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Church2017-06-01T09:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2017/05/08/beggarsbelief/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dr-kang.jpgStation RoadStation Road, Reading. (Photo (c) PK, May 2017).https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/stationrd_squalor.jpgStation Rd ReadingStation Road, Reading. (Photo (c) PK, April 2017).https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/craig.jpg'Craig''Craig', homeless for four years, taken on what he claimed was his birthday. (Photo (c) PK, April 2017). 2017-05-08T21:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2017/04/23/love-death-and-blissful-ignorance-pliny-and-the-origins-of-photography/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img095.jpgimg095A moment frozen in time: water fountain in front of Berlin's Lutheran cathedral. – (c) PK, April 2017.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img012.jpgimg0122017-04-23T18:29:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2017/04/13/bokelmanns-shade/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7236.jpgIMG_7236https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7222.jpgIMG_7222https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7172.jpgIMG_7172https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7147.jpgIMG_7147https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7145.jpgIMG_7145https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_7228.jpgIMG_72282017-04-15T15:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2017/04/05/no-graffiti-please/2017-04-08T16:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/02/15/the-faint-voices-of-the-poor-of-ancient-rome/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2013.jpgIMG_2013Plaque at the Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mactar.jpgmactarInscription of the Mactar Harvester. – Image source: http://cil.bbaw.de/test06/bilder/datenbank/PEC0001162.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ph0005580.jpgPH0005580CLE 1299. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=PH0005580https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/poverty.jpgpovertyAlexandrian statuette of a disabled beggar (3rd century B.C.?). – Image source: http://www.spektrum.de/fm/912/thumbnails/Armut_1.jpg.790697.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pec0011033.jpgPEC0011033CLE 2087. – Image source: http://cil.bbaw.de/test06/bilder/datenbank/PEC0011033.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nuremberg_chronicles_f_131r_3.jpgNuremberg_chronicles_f_131r_3.Pope Hilarius. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Nuremberg_chronicles_f_131r_3..jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hd_28-18_a.jpghd_28-18_aThe Beggar. Terracotta statue, Heidelberg. – Image source: http://www.landesmuseum-trier.de/lib/05_Ausstellungen/armut/hd_28-18_a.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/old_drunkard_glyptothek_munich_437_n1.jpgOld_drunkard_Glyptothek_Munich_437_n1The Old Drunkard, Glyptothek, Munich. – Image source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_trunkene_Alte#mediaviewer/File:Old_drunkard_Glyptothek_Munich_437_n1.jpg.2017-04-04T15:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2017/02/24/blast-from-the-past/2017-02-24T11:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2017/02/14/valentines-valour/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/voragine.jpegvoragineJacobus de Voragine, De Sancto Valentino in Ms. Aug. Perg. 256 f. 54r. 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Dalí: Premonition. – Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/SalvadorDali-SoftConstructionWithBeans.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jacob-marley.jpgjacob-marleyA ghost with rattling chains. - Image source: https://adversusapologetica.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/plinys-christmas-carol/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/incubus-ii.jpgincubus-iiDrawing of an incubus. - Image source: https://blog.nli.ie/index.php/2011/08/19/the-art-of-scribbling/2016-10-31T14:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/08/25/amatrice-is-no-more-or-august-24th-again/2016-08-29T01:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/06/29/control-fear-and-rage-ovid-on-linguistic-isolation/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/identity_crisis_by_sebreg-d4952z5_large.jpgidentity_crisis_by_sebreg-d4952z5_largehttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2899323-main_image.jpg2899323.main_image2016-08-11T20:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/06/16/in-memoriam-jo-cox-mp/2016-06-21T21:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/06/13/ciceros-procrastinations/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hipster-cicero.jpgHipster CiceroCicero, Procrastinator Extraordinaire (or not).2016-06-14T10:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/06/08/sex-gender-roles-and-hatred/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/edithmorley.jpgedithmorley2016-06-13T07:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/06/02/called-to-the-grave/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-05-31-18-46-51.jpg2016-05-31 18.46.51https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-05-31-18-45-44.jpg2016-05-31 18.45.44Inscription for John Carmichael. – Photo (c) PK, May 2016.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-05-31-18-45-57.jpg2016-05-31 18.45.57Inscription for John Carmichael. – Photo (c) PK, May 2016.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/skene.jpgSkeneSkene monument, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. – Photo (c) PK, June 2016.2016-06-02T23:16:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/09/27/restoring-a-ghost-inscription-from-reading/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/harrinson.jpgharrinsonhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/smb.jpgSMBView of St. Mary's Butts, 1912. – Image source here.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/qvmem1.jpgQVmem1Jubilee Cross, Reading: Inscription. -- Photo: PK, September 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jubileecrossrdg.jpgJubileeCrossRdgJubilee Cross, Reading. -- Photo: PK, September 2015.2016-05-27T09:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/05/20/of-arms-errr-biscuits-i-sing/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/berkshire-reading-huntley-and-palmers-factory-c1900s.jpgBerkshire, Reading, Huntley and Palmers Factory c1900'sImage source: http://www.oldukphotos.com/berkshire_reading.htmhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/berkshire-reading-huntley-and-palmers-factory-workers-c1900s.jpgBerkshire, Reading, Huntley and Palmers Factory Workers c1900'sImage source: http://www.oldukphotos.com/berkshire_reading.htmhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/reading-huntley-and-palmers-factory-c1900_r13306.jpgreading-huntley-and-palmers-factory-c1900_r133062016-05-23T12:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/05/15/sneaking-a-peek-at-reading-abbey/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fh000003.jpgFH000003Reading Abbey Ruins. - Photo: (c) PK, May 2016https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fh000007.jpgFH000007Reading Abbey Ruins. - Photo: (c) PK, May 2016https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fh000006.jpgFH000006Reading Abbey Ruins. - Photo: (c) PK, May 2016https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/reading_abbey_03.jpgReading_Abbey_03https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/last.jpgLasthttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/first.jpgFirst2016-05-16T07:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/04/19/groans-of-the-britons/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/statue_st-gildas_0708_nb1.jpgStatue_St-Gildas_0708_NB1Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys : statue de saint-Gildas dabs la crique à coté du Grant-Mont. – Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Statue_St-Gildas_0708_NB1.jpg2016-04-24T16:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/03/15/beware-the-ides-of-march/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cesar-sa_mort.jpgVincenzo Camuccini, "Morte di Cesare", 1798,Vincenzo Camuccini, "Morte di Cesare", 1798. – Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Cesar-sa_mort.jpg2016-04-30T03:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/03/10/late-homework-seamus-heaneys-aeneid-book-vi/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/heaney.jpgHeaneyOn my desk just now: Seamus Heaney's Aeneid 6.2016-03-11T17:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/03/08/seneca-on-gender-equality/2016-04-05T13:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/02/29/leap-day-harmony/2016-03-01T13:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/02/26/a-is-for-the-ancient-roman-alphabet/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/popup_alphabet.gifpopup_alphabetThe Roman alphabet. – Image source: http://www.lib.umich.edu/reading/4301/images/popup_alphabet.gif2016-02-28T15:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/02/11/sweet-talk-for-latin-lovers/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/32-mosaic-birds.jpg32-mosaic-birdsRoman love birds. – Image source: https://lavishlivingforless.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/32-mosaic-birds.jpg.2016-02-27T07:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/02/09/pancake-day-roman-style/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12728883_10208930162315912_22898715735313505_n.jpg12728883_10208930162315912_22898715735313505_nRoman 'pancake', "like an egg custard": many thanks to Anne Hudson for sharing her attempt at this recipe – as well as this photo! 2016-02-10T15:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/01/31/harrowing-statues-pliny-hannibal-and-cecil-rhodes/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rhodes.jpgrhodes2016-01-31T14:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/01/28/saxa-loquuntur-the-stones-are-talking/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/browne.jpgBrownehttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/samson.jpgsamsonhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ramridge.jpgramridgehttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wallus.jpgwallushttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plague.jpgplaguehttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/squeeze1.jpgsqueezehttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/study_group.jpgstudy_group2016-01-30T11:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/01/21/a-disarming-hug/2016-01-24T01:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/01/17/a-poem-worthy-of-a-champion/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/champion.jpgchampionhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4041.jpgIMG_4041https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4042.jpgIMG_4042https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_4044.jpgIMG_4044https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/slh.jpgSLHSt Margaret's church, Stanford-le-Hope: north aisle. – Image source: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publications/pubid-1291/images/fig438.jpg.2016-01-17T19:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2016/01/10/casting-the-die-sounding-the-charge/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tuba.jpgtubahttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eclogues.jpgeclogueshttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rubicon.jpgrubicon2016-01-11T06:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/12/31/first-things-first/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lamp.jpglamphttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pec0001087.jpgPEC00010872015-12-31T16:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/12/17/a-medieval-cycle-of-poems-for-santa-claus/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/jonathan_g_meath_portrays_santa_claus.jpgJonathan_G_Meath_portrays_Santa_ClausSanta Claus (21st century icon). – Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Jonathan_G_Meath_portrays_Santa_Claus.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n10.jpgN10https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n9.jpgN9https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n8.jpgN8https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/stnicholas.jpgStNicholasSt Nicholas. 10th Century icon. – Image source: https://iconreader.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/sinai_10c.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n7.jpgN7https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n6.jpgN6https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n5.jpgN5https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n4.jpgN4https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n3.jpgN32016-02-25T13:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/12/12/let-us-remember-that-this-has-happened/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/forbury_gardens_reading.jpgForbury_Gardens,_ReadingMaiwand Lion Memorial (Forbury Gardens, Reading). – Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Forbury_Gardens,_Reading.jpg.2015-12-13T16:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/11/25/end-violence-against-women/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/xiii_021821.jpgXIII_02182https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/xiii_02182.jpgXIII_021822015-11-28T03:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/11/24/baby-its-cold-outside-frosty-notes-from-roman-britain/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/housesteads-fort-and.jpghousesteads-fort-andRoman heating arrangements at Housesteads Roman Fort. – Image source: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/04/63/70/eb/housesteads-fort-and.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/socks.jpgsocksA child's sock from Vindolanda. – Image source: https://twitter.com/vindolandatrust/status/537590855037878273.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/vindolanda_frost.jpgvindolanda_frostFrosty temperatures at Vindolanda in winter 2014. – Image source: https://twitter.com/vindolandatrust/status/540147824747622400.2015-11-24T19:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/06/20/every-dog-has-his-day/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/myia.jpgMyiaInscription for Myia. – Image source here.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/450px-grabstein_der_helena.jpg450px-Grabstein_der_HelenaInscription for Helena (CIL VI 19190) with dog relief. – Image source here.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/aeolis.jpgAeolisInscription for Aeolis. – Image source here.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/heuresis.jpgHeuresisInscription for Heuresis. – Image source here.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/685px-nmw_-_rocc88mischer_hundegrabstein.jpg685px-NMW_-_Römischer_HundegrabsteinInscription for Aminnaracus. – Image source here.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lisa.jpglisaScreenshot from 'Lisa the Vegetarian'.2015-11-23T17:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/11/13/war-combat-trauma-and-poetry-evidence-for-ptsd-in-the-latin-verse-inscriptions/2015-11-16T22:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/11/11/lest-we-forget/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mash.jpgmashImage source: http://i.imgur.com/r0eGs0c.jpg?1.