Clan Ewing to choose its first clan chief in 250 years - Scottish Field Clan Ewing to choose its first clan chief in 250 years - Scottish Field - Scotland's Quality Lifestyle Magazine

Clan Ewing to choose its first chief in 250 years
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Clan Ewing to choose its first clan chief in 250 years - Scottish Field Clan Ewing to choose its first clan chief in 250 years - Scottish Field - Scotland's Quality Lifestyle Magazine

Clan Ewing to choose its first chief in 250 years
www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/clan...

A carved and painted relief of a scorpion under two rows of flowers or stars, from the Ancient Egyptian temple at Esna.

Sun signs are the months of an ancient calendar, seeing a zodiac in the stars to reflect the earthly seasons.
Scorpio is when scorpions hibernate and crops are planted, so Scorpio signifies death and rebirth.
📷 Temple of Khmum, Esna.
#scorpio #zodiac #astrology #astrologysky
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It seems that what we once called "equinox" now has its very own neologism (which no one has heard of): "equilux".
But the English language is defined by usage, not by self-appointed authorities, and I suspect that in common usage the old meaning is still understood.
#Langsky

Thank you for this

An image of the sun setting in open countryside

Equinox today is the moment the ecliptic crosses the equator, but was once the days that equal the nights - Latin, "dies equinoctii".
So we now mark a single moment, not a period of a night and a day, and on a slightly different date from in ancient times.
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This pre-Roman British shield, aka the Battersea shield, was fished out of the Thames in 1857. It is rightly famous. The work of a master craftsman, it is simple, yet breathtakingly beautiful with its elegant, sinuous lines. Old Father Thames, more please
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🏺 AncientBlueSky

We used to hang witch balls on the tree when I was little, so I guess so - although I'm not entirely certain what a Christmas bulb is!

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🗃️ Medievalsky
#poem #poetry

It's now a legal requirement before anyone is allowed to "take you on a journey" along a prehistoric "superhighway"

Detail of one side of the Anglo-Saxon "Franks Casket" carved from whalebone and decorated with runic inscriptions and an image of a warrior respectfully aproaching a seated figure who appears to have wings and a horse's head. To their right stands a horse.

. . . which makes me think of this:

A triskele or triskelion in repousse bronze; the metal is perished and damaged

Three signs of wisdom:
Patience;
Memory;
Foresight.

from The Triads of Ireland, a late 9th-century collection of traditional wisdom (my translation)
image: a 1st-century shield mount from Tal-y-llyn, Gwynedd

The sun over the River Teme, North Herefordshire

Just got here from somewhere else - thanks to @onefaithlove.bsky.social for the invite.

This view of the River Teme is from a few days ago - the water's much higher now.