April272013
joias6: AMBERScorpion in Dominican Amber (25 million years old)

joias6:

AMBER
Scorpion in Dominican Amber (25 million years old)

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April262013
fishstickmonkey: Vessel shaped as the bird Sirin Iran. 13th century. Faience with underglaze painting. The Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

fishstickmonkey:

Vessel shaped as the bird Sirin

Iran. 13th century. Faience with underglaze painting.

The Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

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April252013
centuriespast: Augustin DUFLOS, jeweler Crown of Louis XV 1722 Paris The Louvre

centuriespast:

Augustin DUFLOS, jeweler

Crown of Louis XV

1722

Paris

The Louvre
April242013
centuriespast: Mortuary Mask of Khaemwaset New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 BC Saqqara, Serapeum The Louvre

centuriespast:

Mortuary Mask of Khaemwaset

New Kingdom, Nineteenth Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 BC

Saqqara, Serapeum

The Louvre
April232013
theolduvaigorge: Mystery over tusks found by Kent fisherman at Herne Bay “A lobster fisherman believes he may have discovered a pair of mammoth tusks off the Kent coast. The tusks were discovered by Barry Mount off Herne Bay, when an extremely low tide allowed him to walk 0.75 miles out to explore the seabed. He said he believed the tusks once belonged to a mammoth. Professor Adrian Lister, palaeontology merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, said they were more likely to have come from an elephant. He described them as a “remarkable find”. The tusks are now in the possession of Canterbury City Council which will run a series of tests to identify them. Mr Mount said he had not seen the tide out so far for 10 years and decided to investigate the seabed. “I looked up and saw this large tusk just sitting in front of me - I had to go over and there was another one, a pair,” he said” (read more). (Image and text source: BBC)

theolduvaigorge:

Mystery over tusks found by Kent fisherman at Herne Bay

“A lobster fisherman believes he may have discovered a pair of mammoth tusks off the Kent coast.

The tusks were discovered by Barry Mount off Herne Bay, when an extremely low tide allowed him to walk 0.75 miles out to explore the seabed.

He said he believed the tusks once belonged to a mammoth. Professor Adrian Lister, palaeontology merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, said they were more likely to have come from an elephant. He described them as a “remarkable find”.

The tusks are now in the possession of Canterbury City Council which will run a series of tests to identify them. Mr Mount said he had not seen the tide out so far for 10 years and decided to investigate the seabed. “I looked up and saw this large tusk just sitting in front of me - I had to go over and there was another one, a pair,” he said” (read more).

(Image and text source: BBC)

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April222013
archaeologistsdontdigdinosaurs: Archeologists in Rotterdam have found an old shoe stuffed with 477 silver coins during excavations behind the town hall. Archaeologists say they have never before found a shoe filled with money, which ranges in dates from 1472 to 1592. On theory is that the owner of the shoe hid it under floorboards to protect it during the 80 Years War (1568-1648). The value of the coins is put at ‘many thousand euros’.

archaeologistsdontdigdinosaurs:

Archeologists in Rotterdam have found an old shoe stuffed with 477 silver coins during excavations behind the town hall.

Archaeologists say they have never before found a shoe filled with money, which ranges in dates from 1472 to 1592. On theory is that the owner of the shoe hid it under floorboards to protect it during the 80 Years War (1568-1648). 

The value of the coins is put at ‘many thousand euros’.
April212013

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8AM

odditiesoflife:

Victorian Headless Portraits

The Victorian era has many photographs, most of which show the subject sitting or standing with a stern expression. Since photography was still in its infancy, photographers were experimenting with novel ways to create photos that differed from the norm. Animals acting human was one popular concept, and then came the headless portrait. Funny and entertaining, a new genre of photography was born.

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likeafieldmouse:

Ta Prohm - A Buddhist temple in Cambodia built between the late 12th and early 13th centuries overgrown with silk-cotton and tetramelaceae trees

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