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Not all mosaicists were experts. Romulus (founder of Rome) and his twin brother Remus suckling on a happy she-wolf, mosaic from Aldborough, in Leeds City Museum, UK. This mosaic always makes me smile! #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology
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Was this remarkable little pot, with inscription dating it to 54BCE, made in Gaul and left on a Kentish beach by Caesar’s army? How's your Latin? Can you help us with the makers/owners name see end of video. visit us at potted-history.co.ukView quoted post on X
Nighthawking in Wales: 'locals of an ancient village near Chepstow had awoken to find more than 50 holes mysteriously dug among the gravestones of their churchyard'
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Mosaic of an elephant and lion fighting
From the Great Palace Mosaic MuseumView quoted post on X
The artists who created Roman mosaics, including those in the workshops of Roman Britain, played with the depiction of shadows.
Look beneath the paws of this lion carrying a bloodied stag's head.
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