18+ AimeeMaroux , 1 month ago to antiquidons

It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

"[Endymion] a man of unrivalled beauty, he was loved by Selene. When he was given a wish of his choice by #Zeus, he chose to remain immortal and unaging in eternal sleep."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.56

🏛️ Fresco in the Fourth Pompeian Style depicting #Selene and #Endymion with #Eros, #Herculaneum, photo by @followinghadrian

@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #GreekRomanArt #MosaicMonday

taoish , 4 months ago to histodons

Youssef Nader -- one of the 3 who won the Vesuvius Prize by reading a charred, unopened papyrus scroll from 79 CE -- from his blog breaking it down.

"The ink detection Journey of the Vesuvius Challenge"

https://youssefnader.com/2024/02/06/the-ink-detection-journey-of-the-vesuvius-challenge/

#vesuvius @histodons #scroll #herculaneum

IdeasRoadshow , 4 months ago to academicchatter

📜 We had a fascinating conversation w/ classicist Richard Janko & wanted to share "The Vesuvius Challenge" in which he participates as well to unlock and read entire scrolls of the burnt Herculanum Papyri.

Nature article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00346-8

#histodons #history #classics #herculaneum @academicchatter @histodons #ancient

taoish , 4 months ago to histodons

Apparently a big announcement is due today on the #Herculaneum #scrolls -- 12 columns of text by the Epicurean philosopher Nicodemus.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-ai-unlock-ancient-world-secrets/
@histodons

AimeeMaroux , 7 months ago to mythology

It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛

#Fresco in the Fourth Pompeian Style depicting #Selene and #Endymion, from #Herculaneum, Empire of colour.

🏛️ Musée Saint-Raymond #Toulouse

📸 @followinghadrian
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/16092515370/

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#DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #ancientRome #GreekRomanArt #Luna