Roman Mosaics: Halicarnassus (2)

Many of the Mosaics from the 4th Century CE villa at Halicarnassus featured hunting scenes of wild animals These scenes…

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Pictures taken using Harvard NASA telescope

27 bird species were seen on the patch this month. This brings the years total to 48 and increases the…

Have been away at a meeting in Oxford all week so not much opportunity to spend time watching nature. Did…

Bittern was built in 1937. It spent most of its working life on the East Coast mainline, particularly hauling the…

The most famous mosaics from Halicarnassus come from the excavations by CT Newton (later keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities…

photos taken using NASA Harvard telescope

The final scenes in the wall reliefs from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh show the conquering Assyrian army returning with the…

Some shots of King Edward II during a break in her running at Didcot in order to take on water…