I’ve always loved Japanese #netsuke and this ivory caricature of a Dutchman and his dog was too good not to share. Netsuke is a toggle. Japanese men used netsuke to suspend various pouches and containers from their sashes by a silk cord. Period, 18th century. #VandAMuseum 📸 me

The Hove Amber Cup. A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light! 🤩 Carved from a single block of Baltic amber some 3,500 years ago! Found in 1856, inside Hove Barrow, a large burial mound in Sussex. Brighton Museum 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Some things never change! 4,000 year-old ancient Egyptian writing board with a student’s many spelling mistakes corrected in red ink by the teacher! 😂 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

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Blossom Puzzle, September 27 Letters: A D P E Q R U My score: 290 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌺 🏵 🌸 🌻 🌼 💮 🌹 🌷 💐 🌺 🏵 #MerriamWebster

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Sep. 27, 2025 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉 My Score: 2440

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The bronze head of the goddess Sulis Minerva which was discovered in 1727 during the construction of sewer under Stall Street in Bath. Now part of the museum collections at The Roman Baths in Bath. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Bath

The tombstone of a #Roman gladiator named Apollonios; the portrait identifies him as a retiarius, armed with a trident & fishing net. He was obviously good at what he did, with the inscription - dedicated by his wife Zosime - revealing that he won 48 combats in his career 🏺 AncientBlueSky

An #AncientGreek chicken on wheels - a child's toy made & first played with at least 2400 years ago in ancient Athens. If it wasn't made of terracotta it could probably pass for a modern toy; apparently the things kids find fun has not changed that much in over two millennia! AncientBlueSky

Fascinating world of #ancient glass: this marvellous #Roman facet-cut glass beaker was found intact in a burial in Arae Flaviae/Rottweil. Colourless, faceted cut glass vessels became very popular in the second half of the 1st c. AD. They presumably… 🧵1/2. 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology ##findsfriday

This #FrescoFriday we travel to the villa of Publius Fannius Synistor to enjoy the complex and engaging architectural fresco complete with theatrical masks! The use of colour, perspective, and drama all come together to create a brilliant and arresting whole. #AncientRome

#OnThisDay - 26 September - in 46 BC Julius Caesar dedicated a Temple to Venus Genetrix in his Forum at Rome. As early as 68 BC, Caesar was publicly claiming that his family descended from Venus. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RRC 458/1; ANS 1937.158.262. Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 26 September #Lucan “bellorum o socii, qui mille pericula Martis mecum” ait “experti decimo iam vincitis anno, hoc cruor Arctois meruit diffusus in arvis volneraque et mortes hiemesque sub Alpibus actae? non secus ingenti bellorum Roma tumultu...

#FrescoFriday - A bit of a cheat, I grant you, as this is a Late Bronze Age painted funerary stele: ca. 12th Century BC. While the eye may be drawn to the procession of warriors, I love the hedgehog in the lower register! #Archaeology 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Athens (3256). 📸 My Own

A not quite #FrescoFriday as a bit of a bonus, with this remarkable survival from the 'House of the Painters at Work' in Pompeii (IX.12.9). On the white ground of the wall, the preparatory sketches for the architectural scheme of the artists are clearly visible. #Archaeology #Pompeii 🏺

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Blossom Puzzle, September 26 Letters: A B E D G N S My score: 328 points My longest word: 11 letters 💐 🌷 🌸 🌺 🌹 🏵 🌼 🌻 💮 💐 🌷 #MerriamWebster

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Sep. 26, 2025 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉 My Score: 2500

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www.livescience.com/health/diagn... Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors restore a man's vision by removing his tooth and implanting it in his eye. Science is amazing!

www.wired.com/story/oral-h... The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers. WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices. "The true scope of DOGE’s attack on the federal government remains unknown. While there is 1/2

This beautiful glass bowl looks modern, yet it’s about 2,250 years old! 🤩 Made using an innovative technique in which thin threads of twisted glass were spiralled over a convex mould. Wonderful example of the skill of ancient artisans! Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 me #Archaeology

#ReliefWednesday - In this relief, a decorative element from the funerary monument of an unknown cloth merchant, we see a Roman matron being shown a sample of fabric: ca. Mid 1st century AD. #Roman #Art 🏺 Image: Uffizi Gallery (Inv. 1914, No. 313). Link - uffizi.it/en/online-ex...

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 24 September #TheMuses “Clio gesta canens transactis tempora reddit. dulciloquis calamos Euterpe flatibus urguet. comica lascivo gaudet sermone Thalia. Melpomene tragico proclamat maesta boatu. Terpsichore affectus citharis movet impetrat auget....

Roman horse terracotta figurine found in Rottweil, dating 2nd or 3rd century AD. Horse figurines served as offerings in sanctuaries or domestic shrines and occasionally as grave goods. Their use and meaning shift depending on context but reflect associations ... 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

"Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born." "Whether we stay or whether we go, to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made." "What if the world is holding its breath — waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill?" ~ David Whyte

#OnThisDay - 25 September - in AD 66 (or rather between 19 June and 25 September), the Arval Brethren record vows of thanksgiving following the detection of "evil conspiracies" against the emperor Nero. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Nero 59; ANS 1957.191.12. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, by targeting the Russian oil industry: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Blossom Puzzle, September 25 Letters: A D I G N R W My score: 303 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌸 💐 🏵 🌼 🌻 🌹 💮 🌷 🌺 🌸 #MerriamWebster

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Sep. 25, 2025 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ 🎉 My Score: 2210

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I’m beyond thrilled to announce my new book, Rituals: A Journey Through The British Isles, is coming Autumn 2026! Folklore is everywhere & very much alive! I can’t wait to share my travels with you all. Available to pre-order right now! Ebury.lnk.to/Rituals

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Blossom Puzzle, September 24 Letters: D E K I L N S My score: 411 points My longest word: 12 letters 🌼 🏵 🌸 🌷 🌹 🌺 🌻 💐 💮 🌼 🏵 🌸 #MerriamWebster

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Sep. 24, 2025 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 💔 🎉 My Score: 1950

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That magical moment when the pumice is gently cleared away revealing, for the first time in nearly 2000 years, a white mosaic. #MosaicMonday #Pompeii

#OnThisDay - 23 September - in 63 BC Gaius Octavius was born. As Augustus he would be the first emperor of Rome, with the Senate declaring his birthday a public holiday. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Augustus 492; Martin von Wagner Museum (H 6736). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#OnThisDay - 23 September - in AD 38 Drusilla, the sister of the emperor Gaius Caligula, was deified. She received the title 'Panthea' (Dio 59.11.2-3). #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Gaius 33; Münzkabinett Berlin (18215927). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵 #LatinForTheDay – 25 September #Travel “crebra relinquendis infigimus oscula portis: inviti superant limina sacra pedes. oramus veniam lacrimis et laude litamus, in quantum fletus currere verba sinit: “exaudi, regina tui pulcherrima mundi,...

#OnThisDay - 24 September - in AD 15 Aulus Vitellius was born. He would reign as Roman Emperor from 16 April-22 December AD 69. Tacitus described him as “ignorant of all law, human and divine” (Hist.2.91). #History 🏺 Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025... Disney decides it hasn’t angered people enough, announces Disney+ price hikes In case you needed another reason to get rid of Disney+. 1/2

Did you know that we can visually see why sqrt(40)=2sqrt(10)? Let's see how we can visualize rewriting square roots!

Happy Fat Bear Week to all who celebrate! 🐻 While this bronze bear isn't the chunkiest, it's still a winner to us. 💙 🏛️ Bear, about 1600, Italian. On view now at the Getty Villa.