Just unveiled by #FIFA: the 2026 World Cup mascots are Maple the Moose (🇨🇦), Zayu the Jaguar (🇲🇽) and Clutch the Bald Eagle (🇺🇸). #United2026 #FIFAWorldCup #Mexico #Canada #USA #WorldCup

Elite Roman family's ancient treasure unearthed in ruins of fire-scorched dwelling nypost.com/2025/09/09/l...

Antoni Gaudí’s wild design for the Sagrada Família, begun nearly 150 years ago, has been obsessively realized over time, creating the world’s tallest church—and an endlessly debated icon.

#langsky #English #Spanish #German

The cleaning of the world’s largest #Roman floor mosaic, covering around 1050 sqm. It was discovered during the construction of a hotel in Antakya/Turkey. The shifting of the ground during an earthquake has caused a a ripple effect. Dating 4th c. AD. 🏺#mosaicmonday 📷 www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/sanat...

#langsky #Italian #Spanish

#linguistics #archaeology The "Cascajal Block" is an #Olmec engraved slab found in the State of #Veracruz, #Mexico in 1999. It has been dated to around 900-650 BC and may represent the oldest #writingsystem in the #Americas, since it contains 62 #undeciphered glyphs (many of them repeated).

Map showing countries where #Cinépolis has theaters. Cinépolis is a cinema theater chain, originally from the #Mexican state of #Michoacán and is currently present in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Image by Black Maps.

Babylonian map of the world (© The Trustees of the British Museum) and c. AD 1620 Portuguese map of Basra, Iraq (© Hugo Refachinho / CC BY-SA 4.0). Despite both depicting the Shaṭṭ al-ʿArab river, they are completely different, showcasing maps' subjectivity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Timeless humour! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA #Archaeology

Göttweig Abbey, close to Krems (Lower Austria) and founded by Altmann, Bishop of Passau in 1083. Stift #Göttweig, in der Nähe von #Krems, #Niederösterreich, gegründet im Jahre 1083 durch den Bischof von Passau, Altmann.

#langsky #Spanish It's September 7th and, in the #Spanish speaking world, this is the song you have to listen to... September 7th by #Mecano, a huge hit back in 1991. Es de nuevo el 7 de septiembre y esta rola ("canción" en México) de 1991 no puede faltar. #7deseptiembre

📰 📰 'Venice’s Lion of St Mark’s Square was at least part made in China' 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

#Roman bridgehead fort, situated in Carnuntum Archaeological Park in Lower Austria. It was likely constructed to monitor crossings of this tributary of the Danube, protecting the border and controlling the Amber Road trade route that led from the Baltic to the Roman Empire 1/2 🏺 #Archaeology

This is the ship that surgeon-naturalist George Murray Levick travelled on as part of Scott’s ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13), observing the 'sexual depravity' of Adélie penguins (read all about it: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...). ⚓🐧🌈🐧🗃️ #PrideInSTEM www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Frankenstein Castle, Hesse, Germany, was the birthplace of an alchemist who allegedly invented an elixir of life & conducted experiments on dead bodies. Some claim he tried to animate the bodies with lightning & that he may have inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. #WyrdWednesday #folklore #gothic

#Fotovorschlag 'rathäuser'... Das Rathaus in #Eisenstadt, Burgenland, #Österreich.

It's September again, the month of #Mexico 🇲🇽 and the festive season (Mid-September until early January) in my country is about to start. Es septiembre otra vez, el mes de México 🇲🇽 e inicio de la temporada de fiestas que va de mediados de septiembre a inicios de enero.

Today, they finally announced that #Vienna will host the #Eurovision Song Contest on 12, 14 and 16 May, 2026. It will be a fantastic show! #ESC2026 Nächstes Jahr wird #Wien zum dritten Mal der Austragungsort der größten Musikveranstaltung der Welt sein. Der Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Really exciting new archaeology report showing that two people who died in 7th century Kent had West African grandfathers. It’s suggested they’d travelled here as traders and settled thanks to the Byzantine Empire’s trade network that linked North Africa to Britain

Zona de Monumentos Arqueológicos de Xochicalco Como parte del proyecto editorial impulsado por la Coordinación Nacional de Difusión del INAH, se han elaborado guías para cada zona arqueológica y museo bajo resguardo del Instituto. acortar.link/TUejjL

VIDEO: As temperatures touch 50C, Dubai runners turn to indoor races. As temperatures soar outside, a sprawling shopping centre in Dubai echoes to the squeak of sneakers as hundreds of people join a "Mallathon" -- an indoor, air-conditioned race

