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Writer, Historical Fiction, Roman Archaeology, Ancient History, Books, Travel, Walking, Landscapes, Photography.
Winner #FNL writing comp @ #LFOW24
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Kate Sheehan-Finn
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I went to write in my garden office at 8.00 am where I was treated to the angle grinder symphony courtesy of a thoughtful neighbour.
A hasty retreat to the dining room table, coffee ☕️, and calm is restored.
#WritingLife #SundayVibes #AmWriting
This torc known as The Snettisham Great Torc named for where it was discovered. Other Iron Age hoards have been discovered close by. It is made of over 1 KG gold mixed with silver. It was made circa 150-50 BCE, and was likely buried around 50 BCE.
📷 Mine, British Museum.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
This torc known as The Snettisham Great Torc named for where it was discovered. Other Iron Age hoards have been discovered close by. It is made of over 1 KG gold mixed with silver. It was made circa 150-50 BCE, and was likely buried around 50 BCE.
📷 Mine, British Museum.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
These aren’t my photos. They were posted on Facebook by Sewingshields Farm:
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A newly discovered inscription records the building work of:
VEXILAT/LEG II/AVGVST
Vexillation of the 2nd Augustan Legion.
Proper recording underway of this exciting #HadriansWall find.
These aren’t my photos. They were posted on Facebook by Sewingshields Farm:
www.facebook.com/share/18sx9s...
A newly discovered inscription records the building work of:
VEXILAT/LEG II/AVGVST
Vexillation of the 2nd Augustan Legion.
Proper recording underway of this exciting #HadriansWall find.
Kate Sheehan-Finn
Kate Sheehan-Finn
Kate Sheehan-Finn
Kate Sheehan-Finn
Kate Sheehan-Finn
This is perhaps one of the best books about Roman activity in Scotland that I've read. And now it is Open Access, totally free. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
INBIDE CALCOTE is Latin for "Envious one, I tread on you". It was discovered on a mosaic floor in a Fishmonger’s in Ostia, Ancient Rome’s seaport.
The phrase accompanies a dolphin eating an octopus. Both ward off the evil eye, bad luck, or competitors.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Rome
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These frescoes adorn the covered walkway of the Majolica Cloister, in Santa Chiara, Naples. They date to the 17th C. Showing St Francis of Assisi, St Honorius, and above them the virtues Sincerity and Justice respectively. Pic 3-4: roof fresco and a cloister aisle.
📷 my own.
#FrescoFriday #Churches
Part of a Roman dedicatory inscription from the Milecastle at Hotbank, Hadrian’s Wall.
It translates:
Built by Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus...the Second Legion Augusta under Aulus Platorius Nepos, propraetorian legate'.
Nepos was governor of Britannia AD 122 to 125.
#RomanFortThursday
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