Bright sun creates interesting interplay of light and shadow on a cobblestone walkway underneath a stone arch with a peaceful green garden area beyond.
https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/medieval-architecture-viterbo-italy-joan-carroll.html
#viterbo #italy #medieval #architecture #arch #archway #shadows #cobblestone #sanpelligrino #historic #ancient #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll
The feet of one of the #ancient Caryatid sculptures from the #roman forum of Augustus, with possibly the name of the sculptor carved into the base. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancienthistory #ancientart
The #ruins of an #ancient #roman house, with staircase and marble floor, as well as two collapsed statues, underneath Palazzo Valentini. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #ancientrome #romanhistory
The Great Meteoron Monastery Meteora Greece
Bask in the ethereal beauty of Meteora, Greece, with this breathtaking vertical composition captured by fine art photographer Wayne Moran. The image features the majestic Great Meteoron Monastery, perched atop towering rock pillars, glowing under the warm hues of a golden sunset.
#Meteora #Greece # Monasteries #historic #ancient #architecture #Landscape #photography #travel #travelphotography
One of the #ancient sculptures from the attic storey of the forum of Nerva representing different provinces of the #roman empire. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
Part of the paving and bronze letters of the #ancient meridian or horologium laid out by the #roman emperor Augustus and relaid by Domitian in the Campus Martius. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
Did you know that an #ancient #Olympics athlete was chosen by the #gods?
Eubotas knew he would win the #running #race at the 93rd Games in 408 BC. The #oracle of Cyrene had told him!
He commissioned his own statue before the games - & of course he DID #win!
44 years later, Eubotas won the chariot race in the 104th Games (as an owner, to whom the prize went).
He possibly also won six other races.
The prettiest courtesan of the age was madly in love with him, too.
A series of #ancient #roman river barges from the mouth of the Tiber excavated near Fiumicino airport now in Museo delle Navi. #rome #archaeology #ancienthistory #ancientrome #romanhistory
#Greek #mythology with a contemporary twist. Discover the #story which captivated the #ancient #classical world. Out now!
(24 Apr) A 2,000-year-old battle ended in fire, and a tree species never recovered
An ancient Chinese army set fire to an enemy capital, but things got out of hand.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/10l6b
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#ancient-china #ancient-warfare #archaeology #endangered-species #han-dynasty #save-the-trees #science
A colourful #ancient #mosaic with parrots from a tomb at the #roman necropolis at Isola Sacra near Portus outside #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
(21 Apr) Archaeologists Unearth Roman Horse Cemetery With 100 Skeletons
A construction project in Stuttgart, Germany, resulted in the discovery of the ancient site.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/f2q5f
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#ancient-rome #archaeology #horses #human-history
"The voice that speaks in him, speaks low, but he who listens with a third ear hears also what is expressed almost noiselessly, what is said #pianissimo." #etymology #words #storytelling #music #ancient #piano #hearing #listening
http://contentcatnip.com/2025/04/23/ancient-word-of-the-day-pianissimo/
