Showing posts with label Romans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romans. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Nope

 

If you saw this slide image and thought "The Colosseum, in Rome."

Nope.

It's Arles Amphitheatre (in Arles, France)

And I think this is the photographer's location.

Bonus - The Pastry A.I. That Learned to Fight Cancer

In Japan, a system designed to distinguish croissants from bear claws has turned out to be capable of a whole lot more

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

"The Wife's Mother is staying for the weekend...."

 

It's the rules. Any visit to an ancient Roman or Greek amphitheatre will always involve a middle-aged "wit" thinking he can launch into his pub comedy routine.

If only they could release the wild animals on him.

I think that this the Roman Theatre, Sufetula, Sbeitla, Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia

Bonus - Strange and wondrous creatures: plankton and the origins of life on Earth

Monday, 2 December 2013

Archeology In Action


From a box of slides containing many of Hadrian's Wall sites, so I'm guessing that this is a similar one.

Bonus - O_o

Burnley's Musical Nun.

Sunday, 17 March 2013

The Arch


Simple note on this slide - "Amphitheatre Vaison La Romaine", so I'd suggest this was in France 
From a selection of slides from the late eighties / early nineties, and seemingly  various cultural trips in Europe.

Bonus - I always thought it was built on site...
Bonus 2 - Strumpfhosentanz