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cle-474.jpgCLE 474CLE 474. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=PH0005601.2015-11-13T18:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/10/06/howdy-stranger/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cle-2199.jpgcle 2199CLE 2199. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$InscrAqu_03_03180.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cle-1878.jpgcle 18782015-12-16T00:43:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/11/09/fruit-of-the-doom-an-image-of-life-death-and-letting-go-in-roman-poetry/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fruit_skull_1.jpgfruit_skull_12015-11-10T23:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/09/29/and-the-owl-doesnt-care/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/owl.jpgowlDrawing of an owl. – Image source: Langner, Graffitizeichnungen.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fullones.jpgFullonesOwl-related graffito from Pompeii. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$CIL_04_09131.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/invidia.jpgInvidiaOwl Mosaic, El Jem. – Image source: http://www.reinhardkargl.com/iBlog/owldoesnotcare016.jpg.2015-10-05T09:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/09/05/readings-latin-inscriptions/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wotw.jpgWotWhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/aylan.jpgaylanAylan and Galip during happier times. – Image source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/03/refugee-crisis-syrian-boy-washed-up-on-beach-turkey-trying-to-reach-canada.2015-09-28T16:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/08/25/displaced-human-beings-seneca-the-refugee-crisis-and-human-migration/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/duble_herma_of_socrates_and_seneca_antikensammlung_berlin_07.jpgDuble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_07Herma of Seneca (on the opposite: Socrates). – Image source here.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sapor.jpgsaporShapur I. defeats Emperor Valerian. – Image source: http://www.livius.org/a/1/iran/sapor.JPG.2015-09-02T16:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/08/21/gods-help-us-all/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pfeile.jpgpfeileBehind enemy lines (artist's impression). – Photo PK, August 2015 (Saalburg Museum).https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/saalburg.jpgsaalburgSaalburg, main entrance. – Photo (c) PK, August 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/climbing.jpgClimbingGerman trying to enter the Roman Saalburg. – Photo (c) PK, August 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/rekonstruktion.jpgrekonstruktionPolychromic reconstruction of the altar. – Image source: http://www.ubi-erat-lupa.org/img/monuments/6914-5.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jagger.jpgjaggerMick Jagger and Egon Schallmayer in the Saalburg. – Image source: http://static2.fnp.de/storage/scl/importe/fnpartikel/rhein-main/hochtaunus/351051_m3w605h320q75v64393_tzh_Jagger_290713.jpg?version=1375059102.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/secionius.jpgSecionius2015-08-22T13:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/08/10/all-work-and-no-play/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lakeside.jpglakesideMy lakeside office...2015-11-03T07:30:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/07/29/cecil-the-fabled-lion/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cecil.jpgcecilCecil the lion. – Image source: http://i.imgur.com/Vc3IFkb.jpg?1.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/leo.jpgleoIllustration from Sebastian Brant's 'Esopi Appologi' (early 1500s). – Image source (cropped): http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/desbillons/esop/seite62.html.2015-07-29T23:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/07/24/four-legged-snake-1-latin-0/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nomina.jpgnominaYou can't just randomly stick '-us/a/um' onto Latin verb stems, says Eutyches: It's a big NO-NO!https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/minories-eagle-and-serpent-c-mola-andy-chopping.jpgMinories-Eagle-and-Serpent-c-MOLA-Andy-ChoppingHow the snake tried to overcome the rules of the Latin language. (Artist's impression) - Image source: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Minories-Eagle-and-Serpent-c-MOLA-Andy-Chopping.jpg2015-07-24T14:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/07/21/interpreting-the-interpreters-poem/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cle-1417.jpgCLE 1417CLE 1417. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$CLEAfrique_00046.jpg.2015-07-21T18:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/07/19/vergil-and-the-minions-and-a-blatantly-false-reading/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/minions_rome.jpgminions_romeA minion in ancient Rome. (Artist unknown)2015-07-19T18:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/undying-voices/2015-07-17T08:13:09+00:00weekly0.6https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/07/15/two-latin-poems-and-an-english-one-from-greyfriars-kirkyard-edinburgh/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/heriot_right.jpgHeriot_rightRight column. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/heriot_left.jpgHeriot_leftLeft column. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/heriot_top.jpgHeriot_topTop panel. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/heriot_complete.jpgHeriot_completeHeriot Memorial. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-12-17-28-39.jpg2015-07-12 17.28.39Plaque for Wm. McGonagall. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/laing_right.jpgLaing_rightRight column. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/laing_left.jpgLaing_leftLeft column. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/laing_complete.jpgLaing_completeLaing Memorial. – Photo: (c) PK, July 2015.2015-07-17T06:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/07/13/undying-voices-the-poetry-of-roman-britain/2015-07-13T19:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/06/27/sousse-whence-the-offence-whence-the-hurt/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/the-poet-virgil-and-two-muses.jpgThe poet Virgil and two musesThe poet Vergil and two Muses. Mosaic from Hadrumetum/Sousse. – Image source: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Classics/roman_provinces/mosaics%20of%20roman%20africa/The%20poet%20Virgil%20and%20two%20muses.JPG.2015-06-27T18:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/06/24/more-than-meets-the-eye-fragrance-sensuousness-and-inscribed-latin-poetry/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/antonia.jpgantoniaDrawing of the funerary altar for Antonia Panace (CIL VI 12059), including its floral decoration. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$CIL_06_12059_1.jpg;$CIL_06_12059_2.jpg;$DM_251.jpg&nr=3.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/book_smell.jpgbook_smellThe smell of books. – Image source here.2015-06-25T06:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/06/12/departure-abandonment-and-grief-latin-poems-about-death-in-childbirth/2015-07-13T14:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/06/09/poverty-and-the-poetics-of-underclass-morality/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jean-lecc81on_gecc81rocc82me_-_diogenes_-_walters_37131.jpgJean-Léon_Gérôme_-_Diogenes_-_Walters_37131Poverty and morality? Jean-Léon Gérôme, Diogenes of Sinope. