Rome’s new subway stations at the Colosseum and Porta Metronia display the archaeological treasures unearthed during its construction.

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-to-open-new-metro-c-station-at-colosseum-on-8-december.html

If you're lonely or isolated or finding the Christmas period difficult for any reason, you might want to follow the hashtag #JoinIn and follow the group !@joinin

These are intended for people to start friendly chats about everyday stuff they're doing like making food, going for walks, listening to music etc.

It's fine to reply to posts with the JoinIn tag or in the JoinIn group, as the person who made the post is actively seeking conversation 🙂

#FediTips #Christmas #Xmas

Don't forget, northern Scots (or Scots in general, and perhaps also others from northern climes,) to take vitamin D supplements at this time of the year.
They're available from supermarkets really cheaply, so well worth doing.

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/food-and-nutrition/eating-well/vitamin-d/

An export bar has been placed on a Union Flag that led Nelson’s fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar to allow time for a UK buyer to be found. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/war-scarred-union-flag-from-the-battle-of-trafalgar-at-risk-of-leaving-the-uk

Drought facilitated the westward expansion of the Mongol Empire in the 1230s

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/12/medieval-drought-mongol-empires/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667325825004625

It's Monday, Latin dies Lunae - day of Luna, goddess of the #Moon. Therefore, for #MosaicMonday a detail of a mosaic from the #Roman villa at Orbe-Boscéaz, Yverdon-les-Bains region, Switzerland, depicting Luna in a two-horse chariot.

Happy Monday to all of you!

Two Celtic gold have been discovered by volunteers near Arisdorf in Switzerland.
They date to the 2nd half of the 3rd century BC.

📷 Archäologie Baselland
https://www.archaeologie.bl.ch/entdecken/fundstelle/181/