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That is so cool! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Who knew, right?
Oh wow this was insightful. Yep girls just wanna have fun.
These do look like fun girls!
Carol, I had no clue there were mosaics that showed women exercising! Way fun! I’d love to use this as a guest post on Friend for the Ride. No pressure, only if you’d like to share.
Yes!
I think their thighs look pretty good. Hard to believe that the 4th century had dumbbells, though!
That was a big surprise to me, too.
I had no idea. Thank you so much!
Beautiful! And a few of those women have bellies!
I am so tired of our modern obsession with bodily perfection. I love those girls!
Did you see any Signs or Remains of the ancient Moors…..The ancestors of the ceciiann Beautiful black Hair…….(History is Great)
Not specifically, but there is a long history of Moors.
What a cool find. Interesting to think about how women saw themselves within a culture so far removed from what we know. I love this stuff! Thanks for sharing.
I would love to know more about how women saw themselves back then.
Such a fun post Carol. Exercise and bikinis way back then…I had no idea!
Me either!
And we think we’re so smart, here in the 21st century! Great pictures, Carol.
“There’s nothing new under the sun,” right? LOL
This post is so up my happy, active alley! Love it and the pics you took. Isn’t it amazing how “modern” they look?
I know! They could be at my gym.
Love these murals (you know I would!). And Kymberly is right, they look really contemporary. They would be an awesome addition to any women’s gym, don’t you think?
Oh they would be. If you could afford it! They are priceless antiquities and I’ll bet all rights are reserved!
I love this, Carol. I had no idea, and they are in much better shape than I am.
I guess Brian Wilson really wrote his songs for all of them instead of the California girls!! 🙂
Well, Cindy Lauper wrote Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but these COULD be California girls!
Amazing! Several of those pictures could have depicted the modern day. I mean – boy shorts? Those girls were stylin!
I thought the same thing.
I’ve seen pictures of these before and was just as inspired! So jealous that you got to see them in person. Did you take a class? Hahaaaaa.
Haa is right!
Genius Women! I especially like the one with the tara on her head!
That’s amazing! If you think back through all the history between dresses and women’s rights who would have thought that women from that long ago would be closer to how we are now than other periods even as close as our own parents!
Amazing! But where are the water bottles?
Those are so great! Yes, girls do wanna have fun. Always have, always will.
Ha! Who knew! This is great. You just made my day. (Now where are my barbells?)
😉
maybe they ran out of mosaics….
LOVE it!!! The dumbbells are way to light, though… They didn’t understand the research back then (obviously…) but the problem is that women still (to this day) are using weights that are too light. As far as them having fun while being physically active is AWESOME!
I suspect they got plenty of exercise in every day life. Then again, maybe not.
This just blows my mind. And almost makes me believe in time travel. It’s as if somebody from the 21st century went back in time and started a 4th century health spa.
It’s most likely the other way around–that there is nothing actually new in the world.
How ’bout that!
This is so funny to think about. I noticed many similarities on my recent visit to Pompei, Italy.
Wow! When we visited Greece back in the 90’s and went all over the islands and mainland I don’t ever remember seeing women athletes! It was all about the men. Shows that your ancestral relatives were much more progressive!
Who knew is right! Unexpected discovery for sure in ancient ruins! Love how you captured the details and presented this in a fun way!