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Royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal (r. 669-631 BC), shown on a famous group of Assyrian palace reliefs from North Palace of Nineveh that are now displayed in room 10a of British Museum. They are widely regarded as "supreme masterpieces of Assyrian Art".

πŸ“· : Assyrian Wall Relief, showing a lion pierced with four arrows while blood is gushing from its mouth.

#archaeohistories

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I was at the British Museum not three days ago looking at this very work of art. It is absolutely stunning. It's also huge-- there's panel after panel after panel. It's like an action movie carved in stone.

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The Buffalo Dance or Bison Dance, an annual dance festival of many North American Plains Natives, including Mandan, Sioux, Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Omaha, among others. The festival traditionally coincided with the return of the buffalo herds and included a feast and a dance with a number of men wearing buffalo and other animal skins.

πŸŽ₯ : Oldest Native American Buffalo Dance Footage Ever Recorded (1894)

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Iron Rider Armour and Horse equipment (chain mail, helmet with mask, bit, stirrups, girth buckle), dated 12th or 13th Century CE.

It was discovered in a military burial (mound 264) in Lypovets, in what is now Ukraine. It belonged to a Kievan Rus' or a Cuman (kuman) or Kipchak soldier.

State Hermitage Museum; St Petersburg, Russia.

πŸ“· Β© Netelo

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So, here's the thing: Each adaptation of Pride and Prejudice I've seen has strengths and weaknesses. What I look for in an Austen adaptation is whether I am learning from her work. Does the adaptation have her voice? Is it entertaining? What do you think?

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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The Closest Galaxy: The Sagittarius Dwarf
Credits: Nordic Optical Telescope
#nature #space #astrophotography

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A Perseid Aurora
Credits: Jimmy Westlake, Colorado Mountain College
#nature #space #astrophotography

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This is the only surviving monastic fishery building in England ✨🐟

Meare Fish House was the residence of the official who was in charge of Glastonbury Abbey's fishery. It also provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.🎣

πŸ“Œ Somerset

@EnglishHeritage #fish #fishing #England #monastries

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Moonstone enamel brooch: The winged maiden by Rene Lalique.

Art Nouveau style. Now on display at the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal.

@archaeologyart #artNouveau #jewellery #Lalique #museums

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Scientists Revive 1,000-Year-Old Seed, Potentially Resurrecting Mysterious Biblical #Tree.

An ancient Judean seed has grown into a unique tree that may hold healing properties mentioned in the #Bible.
Researchers have successfully germinated a seed that lay dormant for over a millennium in the dry caves of the Judean Desert. Now, after 14 years of careful cultivation, that seed has grown into a unique tree that might just answer a Biblical riddle.

zmescience.com/science/news-sc… #health

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Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail
Credits: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, #NASA, Bill Snyder, HeavensMirror Observatory)
#nature #space #astrophotography

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If you've never tried using a third party app on Mastodon, you're missing out! Mastodon is designed specifically for third party apps, they tend to have the widest set of features.

You can find lots of third party apps listed on the official site:

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If choice is overwhelming you, try these first:

:android: Tusky, Fedilab, Moshidon

:apple_old_logo: Ice Cubes, Ivory, Mona

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I'm just an old fashioned Web sort of guy that thinks why do we need all these apps when we have the Web. I'm also one of the misguided folk that only uses a phone for phone calls and does all my computing on a computer, a desktop PC at that, so I'm definitely not with it.

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I’ve read quite a few of these (β€œEligible,” β€œBeing Mary Bennet,” β€œPride and Prejudice and Zombies,” and β€œShades of Milk and Honey”), but others are definitely on my TBR list!

buzzfeed.com/briannamcfadden/p…

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#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
Credits: #NASA, ESA, Hubble SM4 ERO Team
#nature #space #astrophotography

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Pakistan’s Truck Art - A Beautiful Expression of Culture :

Colorfully decorated trucks with artistic impressions tend to adorn roads and highways in Pakistan. For decades, these jingle trucks have acted as canvases for Pakistani artists and granted them a way to introduce the world to Pakistan’s culture, folklore, poetry and art.

History of Pakistan’s truck art goes back to 1920, when Bedford trucks invaded streets of Pakistan.

πŸŽ₯Β© Sarahhuniverse (X)

#archaeohistories

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Seems Elon .... The Early Days πŸ˜€

Trip to Mars at 10Β’ in 1911 :

A vintage carnival sideshow, sepia photo, where a man is waiting at a podium in front of a priceless poster waiting to take your 10 cents for the experience of a lifetime.

In early 1900s, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair, or other such attraction.

πŸ“·Β© Vintage American Photographs

#archaeohistories

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