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Roman Middle East

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News, pictures and history concerning the #Roman-era frontier/#Byzantine #archaeology of North Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and Arabia. #RomanMiddleEast

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Mosaic of Angel grape pickers and Panthers,the House of the Dolphins El Jem Tunisia for #MosaicMonday @romanhistory1 @roamintheempire @romanarchaeouk @RomanMiddleEast s

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🆕📢 New paper alert! "Preserving Endangered #CulturalHeritage Through #3D Scanning. The Case of the Banqueting Tokens from #Palmyra, #Syria 🇸🇾" : tinyurl.com/bdd5mfcd #OpenData #OpenScience #Archaeology #Heritage #3dscanning

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Rare in the second century BCE, these ceramic roof tiles may have once topped the Acra fortress built by Antiochus Epiphanes. biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-…


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A reminder that it is now possible for *everyone* to attend our annual lecture this Friday (December 8th, 2023) at 6 pm! In-person tickets are still available, but if you would like to digitally attend the lecture, please register to receive the link: ow.ly/H2sx50QejRc

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#MosaicMonday Byzantine period #church in Nahariya Israel. In the heart of the city of Nahariya, hides a Byzantine church whose #mosaic floor remains intact and the decorations are among the most beautiful found in the churches of the Galilee. #Archaeology #History #art

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#MosaicMonday EXISTENCE - A "SWEET LIFE" Floor mosaic with allegorical representation of Life and "Sweet Life", a pleasant life. limestone and glass tiles- 133x97 cm - from Syria, Emesa, modern Homs- ca 350/400 AD- Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. #ancient #art #artwork

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Mosaic of Europa; on display at the National Museum of Antiquities, Algiers, Algeria. #Algeria #Numidia #MosaicMonday

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#MosaicMonday ARA Turkey study tour - the House of the Fisherman, Bodrum. @romanarchaeouk

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Head of Oceanus surrounded by Sealife in a pool Second Century AD in the Archaeological Museum Sousse Tunisia 🇹🇳 @romanhistory1 @romanarchaeouk @RomanMiddleEast #romanhistory #mosaicmonday

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Mosaic hunting scene of a Greyhound with erect ears Second Century AD In the Archeological Museum Sousse Tunisia 🇹🇳 @romanhistory1 @roamintheempire @romanarchaeouk @RomanMiddleEast #mosaicmonday

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📢 NEXT WEEK'S LECTURE! We look forward to welcoming Lauren Morris (@ICAR_Prague) who will deliver 'In pursuit of forgotten context: the Begram hoard and #Kushan coinage from an archaeological perspective' ⏰ Mon 20th Nov, 6pm, Zoom. All welcome! Details: numismatics.org.uk/wp-admin/post.…

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Sadly (or happily) my book is sold out. The good news is that there are plans to reprint it.

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The Baths of the Fishing Cupids , truly wonderful at Uthina Tunisia seen yesterday #mosaicmonday

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Wonderful mosaic floor in situ at Uthina in Tunisia , seen yesterday at the “ House of the Laberii ‘ #mosaicmonday

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#MosaicMonday The Madaba Map is part of a floor mosaic in the early #Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, #Jordan. The Madaba #Map is of the Middle East, and it contains the oldest surviving original #cartographic depiction of the Holy Land. #Archaeology #History #art

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The doctor treating his patient? Unusual in that it seems to show quite graphically the state of health of the patient (although there are plenty with scenes of death or wounding). Mosaic from Algiers Museum, Algeria. 📷 Steve Richards #MosaicMonday #romanmosaic #romanmosaics

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Hopefully a small taster of Roman sites we’re visiting in Tunisia 🇹🇳 this coming week , little known site on the outskirts of Tunis called Uthina , considered one ( if not the largest ) Temple in Africa @RomanMiddleEast @romanarchaeouk @romanhistory1

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They found a synagogue in Gaza that was built before Islam even existed Tell me again — who are the occupiers? jpost.com/judaism/articl…


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