Were there camels in Roman Britain? A brief note on the nature and context of the London camel remains — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/11/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/BXlMvE3cUH
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A 4th-century Roman or Early Sasanian onyx stamp-seal engraved with a camel: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=805242&partId=1&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/Hrp90123qT
A 6th-century mosaic of children riding a camel led by a camel driver from the Istanbul Archaeological Museum: https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/17/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain-new-evidence-suggests-camels-were-common-across-the-empire/ …pic.twitter.com/9JwwnxdRo1
Mosaic of a camel carrying wine amphorae; Kissufim, Israel, 6th century: https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/17/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain-new-evidence-suggests-camels-were-common-across-the-empire/ …pic.twitter.com/npsd3la9GZ
Good to see the camels are back! :)
Indeed! I'm pondering a blog post on another type of exotic animal in pre-Modern Europe (barbary apes!) and ended up going back to read what I'd written about my favourite camels :)
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