BadSikander
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Mostly re-posting items that I've found interesting relating to history or science. Some cinema and music too.
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Parade version of the Soviet "Lunokhod" Moon rover.
February 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Parade version of the Soviet "Lunokhod" Moon rover.
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Nunc est bibendum! What may be a ceremonial drinking competition features on this Gotlandic Picture Stone from Tängelgårda 🍻
Six hold drinking horns (one may be dipping a cup in a bucket), and two hold swords. Three wear eastern-style baggy trousers 👖
My 📷 Historiska museet
Six hold drinking horns (one may be dipping a cup in a bucket), and two hold swords. Three wear eastern-style baggy trousers 👖
My 📷 Historiska museet
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Nunc est bibendum! What may be a ceremonial drinking competition features on this Gotlandic Picture Stone from Tängelgårda 🍻
Six hold drinking horns (one may be dipping a cup in a bucket), and two hold swords. Three wear eastern-style baggy trousers 👖
My 📷 Historiska museet
Six hold drinking horns (one may be dipping a cup in a bucket), and two hold swords. Three wear eastern-style baggy trousers 👖
My 📷 Historiska museet
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#Antique Watches, Cameras, and Medical Equipment Morph Into Meticulous #Steampunk #Spiders by Peter Szucsy #art
More information and photos of his amazing art are found here: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/pete...
More information and photos of his amazing art are found here: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/pete...
February 10, 2026 at 12:38 AM
#Antique Watches, Cameras, and Medical Equipment Morph Into Meticulous #Steampunk #Spiders by Peter Szucsy #art
More information and photos of his amazing art are found here: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/pete...
More information and photos of his amazing art are found here: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/pete...
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Okay if we're doing super bowl games, how about this 7th-8th century Iranian one from the Smithsonian collections, with the earliest known depiction of backgammon:
February 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Okay if we're doing super bowl games, how about this 7th-8th century Iranian one from the Smithsonian collections, with the earliest known depiction of backgammon:
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In the current zeitgeist it's surprising that this hasn't been remade ... Probably a blessing though as it's a good film whereas many remakes/reimaginings are not.
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In the current zeitgeist it's surprising that this hasn't been remade ... Probably a blessing though as it's a good film whereas many remakes/reimaginings are not.
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A Maya ceramic effigy incense burner, 600-900 CE from Comitán, Chiapas, used in rituals to honor ancestors. The upper part is a deity. The lower part is the head of an underworld animal, possibly a bat or jaguar. This duality symbolizes the Mayan belief in the interconnection between life and death.
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
A Maya ceramic effigy incense burner, 600-900 CE from Comitán, Chiapas, used in rituals to honor ancestors. The upper part is a deity. The lower part is the head of an underworld animal, possibly a bat or jaguar. This duality symbolizes the Mayan belief in the interconnection between life and death.
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Just your standard 3000 year old Chinese wine container.
(Seen at Art Institute of Chicago)
(Seen at Art Institute of Chicago)
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Just your standard 3000 year old Chinese wine container.
(Seen at Art Institute of Chicago)
(Seen at Art Institute of Chicago)
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Medieval Artificial Intelligence 😁
By the Italian artist and engineer Amedeo Capelli, creator of handcrafted wooden automata.
@stoccafisso_design [IG]
#art #inventions #wood #IA #engineering #email #computer
By the Italian artist and engineer Amedeo Capelli, creator of handcrafted wooden automata.
@stoccafisso_design [IG]
#art #inventions #wood #IA #engineering #email #computer
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Medieval Artificial Intelligence 😁
By the Italian artist and engineer Amedeo Capelli, creator of handcrafted wooden automata.
@stoccafisso_design [IG]
#art #inventions #wood #IA #engineering #email #computer
By the Italian artist and engineer Amedeo Capelli, creator of handcrafted wooden automata.
@stoccafisso_design [IG]
#art #inventions #wood #IA #engineering #email #computer
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Ship (Nef)
Partly gilded silver.
Work of Esaias Zur-Linden
(1607-1632)
Called nefs in Old French, ceremonial centerpieces in the form of ships marked a lord’s place at the table. These pieces became popular again in Germany (known as Schiffspokale) early 17th century.
MET, New York
Partly gilded silver.
