#ancient monuments

[sheltiechicago]

Ayutthaya Face in the Roots by Alex Berger Via Flickr: In this series I chronicle photos made during a multi-week solo hybrid trip that started by exploring Thailand for two weeks in December 2021 and then finished with 8 days solo-road tripping my way through northern Oman.

[goffjames]

Poetry - Senryū - Ancient Monuments - A Poem by Goff James

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[theinteriorwarrior]

[goeticarchaeologist]

Pierre Couverte de la Bajoulière

More old pics from my study abroad in France! This time from a tour around the Loire Valley!

This is a dolmen, a prehistoric tomb found in some parts of Europe! It's made up of several large slabs of rock, a sepulchral chamber, and often is home to multiple burials!

[thequiethour]

Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome, Italy

[illustratus]

The Tower of Hercules, a Roman lighthouse in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

[canopiancatboy]

I've been sick and really out of it, and felt possessed to print out some classic statues. I asked my partner for one to start with, and they chose Winged Victory of Samothrace

I love that museums and independent organizations just go around using high quality scanners to help make history more accessible, even in small ways like this. I'll likely never visit the Louvre, or Greece if they ever get it back, but I can print my own

[blueiskewl]

Ancient Monumental Marble Map of Rome on Display After 100 Years

A marble map of ancient Rome, that hasn't been put on public view for almost 100 years, is getting its very own museum within sight of the Colosseum.

The Museum of the Forma Urbis, enclosed within a new archaeological park on one of Rome's famous seven hills opens on Friday -- the latest offering from a city that is eager to broaden its attraction for growing hordes of tourists, according to Reuters.

"This is a beautiful day. We are opening an archaeological park in an extraordinary part of the city and a new museum showcasing a masterpiece which has not been visible for about a century," said Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri.

"We want a city where the museums and the streets are linked, and where people, while walking around, can fully appreciate and enjoy the beauty, but also better understand how our city has been transformed."

The Forma Urbis was a monumental, highly detailed marble map of ancient Rome carved during the reign of the Emperor Septimius Severus between 203 and 211 AD, engraved onto 150 separate slabs and measuring 18 by 13 metres (60 by 43 feet).

It was displayed on a wall in the ancient city, but over the centuries it gradually disintegrated, with locals using some slabs for new buildings.

During excavations in 1562, fragments were recovered and scholars estimate around 10% of the whole has survived, including sections showing the Colosseum and Circus Maximus, as well as floor plans of baths, temples and private houses.

The huge carving has proved a valuable resource for understanding the layout of ancient Rome, but all the remaining pieces have not been shown together since 1924.

In its new, innovative setting, the fragments have been laid out on a reproduction of a famous map of Rome created in the 18th century by the surveyor Giovanni Battista Nolli, who is credited with making the first accurate street plan of Rome.

The marble chunks lie on top of the Nolli map, showing their relation to the developing Renaissance city.

Outside the museum, in the open-air park on the side of the Caelian Hill, archaeologists have out laid out walkways lined with ancient Roman grave markers and marble columns found in excavations around the city in recent decades.

"The Caelian Hill, one of the seven hills of ancient Rome, has remained in the shadows, unknown and inaccessible for a very long time. Today, we are finally giving it back to the city," said Claudio Parisi Presicce, who oversees Rome's cultural heritage.

"The hill has a special importance because it is what unites the monumental area of the Imperial Forums, the Roman forum, the Colosseum and the area of the Appia Antica," he said.

The 5-million-euro ($5.5 million) project is part of a broader refurbishment of Rome, which has seen a tourism boom since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to be submerged by visitors in the 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year.

[sheltiechicago]

Temple Heads by Alex Berger Via Flickr: In this series I chronicle photos made during a multi-week solo hybrid trip that started by exploring Thailand for two weeks in December 2021 and then finished with 8 days solo-road tripping my way through northern Oman.

[thesilicontribesman]

Balnuaran of Clava Prehistoric South West Chambered Cairn, nr. Inverness, Scotland

[speedilydeepruins]

Dendera Temple Complex 3

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Delphi

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