Rhea Sylvia Blok
@rsblok.bsky.social
Art historian. Drawings, prints, collectors' marks, and other interests (archaeology, history, Scotland, France, Netherlands)
In bezit geweest van de schilder William Bouguereau:
Schilderij van Rubens dat eeuwenlang vermist was geveild voor bijna 3 miljoen euro - nos.nl/l/2592730
Schilderij van Rubens dat eeuwenlang vermist was geveild voor bijna 3 miljoen euro - nos.nl/l/2592730
Schilderij van Rubens dat eeuwenlang vermist was geveild voor bijna 3 miljoen euro
Het doek van de Vlaamse schilder Rubens werd in september gevonden in een herenhuis in Parijs.
nos.nl
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
In bezit geweest van de schilder William Bouguereau:
Schilderij van Rubens dat eeuwenlang vermist was geveild voor bijna 3 miljoen euro - nos.nl/l/2592730
Schilderij van Rubens dat eeuwenlang vermist was geveild voor bijna 3 miljoen euro - nos.nl/l/2592730
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📸 Dans les années 50, la Shirley Card était une image de référence pour les laboratoires chargés d'imprimer les photos en couleur, au détriment des personnes non-blanches.
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📸 Dans les années 50, la Shirley Card était une image de référence pour les laboratoires chargés d'imprimer les photos en couleur, au détriment des personnes non-blanches.
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So, yeah - this is basically fossilized #DinoPuke ... giving us a new species of #pterosaur. 🤷♂️
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil
Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So, yeah - this is basically fossilized #DinoPuke ... giving us a new species of #pterosaur. 🤷♂️
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
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Brieven aan Johan de Witt laten zien hoe het Parijse incident rond Madame de Châtillon en de verdwenen cassette deel werd van zijn informatiestroom. Een blog van Tessa Pieterse met illustraties van Luna Houtzager: johandewitt.nl/van-roddel-t... @huygensknaw.bsky.social #dewittfluencers
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Brieven aan Johan de Witt laten zien hoe het Parijse incident rond Madame de Châtillon en de verdwenen cassette deel werd van zijn informatiestroom. Een blog van Tessa Pieterse met illustraties van Luna Houtzager: johandewitt.nl/van-roddel-t... @huygensknaw.bsky.social #dewittfluencers
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Scholar Uncovers Secret Lost for 1,500 Years Hidden on the Back of a Roman Glass Cup
scitechdaily.com/scholar-unco...
scitechdaily.com/scholar-unco...
Scholar Uncovers Secret Lost for 1,500 Years Hidden on the Back of a Roman Glass Cup
A flipped Roman glass cup revealed symbols once thought decorative but now understood as ancient makers’ marks. In the quiet atmosphere of a museum gallery, Hallie Meredith noticed an unexpected detai...
scitechdaily.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Scholar Uncovers Secret Lost for 1,500 Years Hidden on the Back of a Roman Glass Cup
scitechdaily.com/scholar-unco...
scitechdaily.com/scholar-unco...
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Comment les arts du Moyen Âge sont-ils perçus et réinterprétés au cours du 19e siècle ? 🖌
Lundi 8 décembre, le colloque "Les arts du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance du 19e siècle" est l'occasion de questionner cette réception dans les arts décoratifs.
👉 www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
Lundi 8 décembre, le colloque "Les arts du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance du 19e siècle" est l'occasion de questionner cette réception dans les arts décoratifs.
👉 www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Comment les arts du Moyen Âge sont-ils perçus et réinterprétés au cours du 19e siècle ? 🖌
Lundi 8 décembre, le colloque "Les arts du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance du 19e siècle" est l'occasion de questionner cette réception dans les arts décoratifs.
👉 www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
Lundi 8 décembre, le colloque "Les arts du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance du 19e siècle" est l'occasion de questionner cette réception dans les arts décoratifs.
👉 www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr...
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Trump demands 'gratitude' from Ukraine. But since he came to power, Trump has:
- ended all new US military aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US financial aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
So what exactly should Ukraine be grateful for?
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
- ended all new US military aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US financial aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
So what exactly should Ukraine be grateful for?
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trump demands 'gratitude' from Ukraine. But since he came to power, Trump has:
- ended all new US military aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US financial aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
So what exactly should Ukraine be grateful for?
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
- ended all new US military aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US financial aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
So what exactly should Ukraine be grateful for?
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
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Black soldiers’ panels at Margraten reinstalled by TV, removed hours later by police nltimes.nl/2025/11/23/b...
Black soldiers’ panels at Margraten reinstalled by TV, removed hours later by police
The Dutch television program Even tot hier briefly reinstalled two information panels Saturday evening near the U.S. military cemetery in Margraten honoring Black soldiers who fought in Limburg during...
nltimes.nl
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Black soldiers’ panels at Margraten reinstalled by TV, removed hours later by police nltimes.nl/2025/11/23/b...
