Category Archive: Another thing

Another thing: Small Slabs and a Big Story in Canterbury Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours (and ... Read More

Saint Manchan's Shrine in Ireland There's a lot to look at here! A strange and complex object made of metal and wood, bearing odd ornaments and weird figures, executed with much intricate detail. The artefact ... Read More

A Roman glass bowl in Zadar, Croatia What are we looking at? A glass bowl, found in a Roman-era grave near Zadar on Croatia's Dalmatian Coast. Zadar is a very beautiful place and a very interesting one ... Read More

An ancient Greek amphora from the island of Paros A large clay pot, bearing crude drawings, made from a clay slip painted onto the clay body, showing people hurting each other, accompanied by other scenes. That's what you see ... Read More

The Derveni Game Board in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece What are we showing you this time? Can you guess what this is? At face value, it is just a collection of rather unprepossessing items: four L-shaped pieces of corroded ... Read More

Minoan pots from ancient Phaistos on Crete The picture shows a display in the Archaeological Museum of Iraklio (Heraklion) on Crete. It consists of a large tripod cooking or serving tray, on which 33 miniature vessels of ... Read More

Another thing: a local triumph? The Pompeii amphitheatre fresco “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. Each ... Read More

An ancient Christian cross from the Parthenon in Greece A marble slab, over a metre (or about 4ft) in height, carved to show a simple cross set within a rectangular frame. The motif is simple and the carving is ... Read More

The Tektaş Burnu shipwreck: here's looking at you - a ship's eyes in Bodrum Simple enough: two marble disks, 14 cm (5.5") in diameter, each pierced by a lead spike at the centre, surrounded by a painted circle. What might they be? Gaming pieces? ... Read More

An ancient Greek inscription from Kos: Nymphs vs Litter Laws A stone slab with some funny letters on it. Typical archaeological museum stuff, presumably what they use to fill space when they have nothing more interesting to show. Boring! Well, ... Read More

Another thing: art prêt-à-porter – an oil lamp from Agrigento “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. You've ... Read More

An ancient water distributor at Priene in Turkey A circular stone bowl, quite roughly made, about half a metre (20″) across and pierced by a series of circular holes. Hardly a work of art, but an object serving ... Read More

Wasters from Syracuse. Ancient broken pottery in Sicily Unless you’re specialised in the study of ancient pottery production (or maintain a strong interest in that topic), you’ve probably not seen – or at least not noted – objects ... Read More

Floral vases: a very short story from Akrotiri, ca. 1600 BC A conical vase of simple shape. Along with some stripes near top and bottom, a few flowers are the only decoration. Apparently painted quite casually and simply in white, they ... Read More

Another thing: graffiti - an ancient gaming board at Didyma “Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. At ... Read More