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_-_Diogenes_-_Walters_37131.jpg/1024px-Jean-L%C3%A9on_G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_-_Diogenes_-_Walters_37131.jpg2015-06-10T09:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/06/02/latin-poetry-and-the-limits-of-roman-medicine/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eutyches.jpgEutychesInscription for Eutyches (Tarragona). – (c) Museu Diocesà. Photo PK 2015.2015-06-03T06:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/05/27/oh-the-humanity/2015-05-28T19:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/05/22/the-riddle-of-a-poor-mans-epitaph/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/carmen.jpgcarmenCIL II (ed. alt) 14/3, 1279. – Photo: PK, May 2015 by kind permission of the MNAT Tarragonahttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/amphitheatre.jpgamphitheatreTarragona's amphitheatre (with ruins of Santa Maria del Miracle). – Photo (c) PK, May 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/right.jpgrightCIL II (ed. alt) 14/3, 1279, right hand side. – Photo: PK, May 2015 by kind permission of the MNAT Tarragonahttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/left.jpgleftCIL II (ed. alt) 14/3, 1279, left-hand side. – Photo: PK, May 2015 by kind permission of the MNAT Tarragonahttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/total.jpgtotalCIL II (ed. alt) 14/3, 1279, front view. – Photo: PK, May 2015 by kind permission of the MNAT Tarragona.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/alfocc88ldy.jpgalföldyPlaque commemorating Géza Alföldy: Tarragona, Amphitheatre. – Photo: PK, 2015.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pk_autopsy.jpgPK_autopsyExamining T3 = ILER 5762; RIT 441. – Photo (c) Emma Holding.2015-05-23T12:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/05/14/sadness-weariness-and-laughter-an-ancient-latin-poem-on-occasion-of-mental-health-awareness-week-2015/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/icur_05_13655.jpg$ICUR_05_13655Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$ICUR_05_13655.jpg.2015-05-19T19:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/05/12/what-happened-to-pontia-or-how-a-husband-buried-his-beloved-wife-and-still-only-managed-to-talk-about-himself/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/map.jpgmapHow to create a narrative...https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/carsulae1.jpgcarsulaehttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/carsulae.jpgcarsulaeFunerary poem from Carsulae. – Image source: http://www.museoducato.beniculturali.it/en/images/opere/01-01.jpg.2015-05-12T06:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/05/09/recycle-for-britain/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/30aa6-israel_02.jpg30aa6-israel_02https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/persian_rubble.jpgpersian_rubblePersian debris ('Perserschutt') on the acropolis. – Image source: http://viamus.uni-goettingen.de/vd/3501/mjt.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/church.jpgchurchInscription from Fort Langenhain. – Image source: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/16973906.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pisa.jpgpisaSpolia inserted into the wall of the cathedral of Pisa. – Photo PK.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sarcophagus.jpgsarcophagushttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sangiovanni.jpgSanGiovanniImage source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42858885@N00/16623322372.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fount1.jpgFount1Image source: http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Fount1.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/water_dispenser.jpgwater_dispenserImage source: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2903029750_4b7a37d9e2.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cistern.jpgcisternInscription from Jerusalem. – Image source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4q15f_1YPMU/VEbbzNNBJYI/AAAAAAABJR0/3SGBa6lYsmM/s1600/Israel_02.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lincoln.jpgLincolnInscription from Lincoln (St Mary le Wigford). – Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/84265607@N00/3125135078/.2015-05-09T11:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/05/06/a-sense-of-fatality-ancient-latin-poems-for-road-casualties/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pig.jpgpigEpitaph for a pig killed in a road accident. – Image source: http://timesonline.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451586c69e201bb08075c77970d-popup.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/traffic_jam.jpgtraffic_jamTraffic jam in ancient Rome. – Image source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6b/2d/37/6b2d37290f1981334355867c5196e00d.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/oxcart.jpgOxcartRoman oxcart. – Image source: http://www.electrummagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Roman-wine-trade-Augsburg-Romam-Museum.jpg.2015-05-06T21:27:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/04/23/abracadabra/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cone.jpgcone2015-07-07T11:47:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/04/17/apropos-yolo-yolare-to-only-live-once-to-do-something-irrevocably-stupid/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ccthvhow8aa7ujk.jpgCCtHvhOW8AA7uJK2015-04-17T07:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/04/14/the-master-and-margarita/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/roman_dogs.jpgRoman_dogsRoman sculpture of two dogs. – Image source: http://www.britishmuseum.org/images/ps302917_l.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/margarita1.jpgmargaritaDetail of the Margarita inscription. – Photo: PK (2015).https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/margarita.jpgmargaritaEpitaph for Margarita. – Photo: PK (2015).2015-05-15T21:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/04/08/poetic-dreams-of-flight/2015-04-11T10:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/03/28/here-lies-insert-name-here-or-why-reading-beyond-a-quotation-is-a-really-good-idea/2015-04-07T16:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/03/23/whats-in-a-name-a-short-and-poetic-story-of-nominative-determinism/2015-03-24T00:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/03/18/shedding-some-light-on-the-eclipse/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/060901_lunar_eclipse_02-medium.jpg060901_lunar_eclipse_02-mediumThe 'cut-off' light of the sun. – Image source: http://cdn4.dogomedia.com/images/3fe39715-596f-412a-ae9b-387e7cf3c2c2/060901_lunar_eclipse_02-medium.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cil-ix-4599.jpgCIL IX 4599CIL IX 4599. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$AE_1989_00202.jpg.2015-03-19T12:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/03/15/to-a-very-special-mother/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/she-wolf_of_rome.jpgShe-wolf_of_RomeRome's most iconic mother: the Capitoline Wolf. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/She-wolf_of_Rome.JPG2015-03-15T17:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/03/11/monumental-hatred/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/02684017.jpg02684017Herbert F. Johnson, Hatred. – Image source: http://lunaprod.library.cornell.edu/images/HFJ/Size4/Disc0268/02684017.jpg?userid=2&username=administrator&resolution=4&servertype=JVA&cid=1&iid=CORNELL&vcid=NA&usergroup=Faculty&profileid=2.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/something-like-hatred-ashley-plasters.jpgsomething-like-hatred-ashley-plastersAshley Plasters, Something Like Hatred. – Image source: http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/something-like-hatred-ashley-plasters.jpg.2015-03-12T12:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2012/08/13/54/2015-03-04T09:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2012/12/17/experiencing-university-a-polemic/2015-03-04T09:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/06/07/the-corrupting-appeal-of-latin/2015-03-04T09:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/08/10/hope-and-despair-in-roman-britain/2015-03-04T09:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/08/14/12/2015-03-04T09:13:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/09/04/a-readingites-prayer-for-peace/2015-03-04T09:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/09/10/can-we-mend-broken-hearts/2015-03-04T09:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/09/13/beer-goggles-in-ancient-rome/2015-03-04T09:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/09/19/sea-shells-or-how-the-deluge-reached-reading/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/katesgrove_deluge.jpgkatesgrove_delugeKatesgrove 2013 - did the deluge strike again?https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/uni-logo.jpgUoR logoShield of the University of Readinghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/katesgrove.jpgkatesgroveThe same Katesgrove area on Google Maps (2013)https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/reading-oyster-banks.jpgReading Oyster BanksLocation of Katesgrove Oyster Shells on C. Coates's Map of Reading (1802)2015-03-04T09:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/09/23/rest-and-peace-terence-on-a-reading-cemetery/2015-03-04T09:13:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/09/25/seneca-on-higher-education-in-the-arts-and-humanities/2015-03-04T09:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/10/03/tragedy-epic-and-the-real/2015-03-04T09:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/10/08/false-worship-and-filthy-lucre/2015-03-04T09:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/10/15/looks-right-therefore-is-right-or-the-treacherous-force-of-linguistic-habit/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mondragone_inscription.jpgMondragone_Inscription2015-03-04T09:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/10/23/cicero-on-sustainable-government/2015-03-04T09:13:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/11/02/latin-greeting-rituals-how-are-you-vs-hope-youre-well/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rlo.jpgRLOMy son's school's motto: vitae didicimus in schola, didicimus in schola vitae ('we learnt for life in school, we learnt in the school of life')2015-03-04T09:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/11/08/imperialism-linguistic-diversity-and-common-language/2015-03-04T09:13:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/11/12/grapes-and-wrath-or-phaedrus-on-things-too-high/2015-03-04T09:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/11/23/the-uses-and-benefits-of-multilingualism/2015-03-04T09:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/11/29/sine-fine-or-imaginations-of-infinity-unlimitedness-and-limitlessness/2015-03-04T09:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/12/06/out-of-the-woods/2015-03-04T09:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2013/12/19/digesting-food-for-thought/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/no-pooping-or-peeing-in-the-street.jpgNo-pooping-or-peeing-in-the-streetSource: http://www.quotesdump.com/no-pooping-or-peeing-in-the-street/no-pooping-or-peeing-in-the-street-2/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pools-sheraton-manhattan-hotel-v273365-576.jpgpools-sheraton-manhattan-hotel-v273365-576Source: http://www.bitterwallet.com/hotels-attention-to-detail-brings-a-tear-to-the-eye/15138.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cil_04_08899.jpg$CIL_04_08899CIL IV 8899. - Source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$CIL_04_08899.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/9660.jpg9660CIL III 1966. -- (c) Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum. -- Source: http://www.ubi-erat-lupa.org/img/monuments/9660.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nopeezone.jpgnopeezone'No Pee Zone' sign. -- Source: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2007/10/100000_people_are_coming_where.phphttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mokkan.jpgmokkanMokkan tablet. - Source: xxx2015-03-04T09:13:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/01/11/plautus-on-immigration-and-domestic-policy/2015-03-04T09:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/01/16/hot-air-and-sage-advice-or-human-all-too-human-a-blog-post-for-free-thinkers/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_4987.jpgIMG_4987Solon (Ostia) -- Image source: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ov_i0LzCfys/ThNhahRbhZI/AAAAAAAAAE4/AN7MyXJY41E/s1600/IMG_4987.JPGhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/zarker_00018.jpg$Zarker_00018Cheilon (from Ostia). -- Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$Zarker_00018.jpg2015-03-04T09:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/01/23/gay-weather/2015-03-04T09:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/02/08/an-olympic-shitstorm/2015-03-04T09:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/02/12/lecture-aufidius-was-here-really-and-where-exactly/2015-03-04T09:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/02/16/when-it-rains-it-pours-or-dont-just-do-something-stand-there/2015-03-04T09:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/02/21/grand-theft-pompeii/2015-03-04T09:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/02/28/the-power-of-song-and-music-at-pompeii/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/odeon.pngodeon2015-03-04T09:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/03/06/sorting-out-pompeii/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/damaged-tomb-wall-in-pomp-011.jpgDamaged tomb wall in Pompeiihttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pompeii_earthquake.jpgpompeii_earthquake2015-03-04T09:12:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/03/14/pliny-on-regulus-will-two-stories-serve-you-or-must-you-have-a-third-according-to-the-canon-of-the-schools/2015-03-04T09:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/03/18/disappearing-into-thin-air/2015-03-04T09:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/03/23/the-cold-grave-that-is-the-deep-deep-sea/2015-03-04T09:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/03/26/discussing-cicero-against-verres-ii-1-53-ff-for-a-level-students/2015-03-04T09:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/04/02/waxing-poetic-bees-and-death-and-bee-death/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cil_08_11300b_2.jpgFlavii MonumentMonument of the Flavii at Kasserine. – Image Source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$CIL_08_11300b_2.jpg2015-03-04T09:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/04/04/misappropriation-and-misapprehension-vergil-on-911/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mc_cil_06_25427.jpgVLUU L310 W / Samsung L310 WCIL VI 25427 = CLE 1142. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=%24MC_CIL_06_25427.jpg%3BPH0003011%3B%24CLE_01142.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/03blocksweb1-master675.jpg03BLOCKSweb1-master6759/11 Memorial. – Image source: http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/04/02/nyregion/03BLOCKSweb1/03BLOCKSweb1-master675.jpg2015-03-04T09:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/04/12/why-learn-a-foreign-language/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ph0008042-300x228.jpgPH0008042-300x228Inscription for Marcus Caesellius. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=PH0008042https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/roman_empire_map.pngRoman_Empire_MapGiving an idea of space: the dimensions of the Roman Empire. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Roman_Empire_Map.png2015-03-04T09:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/04/14/two-easter-tales/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-museum-s-famous-hare.jpgthe-museum-s-famous-hareThe Easter Bunny in Roman Britain (or not): The famous Hare mosaic from Cirencester. – Photo courtesy of Tripadvisor (source: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/11/9d/e4/the-museum-s-famous-hare.jpg)2015-03-04T09:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/04/26/epigraphy-cis-cause-of-death-illegible-scrawl/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ph0001264.jpgInscription for L. AliusInscription for L. Alius. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=PH0001264;$CIL_01_03358a.jpg&nr=1 (c) CIL - BBAW>2015-03-04T09:12:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/04/29/mortifying-teachers/2015-03-04T09:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/05/01/pompeii-3d/2015-03-04T09:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/05/08/the-divine-riches-of-the-latin-language/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/roman_cologne_reconstruction.jpgRoman_Cologne,_reconstructionReconstruction of Roman Cologne and camp Divitia. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Roman_Cologne,_reconstruction.JPGhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140416_151804.jpg20140416_151804Rhine river at Cologne, with a view on the opposite riverbank, the location of a Roman army camp called 'Divitia' (now Deutz). – (c) PK, 2014https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140416_131414.jpg20140416_131414Roman city gate of the CCAA, imaginatively inscribed with ... CCAA. Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne. – Photo: PK, 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/3.jpgPraetoriumMy son studying Latin inscriptions in the Cologne Praetorium exhibition. – (c) PK, 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2.jpgJunior EpigraphistMy son studying a Latin inscription in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum (Cologne)2015-03-04T09:12:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/05/15/neither-the-first-nor-the-wurst/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/afrodito_-_museo_arqueolocc81gico_de_alicante_marq_-_la_belleza_del_cuerpo.jpgAfrodito_-_Museo_Arqueológico_de_Alicante_MARQ_-_La_belleza_del_cuerpoAphroditus statue. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Afrodito_-_Museo_Arqueol%C3%B3gico_de_Alicante_MARQ_-_La_belleza_del_cuerpo.JPG.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20140321_dancing_stars_conchita_wurst_4187.jpg20140321_Dancing_Stars_Conchita_Wurst_4187Conchita Wurst. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/20140321_Dancing_Stars_Conchita_Wurst_4187.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpgSpas_vsederzhitel_sinayJesus icon. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10256182_703609149680471_2409472717747911971_n.jpg10256182_703609149680471_2409472717747911971_nBlasphemous? – Image source: http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/10256182_703609149680471_2409472717747911971_n.jpg.2015-03-04T09:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/05/26/demagoguery-and-populism/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/quote-the-demagogue-is-one-who-preaches-doctrines-he-knows-to-be-untrue-to-men-he-knows-to-be-idiots-h-l-mencken-284857.jpgquote-the-demagogue-is-one-who-preaches-doctrines-he-knows-to-be-untrue-to-men-he-knows-to-be-idiots-h-l-mencken-284857Mencken on demagogues. – Image source: http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-the-demagogue-is-one-who-preaches-doctrines-he-knows-to-be-untrue-to-men-he-knows-to-be-idiots-h-l-mencken-284857.jpg.2015-03-04T09:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/06/13/pygmalion-takes-the-turing-test/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/479px-girodet_pygmalion.jpg479px-Girodet_PygmalionGirodet, Pygmalion et Galatée. – Image source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girodet_Pygmalion.jpg.2015-03-04T09:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/06/10/children-love-and-memory/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hamley.jpghamleyHamley monument. – Photo (c) PK, 2012.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/st_laurences_church_reading_11.jpgSt_Laurence's_Church,_Reading_1https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/st_laurences_church_reading_1.jpgSt_Laurence's_Church,_Reading_1Saint Laurence, Reading. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Reading_1.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/seakes_marriage.jpgSeakes_marriageMarriage allegation of Martha Seakes and Thomas Haml(e)y.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/martha.jpgMarthaInscription for Martha Hamley. – Photo (c) PK, 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/martha_complete.jpgMartha_completeMonument for Martha Hamley. – Photo (c) PK, 2014.2015-03-04T09:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/06/19/ulpian-and-cicero-on-internet-security/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/spy_vs-_spy.pngSpy_vs._SpyImage source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/0/0f/Spy_vs._Spy.png.2015-03-04T09:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/06/27/love-bites/2015-03-04T09:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/07/03/i-see-friends-shaking-hands-saying-how-do-you-do/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ref.gifrefhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sed2.jpgSED2https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sed1.jpgSED1https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/handclasp.jpghandclaspClasped Hands motive, Salt Lake Temple. – Image source: http://www.moroni10.com/lds/temple_tour/symbols/clasping-hands-motif.html.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/uor_handshake.jpgUoR_HandshakeFriends shaking hands. (Image capture from a recent promotional video of the University of Reading.)https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/vitellius_fides.jpgvitellius_fidesImage source: http://www.livius.org/a/1/romanempire/vitellius_fides.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dextr-iunctio.jpgDextr iunctioImage source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights#mediaviewer/File:Dextrorum_iunctio_edited.JPG.2015-03-04T09:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/07/08/voices-of-sexism-the-active-the-passive-and-the-middle/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lullingstone-research-023.jpglullingstone-research-023British Proto-Feminism: 'Had Juno seen the bull's attempts at swimming, she'd have been even more justified to visit the halls of Aeolus'. – Image source: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/lullingstone-roman-villa/history-and-research/history/4-from-paganism-to-christianity/.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ifabiorufo_00002.jpg$IFabioRufo_00002Ancient 'slut shaming' (from Pompeii). – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$IFabioRufo_00002.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/800px-pompeii_-_villa_del_cicerone_-_mosaic_-_man.jpg800px-Pompeii_-_Villa_del_Cicerone_-_Mosaic_-_MANFemale 'roles' on a mosaic from Pompeii. – Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_ancient_Rome#mediaviewer/File:Pompeii_-_Villa_del_Cicerone_-_Mosaic_-_MAN.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/800px-magalluf-mallorca-rafax.jpg800px-Magalluf-Mallorca-rafaxMagaluf. – Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magaluf#mediaviewer/File:Magalluf-Mallorca-rafax.JPG2015-03-04T09:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/07/24/from-pompeii-with-love/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ph0003745.jpgPH0003745From Pompeii, with love. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=PH0003731;PH0003745&nr=2.2015-03-04T09:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/07/19/looking-at-war-with-lucretius/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/israelijetstrikesghaza_7-7-2014_153004_l.jpgairstrikeBehold the distruction. – Image source: http://images.geo.tv/updates_pics/IsraelijetstrikesGhaza_7-7-2014_153004_l.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mh17.jpgMH17Glad you weren't on board of MH17? – Image source: http://cdn3.spiegel.de/images/image-726382-galleryV9-bcik.jpg2015-03-04T09:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/08/03/ennius-on-war-and-dashed-hopes-for-peace/2015-03-04T09:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/09/12/remember-lucius-m-whatsisface/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lucius.jpgluciusCIL XIII 11885 (from Mainz/Moguntiacum), similar to that imagined by Ausonius. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$OS_CIL_13_11885.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cil13.jpgCIL13CIL XIII 791.2015-03-04T09:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/09/29/poetry-morbid-and-vivid/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sailor.jpgsailorhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/weep-not.jpgweep nothttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wife.jpgwife2015-03-04T09:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/09/16/better-together/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wenceslas_hollar_-_the_belly_and_the_members.jpgWenceslas_Hollar_-_The_belly_and_the_membersBetter Together? (Wenceslas Hollar, The Belly and the Members) – Image Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Wenceslas_Hollar_-_The_belly_and_the_members.jpg.2015-03-04T09:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/10/02/less-is-more/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nardus.jpgNardusNardus inscription. – Image source: http://rm.univr.it/biblioteca/volumi/ebanista/2.1.Ricci.pdfhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nardostachys_grandiflora.jpgNardostachys_grandifloraNard. – Image source:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Nardostachys_grandiflora.jpg2015-03-04T09:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/10/10/operation-mos-maiorum-or-ve-hav-vays-of-our-ancestors-that-is/2015-03-04T09:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/10/15/the-top-3-1-latin-poems-on-stds-and-related-issues-nsfw/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shag.jpgshagweekSHAG week giveaways.2015-03-04T09:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/10/28/trick-or-treat-torture-death-and-a-chilling-poem/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/320px-flagelaciocc81n_de_santa_engracia.jpg320px-Flagelación_de_Santa_EngraciaFlagellation of Santa Engratia. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flagelaci%C3%B3n_de_Santa_Engracia.jpg/320px-Flagelaci%C3%B3n_de_Santa_Engracia.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pumpkincolosseum.jpgpumpkincolosseumJack-o'-losseum. - Image source: http://sirpasalenius.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkincolosseum.jpg2015-03-04T09:11:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/11/07/the-other-99-or-much-ado-about-nothus/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/da09268b.jpgDA09268bScribes at work. – Image source: http://www.scalarchives.com/scalapic/250412/b/DA09268b.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/virgil_reading_the_aeneid.jpgVirgil_Reading_the_AeneidEntertainment for elites: Vergil reading the Aeneid to Augustus. – http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Virgil_Reading_the_Aeneid.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nothus.jpgNothusInscription for Nothus. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/NOTHI_LIBRARI_A_MANU.jpg.2015-03-04T09:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/11/09/a-latin-poem-for-the-25th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1415541214-77349-37256-big.jpg1415541214-77349-37256-bigCarmen Epigraphicum Berolinense (a P. K. fictum).https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1415541214-77349-37256-big-1.jpg1415541214-77349-37256-big-1Carmen Epigraphicum Berolinense (a P. K. fictum).2015-03-04T09:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/11/13/to-be-all-ears/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/votive-ears.jpgvotive-earsVotive Ears. – Image source: http://lapwing.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/votive-ears.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/locandina_singola_kruschwitz_corretta.jpglocandina_singola_Kruschwitz_corretta2015-03-04T09:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/11/19/fixing-a-cracked-record/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/t50-1seilenos.jpgT50.1SeilenosSilenus as a musician. – Image source: http://www.theoi.com/image/T50.1Seilenos.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ae-1972-39.jpgAE 1972.39AE 1972.39. – Photo (c) PK, 2014.2015-03-04T09:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/11/26/movember-three-bewhiskered-latin-verse-inscriptions/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/md-balt-jhu-l-81.jpgMD.Balt.JHU.L.81Image source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Brown-University-Library/usep-images/master/MD.Balt.JHU.L.81.jpghttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dt202005.jpgDT202005Movember in Fayum. – Image source: http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/eg/web-large/DT202005.jpg2015-03-04T09:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/12/08/hadrians-wall-rocks/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lodge-crag-2.jpgLodge Crag 2Rock-face at Lodge Crag, Cumbria. Photo (c) P. K., 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lodge-crag-1.jpgLodge Crag 1Rock-face at Lodge Crag, Cumbria. Photo (c) P. K., 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/panorama.jpgpanoramaPanoramic shot. (c) P. K., 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/low-row.jpglow rowLodge Crag. – Image: Google Maps.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rib-1951.jpgRIB 1951RIB 1951. – Photo (c) P.K 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rib-1950.jpgRIB 1950RIB 1950. – Photo (c) P.K 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rib-19471.jpgRIB 1947RIB 1947. – Photo (c) P.K 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rib-1947.jpgRIB 1948RIB 1948. – Photo (c) P.K 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rib-1946.jpgRIB 1946RIB 1946. – Photo (c) P.K 2014.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/combcrag.jpgCombcragComb Crag quarry site.2015-03-04T09:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/12/04/sick-of-it-all/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/stefan-grimm.jpgStefan-GrimmProf. Stefan Grimm. – Image source: http://imperial.tab.co.uk/files/2014/12/Stefan-Grimm.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/chatterton.jpgchattertonHenry Wallis: The Death of Chatterton. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1024px-Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/iairpino_00015_1.jpg$IAIrpino_00015_1Tombstone from Aeclanum. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$IAIrpino_00015_1.jpg.2015-03-04T09:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/12/11/cil-vi-12194-re-discovered-in-the-villa-wolkonsky/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/15988834121_08978d962d_o.jpg15988834121_08978d962d_oImage source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukinitaly/15988834121/in/set-72157649688392291.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vi_12194.jpgVI_12194CIL VI 12194. – Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukinitaly/15371225053/in/set-72157649688392291 (cropped and enhanced).2015-03-04T09:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/12/13/pope-damasus-on-torture/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tintoretto.jpgTintorettoTintoretto, The martyrdom of St. Lawrence. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Tintoretto.jpg.2015-03-04T09:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/12/17/seasons-greetings/2015-03-04T09:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2014/12/26/happy-new-year-roman-style-time-to-get-baking/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hny_lamp.jpghny_lampImage source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$Campobasso-162.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hny_biscuits.jpghny_biscuitsImage source: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5005/5312434538_ffce97b9ab.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/annum_stamp.jpgannum_stampImage source: http://www.mihaigramatopol.ro/images/stories/artrom/gray/063.jpg.2015-03-04T09:09:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/01/08/killing-jokes-and-suicide-jests/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/512px-9226rufus_est.jpg512px-9226(Rufus_est)Caricature of one Rufus. Rufus allegedly got so upset that he unleashed the hellfire of Vesuvius upon his fellow Pompeians. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/9226%28Rufus_est%29.jpg/512px-9226%28Rufus_est%29.jpg2015-03-04T09:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/01/21/immerging-into-a-layered-past/2015-03-04T09:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/01/23/coping-with-the-death-of-a-child/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sulmo.jpgSulmoAE 1989.246. Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=PH0001504;PH0001505;PH0001506;PH0001507;PH0001508&nr=3.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/roma.jpgromaCIL VI 16059. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$CIL_06_16059_1.jpg;$CIL_06_16059_2.jpg;PH0005680;PH0005681;$CIL_06_16059.jpg&nr=2.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/antibes.jpgantibesCIL XII 218. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$ILN-02-A_00085.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kollwitz.jpgKollwitzKäthe Kollwitz, Mother with dead child. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Kollwitz.jpg.2015-03-04T09:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/01/29/meet-the-gloomiest-romans-of-all-times/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vincent_willem_van_gogh_002.jpgVincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002Van Gogh, At Eternity's Gate. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002.jpg.2015-03-04T09:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/02/02/buried-above-ground/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ici62.jpgICI62https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/souls_tomb.jpgsouls_tombhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1eyeprisonc1.jpg1EyePrisonCSoma sema. – Image source: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/fletchertech/New%20WPs/1EyePrisonC.jpg.2015-03-04T09:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/02/08/dont-mess-with-divine-horsepower/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bonvall41.jpgbonvall41Seahorse mosaic from the Roman palace at Fishbourne (Sussex). – Image source: http://www.vroma.org/images/bonvallet_images/bonvall41.jpg.2015-03-04T09:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/02/11/st-valentines-glory/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/heart.jpgheartThe love heart's precursor: hedera-shaped word division. – Detail from http://nvb.aarome.org/privato/articoli/1059_2.JPG. 2015-03-04T09:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/02/20/europa-europe-and-the-compelling-imagery-of-the-latin-inscriptions/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/business_shark_1.gifbusiness_shark_1A rare sighting: the property shark. – Image source: https://kreuzberged.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/business_shark_1.gif.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/europa.jpgEuropaPompeii: Ship Europa. – Image source: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3677/10594675213_470e59af6e.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/article-2727685-209decbd00000578-510_634x473.jpgarticle-2727685-209DECBD00000578-510_634x473Common European Home. Under new management. – Image source: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/18/article-2727685-209DECBD00000578-510_634x473.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lullingstone-research-023.jpglullingstone-research-023Lullingstone mosaic. – Image source: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/properties/lullingstone-roman-villa/lullingstone/lullingstone-research-023.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/zeus.jpgzeusGreek Myth Pie Chart. Source unknown.2015-03-04T09:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/02/25/spread-the-wealth/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wealth.jpgwealthThe Trickle-Down Effect.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/america-wealth-distribution.jpgamerica-wealth-distributionWealth inequality. – Image source: https://chewychunks.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/america-wealth-distribution.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fiscal.jpgfiscalThe 'Institutions' give sage advice. – Image source: http://cdn.meme.am/instances/48054875.jpg.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cil-4_1766.jpgCIL 4_1766Zangemeister's drawing of CIL IV 1766.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cil-4_1251.jpgCIL 4_1251Zangemeister's drawing of CIL IV 1251 (pre-revision).https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cil-4_1597.jpgCIL 4_1597Zangemeister's drawing of CIL IV 1597.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/communem-nummum-plan.jpgCommunem nummum planSpread of instances. The map used here, with additions, is that used by the lovely people of Pompeiiinpictures.com (source: http://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/Maps/Plan%20Pompeii%202014%20Streets.jpg)2015-03-04T09:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/02/27/the-new-inscription-from-cirencester-a-few-thoughts/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/b-ri8b9w4aexbhn-jpg_large.jpegB-ri8b9W4AEXBHN.jpg_largeCirencester tombstone. – Image source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-ri8b9W4AEXBHN.jpg:large2015-03-04T21:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/2015/03/02/shattered-foundations/https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ph0011901.jpgPH0011901CIL VI 19295. – Image source: http://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?bild=$DM_147.jpg;PH0011901&nr=2.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/perserschutt.gifPerserschuttReplaceable objects? The so-called Perserschutt (Persian rubble). – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Perserschutt.gif.https://thepetrifiedmuse.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/susa-destruction.jpgSusa-destructionAshurbanipal's soldiers give Susa the IS treatment. – Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Susa-destruction.jpg2015-03-11T20:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thepetrifiedmuse.blogdaily1.02025-05-06T06:39:13+00:00