Among the grave goods in the grave of the Mycenaean Griffin Warrior near the Palace of Nestor in Pylos were four gold signet rings, more than any other tomb yet discovered. Let's take a look at two of them ... 1/ 🏺 #ancientbluesky 📸 me

I have fallen for Iris. 📷 by me

The Sprotta hand axe is a #Neanderthal masterpiece. The flint tool was found in northern Saxony in 1996 and dates back to 50,000 to 80,000 years ago. This hand axe demonstrates not only the technical skill but also the aesthetic sense of its maker, as it is noted for its carefully...🧵1/2 📷 me

It’s worth reading the letter from the Bishop: www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffair...

I live in South Africa. Whilst I don't have an issue with most Afrikaans people (there are the odd racists, but mostly a lovely people these days. It's not 1970.), giving them refugee status is utterly absurd, and based on an entirely false narrative spun by actual racists.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. - Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Bunny Ears Cactus in full bloom 📸 my own

🧵 Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky. He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground. ➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070... 🔭 🧪 #galactic

Too good not to share: a wooden floor of a #Neolithic house. Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC. 📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg 🏺 #archaeology