#cherchell

[postcard-from-the-past]

Street scene in Cherchell, Algeria

French vintage postcard

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Ptolemy of Mauretania (c. 9 BCE - 40 CE)

* Grandson of Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius.

* First cousin of Germanicus and Claudius.

* Last Roman Client king of Mauretania (20-40 CE)

* assassinated by order of Caligula

* Archaeological Museum Of Cherchell

source: PericlesofAthens, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

[mydearalgeria]

Statues and capitals gallery, Cherchell museum - 1930/1950.

[romegreeceart]

Archaeology - old photos

* Cherchell, Algeria

* photo by Félix-Jacques Antoine Moulin (1802 -1875)

source: Félix-Jacques Antoine Moulin (1802 -1875) (?), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

[romegreeceart]

Roman mosaic, Archaeological Museum of Cherchell

* Caesarea Mauretaniae

* 2nd century CE

source: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

[romegreeceart]

Diana

* Caesarea Mauretaniae

* Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria

source: Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

[romegreeceart]

Cleopatra Selene II (40 BCE - 5 BCE)

* daughter of Cleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius

* 31 BCE:  after the battle of Actium (31 BCE) she was raised in the household of Octavia the Younger (her stepmother)

* 25 BCE: Married Juba II, a ward of both Julius Caesar and Augustus.

* 25 BCE - 5 BCE: Queen of Mauretania

* Mother of Ptolemy of Mauretania

* Roman marble portrait, circa 40 CE

* Archaeological Museum of Chercell

source: Hichem algerino, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

[romegreeceart]

Three Graces

* Caesarea Mauretania

* found in the house of Julii

* 4th century CE

* Archaeological Museum of Cherchell

source: Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons