These beautiful birds are taken from a large fresco depicting a garden scene from the House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii. They date to the C1st AD.
I’ll defer to the twitchers amongst us but I can definitely make out a wood pigeon (on the birdbath) and a swallow.
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#FrescoFriday
I’ll defer to the twitchers amongst us but I can definitely make out a wood pigeon (on the birdbath) and a swallow.
📷 mine
#FrescoFriday
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_golden_oriole
https://commons.mtholyoke.edu/romancultureofbird/murals/the-house-of-the-golden-bracelet/#marker-43-4