The lace-like marble of #Domitian’s #Alban theatre projected absolute majesty for a court of absolute terror. A late #ReliefWednesday look at the hyper-detailed "#Flavian #Baroque" gives us the architectural framework for the waking nightmare of proximity to the emperor. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Well done NYC - the first Knicks title in my lifetime. Enjoy the party
Lovely example of an Attic late 5th or early 4th century BCE theatrical terracotta - it’s part of a set of more than a dozen said have been found together in a burial.
An ancient collector and a case of completism?
Mosaic of a hunting dog from the House of Dionysos in Paphos, Cyprus.
It is chasing a mouflon (wild goat native to Cyprus).
Late 2nd or early 3rd century CE
#MosaicMonday
‘Ancient Cypriot vase repatriated from Canada’
#archaeologynews
cyprus-mail.com/2026/06/09/a...
The pigeon fanciers of the Bronze Age. #Archaeology
theconversation.com/the-pigeon-f...
'Ancient Greek drama takes centre stage across Cyprus'
cyprus-mail.com/2026/06/17/a...
Anthony Majanlahti
Today is UN’s International Day of Play - dedicated to the rights of children to play.
This fantastic Attic red figure chous in the Getty dates to 420BCE & shows 3 children playing a game of knucklebones (astragaloi). Just wait till they learn about the Nintendo Switch!
www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
'How the invention of glassblowing changed everyday life in ancient Rome'
Lovely piece in the @aunz.theconversation.com today by Thomas J. Derrick about Roman glassblowing
theconversation.com/how-the-inve...
A Cypriot ceramic vase nearly 4,000 years old was returned to Cyprus from Canada on Tuesday, after it had been listed for sale at an online auction. The Department of Antiquities said the artefact, a ...
Marking 29 years this summer, the newest edition of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama is coming next month. Organised by the department of contemporary culture and the Cyprus Centre of...
As a classics student in NYC, I really loved visiting these Greek terracotta figurines depicting actors on display at the Met.
They’re so expressive, not just in the depictions of the masks but also the body language as well.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
