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Episkopi (Sikinos): The Greek temple of Apollo on the island of Sikinos. Bulit in the 3rd century BCE and re-used as a mausoleum by the Romans in the 3rd century CE. It has been preserved almost intact due to its conversion into a Byzantine church with uninterrupted use.
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Episkopi (Sikinos): The Greek temple of Apollo on the island of Sikinos. Bulit in the 3rd century BCE and re-used as a mausoleum by the Romans in the 3rd century CE. It has been preserved almost intact due to its conversion into a Byzantine church with uninterrupted use.
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Good morning! I’m drawing a Neolithic pig cauldron
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Good morning! I’m drawing a Neolithic pig cauldron
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The quailhogs of the wheatworld are fierce pack hunting predators that, despite any hopes and dreams they may have to the contrary, don't get much bigger than a guinea pig.
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The quailhogs of the wheatworld are fierce pack hunting predators that, despite any hopes and dreams they may have to the contrary, don't get much bigger than a guinea pig.
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Misty eerie city landscape as seen from the Thames Foreshore this morning. The river wasn’t giving much today but as I was leaving I found a nice little marble spot. Smaller clay marbles were used for industrial purposes, sometimes with a trace of colour on them indicating their use in paint mixing.
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Misty eerie city landscape as seen from the Thames Foreshore this morning. The river wasn’t giving much today but as I was leaving I found a nice little marble spot. Smaller clay marbles were used for industrial purposes, sometimes with a trace of colour on them indicating their use in paint mixing.
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the villains in neuromancer being a family of gross inbred rich weirdos who want to live forever in space feels a little too on the nose
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 PM
the villains in neuromancer being a family of gross inbred rich weirdos who want to live forever in space feels a little too on the nose
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Greece Recommissions Emperor Hadrian’s Aqueduct to Address Water Shortages.
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Greece Recommissions Emperor Hadrian’s Aqueduct to Address Water Shortages - GreekReporter.com
Greece revives the 2,000-year-old Roman Emperor Hadrian's Aqueduct to combat water shortages caused by climate change.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Greece Recommissions Emperor Hadrian’s Aqueduct to Address Water Shortages.
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#MosaicMonday - Black-and-white mosaic floor depicting a stork advancing towards a snake, from the caldarium of Villa della Pisanella at Boscoreale. Dated to the third quarter of the 1st century AD.
Antiquarium of Boscoreale, Italy.
Antiquarium of Boscoreale, Italy.
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
#MosaicMonday - Black-and-white mosaic floor depicting a stork advancing towards a snake, from the caldarium of Villa della Pisanella at Boscoreale. Dated to the third quarter of the 1st century AD.
Antiquarium of Boscoreale, Italy.
Antiquarium of Boscoreale, Italy.
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#AncientSiteSunday - Chogha Zanbil, a magnificent, 3300-year-old Elamite complex located in the Khuzestan province of western Iran. The principal element of this complex is an enormous brick ziggurat, a large stepped pyramidal temple dedicated to the Elamite divinity Inshushinak.
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
#AncientSiteSunday - Chogha Zanbil, a magnificent, 3300-year-old Elamite complex located in the Khuzestan province of western Iran. The principal element of this complex is an enormous brick ziggurat, a large stepped pyramidal temple dedicated to the Elamite divinity Inshushinak.
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TIL there's a tiny building in the middle of nowhere somewhere outside Uppsala that looks a bit like an electricity substation, but contains the Stones of Mora, which anciently marked the place of election and inauguration of Swedish kings
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
TIL there's a tiny building in the middle of nowhere somewhere outside Uppsala that looks a bit like an electricity substation, but contains the Stones of Mora, which anciently marked the place of election and inauguration of Swedish kings
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In fact, the weirdest part: sustained purring doesn't require *brain involvement at all*.
There are fibrous pads in the throat (plica vocalis) that are set in motion by an impulse, then SELF-SUSTAIN the purring until the breathing pattern stops.
It's "flow-induced self-sustained oscillation" 🧪😸
There are fibrous pads in the throat (plica vocalis) that are set in motion by an impulse, then SELF-SUSTAIN the purring until the breathing pattern stops.
It's "flow-induced self-sustained oscillation" 🧪😸
Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies without neural input
Cat purring has been assumed to be produced by centrally controlled cyclic contractions
of intrinsic laryngeal muscles, but Herbst et al. now show that cat larynges can generate
purring-like sounds vi...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
In fact, the weirdest part: sustained purring doesn't require *brain involvement at all*.
There are fibrous pads in the throat (plica vocalis) that are set in motion by an impulse, then SELF-SUSTAIN the purring until the breathing pattern stops.
It's "flow-induced self-sustained oscillation" 🧪😸
There are fibrous pads in the throat (plica vocalis) that are set in motion by an impulse, then SELF-SUSTAIN the purring until the breathing pattern stops.
