"Limestone Seated Cat"
Naukratis, Egypt, 266-227 BCE
British Museum, London
#BastetGoddessOfBluesky
#MenWithCats
Naukratis, Egypt, 266-227 BCE
British Museum, London
#BastetGoddessOfBluesky
#MenWithCats
July 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
"Limestone Seated Cat"
Naukratis, Egypt, 266-227 BCE
British Museum, London
#BastetGoddessOfBluesky
#MenWithCats
Naukratis, Egypt, 266-227 BCE
British Museum, London
#BastetGoddessOfBluesky
#MenWithCats
June 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Seated sphinx. Plate, Eastern Greek Orientalizing, 6th century BC. From Naukratis in Egypt
British Museum - Main floor, room 13, Greek & Rome GR 1965.9-30.705
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#Pottery
British Museum - Main floor, room 13, Greek & Rome GR 1965.9-30.705
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#Pottery
July 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Seated sphinx. Plate, Eastern Greek Orientalizing, 6th century BC. From Naukratis in Egypt
British Museum - Main floor, room 13, Greek & Rome GR 1965.9-30.705
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#Pottery
British Museum - Main floor, room 13, Greek & Rome GR 1965.9-30.705
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#Pottery
🪷 Get a grip, we're going shopping #PhallusThursday for #Thanksgiving #BlackFriday specials. Hellenistic #Naukratis figure of an Egyptian with a pretty prodigious phallus protruding over his head (400-50 BC). #Antinous and #Hadrian visited Naukratis at the mouth of the Nile. 🪷
November 28, 2024 at 6:12 PM
🪷 Get a grip, we're going shopping #PhallusThursday for #Thanksgiving #BlackFriday specials. Hellenistic #Naukratis figure of an Egyptian with a pretty prodigious phallus protruding over his head (400-50 BC). #Antinous and #Hadrian visited Naukratis at the mouth of the Nile. 🪷
![white slip sherd with painted owl, made in Chios, Greece, found in Naukratis, Egypt (c. 610-570 BCE)
[BM 1888,0601.491]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i7z25w5g2kx45wn5ojohd46p/bafkreihox7jpnfrk5yixbnlxnka2kwns75ofb25l7iyeainvgokslzo3ki)
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous/#Apollo head crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite #Venus. #Antinoos & #Hadrian visited Naukratis,
#Hierakleion and the Nile resort of #Canopus in 130 AD. Grieving Hadrian returned alone to Canopus in February 131. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grie... 🪷
#Hierakleion and the Nile resort of #Canopus in 130 AD. Grieving Hadrian returned alone to Canopus in February 131. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grie... 🪷
February 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous/#Apollo head crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite #Venus. #Antinoos & #Hadrian visited Naukratis,
#Hierakleion and the Nile resort of #Canopus in 130 AD. Grieving Hadrian returned alone to Canopus in February 131. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grie... 🪷
#Hierakleion and the Nile resort of #Canopus in 130 AD. Grieving Hadrian returned alone to Canopus in February 131. More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grie... 🪷
I was reminded by @johnjjohnston.bsky.social that today is the birthday of Alexandria. The guardian of this city was the friendly snake, Agathos Damon, who became associated with Serapis and joined with Isis. Here’s an image of the two from Naukratis.
Held in Ashmolean 🏺 AncientBluesky #Egyptology
Held in Ashmolean 🏺 AncientBluesky #Egyptology
April 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I was reminded by @johnjjohnston.bsky.social that today is the birthday of Alexandria. The guardian of this city was the friendly snake, Agathos Damon, who became associated with Serapis and joined with Isis. Here’s an image of the two from Naukratis.
Held in Ashmolean 🏺 AncientBluesky #Egyptology
Held in Ashmolean 🏺 AncientBluesky #Egyptology
🏺Love the look of this guy - a souvenir jug (likely made to look like St Menas) from Naukratis, now in the collection at Harrogate Museums. 📜
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July 22, 2026 at 7:49 AM
🏺Love the look of this guy - a souvenir jug (likely made to look like St Menas) from Naukratis, now in the collection at Harrogate Museums. 📜
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HOW can you forget about the Naukratis painter
Rookie mistake
Rookie mistake
September 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
HOW can you forget about the Naukratis painter
Rookie mistake
Rookie mistake
🏺 Fragmento de figura femenina chipriota de caliza (Sant. de Afrodita en Naukratis, Egipto; P. Chipriota Arcaico II; 600-560 a.C.).
🔎 Representa a una mujer con un ave en la mano derecha. Conserva restos de pintura roja y negra, y un collar de perlas.
ℹ️ British Museum.
🔎 Representa a una mujer con un ave en la mano derecha. Conserva restos de pintura roja y negra, y un collar de perlas.
ℹ️ British Museum.
January 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🏺 Fragmento de figura femenina chipriota de caliza (Sant. de Afrodita en Naukratis, Egipto; P. Chipriota Arcaico II; 600-560 a.C.).
🔎 Representa a una mujer con un ave en la mano derecha. Conserva restos de pintura roja y negra, y un collar de perlas.
ℹ️ British Museum.
🔎 Representa a una mujer con un ave en la mano derecha. Conserva restos de pintura roja y negra, y un collar de perlas.
ℹ️ British Museum.
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to Antinous' birthday on 27 Nov: #Antinous / #Apollo head at Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite / #Venus. Large Egyptian-style eyes! From #Naukratis Egypt, which #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited in autumn 130 AD. 🪷
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to Antinous' birthday on 27 Nov: #Antinous / #Apollo head at Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite / #Venus. Large Egyptian-style eyes! From #Naukratis Egypt, which #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited in autumn 130 AD. 🪷
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous #Apollo head with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite who had a shrine in Naukrates on the Nile near #Canopus and #Hierakleion which Antinous & Hadrian visited in October 130. In February 131, grieving #Hadrian returned to Canopus: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grie... 🪷 🪷
February 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous #Apollo head with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite who had a shrine in Naukrates on the Nile near #Canopus and #Hierakleion which Antinous & Hadrian visited in October 130. In February 131, grieving #Hadrian returned to Canopus: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grie... 🪷 🪷
Major problem in the Archaic due to all the unfamiliar rich foodstuffs coming from Naukratis.
In this paper I will...
In this paper I will...
October 5, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Major problem in the Archaic due to all the unfamiliar rich foodstuffs coming from Naukratis.
In this paper I will...
In this paper I will...
The critique itself is remarkably self-centered and self-evidently so.
We know Socrates said these things because Plato wrote them down. (Plato also apocryphally visited the Pyramids, which were close-ish to a Greek trading post in Egypt called Naukratis (‘Naval Command’) & would’ve had tourism.).
We know Socrates said these things because Plato wrote them down. (Plato also apocryphally visited the Pyramids, which were close-ish to a Greek trading post in Egypt called Naukratis (‘Naval Command’) & would’ve had tourism.).
June 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The critique itself is remarkably self-centered and self-evidently so.
We know Socrates said these things because Plato wrote them down. (Plato also apocryphally visited the Pyramids, which were close-ish to a Greek trading post in Egypt called Naukratis (‘Naval Command’) & would’ve had tourism.).
We know Socrates said these things because Plato wrote them down. (Plato also apocryphally visited the Pyramids, which were close-ish to a Greek trading post in Egypt called Naukratis (‘Naval Command’) & would’ve had tourism.).
🪷 July 5th to 13th is the Ludi Apollinares Roman festival of #Apollo. Livy: "Romans wore floral wreaths, ate outdoors." Good excuse for a picnic! antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/wear... Photos: #Antinous as #Apollon wearing myrtle wreath of #Aphrodite. #Naukratis bust at Berlin Altes Museum. 🪷
July 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🪷 July 5th to 13th is the Ludi Apollinares Roman festival of #Apollo. Livy: "Romans wore floral wreaths, ate outdoors." Good excuse for a picnic! antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/wear... Photos: #Antinous as #Apollon wearing myrtle wreath of #Aphrodite. #Naukratis bust at Berlin Altes Museum. 🪷
i'm not sure ! the catalog description said it was found at the greek colony of naukratis in egypt, and made on chios in the east aegean. it certainly looks like other laconian dogs from looking at wikipedia (lol). do you have painting pics?
March 23, 2026 at 11:41 PM
i'm not sure ! the catalog description said it was found at the greek colony of naukratis in egypt, and made on chios in the east aegean. it certainly looks like other laconian dogs from looking at wikipedia (lol). do you have painting pics?
Just found a reference to Milesian wool in Egypt that predates Zenon's rearing of prize Milesian sheep. As Clarysse notes, it's in Naukratis w its Milesian connections, But still cool to see this in 282 BCE.
PS Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump. Put GOP on trial.
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PS Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump. Put GOP on trial.
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March 23, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Just found a reference to Milesian wool in Egypt that predates Zenon's rearing of prize Milesian sheep. As Clarysse notes, it's in Naukratis w its Milesian connections, But still cool to see this in 282 BCE.
PS Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump. Put GOP on trial.
129.206.5.162/beta/palaeog...
PS Abolish ICE. Impeach Trump. Put GOP on trial.
129.206.5.162/beta/palaeog...
"Camille Acosta shares discoveries from the ancient site of Naukratis—a multicultural port city in Egypt’s Nile Delta founded by Greek traders—revealing new insights into the cultural and artistic exchanges within this multicultural community" @gettymuseum.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=v25c...
Merchants and Mercenaries: The Archaeology of Greeks in Egypt
YouTube video by Getty Museum
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February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"Camille Acosta shares discoveries from the ancient site of Naukratis—a multicultural port city in Egypt’s Nile Delta founded by Greek traders—revealing new insights into the cultural and artistic exchanges within this multicultural community" @gettymuseum.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=v25c...
A poem of sorts
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Like Amasis II, I would open an emporium or shop where I accessed the best of culture but never lifted a finger to run it.
Daily writing promptIf you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?View all responses The Nile Delta city of Naukratis: By ChrisO (talk) - self-made, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org...
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August 6, 2024 at 8:13 AM
A poem of sorts
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Open Access UCL Research: Naukratis, Aegina and Laconia; some individuals and pottery distribution discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Naukratis, Aegina and Laconia; some individuals and pottery distribution
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January 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Open Access UCL Research: Naukratis, Aegina and Laconia; some individuals and pottery distribution discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Open Access UCL Research: Volute-kraters from Naukratis (and an amphora) = Volutni krateri iz Naukratisa (i jedna amfora) discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Volute-kraters from Naukratis (and an amphora) = Volutni krateri iz Naukratisa (i jedna amfora)
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January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Open Access UCL Research: Volute-kraters from Naukratis (and an amphora) = Volutni krateri iz Naukratisa (i jedna amfora) discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Open Access UCL Research: Notes on Naukratis in the Netherlands discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Notes on Naukratis in the Netherlands
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November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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7th to 6th century Naukratis. A little Acheloos!
April 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
7th to 6th century Naukratis. A little Acheloos!