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HISTORY, ART (HISTORY), CLASSICS but also the ridiculous because I solemnly swear I’m generally up to no good.

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Marble statue of Aphrodite, the Venus Genetrix, copy of Greek bronze statue attributed to Kallimachos (late 5th century B.C.)

Roman, 1st–2nd century A.D.

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Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Terenouthis

Roman Period Egypt, 1st century B.C.–A.D. 1st century

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Aphrodite Braschi, Roman copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles , ca. 350–340 BC

Roman, 1st century BC

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Hi! I really love your blog, and all the things you post/reblog are totally up my alley! I just graduated with a bachelors in both art history and classics in Wisconsin, and I’m about to move to Scotland to pursue my MSc in art history and collection studies at Glasgow! I love being able to interact with history and art in a non-academic setting, and your blog is one of the ways I do that! Big fan, many thanks, keep bein cool.

Okay hi you are now my new bff, I can almost wave to you from here haha, and I need UPDATES on Scotland!

I’m so so so glad you love it! Thank you! It’s just a passion and I do it to keep learning and surrounding myself with things I wish I did as a living (not that healthcare admin is terrible, but being in management makes you dislike people). As I found out I could not be a forever student, according to my dad, and archaeology makes no money, he said. So here I am living vicariously through you all! 💕

I lurve all of you in academia and revel in your stories.

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~ Pair of turkeys.

Date: 4th century B.C.

Place of origin: Nayarit, Mexico

Medium: Earthenware

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Relief of an Athlete with a hoop

Roman, Stabiae, Villa San Marco, 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.

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Planisphere of the Seasons, from a ceiling in Villa San Marco, Stabiae

Roman, 1st century AD

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Byblis, 1884

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)

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Responses to “so what are you going to do after your degree in ancient civilisations?”

“the position of ‘ruler of Babylon’ has been vacant for a few years, hasn’t it?”

“well, someone has to translate those ancient curses in movies”

scream “ΒΡΕΚΕΚΕΚΕΞ ΚΟΑΞ ΚΟΑΞ” and run away

“destroy Carthage”

start reciting the Iliad and don’t stop until the person leaves

“I was thinking of killing a giant in Lebanon, losing my bro and going on a subsequent quest for immortality, what do you think?”

say nothing and keep building that sweet Hittite chariot you’re going to use to become a new superpower

“I’m going to construct a fort with all the Loeb books I own and never come out”

“bold of you to assume my studies will ever be over”

“et tu, Brute?”

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Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), on the shoulder a goddess is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens & on the body women are making woolen cloth

Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Greek, Attic, ca. 550–530 B.C.

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Shepherd scene from the Vergilius Romanus, illustrated manuscript of Vergil’s works from the 5th century.

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Gold laurel wreath from the Kerameikos Archaeological Museum

Greek, Hellenistic Period

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Snake bracelet for a child

Ptolemaic Egypt, 332–30 B.C. or later

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The Death of Dido, ca. 1711

Augustin Cayot (1667 - 1772)

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Look at these gay Etruscans from a fresco my GF found!!!! AH

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Edit from my favity fave @didoofcarthage :

This fresco is from the Tomb of the Diver at Paestum, which was a Greek settlement in southern Italy (it’s near Naples). So it’s not Etruscan but it is very cool!

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~ Token with an Egyptian Obelisk and a Temple.

Culture: Roman

Date: A.D. early 1st century

Medium: Ivory

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Bronze helmet of Corinthian type

Greece, Corinth, 500 B.C.