RepiTitiationes ~ 03.06.15

Alexander the Great, & his wife Roxanne/Roxana, (By Pietro Antonio Rotari -1707–1762). From:Hermitage Museum, Russia pic.twitter.com/6ugWOVVrte

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) March 6, 2015

The ancient sites now under threat from ISIS in Libya— http://t.co/EplwKJDkWI pic.twitter.com/4f43XgCmRs

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 5, 2015

NT Blog: The "Apocryphal Urge" in Finding Jesus: A Response to Tony Burke http://t.co/rjoUF3jZ2C

— Mark Goodacre (@goodacre) March 6, 2015

Ancient Greek wine jug found in Champagne: A Greek wine jug has been found at a 5th century BC burial site of … http://t.co/ZU3of4ydTb

— david meadows (@exploratorraw) March 6, 2015

Keeling Lecture 2014-15 will be given by Professor David Sedley (@Cambridge_Uni) on 13 May 2015. pic.twitter.com/m90bDaatVf

— UCL Philosophy (@UCLPhilosophy) March 6, 2015

Ancient Greek figurine of one of Odysseus' men turning into a pig.http://t.co/9gLPeOO3rC pic.twitter.com/Ztz9OQkWQC

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) March 6, 2015

This Ancient Greek boar is for the 'chop'!http://t.co/mdSCNPJ998 pic.twitter.com/uL6Dmdzqxw

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) March 6, 2015

In a festive mood — colourful scene of a procession with #Bacchus and Ariadne riding on a chariot. #Pompeii #fresco pic.twitter.com/VmtKtf37ZX

— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) March 6, 2015

It wouldn't be Friday without an Ancient Greek toy buffalo on wheels, would it?http://t.co/feuflbk7Lg pic.twitter.com/fTCrdRjDdA

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) March 6, 2015

Why are ISIS bulldozing Nimrud? They're out to destroy more than antiquities alone, I argue in @Telegraph: http://t.co/3L7DCdJFZv #Assyria

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) March 6, 2015

Get yourselves to the M&D Rooms to see @UoEClassicsSoc 's production of AJAX!!! Only two nights left to do so! pic.twitter.com/CVKH3g1OrS

— James Lloyd (@jtlloyd3) March 5, 2015

Getty mosaic programme Mosaikon teaches conservation in conflict zones https://t.co/dY2za9hpar pic.twitter.com/Rx8mfJsUQV

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 6, 2015

US has a full sized parthenon in Tennessee complete with Athena. pic.twitter.com/N6rC5vW6nV

— Peter Lugg 〓〓 (@PeterUQ) March 6, 2015

2e journée du séminaire à l’Institut français de Sofia organisé par le Louvre et le Ministère de la Culture bulgare pic.twitter.com/6ZaOQvZOTz

— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) March 6, 2015

A tiny charred opium poppy seed from @silchexcavation – probably just an arable weed #fridayfind pic.twitter.com/uGMSIps2ZM

— Lisa Lodwick (@LisaLodwick) March 6, 2015

Any answers? @plantmadman: can anyone tell me where the Via Julia Augusta started and finished? I've found Rome-Avignon+Arles-Piacenza

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) March 6, 2015

Discover a hidden Roman ruin under a city bank today with @collectionlinc: Posterngate.http://t.co/PDCpEl6Kwr pic.twitter.com/CDrpsoOI8p

— Visit Lincoln (@visitlincoln) March 6, 2015

La déesse "Héra Campana'' œuvre romaine d'époque impériale est de retour après restauration http://t.co/B5yfHnMbc0 pic.twitter.com/gR1OKMrZar

— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) March 6, 2015

Expo #Roma sur la fontaine de Juturne (Forum) avec des oeuvres liées au culte des Dioscures @carolemadge @MariolaRub pic.twitter.com/L1h5FJbade

— Roma Aeterna 🏛 (@ValeriaAugusta8) March 6, 2015

@SarahEBond @SaveRome @barrystrauss @TomHolland we need a secret handshake

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) March 6, 2015

The Bodleian-Vatican digitization project has reached 1 million images! Take a look: http://t.co/78Trg0NXBw pic.twitter.com/IMPLH7aGjR

— Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) March 6, 2015

With the monstrous destruction of Nimrud http://t.co/FuVU83BOzC I feel more duty bound to read the book I packed. pic.twitter.com/iFN3TqSmbP

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 6, 2015

Alexander the Great! pic.twitter.com/9pe7jlighj

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) March 6, 2015

Word of the Day: EOLIAN – See the full definition here: http://t.co/QdQ9WKqcih pic.twitter.com/ex1pCFUbzJ

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) March 6, 2015

We're super excited to announce we are one of the selected shows for @NSDFest 2015!! See you in Scarborough! #Bacchae2015 #NSDF

— Bacchae (@Bacchae2015) March 6, 2015

Şanlıurfa Mozaikleri Halılara İşleniyor http://t.co/b5CHggnS3V #arkeoloji pic.twitter.com/OvIwpEDbPn

