The most popular restoration I've done is the one showing an ordinary man's business in Ancient Rome.

@London_W4 Gorgeous place - heart-clutching prices. But the Dobie is *chef’s kiss*.

@BenjaminJLandon @MANNapoli Thanks, Ben. I’m actually a little surprised that gold was used as a lamp, since it’s a soft metal and would be prone to warping in heat. That a huge amount of gold - it’s spectacular.

@realgavinlee Beautiful remnants of the original pigments. The corona around his head must have looked spectacular when it was new.

@JohnWesleyShipp Fabulous.

@RevRichardColes Can we just carve off the west coast and attach it to Canada?

@antmoose @arakhnos @Turismoromaweb @NCDrusus38 @caputmundiHeidi @Livia_en_Roma @rogueclassicist @decimusclaudius @HawkeJon @Repubblica1849 Perfect. That makes sense. I’m sure there was decoration on the drum as well, but the size of this works perfectly for the top of the square base.

@hermahai Very nice thread. Do any modern words from that area around the alps come from the Rhaetic language? In a bit of serendipity, I posted this pic of a Roman soldier in the 7th cohort of Raetians.

@alphamike20 @RpsAgainstTrump Kind of rich that Thatcher was the one to say that. But the rule of law has been taking a beating in the two greatest democracies right now, far more so in the U.S.

@robinalexbaker Thank you. It’s *such* a great movie. As you say, very layered, mature, and complex. And eminently watchable. God, Huston was born to play this role.

@arakhnos @antmoose @Turismoromaweb @NCDrusus38 @caputmundiHeidi @Livia_en_Roma @rogueclassicist @decimusclaudius @HawkeJon @Repubblica1849 My memory is probably faulty on this, but I think the bucranium is about two feet tall? I’m confused as to where the frieze was located - around the top of the square base, or the top of the cylindrical drum? If the former, it would be easy to see.

@decimusclaudius I just can’t get over the blue panther. Blue. At least the lion is yellow. 😆

@visualsancients The ‘generic history’ stuff is fine - although the account never credits the photographers, which really pisses me off. But the Göbekli Tepe stuff is strangely credulous, and primary sources for info rarely given. Like this one - it’s bad practice to post with no evidence.

@CF_Farrow @blonschki Fact checked? I mean, gosh, there’s no way this could be faked … 🙄

@JasonColavito Of course he did. Exactly as expected. Effing trash …

@edithmayhall A fascinating bit of history - thanks! I just recently uploaded the original copy from Pompeii (now in the MANN). 🏺

@charmd504 @Will_W_Welker @HistContent LiDAR doesn’t use lasers to penetrate the ground. Only to measure distance on the surface. Where is his proof that this scanning occurred? Where’s anything other than his statement?

@alexanmurphy @Will_W_Welker @HistContent There’s no such thing as ground penetrating laser scanning. People are so gullible.

@HistContent No such thing as laser scanning to reveal underground structures. That’s some odd graphic - not LIDAR, which is ground-penetrating radar. Where’s your sources for this tripe?