How to party at Pompeii! Charlotte Higgins and I are doing a special recording of Instant Classics at the British Library on evening of 22 June, part of heir Food Season. Come along events.bl.uk/events/how-t...
From elegant dinners in glamorous outdoor dining rooms (stuffed dormice optional) to down-and-dirty street food in back alley bars, the archaeology of Pomp
How fantastic is this drawing of our Iron Age enclosure? 😍
One of our Experimentalists has drawn the roundhouse village with exceptional detail. We love seeing how our beautiful ancient farm captures the imagination of creative observers.
Hand-drawn by a very talented human - magnificent! ✨
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 512
sol lucet inter imbres (The sun is shining between showers). Minima lenticulum gubernat, dum Minimus remigat (Minima is steering the boat while Minimus rows). Silvius in prorā sedet et laete circumspectat (Silvius sits in the prow and looks around happily).
The chair of US Commission of Fine Arts, in approving the proposed triumphal arch in DC, claimed that opposition to it was "due to a lack of understand<ing> about the history of such triumphal arches" Bit of an insult to those of us who really do know about triumphal arches!
I can’t believe I did this 😳
We launched our Janus Bust to our mailing list… then I forgot to tell everyone else.
I’m a potter. The businesswoman part is still under construction 😅
See the Janus Bust
potted-history.co.uk/products/janus
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 510
diēs aestuosus est, et mures in horto apricabantur. (It's a hot day, and the mice have been sunbathing in the garden). Silvius in labro aquae intepescit (Silvius is cooling off in a tub of water). Minima sudarium tenet (Minima is holding his towel).
