Ancient Era Aficionado Gifts

'Jurassic Pork.'

Bacchus.

Second hand furniture.

Mount Olympus Brewery. Those might be dangerous to open. They're Pandora's Bocks.

Repurposing the aqueducts of Ancient Rome.

'It's genuine 17th century satsuma - and the pair would have been worth ?14,000.'

"When are they going to change the 'feature'?"

Those Were The Days

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

Dynasties - Ping, Ching, Ming.

"A world without Ovid? I can't even begin to imagine a world without Ovid."

'I'd like to match this credenza.'

"Take that mammoth back. It's not 'wooly' enough."

'Caesar salad?'

Piles of trash discarded by ancient people are a rich source of artifacts for archaeologists. I unearthed garbage dumps that advanced our understanding of prehistoric societies. On the island of Crete I found ancient trash that increased our knowledge about the Minoan people. And I recently uncovered informative Celtic rubbish. Please stop saying studying ancient cultures by what they threw away is "junk science"!

'This book is so rare it's never been published.'

"...and if you add wind-chill factor, the next plague will be even worse!"

'Stove Top Stuffing! My favourite!'

The mysterious ancient stone figures of Keister Island.

'Have you any idea just how little this is worth?'

Dog and Human Archaeologists

Egyptian Mummy/Egyptian Mummy and Toddler.

"I'm really gonna miss Rome."

"It would appear they worshipped the almighty dollar."

Mammoth Posing

We speak hieroglyphics here.

"No flash in the ancient mummy gallery."

"Call yourself a fortune teller? I've never even heard of the Cairo museum!"

"Now we're leaving the hall of stuff we stole from other cultures and entering the hall of stuff we paid too much for."

Art Critics.

'This stuff is a snap for me. I used to be a pharmacist.'

Johannes Gutenberg

Janus 2021

Grandfather Clock

"Just a routine ID check, Mr. Spartacus - there are lots of people with the same name, you know."