At first glance, it could easily be mistaken for a Viking relic. But it’s actually a coin from the Himyarite Kingdom, showcasing the ancient Musnad script—one of the earliest forms of Arabic writing.
The resemblance between Musnad and Viking runes is astonishing, sparking curiosity about the potential visual and cultural parallels between these two distinct civilizations.
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is that actual currency? It's incredibly elaborate.
I'm using a search engine, and the only image I find of it has been deleted (on Reddit), and the only very similar coin is related to a video game 🤔. All other currency related to "himyanite kingdom musnad coin" look much less elaborate, more crude.
I'd love a pointer to more info!
A funerary stele from Vári, Greece (420 BC), portrays a poignant scene: a young woman holding a bird toward her infant brother, who reaches up to grasp it. The accompanying epigram reveals their tragic story—they were siblings who perished together. Their grieving parents commissioned the stele in their memory.
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Credits: Licence, ESA, Gaia, DPAC
#nature #space #astrophotography
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Vanishingly rare & beautiful 15th c Norwich dead Christ. Such stained glasses were the first target of the puritan iconoclasts & so next to none survive. Behind the halo the sun is in eclipse .(Mark 15 v 33) "When the 6th hour came darkness fell over the whole land.."
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John Singer Sargent showed his talent early. Here are watercolour sketches he made during his family’s trip to Switzerland, when he was only 14
#art #painting #watercolour #JohnSingerSargent
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Scientists say the Ethiopian wolf, the world’s rarest wild dog, might be the first known large carnivore to pollinate, as the canines lick red hot poker flowers to get their sweet fix.
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/… #wolves #wolf #pollination
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This unbelievable piece of magnificent craftsmanship makes me rethink the lifestyle of the ancient Roman era.
It's mind-boggling to think that a Roman glass work from 300 AD can survive intact. This one is at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, an archaeological museum in Trier, Germany.
© Marcelo Pelayo @Dr_TheHistories #Roman #glass #museums
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It tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents!
Made around 5,500 years ago in Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period.
At the Met: metmuseum.org/art/collection/s… 📷 by @AlisonFisk
#Archaeology
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Credits: Catalin Beldea, Stiinta si Tehnica Team
#nature #space #astrophotography
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