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  1. Some colours were more difficult to obtain and hence, more precious than others in ancient times… It makes me wonder if ordinary people felt starved of colour in their day to day life,compared to the elite? As their choices of pigments were obviously much more restricted when it came to clothing and homes.

    Roman snail dye found in UK for first time bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjje13
    #tyrian #purple #romanworld #colours #pigments

  2. For the newly discovered (by me) hashtag #RomanSiteSaturday, photos I took a few years ago of the massive (nearly 50m high) Pont Du Gard aqueduct & bridge in southern #France, constructed in the 1st century CE.

    #romanruins #romancivilization #Romanworld #Roman #PhotographyOnMastodon #photography #travelphotography