Classical Equid #5. Possibly an Amazonomachy scene. 4th-3rd C BC.

Heraklion Archaelogical Museum.

Classical Equid #4. Bronze Pegasos figurine.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Classical equid #3 Bellerophon and Pegasus.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Classical equid #2 The Riding Goddess. 13th-12th BC.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Jockey of Artemision, 150–140 BC.

Classical equid #1. Trying to find as many horsey artefacts from antiquity as I can on my trip round Greece…

National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

Callanish #StandingStoneSunday

Opens 16 April and runs until 20 September 2026. #Skystorians

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

A graphic with a title at the top and a photo of a book below. The title reads, “Tristram Shandy / The First Modern Book”. The photo shows an interior spread of an old book. The text appears typical of 18th-century books until it gets to an illustration of squiggly lines on the lefthand page. On the right, another drawing of a wandering line is labeled with letters. The text describes the line as an illustration of a character’s travels.

Coming to our Reading Room gallery, April 9 to 26: Tristram Shandy, The First Modern Book, curated by @debbiemillman.bsky.social. Learn more and plan your visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/#on-view

A dark stone-lined passage way of a Neolithic tomb

With humans now pushing beyond earth orbit in #ArtemisII it's worth looking back 5000 years to another extraordinary celestial endeavour

The megalithic builders of Bryn Celli Ddu passage grave on Ynys Môn/Anglesey carefully aligned the entrance with the rising summer solstice sun ☀️

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Holy or heretical? A history of hot cross buns Dr Eleanor Barnett delves into the history of this Easter staple to discover its association with magic, superstition and religion

"In the Elizabethan era controls on the size, shape and price of bread sold meant that London bakers could only make ‘spice cakes, buns, biscuits, or other spice bread’ for burials, Christmas or on the Friday before Easter."
#Christianity #religion
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This goldfish breaking the fourth wall from its bowl with a reflection of a window to the outside world (in James Cadenhead’s 1886 ‘Lady with a Japanese Screen’ at the wonderful Edinburgh City Art Centre) is like a whole modernist novel in one morose fishy gaze.

Reform housing spokesperson sacked after Grenfell ‘everyone dies’ remarks Simon Dudley fired after his comments were condemned by prime minister and families of fire victims

Must be weird to know for sure what the opening line of your obituary will be. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Title page of the book, reading 'Principes Hollandiae et Zelandiae domini Frisiae'

Sketch of a woman in early modern attire carrying a child

Sketch of a woman carrying stuff on her head, on the right a person on a horse.

Sketch of a man with his arms crossed looking a woman who has her back to the viewer.

Blank pages invite use.

In this 1578 print album by Philip Galle, published in collaboration with the Officina Plantiniana, a later reader used the flyleaves and leftover white space to sketch contemporary faces and figures.

#bookhistory #rarebooks #earlymodern 💙📚📜

Erin L. Thompson | The Epstein Marbles On 20 April 2018, bidders gathered at Christie’s showrooms in Rockefeller Plaza for the auction house’s annual ‘...

‘Epstein had been both buying from and selling through Christie’s since at least 2004. He had also been the point person for sales of some hugely valuable modern masterpieces from the collection of Leon Black.’

Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog.

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Christina Faraday · At the Wellcome Collection: ‘Expecting’

‘A 15th-century recipe collection, open at a drawing of a swaddled baby in a rocking cradle, provides a wider context for the other proteins found on the birth scroll’s surface: honey, milk, egg and legumes.’

@cjfaraday.bsky.social at the Wellcome Collection.

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Marble head of a drunken old woman, her mouth slightly open as if mid-speech or laughter, with wrinkled features and hair bound by an ivy wreath; displayed on a dark stone pedestal against a black background.

Profile view of a marble head of a drunken old woman, her mouth slightly open as if mid-speech or laughter, with wrinkled features and hair bound by an ivy wreath; displayed on a dark stone pedestal against a black background.

This marvellous head of a drunken old woman is associated with the cult of Dionysus, god of wine, indicated by the ivy wreath on her head. 🍷

Dating to the Hellenistic period.
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

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The more I think about the AP Latin Pliny backlash, the more I believe it stems from a core misconception that Latin prose is supposed to be easier than Latin poetry. Poetry isn't easier or harder than prose, it just takes a different set of skills