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michael<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oxford</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museum</a> INTRODUCING THE NEW <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ROME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ROME</a> GALLERIES<a href="https://www.ashmolean.org/event/introducing-the-new-rome-galleries-talk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ashmolean.org/event/introducing-the-new-rome-galleries-talk</a>

Roman🪔 3/3 The site and map were created by the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> Museum and Oxford Roman Economy Project. Worth checking out if you're interested in Roman <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#numismatics</a>!<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/RomanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RomanHistory</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/AncientCoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientCoins</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Claire Barnes<a href="https://mstdn.social/@KentNavalesi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KentNavalesi</a> My eye goes immediately to the sites in China, India, the Middle East & Central Asia: known ports & trade hubs & interesting leads. A fascinating map of <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exploration</a>, <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/TradeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradeHistory</a> & the <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/SilkRoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilkRoads</a>, & a terrific archaeological resource. 🙏 <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> & <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/OxfordUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OxfordUniversity</a>

AdamCast of Terme Boxer, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Mechanical pencil, August 2024. <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/ashmolean?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ashmolean</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/museum?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sketch?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketch</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/drawing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/traditionalart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#traditionalart</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/artist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/urbansketching?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbansketching</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sculpture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sculpture</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/pencildrawing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pencildrawing</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/oxford?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oxford</a>

Global MuseumThe Ashmolean came into existence in 1682, when the wealthy antiquary Elias Ashmole gifted his collection to the University. It opened as Britain’s first public museum, and the world’s first university museum, in 1683. Though the collection has evolved considerably, the founding principle remains: that knowledge of humanity across cultures and across times is important to society. <a href="https://ashmolean.org/history-ashmolean" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ashmolean.org/history-ashmolean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OxfordUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OxfordUniversity</a>

Julie HowlinOne of the items in the Ashmolean collection was a stuffed Dodo, the last ever dodo seen in Europe. However, by 1755 the stuffed dodo was so moth-eaten that it was destroyed, except for its head and one claw. Ten things you might not know about the Ashmolean Museum.<a href="https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/05/24-may-ashmolean-museum.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/05/24-may-ashmolean-museum.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AshmoleanMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AshmoleanMuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oxford</a>

jdmccafferty30 Apr 1696: d. Robert Plot, naturalist, first Professor of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chemistry</a> at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oxford</a> and first Keeper of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> Museum (Bodleian Library)

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈It's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfDionysos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DayOfDionysos</a> here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇"And golden-haired <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dionysos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dionysos</a> made blonde-haired <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ariadne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ariadne</a>, the daughter of Minos, his buxom wife: and [Zeus] the son of Kronos made her deathless and unageing for him." Hesiod, Theogony 947🏛️ Painted terracotta figures of Bacchus and Ariadne, 50 BCE - 50 CE, Thappsus, Sicily; now in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> Museum, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oxford</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@archaeodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polychromy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polychromy</a>

Louise LocockGreat exhibition on Colour and the Victorians at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> in Oxford. Who knew that the origin of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSPB</a> was a backlash against the use of hummingbirds to create jewellery and accessories?

Cassidy PercocoI wish I could go to Oxford to see this exhibition! I actually proposed something very similar at the Fenimore (a comparison of earlier vegetable dyes and later synthetic ones), and I hope we get to do it someday. <a href="https://historians.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ashmolean</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/fashionhistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fashionhistory</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/08/colour-revolution-victorian-textiles-ashmolean-oxford" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/08/colour-revolution-victorian-textiles-ashmolean-oxford</a>

Global MuseumThis incredible object at the Ashmolean Museum is known as the Alfred Jewel. ⁠Along its finely crafted edge is inscribed the name of Alfred, the famous 9th-century king. Its inscription reads AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN – 'Alfred ordered me to be made’. It is among the most significant of royal relics. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a>

Laurie Raye 🍵I just wanted to take a photo of the description for this amazing seal but Octavian had to go and steal the show<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ChineseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChineseHistory</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roman</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AncientRome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientRome</a>

Ed 🎡Enjoyed the carp out of the "Labyrinth" exhibition at the Ashmolean today, there was a section at the end about "Assassin's Creed Odyssey" so I'm going to play that now. <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oxford</a> <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xbox</a> <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/Labyrinth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labyrinth</a> <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/Minotaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minotaur</a> <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/Crete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crete</a>

Mark H<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MidweekMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MidweekMuseum</a> moves to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Oxford</a> this week and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Museum</a>. Oxford isn't short of museums to visit, but if you're going to just see one of them then this is probably the most famous in the city and the one you're most likely to hit. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Assyrian artifacts will satisfy your deep historical cravings and there is plenty for fans of paintings and objects such as violins and timepieces too.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hieroglyphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Hieroglyphics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Roman</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Egyptian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Egyptian</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Greek</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sphinx" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sphinx</a>

Global MuseumJoins us this Saturday at the Ashmolean Museum and learn how to design your own repeat pattern by hand, inspired by motifs from Ancient Greek and Cretan pottery from the Ashmolean collection and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LabyrinthAshmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LabyrinthAshmolean</a>Pattern Design Workshop, 25 Mar: <a href="https://ashmolean.org/event/pattern-design-workshop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ashmolean.org/event/pattern-design-workshop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#design</a>

NickFor <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#StandingStoneSunday</a>, a snap I took recently of a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Viking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Viking</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Runestone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Runestone</a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ashmolean</a> Museum in Oxford.It dates from c.1100 and commemorates Vikings who died in the Byzantine Empire. The inscription reads:"Thorsteinn had the landmark made in memory of Sveinn, his father, and in memory of Thórir, his brother. They were abroad in Greece. And in memory of Ingithóra, his mother. Œpir carved."It came from a church in Eds, near Stockholm, and was donated by Charles XI of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sweden</a> in 1687.

Amanda ClarkSurgical Tools from Iran. 19th century. Why did we stop making such beautiful tools ? Function and beauty. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a>.

Peter Ravn Rasmussen"Coastal scene (La Nuit)", 1750s, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#painting</a> by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#French</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#artist</a> Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789).In the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ashmolean</a> Museum, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Oxford</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UK</a>. Accession number WA1967.60.1.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sailing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/night" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#night</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fishing</a>

Ed 🎡Playing shove ha'penny at the Ashmolean museum <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a> <a href="https://social.bitwig.community/tags/ShoveHapenny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShoveHapenny</a>

Global MuseumThe Ashmolean Museum's free display, Coins at the Crossroads of Asia, gives a tantalising glimpse into the history of ancient rulers who have left nothing behind but their coins. See it in their Money Gallery: <a href="http://ashmolean.org/exhibition/coins-at-the-crossroads-of-asia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ashmolean.org/exhibition/coins-at-the-crossroads-of-asia</a> 📷 Punch-marked coin from ancient India <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ashmolean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashmolean</a>

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