@bookwormsat.bsky.social "Although I was called Captain Barry for many years of my life, and have been known as such by the first people of Europe, yet I may as well confess I had no more claim to the title than many a gentleman who assumes it," Wm Makepeace Thackeray "Barry Lyndon". #BookWormSat

The South Baths of Perge, Pamphylia, Turkey, with a swimming pool (natatio), dated to the reigns of Trajan (98-117) or Hadrian (117-138); courtesy of Carole Raddato. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Detail from a fresco depicting the "Battle between the Horatii and the Curiatii" (1612-1613 CE), now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy; courtesy of Mary Harrsch. #FrescoFriday #Romanhistory #Art #Archaeology

Remnants of the Roman legionary fortress of Isca Dumnoniorum, now Exeter, built as a base for the Second Augustan Legion (established c. AD 55), courtesy of Krisztina Braun. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

In the Winter of 2018, sand from Sahara Desert sandstorms found its way as far North and East as Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine, where it fell in abundance as orange snow. #WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social

Summer and Winter views of Dolbury Hillfort, otherwise known as Killerton Camp, on the Killerton Estate in Devon; courtesy of Martin Bodman. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology

The Soulton Long Barrow, near Wem in Shropshire, just after dawn on the Summer Solstice 2020; courtesy of TJatHAURC. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #Neolithic

A section of the 4th-century CE "Months and Seasons" pavement mosaic from Carthage; photographed at The British Museum by Mary Harrsch. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

Standing Stone of Stenness, Orkney, Scotland, courtesy of Dave Sutherland. #StandingStoneSunday #megaliths #Neolithic #BronzeAge #Archaeology

"A shaft of moonlight illuminated a row of sentinel silver birch in a phosphorescent glow, appearing almost ethereal in the relative surrounding gloom." "The Elephant Tree" by R.D. Ronald. #BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social

The Lower Agora at Sagalassos, Pisidia, Türkiye, constructed during the reign of Augustus; courtesy of Carole Raddato @ Following Hadrian. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

1st-century CE Roman War Galley fresco from Pompeii, now in the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli in Naples, Italy; courtesy of Mary Harrsch. #FrescoFriday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Cawthorn Camp is a 1st- or early 2nd-century AD Roman military site in northeast England, about 4 miles north of Pickering, North Yorkshire. Image: Martin Norman. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship doomed never to make port, destined to sail the oceans forever. Sailors have reported seeing the ship glowing with unnatural light or shrouded in thick mist, vanishing as quickly as it appears. #WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social

Outer ditch view to the northeast of the Iron Age fort of Castle an Dinas, courtesy of Rob Farrow. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology

The Giant's Caves Neolithic chambered long barrow, near Badminton; courtesy of Vieve Forward. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #Neolithic

Roman mosaic from Carthage dating from the 5th or 6th century CE and showing a Partridge and two gazelles, one of which has been wounded by a javelin; courtesy of Mary Harrsch. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

The standing stones of Callanish from up close, courtesy of Patrick Down. #StandingStoneSunday #megaliths #Neolithic #BronzeAge #Archaeology

“Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew #BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social

The Macellum (food market) with the tholos-shaped water basin in the middle of the central courtyard, Sagalassos, Pisidia, Turke; courtesy of Carole Raddato. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Detail from the fresco "Numa Pompilius institutes the cult of the Vestals" by Cavalier d'Arpino (1636-1640 CE) in the Hall of the Horatii and Curiatti. Photographed at the Capitoline Museum, Rome by Mary Harrsch. #FrescoFriday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Chew Green Roman camp, Dere Street, Northumbria, courtesy of Toby Speight. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Legend has it that the celebrated Rollright Stones are a king and his knights who were turned to stone by a witch's curse. #WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social

Castle Hill fort, Blunsdon; courtesy of Brian Robert Marshall. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology

West Woods Long Barrow near Clatford, Wiltshire; courtesy of Michael Murray. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #Neolithic

A section of the "Months and Seasons" pavement mosaic from Carthage, dating from the Second half of the 4th century CE; now in the British Museum; courtesy of Mary Harrsch. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

"The Pipers" standing stones near Boleigh Farm, St. Buryan; Cornwall; courtesy of Jim Champion. #StandingStoneSunday #megaliths #Neolithic #BronzeAge #Archaeology

“Strange weather brings out strange behaviour. As a Bunsen burner applied to a crucible will bring about an exchange of electrons,....so a heatwave will act upon people." "Instructions for a Heatwave" by Maggie O'Farrell #BookWormSa @bookwormsat.bsky.social

Delikkemer aqueduct, an inverted siphon aqueduct located a short distance north of Patara, which was built during the reign of Claudius and renovated under Vespasian after an earthquake. Images: Carole Raddato. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

Detail from an early seventeenth-century fresco depicting a Battle between the Horatii and the Curiatti; now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome; courtesy of Mary Harrsch. #FrescoFriday #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology