Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy in 4K (UHD) HDR

YouTube ^ | May 22, 2019 | Ttvtraveller

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Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy in 4K (UHD) HDR

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Images of Mosaics in Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicilia, Italy

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I first saw the house on this one, watched this morning. I really, really don't like Rick Steve, but he goes to interesting places, the bastard.

Rick Steve - The Best of Sicily

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Agrigento was once the third largest ancient Greek city (after nearby Syracuse, and Athens), and the glimpse of it in the Rick Steve vid wasn't enough. The Tiormina theater Rick visited was (in the 1990s) used in the Woody Allen movie "Mighty Aphrodite".

Valley of the Temples (Agrigento), Italy in 4K (UHD) HDR

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This is not very related, but was a search hit while looking for the Villa Romano del Casale, and pretty interesting.

The Stag Hunt Mosaic [Pella Greece]

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Here are the other GGG topics introduced since the previous Digest ping:

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• Some Chimpanzees Have a Bone in Their Heart -- and Some Humans Might, Too [2020]
• Testing the DNA of cave art [2020]

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I bought my mother a book last month called Magnificent interiors of Sicily.

My father was from Naples and came here when he was six. My mother’s parents were born in Sicily

Last time I went there were no direct flights from United States to Sicily. I don’t know if that has changed

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I know my first comment on these threads is usually a joke but not when it comes to the ancestors’ Homeland :-)

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Yeah, that's probably wise, since it's Sicily...

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Lol

I will wake up with a horse’s head in my bed. Though I really don’t have much money so it just might be a cat’s head

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I’ve always like the Rizzoli coffeetable books.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91mc8nqoktL.jpg
https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Interiors-Sicily-Richard-Engel/dp/8891820431

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Funny thing about The godfather, a pregnant woman was almost beaten to death, a whole bunch of guys were shot to death, one had a knife put through his hand but what got everybody really upset was using a real horse’s head from a factory.

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That’s what I got my mother!

I didn’t know it was called a coffee table book :-) I just needed something with a lot of pictures and bigger words because she is older now

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Very nice, but it is a fixer-upper.

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I dunno Sicilian cats are probably pretty tough.

The Leader, the Viking and the Mercenary: a tale of Byzantine Sicily. Byzantine Real History
https://byzantinerealhistory.wordpress.com/2019/03/14/the-leader-the-viking-and-the-mercenary-a-tale-of-byzantine-sicily/

http://www.google.com/search?q=roger+i+roger+ii+sicily

Roger II was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, then King of Sicily in 1130 and King of Africa in 1148.

Born: December 22, 1095, Mileto, Italy
Died: February 26, 1154, Palermo, Italy
Coronation: 25 December 1130
Spouse: Beatrice of Rethel (m. 1151–1154), Sibylla of Burgundy (m. 1149–1150), and Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (m. 1117–1135)
Children: Constance, Queen of Sicily, William I of Sicily, Roger III, Duke of Apulia, and more
Books: Catalogus Baronum

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The housekeeper just hasn’t been in for while. ;^)

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I have been to valley of temples. Amazing. To see the best Greek temples go to Sicily.

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Thanks for the material. Man you must know a lot

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I don’t understand some of the urinals.

Did they stand in the middle and shoot at the walls?

Or did they stand by the walls and shoot towards the middle? If they did it that way, then you didn’t want to be standing across from “Cicero Of The Strong Bladder”.

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I flew Rome to Palermo years ago.
Still no direct flights.