2.000 Jahre alte Papyrus-Rollen sollen lesbar werden#Papyrus#KI#KünstlicheIntelligenz

40 years of "Cuori agitati" ("Restless Hearts"), Eros #Ramazzotti 's first studio album (1985), which was a huge success in Europe. #ItalianMusic 40 años de "Corazones agitados" (1985), primer álbum de estudio de Eros Ramazzotti, el cual tuvo un éxito aplastante en Europa. #ErosRamazzotti

Oh right, almost forgot about this, but it seems that what we filmed last year is finally on air now. Anybody up for an #ExpeditionUnknown to #GobekliTepe? 🏺▶️ www.dailymotion.com/video/x9oau6o

📰 Archaeologists locate the lost 'Land of the White Jaguar', the home of #Maya rebels who resisted Spanish conquest 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologymag.bsky.social

Swedish word of the day #swotd is tändstickor (matches). Did you know that the safety match was patented in 1844 by the Swedish inventor Gustaf Erik Pasch. For many years, safety matches were one of the most important export products from Sweden. #Sweden

#culture Map of the new Seven #Wonders of the World, announced in 2007 and based on a global poll with more than 100 millions votes cast. The initiative was a private effort, not associated with UNESCO. #Mexico #Peru #Brazil #Italy #China #Jordan #India

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💥🏳️‍🌈Today, Hungarian police summoned Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony as a suspect in a criminal investigation and took his mugshot—for organizing the banned Budapest Pride march, which drew 200–300K people. His lawyer Csaba Tordai showed up wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" t-shirt.

📰 Wake up babe, a new Sumerian myth just dropped 🏺 Archaeologists have deciphered a cuneiform tablet detailing a previously unknown tale, although its fragmented nature leaves the story unfinished #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologymag.bsky.social archaeology.org/news/2025/07...

Yesterday's news from St. Lucia brings the number of countries criminalizing gay sex back down to 64 -- it had risen earlier this year following recriminalization in Trinidad & Tobago and official criminalization in Mali, and fallen after news of decriminalization emerged in Niue

A Saint Lucia court strikes down laws that had criminalized same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation with up to a decade behind bars, according to local LGBTQ rights organizations in the region.

Languages of Oaxaca, Mexico 🇲🇽 #langsky

Today, 24th of July, is National #Tequila Day in #Mexico, a protected designation of origin product, which is made from the blue agave plant, mainly in the town of Tequila, State of #Jalisco, Mexico. This distilled beverage is extremely popular abroad and comes in at least 4 varieties. #culture

Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at the age of 76

These countries have no UNESCO sites yet:

New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, intact Etruscan chamber tomb – a discovery hailed as one of the most significant finds in recent decades for understanding the ancient pre-Roman civilization.  news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2... 🏺

#langsky #languages Second most popular language on #Duolingo in 2023. Broadly speaking, #Spanish and #German seem to prevail in Europe, #French in Africa and #Japanese in East Asia. Map by Duolingo.

❤️ Joanna Maciejewska aka @authorjmac.bsky.social #AI #IA

Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"

La leyenda del Santo
 / The legend of El Santo tumbleweird.org/la-leyenda-del-santo/ By: Armando Alanís #elvueloinformativo #bilingual #mexicancinema #CineMexicano #CultCinema #PopCultureIcons #historietamexicana #comicbooklegend #PopCultureIcons #luchalibre #LuchaLibreMexico #HéroeMexicano

Today's blog post, Stuck at Level 3 (professional proficiency), looks at the #overconfidence trap. msipressblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/stuc... #languagelearning #nativelikeforeignlanguageprofiicency #nearnativeforeignlanguageproficiency #levelfossilization

#OTD 196 years ago, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829–1907) was born 🥳 A professor of comparative philology in Milan, he was an expert on Italian dialects, Romani, and Sanskrit. In 1881, he also formulated the so-called substratum theory. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

🇩🇪 VIDEO: Neuschwanstein castle becomes UNESCO World Heritage Site The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage site, according to the UN cultural agency.

#langsky #languages #Canada Map showing the percentage of indigenous languages speakers by #Canadian province or territory. The highest number is found in #Nunavut (69.6%), mainly speakers of #Inuit languages. Image by Cactusmapping.

#archaeology So far, 17 #Olmec colossal heads have been found in South East #Mexico. These huge stone sculptures date to approximately 1600–350 BCE. and weigh at least 6 tons. They are one of the most distinctive features of the ancient Olmec civilization and might represent rulers or warriors.

#onthisday in 1799, French soldiers discovered the Rosetta Stone in Egypt—a slab inscribed in three scripts that unlocked the mystery of ancient hieroglyphs. Its decipherment revolutionized Egyptology and reshaped our understanding of early civilizations. #ScienceHistory