Lover of life... 🥰
... and everything interesting!
Autistic? Naturellement! ✨️
And believe me... it's a trip! Love it!
#Archaeology #Prehistory #History #Bronzeage #Ironage #Medieval
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Linda
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The #WorldCup has started so I thought it might be fun to post a famous site/relic from each country playing in the World Cup.
Today is ALGERIA 🇩🇿 . This is the mausoleum of King Juba II and his wife, Cleopatra, daughter of THE Cleopatra and Mark Anthony. It’s about 60m across and 32m high.
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This little guy looks like someone surprised him while he was frolicking naked at the office. This solid gold (and, er, quite male) figure from the Tolima culture of Colombia wears a large feathered headdress, ear plugs, stacks of bracelets, and a nose ring. 🏺 1/
5th-10th c. CE. #MetMuseum
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The setting sun casts its final light across the ruins of Byland Abbey, one of Yorkshire's former monastic houses. Once centres of worship, learning, agriculture, industry and charity many of their buildings were left to decay, leaving ruins such as these to remain as lasting monuments .
The writing is on the wall.
BnF MS Latin 8878: Beatus a Liebana, Commentarius in Apocalypsin; S. Hieronymus, Commentarius in Danielem; S. Ildefonsus Toletanus, De beatae Mariae perpetua virginitate; 11th century (before 1072); France SW (Saint-Sever); f.229v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
The Sprotta hand axe is a #Neanderthal masterpiece. The flint tool was found in northern Saxony in 1996 and dates back to 50,000 to 80,000 years ago.
This hand axe demonstrates not only the technical skill but also the aesthetic sense of its maker, as it is noted for its carefully...🧵1/2
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In 1902 a farmer ploughed up this bronze horse at Trundholm, Denmark.
Thinking it was an old toy he took it home for his children! 😱
On closer inspection he contacted the National Museum.
Now the ‘Sun Chariot’ is an iconic symbol of Denmark’s Bronze Age 3,400 years ago!
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
History and Heritage Yorkshire
The summit cairn of Corn Du at 871 metres (2,864ft) in Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons.
Thank you for sharing @cultarchaeo.bsky.social I especially enjoyed “People dramatically underestimate what thousands of organized humans can accomplish when they are adequately fed, aggressively supervised, and denied alternative career paths.”
The wonderful story of "Ferdinand the Bull" by Munro Leaf is about peace, acceptance and contentedness. He also wrote "Gordon the Goat" about the ability to think for yourself.
Make a difference this Friday! 😊
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/b...
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Nina Willburger
Alison Fisk
Linda
Hedley Thorne
"abandoning the positivists' search for a "real" Hesiod is crucial if we are to put poetics first. Then we might appreciate Hesiod as "a mask for many anonymous voices ... and explore the way in which the "autobiographical remarks of the poet" always serve a specific function"
(Richard P. Martin)
"Also, if aliens truly possessed advanced cosmic technology, why would they choose pyramids? Why not invent indoor cooling? Or chairs that support the lower back?"
Charlayn von Solms
Steph Halmhofer
www.mcsweeneys.net
A traveler asked: “How could ancient people possibly understand mathematics?”
Excellent question. We accidentally invented geometry while trying to avoid car...