Work of Esaias Zur-Linden
(1607-1632)
Called nefs in Old French, ceremonial centerpieces in the form of ships marked a lord’s place at the table. These pieces became popular again in Germany (known as Schiffspokale) early 17th century.
MET, New York
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Ship (Nef)
Partly gilded silver.
Work of Esaias Zur-Linden
(1607-1632)
Called nefs in Old French, ceremonial centerpieces in the form of ships marked a lord’s place at the table. These pieces became popular again in Germany (known as Schiffspokale) early 17th century.
MET, New York
Partly gilded silver.
Work of Esaias Zur-Linden
(1607-1632)
Called nefs in Old French, ceremonial centerpieces in the form of ships marked a lord’s place at the table. These pieces became popular again in Germany (known as Schiffspokale) early 17th century.
MET, New York
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To bring a smile to your face this weekend …
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 AM
To bring a smile to your face this weekend …
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Whilst Stanley Kubrick's ‘The Shining’ and Jim Henson’s ‘The Muppet Show’ were filming next door to each other at Elstree Studios, Danny Lloyd got to visit and hang with Kermit in 1979.
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Whilst Stanley Kubrick's ‘The Shining’ and Jim Henson’s ‘The Muppet Show’ were filming next door to each other at Elstree Studios, Danny Lloyd got to visit and hang with Kermit in 1979.
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Whaler made scrimshawed whale ivory Sea Horse pie crimper, circa 1850 @archaeologyart #globalmuseum #scrimshaw #archaeology #ivory #whaling
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Whaler made scrimshawed whale ivory Sea Horse pie crimper, circa 1850 @archaeologyart #globalmuseum #scrimshaw #archaeology #ivory #whaling
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Slugs
Pevsner called it a "weird, grotesque idea" - and these shrouded effigies at Fenny Bentley (Derbyshire) certainly unsettle. Thomas and Agnes Beresford (d.1473 and 1467) lie completely wrapped in their burial shrouds on this strange altar tomb.
Pevsner called it a "weird, grotesque idea" - and these shrouded effigies at Fenny Bentley (Derbyshire) certainly unsettle. Thomas and Agnes Beresford (d.1473 and 1467) lie completely wrapped in their burial shrouds on this strange altar tomb.
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Slugs
Pevsner called it a "weird, grotesque idea" - and these shrouded effigies at Fenny Bentley (Derbyshire) certainly unsettle. Thomas and Agnes Beresford (d.1473 and 1467) lie completely wrapped in their burial shrouds on this strange altar tomb.
Pevsner called it a "weird, grotesque idea" - and these shrouded effigies at Fenny Bentley (Derbyshire) certainly unsettle. Thomas and Agnes Beresford (d.1473 and 1467) lie completely wrapped in their burial shrouds on this strange altar tomb.
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The Venus of Brassempouy (or Lady of Brassempouy) is one of the earliest representations of the human face. It was sculpted in mammoth ivory about 25,000 years ago. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892.
January 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The Venus of Brassempouy (or Lady of Brassempouy) is one of the earliest representations of the human face. It was sculpted in mammoth ivory about 25,000 years ago. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892.
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Globus was a small rotating globe, approximately five inches wide, displaying the spacecraft's current and projected position above Earth. Instead of digital systems, it operated through a complex network of gears, cams, and mechanical differentials that converted orbital data into globe motion.
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Globus was a small rotating globe, approximately five inches wide, displaying the spacecraft's current and projected position above Earth. Instead of digital systems, it operated through a complex network of gears, cams, and mechanical differentials that converted orbital data into globe motion.
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Puppet props from Big Trouble in Little China, 1986.
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Puppet props from Big Trouble in Little China, 1986.
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St Aemilian - with his sheep, lute & bedroll - blowing his horn to bring in a 6thC New Year on an ivory plaque made c.1060-80 for the reliquary on his shrine at San Millán de Suso, the 6thC monastery built on his hermitage at La Rioja, Spain.
📷 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #medievalbluesky
📷 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #medievalbluesky
December 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
St Aemilian - with his sheep, lute & bedroll - blowing his horn to bring in a 6thC New Year on an ivory plaque made c.1060-80 for the reliquary on his shrine at San Millán de Suso, the 6thC monastery built on his hermitage at La Rioja, Spain.
