Bandeau that dates from the Diocletian period (286–305 AD), mosaics depict young women dressed in bandeau-like garments participating in weightlifting, discus throwing, and running ball games, but not swimming. The mosaic features ten maidens who have been anachronistically dubbed the "Bikini Girls". Other Roman archaeological finds depict the goddess Venus in a similar garment. In Pompeii, depictions of Venus wearing a bikini were discovered in the Casa della Venere, in the "tablinum" of the House of Julia Felix, and in an atrium garden of Via Dell'Abbondanza. In the 1920s the term was applied to a simply shaped brassiere, usually of a
St Michael and All Angels Church, Shelf, West Yorkshire St Michael and All Angels Church, Shelf, West Yorkshire St. Michael and All Angels Church in Shelf, West Yorkshire, England, is dedicated to Saint Michael. The church was endowed by John Hardy, a majority share holder in the Low Moor Ironworks, and was consecrated on the 14th June 1850. The church was extended in 1984. On 1st April 1994 the Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Shelf, joined with the parish of St Aidan, Buttershaw. The two churches are both designated as parish churches in Shelf with Buttershaw Parish. Services are held on Sundays and during the week. The