— arkeolojihaber ® (@arkeolojihaber) March 6, 2015

Today in ancient history: #Augustus named 'pontifex maximus' (the head of Roman religion) – 12 BCE. #Rome #History pic.twitter.com/B5VVcX3iSo

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) March 6, 2015

HSI uses its investigative authority to seize illegally imported cultural property http://t.co/g6ecJRKPEw @wwwicegov pic.twitter.com/Np1HjoO4Xi

— Heritage at State (@HeritageAtState) March 6, 2015

@ahencyclopedia http://t.co/bkzAZ1EMoS pic.twitter.com/83sVvdscMB

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) March 6, 2015

Rock song recaps the life of Alexander the Great: via @HellenicBooks:https://t.co/utbovEljkp"

— Teaching Classics (@teach_classics) March 6, 2015

A chubby Eros pulls along a toy cart.
Attic chous vase, 5th c.http://t.co/gZDxV9IgMV pic.twitter.com/mtshDTqcdC

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) March 6, 2015

Love seeing people sketching at the #ROM @ROMtoronto pic.twitter.com/y1x7sSaO92

— jody edwards (@jodyvanb) March 6, 2015

A grumpy camel on a sarcophagus fragment depicting Dionysus' triumph in India
C. 150–200 CE, Hamburg
cc @pompei79 pic.twitter.com/8kb1Yo4AKj

— Jake Nabel (@JakeNabel) March 6, 2015

Colossal head of Julius Caesar found in the environs of Trajan's Forum, Naples Museum #roman #sculpture #archaeology pic.twitter.com/cY4fou6rDR

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 6, 2015

Mar 44 BC Servilia, shrewd politician, Brutus’s mother & Caesar’s ex-mistress. No evidence she was in on the plot. pic.twitter.com/GVh0GoLCuo

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) March 6, 2015

Michelangelo greatly admired the Belvedere Torso, in #DefiningBeauty from 26 Mar #FridayFigure http://t.co/D3Z6714bwl pic.twitter.com/87d5LHd59b

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) March 6, 2015

These two masterpieces will be displayed with the Parthenon figure of Dionysos #FridayFigure http://t.co/CsQSyXfDgb pic.twitter.com/Ffl0XggkKS

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) March 6, 2015

New mosaics at the House of the Muses in Zeugma, Turkey, have been unearthed http://t.co/PsDHKVWABL pic.twitter.com/jESVTN8QUs

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) March 6, 2015

"KAICY ya da SANA DA…" Anlamı: "Benim için ne düşünüyorsan sana da gelsin..!" KEM GÖZ MOZAİĞİ – ANTAKYA pic.twitter.com/SYViJj8vLA

— Ahmet Yeşiltepe (@ahmetyesiltepe) March 6, 2015

Skeletons with shackles still on them have been found at a Roman-era cemetery in France http://t.co/4KLdRWP3xP pic.twitter.com/szxdGSQBQr

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) March 6, 2015

Stunning Roman Julio-Claudian sculptural group at Tripoli Museum, which is now very much under threat from ISIS. pic.twitter.com/D60DcWjALx

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 6, 2015

I visited Libya and took these pictures before the civil war. Bust of Germanicus with mosaic. All now under threat! pic.twitter.com/oo1MTi75md

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 6, 2015

Roman fishermen at work, mosaic in Tripoli museum, Libya, now very much under threat from IS. #roman #archaeology pic.twitter.com/hw8PikVZJZ

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) March 6, 2015

CFP: [A] New Insight into Ancient Greek Culture at the Beginning of the Third Millennium: Perspectives and… http://t.co/U6qWyYXLBp

— SCS (@scsclassics) March 6, 2015

Archaeologists are excavating a massive bronze cauldron at a Celtic royal burial in France http://t.co/edHIPIK46k pic.twitter.com/fh2mOnJvpG

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) March 6, 2015

Sunday, explore how the sculpted body communicates during this free lecture: http://t.co/2FfoMCXOQG #MetViewpoints pic.twitter.com/ujuTexXHYC

— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) March 6, 2015

Le patrimoine archéologique de Libye en danger. #archaeology #archéologie http://t.co/GkvoIX0pdH pic.twitter.com/9nYow1h3OV

— Swisshorse (@swisshorse) March 6, 2015

You're know you're in Cambridge when … the newspaper left on the train has been used to teach someone Latin grammar pic.twitter.com/952P8WEnmO

— Clare Moriarty (@ClareMoriarty) March 6, 2015

Some of the vast mosaic floors at baths of Caracalla #Rome pic.twitter.com/GEz4PJeU2a

— John Wheeler (@thejohnwheeler1) March 6, 2015

Marcus Agrippa on the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome http://t.co/ETOqbmiItm

— Lindsay Powell (@Lindsay_Powell) March 6, 2015

Some Roman busts had removable marble wigs, could be replaced if hairstyle fashion changed. Cheaper than a new bust! pic.twitter.com/SLrURraUnv

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) March 6, 2015

Discovering the Ruins of Italy’s Ionian Coast | NYTimes http://t.co/Ge0omuPX9u

— AWMC (@AWMC_UNC) March 7, 2015