📷 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #medievalbluesky
📷 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #medievalbluesky
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This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
December 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
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December 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Netsuke: #Dog with #Puppy (and bonus auspicious #dragonfly!)
Japan, Edo period, 19th c.
Stained ivory, inlaid horn eyes
H 1.8 x L 5.3 cm
www.dorotheum.com/en/l/7120417/
#JapaneseArt #DogsInArt
Japan, Edo period, 19th c.
Stained ivory, inlaid horn eyes
H 1.8 x L 5.3 cm
www.dorotheum.com/en/l/7120417/
#JapaneseArt #DogsInArt
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Netsuke: #Dog with #Puppy (and bonus auspicious #dragonfly!)
Japan, Edo period, 19th c.
Stained ivory, inlaid horn eyes
H 1.8 x L 5.3 cm
www.dorotheum.com/en/l/7120417/
#JapaneseArt #DogsInArt
Japan, Edo period, 19th c.
Stained ivory, inlaid horn eyes
H 1.8 x L 5.3 cm
www.dorotheum.com/en/l/7120417/
#JapaneseArt #DogsInArt
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Unna's Stone (U 613) 🇸🇪 🐍 ✝️
una + lit + reisa + þinsa + stein + aftR + sun sin + istin sum + to + i hoita+uaþum + kuþ hialbi + salu hans
Unna had this stone raised in memory of his son Östen, who died wearing a christening gown. God preserve his soul.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
una + lit + reisa + þinsa + stein + aftR + sun sin + istin sum + to + i hoita+uaþum + kuþ hialbi + salu hans
Unna had this stone raised in memory of his son Östen, who died wearing a christening gown. God preserve his soul.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Unna's Stone (U 613) 🇸🇪 🐍 ✝️
una + lit + reisa + þinsa + stein + aftR + sun sin + istin sum + to + i hoita+uaþum + kuþ hialbi + salu hans
Unna had this stone raised in memory of his son Östen, who died wearing a christening gown. God preserve his soul.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
una + lit + reisa + þinsa + stein + aftR + sun sin + istin sum + to + i hoita+uaþum + kuþ hialbi + salu hans
Unna had this stone raised in memory of his son Östen, who died wearing a christening gown. God preserve his soul.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
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An Interior section of the 15th century Ranakpur Jain Temple, also called the Chaturmukh Temple, Rajasthan, India
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
An Interior section of the 15th century Ranakpur Jain Temple, also called the Chaturmukh Temple, Rajasthan, India
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Happy Christmas ✨️🎄
Two deer following each other nose to tail. The sculpture of swimming reindeer was carved about 13,000 years ago in what is now modern-day France by a Magdalenian sculptor who carved the artwork from the tip of a mammoth tusk.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Two deer following each other nose to tail. The sculpture of swimming reindeer was carved about 13,000 years ago in what is now modern-day France by a Magdalenian sculptor who carved the artwork from the tip of a mammoth tusk.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy Christmas ✨️🎄
Two deer following each other nose to tail. The sculpture of swimming reindeer was carved about 13,000 years ago in what is now modern-day France by a Magdalenian sculptor who carved the artwork from the tip of a mammoth tusk.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Two deer following each other nose to tail. The sculpture of swimming reindeer was carved about 13,000 years ago in what is now modern-day France by a Magdalenian sculptor who carved the artwork from the tip of a mammoth tusk.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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Spirit guardian, Henan or Hebei China, ca. 500-534
December 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Spirit guardian, Henan or Hebei China, ca. 500-534
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🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #CentralAndes #NorthCoast #EarlyIntermediatePeriod #MocheCivilization
Artist of the Moche Culture
MASTIFF BAT VESSEL, 200 BCE - 800 CE
Ceramic, slip
Artist of the Moche Culture
MASTIFF BAT VESSEL, 200 BCE - 800 CE
Ceramic, slip
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #CentralAndes #NorthCoast #EarlyIntermediatePeriod #MocheCivilization
Artist of the Moche Culture
MASTIFF BAT VESSEL, 200 BCE - 800 CE
Ceramic, slip
Artist of the Moche Culture
MASTIFF BAT VESSEL, 200 BCE - 800 CE
Ceramic, slip