Roman Mosaic Unearthed - Southwark, London, UK <3 What Time Reveals (9 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/03/28/f...
Two archaeologists gently uncover a large Roman mosaic beneath a construction site near The Shard in central London. The vibrant geometric patterns, preserved underground for nearly...
My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️
Ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Check out Onew’s chat with Sung Sikyung and Lee Seokhoon here, along with some song covers! English subs should be available soon
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Meanwhile, want to support a writer-about-wizards who's (a) been doing it longer than the younger, less experienced writer, and (b) doesn't like ruining people's lives? Try these. (Not if you're in the UK, sorry: Brexit...) bit.ly/YWNMESET
Key dancing on amazing Saturday in a leopard jacket and skinny tie button down shirt and tight black jeans making a lil diva hand gesture
Bitch I’m back by popular demand
I wonder if that Trilogy might lead to the 20th anniversary in 2028. Three dates this year, three dates next year and then Trilogy 3. Pure speculation from my side, tho.
Poster labelled SHINee World VIII 'the trilogy 1'
And 'Trilogy: 1' implies there will be more!!!!!
My photo is taken from 3/4 profile to give a slightly better view of the lovely naturalistic detail of the horses face with garnet inlaid eye and darker stained muzzle. It also shows the small opening between the horse’s forelegs where lightweight strands would have been attached to the handle, perhaps horsehair for use as a fly-whisk
Here’s a better view of the lovely naturalistic detail of the horses face, with garnet inlaid eye and darker stained muzzle.
It also shows the small opening between the forelegs where lightweight strands would have been attached to the handle.
Museum record: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Two Roman tombstones depicting cavalrymen on horseback riding down an enemy, with colour projected onto them to show how they may originally have been painted
Tombstones of two #Roman auxilliary cavalrymen who both died in Britain during the 1st century AD
Dannicus (from Switzerland) and Genialis (from the Netherlands)
Illuminated in colour, to show how they may have originally looked, in the Corinium Museum #Cirencester
📷 Aug 2022
#RomanFortThursday
My photo shows an ivory handle of a light whip or fly whisk carved in the shape of a horse. The ivory body of the horse is stained reddish-brown, and the mane and tail are black. The horse is seen in profile facing left. Its legs are outstretched in front and at the back in a ‘flying gallop’ position, with a gracefully arched back. The eyes are inlaid with garnet, one of which is missing (not seen in my photo). This beautiful object is dated to the New Kingdom period, Dynasty 18, reign of reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. Dimensions: L. 14.7 × H. 5.5 × W. 2 cm
Wonderful ancient artistry!
Some 3,400 years ago, an Egyptian artisan captured a sense of speed and elegance in this beautifully carved whip handle in the shape of a horse!
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC.
The Met 📷 by me
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there we go, taemin billboard italia interview translated into english. wrote this at 2 am so all mistakes are my own etc etc
My photo shows a Roman fresco of a brown rabbit with long ears, curled on the ground, with a rounded, soft-looking body. Its head is lowered as if nibbling at three figs placed in front of it. The figs are small and round with short stems, painted in dark reddish and bluish tones. From Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
Here’s a charming Roman fresco of a little rabbit eating figs 🐰❤️
From Pompeii, 45-79 AD.
Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
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My photo shows a museum display with colourful Minoan pottery cups arranged on three clear shelves, one above the other. These cups, known as Kamares Ware, are from Phaistos, Crete. They were made in palace workshops, c. 1800-1700 BC. The cups range in shape and size from conic and cylindrical cups (top and middle shelves) to hemispherical and carinated shaped cups (bottom shelf). They are decorated with multi-coloured geometric motifs; with spirals and swirls painted in red and white pigment on black.
Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups!
They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were made during the Bronze Age some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
A drawing of Josephine Montilyet from Dragom age: Inquisition in a vintage magazine cover style. She is wearing a purple fur shawl and is holding a golden quill.
thedas’ favorite diplomat ⭐️🪶
for #josephineweek day 7 ; free day!
#dragonage
In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.
13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.
The law didn't change.
torrentfreak.com/uploading-pi...
Onew stretched out with his legs on a sofa and his elbows on a glass table, typing something on a laptop while wearing headphones
Onew stretched out in front of his laptop with one leg held high in the air behind him
Onew on the floor under the glass table with his butt propped on the sofa and his legs in the air. He’s typing on his laptop, which is being held open by the glass tabletop
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Tough Love is coming soon 💚
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#Booksky Last day for the Smashwords sale! Get some great queer reads! www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
At least 11 Seven-spotted Ladybeetles are sunning in leaf litter.
Lots of ladybug activity waking up from their winter diapause in leaf little and messy corners of our yards. Try to find the ones that are not Seven-spotted as those will be our native ones. #bugs
So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right
For a purely European version of a work song, you can look into "Waulking Songs," songs used by groups of women "waulking" wool to organize the labor.
John Scalzi and I (brown hair, glasses) standing next to each other with a copy of Redshirts sitting on the table in front of us
Martha Wells seated ready to sign a book, across from a woman with brown hair
I can confirm that @scalzi.com is just as nerdy and funny in person and @marthawells.com is just as kind as you think
This was at the San Antonio Public Library. Remember to support your public library and also oppose book bans!
Had the pleasure of meeting @marthawells.com and @scalzi.com at the San Antonio Public Library's Pop Madness event today!! 😊
But actually please be Zairo please please
NEW: South Carolina, which doesn’t require hospitals to disclose measles-related admissions, has reported only 20 such hospitalizations since Oct. 2.
That leaves doctors with an incomplete picture of how the outbreak is affecting the community.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
B-Side Spotlight: December 2025 (SAY MY NAME, DAESUNG, MINHO, DOYOUNG, KANG DANIEL, THE BOYZ, more) - By: Ells
www.asianjunkie.com/2026/02/17/b...
Photograph: Lottie, our young brown spaniel, at the edge of the Dartmoor woodland behind my work studio. Light shines under the old wooden gate leading out to the hills beyond.
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but in oneself? There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light." - Barry Lopez
Taking a break from food (and Olympics) posting to point folks back at this post, as some #ebook sales would assist me in getting heating oil in before some kind of, uh, *trouble* occurs and drives local oli prices through the roof again. 😅Plz share! www.tumblr.com/dduane/80828...
