca. 13th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Volos, Greece. 📷 Athenologio.
Spotted last year, at a spice stall in the Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul. 😂
August 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Spotted last year, at a spice stall in the Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul. 😂
Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece 🇬🇷
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August 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece 🇬🇷
📷 me
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🏛 The ancient stadium at Messene, Messinia, Peloponnese, Greece. This stadium was used between the 3rd century BCE and the 4th century CE. This was used by athletes but apparantly during the Roman period it was also used to watch 'matches' between gladiators and animals. 📷 me.
August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🏛 The ancient stadium at Messene, Messinia, Peloponnese, Greece. This stadium was used between the 3rd century BCE and the 4th century CE. This was used by athletes but apparantly during the Roman period it was also used to watch 'matches' between gladiators and animals. 📷 me.
Ancient Greek pebble mosaic from Ancient Sikyon, northern Peloponnese, Greece. Dated 4th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Sikyon. 📷 me #AncientBluesky
August 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ancient Greek pebble mosaic from Ancient Sikyon, northern Peloponnese, Greece. Dated 4th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Sikyon. 📷 me #AncientBluesky
‘Past and Present Generations’ painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1894.
August 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
‘Past and Present Generations’ painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1894.
🏛 Olympia, Greece. Photo credit: Theodoros Apostolopoulo
August 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🏛 Olympia, Greece. Photo credit: Theodoros Apostolopoulo
The 13th century Deësis Mosaic in the 6th century Hagia Sophia. 📷 me
August 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The 13th century Deësis Mosaic in the 6th century Hagia Sophia. 📷 me
🏛 Ancient Messene cat! 🐈
This is just about the friendliest cat I have ever met on an archaeological site and I just had to share a photo for #Caturday. Photo taken at Ancient Messene, Peloponnese, Greece. #ClassicalCats #AncientBluesky
This is just about the friendliest cat I have ever met on an archaeological site and I just had to share a photo for #Caturday. Photo taken at Ancient Messene, Peloponnese, Greece. #ClassicalCats #AncientBluesky
August 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🏛 Ancient Messene cat! 🐈
This is just about the friendliest cat I have ever met on an archaeological site and I just had to share a photo for #Caturday. Photo taken at Ancient Messene, Peloponnese, Greece. #ClassicalCats #AncientBluesky
This is just about the friendliest cat I have ever met on an archaeological site and I just had to share a photo for #Caturday. Photo taken at Ancient Messene, Peloponnese, Greece. #ClassicalCats #AncientBluesky
🏛 The remaining columns of the temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece. 📷 me #AncientBluesky
August 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🏛 The remaining columns of the temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece. 📷 me #AncientBluesky
Yes, sure. The first photo is by Athenologio and the second by CARAA (Centre d’Analyses et de Recherche en Art et Archéologie /Center for Analysis and Research in Art and Archaeology)
August 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yes, sure. The first photo is by Athenologio and the second by CARAA (Centre d’Analyses et de Recherche en Art et Archéologie /Center for Analysis and Research in Art and Archaeology)
🦔 Ancient Egyptian blue faience hedgehog curled into a ball. New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty,1550-1450 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork (1989.281.91) www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #AncientBluesky
August 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🦔 Ancient Egyptian blue faience hedgehog curled into a ball. New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty,1550-1450 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork (1989.281.91) www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #AncientBluesky
Hellenistic gold armlet with Herakles knot. Inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel. Dated 3rd–2nd century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1999.209) www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
August 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Hellenistic gold armlet with Herakles knot. Inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel. Dated 3rd–2nd century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1999.209) www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
🏛 The temple of Hephaestus (Hephaisteion) in the Ancient Athenian Agora, Greece. Dated 5th century BCE. Photo taken from the slopes of the Athenian Acropolis. 📷 me
August 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🏛 The temple of Hephaestus (Hephaisteion) in the Ancient Athenian Agora, Greece. Dated 5th century BCE. Photo taken from the slopes of the Athenian Acropolis. 📷 me
Finds from the Mycenaean Period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 me
August 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Finds from the Mycenaean Period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 me
The ancient theatre at Epidaurus, Peloponnese, Greece. The theatre was built in the 4th century BCE to accommodate 8,000 people and extended in the 2nd century BCE to accomodate up to 14,700 people! 📷 me
August 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The ancient theatre at Epidaurus, Peloponnese, Greece. The theatre was built in the 4th century BCE to accommodate 8,000 people and extended in the 2nd century BCE to accomodate up to 14,700 people! 📷 me
Detail of a marble head of the goddess Hygeia, Goddess of Health. Dated 5th - 4th century BCE. Hygeia was the daughter of Asklepios (God of Medicine and healing) and this sculpture was found at a healing sanctuary dedicated to him in Pheneos, Peloponnese, Greece. 📷 Athenologio
August 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Detail of a marble head of the goddess Hygeia, Goddess of Health. Dated 5th - 4th century BCE. Hygeia was the daughter of Asklepios (God of Medicine and healing) and this sculpture was found at a healing sanctuary dedicated to him in Pheneos, Peloponnese, Greece. 📷 Athenologio
🏛 Temple of Zeus, Cyrene, near Shahhat, Libya. 📷 Mustafa Ekryem.
August 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🏛 Temple of Zeus, Cyrene, near Shahhat, Libya. 📷 Mustafa Ekryem.
