Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains its original pigments!
Looks similar to a modern-day set!
An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II.
📷 Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680
#Archaeology
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
On tonight, and timely…it’s a brilliant series (from 1997) and a reminder the party didn’t seize power, it was voted in…. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has admitted using the disappearing feature on his phone for his communications.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Alison Fisk
Monet painting Water Lilies
NEW: Why did Nigel Farage throw the 2019 ‘Brexit’ election for Boris Johnson? What does it have to do with Harborne’s £5m gift? And why is it tearing apart Britain’s far-right parties?
A @thenerve.news investigation by me & @luciaoc.bsky.social
(Link below)
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#TheHarborneReceipts
Marina Hyde on top form this morning.
New @privateeyenews.bsky.social.
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: an amazing #Roman glass garland bowl, that represents a peak of Roman glassmaker’s skill at producing vessels. Very few ancient vessels were made of large sections or bands of different colored glass, and this is the only known...🧵1/2
📷 Metropolitan Museum
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Documentary series examining how Hitler came to power. By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.
