🪷 8 May is #NoSocksDay and 9 May is #LostSockMemorialDay: #Antinoopolis, built where #Antinous died in Oct 130 AD, is known for woven cloth, tapestries. Now a child's stripey sock found in an #Antinopolis dump reveals innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Such socks were exported throughout the empire. They have been found as far away as Roman Legion outposts at Hadrian's Wall in Britannia. Full report: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/05/stripey-sock-shows-antinoopolitans-were.html 🪷

🪷 8 May is #NoSocksDay and 9 May is #LostSockMemorialDay: #Antinoopolis, built where #Antinous died in Oct 130 AD, is known for woven cloth, tapestries. Now a child's stripey sock found in an #Antinopolis dump reveals innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Such socks were exported throughout the empire. They have been found as far away as Roman Legion outposts at Hadrian's Wall in Britannia. Full report: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/05/stripey-sock-shows-antinoopolitans-were.html 🪷

🪷 8 May is #NoSocksDay and 9 May is #LostSockMemorialDay: #Antinoopolis, built where #Antinous died in Oct 130 AD, is known for woven cloth, tapestries. Now a child's stripey sock found in an #Antinopolis dump reveals innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Such socks were exported throughout the empire. They have been found as far away as Roman Legion outposts at Hadrian's Wall in Britannia. Full report: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/05/stripey-sock-shows-antinoopolitans-were.html 🪷

🪷 January 23rd we honor #Asclas of #Antinoopolis, representing the many martyrs throughout the centuries - pagans, Jews, Christians - who've been persecuted, tortured and killed in the hotbed of religious fervor around #Antinopolis and #Akhenaten's #Armana: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-martyrs-of-antinoopolis.html 🪷

🪷 December 4th is #SockDay: #Antinoopolis, founded where #Antinous died, is famous for woven cloth, tapestries. A child's sock found at #Antinopolis has innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Such socks were exported throughout the empire: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/05/stripey-sock-shows-antinoopolitans-were.html #NationalSockDay 🪷

🪷 30 October 130 AD grieving #Hadrian founded #Antinoopolis on the Nile where #Antinous had died just days earlier. First priest and Epistrategos of #Antinopolis was #JuliusFidusAquila. The obelisk text says it was a mix of Egyptian and Greco-Roman styles. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-founding-of-antinoopolis.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinoopolis, built where #Antinous died in October 130 AD, is known for woven cloth, tapestries. Now a child's stripey sock found in an #Antinopolis dump reveals innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Such socks were exported throughout the empire: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/05/stripey-sock-shows-antinoopolitans-were.html 🪷

🪷 February 131 AD #Antinoopolis rises on the banks of the Nile where #Antinous had died in October 130 AD. First priest of #Antinopolis is #JuliusFidusAquila. Obelisk hieroglyphs say the city was a mix of Egyptian & Greco-Roman styles. Full story here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-sacred-city-of-antinoopolis-rises.html 🪷

🪷 23 January we honor #Asclas of #Antinoopolis, symbolizing countless martyrs throughout the ages to this day: pagans, Jews, Christians persecuted, tortured and killed in the hotbed of religious fervor around #Antinopolis and #Akhenaten's #Armana: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-martyrs-of-antinoopolis.html 🪷

🪷 30 October 130 AD grieving #Hadrian founded #Antinoopolis on the Nile where #Antinous had died just days earlier. First priest and Epistrategos of #Antinopolis was #JuliusFidusAquila. The obelisk text says it was a mix of Egyptian and Greco-Roman styles. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-founding-of-antinoopolis.html 🪷