The distant past with relics nearby.

I recently read about the importance of the past in shaping a future, with which I fully agree. History always brings us who we are.

Walking among sculptures, pots, vases, busts, utensils and much more, that has been made in the past, brings us learnings and knowledge in the present that can help us to better understand what that part of history was like.

How these people lived, their customs, and how they have influenced what followed in history is of vital importance. Roman culture was present in many European countries, although it was later intermingled with other experiences, cultures and ways of life in other parts of the world.

What is unquestionable is the mark that they have left and that through these relics that we see in the museum or palace of the Aduana in the city of Malaga, shows the passage of the Romans through these lands.

Sometimes I even think about how they did all these things in such an ancient time, because their presence dates back to the 3rd century BC and even today this can be preserved.

Of course, the work of the restorers with the help of historians has made it possible for us to enjoy seeing and admiring all this today. Every vase, every utensil, every writing on a stone and even faces sculpted in stone and marble.

The organisation by themes, the well illuminated sectors make a great work of the museum and people appreciate it because hundreds of tourists and residents visit this marvel that makes us travel to a distant past but close at the same time, because we can see with our own eyes all this as if we were there.

Through each of these items we can learn about the activities of the cities in the past, about daily life, commercial activities, hunting, fishing, the way they buried their dead, and what I liked the most is the impressive pottery work.

I love the art you see there, as well as the making of those faces on the sculptures.

The mosaics are other great pieces of this archaeological beauty that I was delighted to enjoy.

Both of these last two things involve impressive and marvellous art, a lot of detail and style. To be close to each of these pieces and to be able to see their lines, curves, depth and colours was truly beautiful.

The mosaic of the Birth of Venus is the greatest marvel in this part of the museum, which was forgotten and buried until a citizen considered building his home and found it.

This piece, like all the others, has taken a great deal of study and restoration work by those people who know the most about the subject so that we can appreciate and see each one of them in this way.

You can see that many of them could not be completed, because perhaps a piece of that vessel or utensil was missing, but the most important thing and what I most appreciate is the passion of the people who love this work and the great detail that they have put into making everything look like this.

As I mentioned, pottery work was very common among the Romans and today we see these beauties behind glass cases, well preserved and we can enjoy this art. An art that is carried out by skilled hands, ancient art that has transcended hundreds of years.

I could also see art or works in other materials such as wood, iron, stone of different types, but if you pay attention, each one of them, each piece has an enormous value in the details that each one contains.

I love to admire this kind of things, the past that is here and now to value what they have left us.

Thank you all so much for watching and reading this far. I wish you a very good Sunday. See you soon.
Amonet.

All photographs are my own.