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Archaeological travels through the Roman Empire. Bimonthy updates at the website. All photos my own unless otherwise noted.
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New post this week, Part II on ancient Salona! This post gets into the late core of the site; originally extramural, it was enclosed in a new circuit of walls in the late 2nd century CE.

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November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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New post this week starting a new series on (Colonia Martia Julia Valeria) Salona! The colony was established by Caesar in 47 BCE, and would later be the birthplace of Diocletian:

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November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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New post, the fifth and final part on ancient Kos! This post focuses on the famed Asclepieion, located a few kilometers outside the ancient city and active through the Roman period.

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November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#RomanSiteSaturday; A new post this week, part IV of the ongoing series on ancient Kos. The current installment finishes up the main town with the northern agora and harbor area.

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October 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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New post this week, part three on ancient Kos! This week continues through the reconstructed Casa Romana before detailing the adjacent remnants of the southern area of the agora.

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October 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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New post this week, part two on ancient Kos! This week's post details the large Western Archaeological Zone with its mosaics and frescos as well as the city's 1st-2nd century CE odeon.

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September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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#MosaicMonday From last week's post on ancient Kos, a 2nd-3rd century CE mosaic depicting Asclepius arriving on Kos. He is greeted by a Koan as Hippocrates sits nearby. Archaeological Museum of Kos.

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September 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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New post last week on the ancient city of Kos! The first in a five part series explores the history, museum, and sites in the northwest of the city.

Bonus cat for #Caturday in picture 4.

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September 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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New post this week, the second and final part on Colonia Caesar Augusta (modern Zaragoza). Included this week, parts of the form, baths, sewers, and the city fortification walls.

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August 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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#RomanSiteSaturday and #WorldHoneyBeeDay; the Xemxija apiary in northern Malta. Originally constructed in the Punic-Roman period, it may have first functioned as tombs before later being repurposed as an apiary.

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August 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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New post last week on Colonia Caesar Augusta, which became modern Zaragoza, Spain. The first of two parts starts off with the Museo de Zaragoza and the archaeological area of the ancient theater:

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August 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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For #ReliefWednesday this week, a small lead votive tablet depicting imagery associated with the Danubian Horseman. Displayed in the National Museum Požarevac (Serbia) and found at the nearby site of Viminacium. Dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE.

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August 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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For #MosaicMonday, a mosaic depicting the abduction of Europa by Zeus in the guise of a bull. In situ at the House of Mosaics in Sparta. Dated to the 3rd century CE.

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August 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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#AncientSiteSunday; the Minoan peak sanctuary site on Mount Juktas (Psili Korfi), just outside modern Archanes. It seems to have been constructed around 2100-2000 BCE and was likely associated with the palace at Knossos, 6.5 kilometers to the north.

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August 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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#RomanSiteSaturday; the amphitheater of Lucera. Built during the reign of Augustus, it is estimated to have held between 16,000 and 18,000 spectators. An inscription records the magistrate responsible for the construction; Marcus Vecilius Campanus.

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August 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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For #FrescoFriday, from the Domus Vedi Sirici at #Pompeii, a scene from the triclinium of the house depicting Omphale and a drunken Hercules. Cupids steal the intoxicated Hercules' club and quiver.

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August 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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#ReliefWednesday; from the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, a relief depicting the tragedian Euripides (at center). A statue of Dionysus stands to his right and a figure identified as 'skene' hands him a theater mask. From Smyrna, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE.

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August 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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#MosaicMonday; from a residence in the north part of the Western Archaeological Zone of Kos, the only (mostly) remaining of three emblemata from a large floor mosaic. The scene depicts the Judgement of Paris. Dated to the 2nd century CE.

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The goddess of discord, Eris, having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, creates chaos by bringing a golden apple inscribed with a notation that it belongs to the fairest one. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all believe that they are the fairest and claim ownership. After Zeus wisely declined to judge the fairest of the three and rightful owner of the apple, the Trojan prince Paris is chosen to make the determination. Paris sits beneath a tree with an eagle representing Zeus on the left of the scene. Hermes stands next to him, having brought the goddesses to Paris for his arbitration. Aphrodite stands first, but is mostly missing due to the damage to the mosaic. Hera is seated at the center of the goddesses and Athena stands at the right side.
August 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#AncientSiteSunday: Tylissus; a series of 3 Minoan residential buildings first constructed in the Neopalatial period. It seems to have remained consistently inhabited through at least the 8th century BCE, developing into a site with religious significance.

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August 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Also home to some bats!
August 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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#RomanSiteSaturday; the odeon of Kos. Constructed in the late 1st or early 2nd century CE, it seems to have replaced an earlier assembly building, perhaps the bouleuterion. It is estimated to have had a capacity of about 750 spectators.

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August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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For #FrescoFriday, from the House of Menander at #Pompeii, the Trojan priest Laocoon and his two sons are attacked by giant serpents, sent by one of the gods, at the sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for warning the Trojans about the wooden horse.

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August 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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For #ReliefWednesday; the front of a sarcophagus depicting a series of scenes from the myth cycle of Pelops and Oenomaus, one of the origins for the foundation of the Olympic games (info in alt text). Dated to ~200 CE. Musée Art & Histoire, Brussels.

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Sarcophagus depicting scenes from the cycle of Pelops and Oenomaus. Because of a prophecy stating that he would be killed by his son-in-law, king Oenomaus of Pisa, required any suitor for his daughter first beat him in a chariot race, but be killed by the king if he lost. First Pelops is depicted arriving at Pisa. The central scene depicts the chariot race between Pelops and Oenomaus after Pelops has Oenomaus' chariot sabotaged, resulting in the dragging death of the Oenomaus. Followed by this are scenes of Pelops' return and entry to the palace. Finally, Pelops departs with with his new bride, Hippodamia. This competition would come to be one of the foundational myths for the Olympic games and Pelops and Hippodamia had a cult site at Olympia.
July 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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#MosaicMonday; a detail of a bird, part of a larger, but fragmentary mosaic depicting another bird and a theater mask. Found in Ilidža and dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Now in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.

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July 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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New post this week on Colonia Flavia Scupinorum and the museums of its modern successor, Skopje (North Macedonia)! The Roman city was founded during the reign of Diocletian with veterans from several legions.

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July 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM