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Investment manager, art fan, reader and traveler

Interested in antiquity, psychology, humor. Happy living in the trees on Mt Tamalpais.

Hi folks! I was having a lot of trouble finding academic friends—history, classics, medieval studies, religious studies—on other servers. When I figure it out, I’ll move this account. In the meantime, I’ve tried to follow a bunch of you from the other instance. I’m [email protected] Feel free to follow that account (I follow back).

I just leave this here #AncientJewelryLiterature
#AncientJewelry
Carnelian-encrusted gold lamella from Mal Tepe, Grave 1; (right) Similar lamella found elsewhere in the tomb (photographs, National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Sofia).

Source:
THE #HELLENISTIC TOMB OF MAL TEPE IN #THRACE: A RECONSIDERATION OF BURIAL SEQUENCE AND DATING*
By CHAVDAR TZOCHEV
https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/5899248

The Hellenistic Tomb of Mal Tepe in Thrace: a Reconsideration of Burial Sequence and Dating

Many scholars have tried to make sense of the puzzling situation in the Mal Tepe tomb, which contained traces of multiple burials and objects of Greek, Thracian and Celtic origin. A widely accepted view holds that the monument had three phases of

Jerry Jones has never hired a Black head coach. He could lead change.

Decades after the segregation battles of his youth, Jerry Jones has modernized the NFL’s revenue model but hasn’t hired a Black head coach.

The Washington Post
Priam at the Feet of Achilles, after antiquity? https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/100155 #Art
From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Priam at the Feet of Achilles, after antiquity?

Priam at the Feet of Achilles, after antiquity?

Sunday mood.
@conradhackett I'm new here and so my thoughts should be downweighted; but whole-space search seems like a no-brainer, especially since many new users (and perhaps some veterans too) will choose servers without being fully informed. Also, lots of people have varied interests, so even well-chosen homes may not be perfect fits.

@jdmccafferty This is the image I confused it with, from San Martino, showing Pope Sylvester before a Synod held in 324. (Please correct me; this is what I gather about the painting.)

Photo found online, ©️ Jozef Smedmak.

@jdmccafferty I haven't visited that church; will check it out next time!

I did some head-scratching and remembered the church I was looking for... Santa Maria in Trastevere. The Sant'Isidoro painting seems to be a replica, or vice-versa. Here's the Santa Maria fresco.

@jdmccafferty This is in San Martino ai Monti?
19 Nov 1544: The papal bull 'Laetare Hierusalem' sets out grounds for what would become the Council of Trent #otd