A #Roman gem, once set into a ring, which is carved with the image of a left foot - not the most common design for this type of gem, but a lovely piece of work nonetheless! #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
2,000-Year-Old Grape Seeds in a 32-Meter-Deep Etruscan Well Reveal Surprises About Modern Wine www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/06/2...
The history of wine in one of Italyās most emblematic regions has just been rewritten thanks to genetics. An international team of scientists has sequenced the DNA of two-thousand-year-old grape seeds...
When I die, please scoop out my brains and sharpen my bones. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
š¤ļø Only one line remains. Did you know there were others? In Secret no. 14, we visit the lost rail lines of #StatenIsland.
#50SecretsofTransit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #NYTransitMuseum. Join us as we pull back the curtain like never before on New York's transportation system.
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The new Natural History GSCE will get young people outside, learning how our actions shape the natural world and how simple steps like wildlifeāfriendly gardening can boost biodiversity. š¦
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Researchers say the modifications may represent a previously unknown funerary ritual in Iron Age Britain
Maya ceremonial vessel, 1000-1250CE, Quintana Roo. It is the Descending God or Diving God (sometimes associated with Ah Muu Zen Caab, the god of bees and honey, or with the planet Venus). The god's face emerges from the jaws of a carved bird headdress, which acts as its protective mask or nahual.
@feraldactal.bsky.social look! look! look! I found fossils š first rock I ever split today! I am so happy biggest grin on my face
A molar of a 750,000 year old zebra for #FossilFriday, with morphology consistent with the lineage that leads to the modern Plains Zebra
Recalling how mesmerising the evening light became, shining through David Hockney's controversial Queen's Window in north transept of Westminster Abbey.
It illuminated monuments of statesmen opposite w extraordinary vitality, though Gladstone + Disraeli across the transept seemed less impressed.
