Aesop's tale of the town and country mice is a perfect bit of Epicurean philosophy.3yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/Epicureanism
Despite probably being advantageous to survival, green colouring in Katydids is recessive. Pink, yellow, and orange are all dominant traits.8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/Awwducational
Roman glass cup from the workshop of Ennion, supposedly the inventor of mold blowing, ~30-70AD. [999x732]7yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Portrait of the Emperor Caracalla carved in amethyst, ~212CE. [664x908]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Cross of Lothair, Carolingian from ~1000AD but containing Roman cameos from the 1st century, including one of the Emperor Augustus. [1891x2834]7yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Burney Relief - Babylonian image of a goddess ~1800 BCE. [1660X2208]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bas relief of a phallus warding off the 'evil eye,' Leptis Magna, 2nd century AD [3072x2304]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Sicilian tomb marker with inscriptions in Hebrew, Latin, Greek, and Arabic. ~1150AD. [1919x1491]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Arezzo medallion - Roman portrait, gold on glass ~200-250AD [559x600]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Model of a granary with scribes, Egyptian, ca. 1981–1975 B.C. [1586x1500]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Odysseus and the Sirens - 2nd century CE mosaic from Tunisia [2056x1121]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bronze coin of Augustus and Agrippa, with pig's trotter appendage. 10-14CE. [600x600]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Fatimid jug - Carved from a single piece of rock crystal, (969-1171CE) [561x730]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Phoenician tomb mask, used to scare evil spirits, 6th century BCE. [600x600]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Medallion of Gennadios, Alexandrian gold and glass medallion 250-300CE [1164x1204]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Reliquary of St Thomas Becket, showing his martyrdom - French ~1200CE. [2728x2727]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Lyon Tablet, bronze inscription of a speech by the Roman Emperor Claudius, ~43CE. [5616x3744]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Seikilos Epitaph - The oldest complete scored song (200BCE-100CE). Audio in comments. [1212x1824]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Reliquary of St Sebastian designed by Hans Holbein, 1497 [1000x1449]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Portland Vase, Roman cameo glass vessel, early 1st century CE. [2200x3333]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Severan Tondo - Painting of the emperor Septimus Severus and his sons, the emperor Caracalla and his brother (whose face has been erased) Geta. ~200CE. [1052x1067]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Dionysus cup, painted by Exekias ~540BC it represents a scene from a surviving Homeric hymn. [1542x1725]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
One of the highlights of the London Natural History Museum malachite collection10yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/MineralPorn
Bone figure of a woman, Egyptian pre-dynastic ~3700-3500 BC. [750x1301]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Great Cameo of France - Cameo of the Julio-Claudian Imperial Family, ~20CE. [2450x2650]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The triumph of Dionysus, depicted on a 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus. Dionysus rides in a chariot drawn by panthers; his procession includes elephants and other exotic animals. [1799x977]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Berberini Ivory - 6th Century AD celebration of a Roman Emperor (Justinian?) [2500x3125]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Mithras Fresco, from the Mithraeum at Capua, 2nd century CE. [3264x2448]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Best part of the Natural History Museum mineral collection (x-post r/mineralporn)10yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/mildlypenis
Portrait of Augustus, turquoise-coloured glass, early 1st century AD [1200x828]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bust of Antinous - The deified lover of the emperor Hadrian [600x600]9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Moschophoros, the calf-bearer, from the Acropolis of Athens, ~570BCE. [683x1024]8yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
(x-post r/artefactporn) Bronze coin of Augustus and Agrippa, with pig's trotter appendage. 10-14CE. Any ideas on why the trotter was attached?9yr ⋅ ErraticVole ⋅ r/AncientCoins