It's "flow-induced self-sustained oscillation" 🧪😸
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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The jackets are here, but not evenly distributed.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The jackets are here, but not evenly distributed.
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A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
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Portal to the Past, currently a more soothing place to immerse oneself than the present *grits teeth* Always feels decadent walking underneath an ancient wharf at low tide. Algae-covered timbers, wooden posts like jagged teeth that can trip up the unwary. Tiny treasures found here among the stones.
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Portal to the Past, currently a more soothing place to immerse oneself than the present *grits teeth* Always feels decadent walking underneath an ancient wharf at low tide. Algae-covered timbers, wooden posts like jagged teeth that can trip up the unwary. Tiny treasures found here among the stones.
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It seems a shame that 20th-century Iceland abandoned its ancient coat of arms of a crowned stockfish for a mere armorial version of its national flag (albeit with some entertaining supporters)
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM
It seems a shame that 20th-century Iceland abandoned its ancient coat of arms of a crowned stockfish for a mere armorial version of its national flag (albeit with some entertaining supporters)
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Унеси меня из этого всего, чудо-сова!
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Унеси меня из этого всего, чудо-сова!
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Comic Sans and Blackletter, I hope.
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Comic Sans and Blackletter, I hope.
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For #Epiphany, a detail of a 6th-century AD mosaic in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (Italy) depicting the Three Magi, Gaspar (or Caspar), Melchior, and Balthasar, offering gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the newborn King. 👑
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
For #Epiphany, a detail of a 6th-century AD mosaic in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (Italy) depicting the Three Magi, Gaspar (or Caspar), Melchior, and Balthasar, offering gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the newborn King. 👑
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#NationalBirdDay - The “Bird Mosaic” from Caesarea, Israel. Each of its 120 medallions contains a bird. 🦜🦚🦢🪿🦆🐦⬛ Eleven different species are shown, including flamingoes, ducks, peacocks, partridges, guineafowls, ibises, geese, pheasants and pelicans.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
#NationalBirdDay - The “Bird Mosaic” from Caesarea, Israel. Each of its 120 medallions contains a bird. 🦜🦚🦢🪿🦆🐦⬛ Eleven different species are shown, including flamingoes, ducks, peacocks, partridges, guineafowls, ibises, geese, pheasants and pelicans.
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#NationalBirdDay - The colourful Bird Mosaic from Italica, Hadrian's patria (ancestral city), depicting 33 bird species. 🐦⬛🦆🪿🪿🦚🦜
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
#NationalBirdDay - The colourful Bird Mosaic from Italica, Hadrian's patria (ancestral city), depicting 33 bird species. 🐦⬛🦆🪿🪿🦚🦜
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Зоопарк в девять утра первого января по-прежнему совершенно благословенное место по сравнению с собой же в любое другое время.
Особенно возможность побыть одному в зоне парящей невесомости ластоногих.
Особенно возможность побыть одному в зоне парящей невесомости ластоногих.
January 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Зоопарк в девять утра первого января по-прежнему совершенно благословенное место по сравнению с собой же в любое другое время.
Особенно возможность побыть одному в зоне парящей невесомости ластоногих.
Особенно возможность побыть одному в зоне парящей невесомости ластоногих.
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Wishing all my friends and followers a great 2026! 🎉 #2026NewYear
Annum novum faustum felicem! A happy and prosperous New Year!
Here are some New Year’s wishes from Roman oil lamps, which were traditionally given as presents on New Year’s Day.
Annum novum faustum felicem! A happy and prosperous New Year!
Here are some New Year’s wishes from Roman oil lamps, which were traditionally given as presents on New Year’s Day.
December 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Wishing all my friends and followers a great 2026! 🎉 #2026NewYear
Annum novum faustum felicem! A happy and prosperous New Year!
Here are some New Year’s wishes from Roman oil lamps, which were traditionally given as presents on New Year’s Day.
Annum novum faustum felicem! A happy and prosperous New Year!
Here are some New Year’s wishes from Roman oil lamps, which were traditionally given as presents on New Year’s Day.
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A Roman terracotta lamp with Victory holding a shield inscribed with a wish for a happy and prosperous new year. Around her are representations of things that were usually given as gifts to celebrate the New Year: money (here three coins), and dried fruit (dates and figs). 🥳 🏺 1/
#MetMuseum 📸 me
#MetMuseum 📸 me
December 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A Roman terracotta lamp with Victory holding a shield inscribed with a wish for a happy and prosperous new year. Around her are representations of things that were usually given as gifts to celebrate the New Year: money (here three coins), and dried fruit (dates and figs). 🥳 🏺 1/
#MetMuseum 📸 me
#MetMuseum 📸 me
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"Интернет мёртв, а я ещё нет"
December 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Интернет мёртв, а я ещё нет"