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Our work, led by @dl-arch.bsky.social and Miljana Radivojević on the Bronze Age site at Semiyarka (NE Kazakhstan) published today in @antiquity.ac.uk
Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age metropolis in the heart of the Eurasian steppe: an early form of city as complex as those of contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations, showing how steppe polities were just as sophisticated.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our work, led by @dl-arch.bsky.social and Miljana Radivojević on the Bronze Age site at Semiyarka (NE Kazakhstan) published today in @antiquity.ac.uk
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This explains why British Library staff are on strike
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This explains why British Library staff are on strike
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Three of the log boats discovered during the Must Farm palaeochannel excavations are going on display at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. Nine boats were found with dates ranging from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare Bronze Age log boats on display in Peterborough first
The boats
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Three of the log boats discovered during the Must Farm palaeochannel excavations are going on display at Flag Fen Archaeology Park. Nine boats were found with dates ranging from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The Roman Empire’s Vast Road Network—186,000 Miles of It—Has Just Been Mapped in a New Digital Atlas
The Roman Empire’s Vast Road Network—186,000 Miles of It—Has Just Been Mapped in a New Digital Atlas
Everywhere you look, you can find traces of the ancient Roman civilization from which the modern West descends. That's especially true if you happen to be looking in Europe, though echoes of Latin mak...
www.openculture.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Roman Empire’s Vast Road Network—186,000 Miles of It—Has Just Been Mapped in a New Digital Atlas
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OTD in 1919, the Scots Traveller author Betsy Whyte was born. Her memoir, The Yellow on the Broom, speaks to how punitive laws and 'reform schools' caused lasting harm to her community.
From the archives, Becky Taylor on how sedentarism affected Scots Traveller children.
From the archives, Becky Taylor on how sedentarism affected Scots Traveller children.
Hendry and The Scottish ‘Tinker Experiment’
Becky Taylor explores how ideas of sedentarism affected the lives of Gypsy/Traveller children and families in Scotland.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
OTD in 1919, the Scots Traveller author Betsy Whyte was born. Her memoir, The Yellow on the Broom, speaks to how punitive laws and 'reform schools' caused lasting harm to her community.
From the archives, Becky Taylor on how sedentarism affected Scots Traveller children.
From the archives, Becky Taylor on how sedentarism affected Scots Traveller children.
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📰 '100 years of Woodhenge'
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
100 years of Woodhenge: Tracing an archaeological icon, from discovery to new dating evidence | The Past
December 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the identification of a remarkable prehistoric timber monument just two miles from Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Ama ...
the-past.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📰 '100 years of Woodhenge'
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
Learn about the discovery and research of Stonehenge's 'lesser-known cousin' in @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews
the-past.com/feature/100-...
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It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
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The relief decoration and Greek inscription on the surface of the glass cup was created using the mould-blowing technique. See how it was done in the video on this link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlrI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlrI...
LaunchPad: Ancient Glassmaking—The Roman Mold-Blown Technique
YouTube video by The Art Institute of Chicago
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The relief decoration and Greek inscription on the surface of the glass cup was created using the mould-blowing technique. See how it was done in the video on this link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlrI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlrI...
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There is a free online seminar on the book today, which I will sadly miss, as I’m outside digging pits and postholes. ☹️ Hope there will be an article soon. 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There is a free online seminar on the book today, which I will sadly miss, as I’m outside digging pits and postholes. ☹️ Hope there will be an article soon. 1/2
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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🎞️ Vidéo - L'exposition «Sargent. Éblouir Paris» présentée par ses commissaires.
👉 bit.ly/VisiteExpoSargent
Dans les salles du musée, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons et Paul Perrin vous dévoilent le parcours de l'exposition, les choix muséographiques et scientifiques de son montage.
👉 bit.ly/VisiteExpoSargent
Dans les salles du musée, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons et Paul Perrin vous dévoilent le parcours de l'exposition, les choix muséographiques et scientifiques de son montage.
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎞️ Vidéo - L'exposition «Sargent. Éblouir Paris» présentée par ses commissaires.
👉 bit.ly/VisiteExpoSargent
Dans les salles du musée, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons et Paul Perrin vous dévoilent le parcours de l'exposition, les choix muséographiques et scientifiques de son montage.
👉 bit.ly/VisiteExpoSargent
Dans les salles du musée, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons et Paul Perrin vous dévoilent le parcours de l'exposition, les choix muséographiques et scientifiques de son montage.
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Nothing to see here? Well, this is a slow moving 🧵 for #skystorians and others about #eyeglasses of the past, about how to read in the past, where to buy eyeglasses, and how to do with them in general. The hashtag is #HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast
Let's roll.
Let's roll.
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Nothing to see here? Well, this is a slow moving 🧵 for #skystorians and others about #eyeglasses of the past, about how to read in the past, where to buy eyeglasses, and how to do with them in general. The hashtag is #HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast
Let's roll.
Let's roll.
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
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In the 1600s, thousands of people were buried in crypts under a Milan hospital & preserved by unusual conditions. “What is striking is how much you can extrapolate from an ancient body,” says one researcher, “and how much you can understand from that about the period they lived in." @science.org
Thousands buried in 17th century Italian crypt reveal lives of working poor
Remains recovered from beneath a Milan hospital shed light on health, diet, and drug habits during the 1600s
www.science.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
In the 1600s, thousands of people were buried in crypts under a Milan hospital & preserved by unusual conditions. “What is striking is how much you can extrapolate from an ancient body,” says one researcher, “and how much you can understand from that about the period they lived in." @science.org