Jaq W
@kardomah.bsky.social
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I post about *ALL OF THESE THINGS*: Art, Design, History, Archaeology, Architecture, Egyptology, LFC, sometimes music
I post about *ALL OF THESE THINGS*: Art, Design, History, Archaeology, Architecture, Egyptology, LFC, sometimes music
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The 10-year old in me...
Restaurante Arse, Híjar, Aragón, in fact named after the ancient Iberian settlement of Arse in Valencia, later Roman Saguntum, now Sagunt.
Then, an hour along the road, we came to the Catalan village of Bot, also Iberian in origin.
Restaurante Arse, Híjar, Aragón, in fact named after the ancient Iberian settlement of Arse in Valencia, later Roman Saguntum, now Sagunt.
Then, an hour along the road, we came to the Catalan village of Bot, also Iberian in origin.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The 10-year old in me...
Restaurante Arse, Híjar, Aragón, in fact named after the ancient Iberian settlement of Arse in Valencia, later Roman Saguntum, now Sagunt.
Then, an hour along the road, we came to the Catalan village of Bot, also Iberian in origin.
Restaurante Arse, Híjar, Aragón, in fact named after the ancient Iberian settlement of Arse in Valencia, later Roman Saguntum, now Sagunt.
Then, an hour along the road, we came to the Catalan village of Bot, also Iberian in origin.
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The entrance to the Arsenale in Venice, compared to the same scene by Canaletto in 1732. Arsenal became the generic term for all stores of weapons and ordnance, but it was originally created as Europe's first shipyard. What we see today is the 'New' Arsenal, built in 1320.
#Photography #History
#Photography #History
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The entrance to the Arsenale in Venice, compared to the same scene by Canaletto in 1732. Arsenal became the generic term for all stores of weapons and ordnance, but it was originally created as Europe's first shipyard. What we see today is the 'New' Arsenal, built in 1320.
#Photography #History
#Photography #History
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Postcard from Hamble. Sent to Hampstead in London in 1906. The Bugle (on the right) is still a popular pub today. The message on the back reads: ‘This is a little yachting village on Southampton Water. The children standing on the shore wish you good day.’
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Postcard from Hamble. Sent to Hampstead in London in 1906. The Bugle (on the right) is still a popular pub today. The message on the back reads: ‘This is a little yachting village on Southampton Water. The children standing on the shore wish you good day.’
New unpublished film shows a happy and smiling Federico García Lorca performing with his theatrical company ‘La Barraca’ in 1932.
There's a video at the link below!
#Lorca
There's a video at the link below!
#Lorca
#GarcíaLorca | Recuperan imágenes inéditas de Federico García Lorca actuando en 1932 con su compañía de teatro La Barraca en un negativo de 35 mm espacioandaluz.com/cultura/recu...
Recuperan imágenes inéditas de Federico García Lorca actuando en 1932 con su compañía de teatro La Barraca en un negativo de 35 mm – ESPACIO ANDALUZ
La simbólica hemeroteca de una de las figuras más icónicas de la poesía y la dramaturgia andaluza y española, la del granadino Federico García Lorca, ha visto
espacioandaluz.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New unpublished film shows a happy and smiling Federico García Lorca performing with his theatrical company ‘La Barraca’ in 1932.
There's a video at the link below!
#Lorca
There's a video at the link below!
#Lorca
True story:
Czech scientists named a new species of trilobite "Xeelee", in 2010, in honour of my cousin, SF author Stephen Baxter’s Xeelee series, “a legendary civilization of very advanced extraterrestrial beings forming a mainstay of [the] excellent science fiction sequence of Stephen Baxter.”
Czech scientists named a new species of trilobite "Xeelee", in 2010, in honour of my cousin, SF author Stephen Baxter’s Xeelee series, “a legendary civilization of very advanced extraterrestrial beings forming a mainstay of [the] excellent science fiction sequence of Stephen Baxter.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
True story:
Czech scientists named a new species of trilobite "Xeelee", in 2010, in honour of my cousin, SF author Stephen Baxter’s Xeelee series, “a legendary civilization of very advanced extraterrestrial beings forming a mainstay of [the] excellent science fiction sequence of Stephen Baxter.”
Czech scientists named a new species of trilobite "Xeelee", in 2010, in honour of my cousin, SF author Stephen Baxter’s Xeelee series, “a legendary civilization of very advanced extraterrestrial beings forming a mainstay of [the] excellent science fiction sequence of Stephen Baxter.”
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Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
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Your naked, winged #Etruscan waiter pours you some olive oil while wearing a swan's head cap. God love the Etruscans.
3rd c. BCE bronze three-nozzle hanging lamp with a statuette of a rural Dionysian Etruscan 'spirit'. Replicas needed! 🏺🦢 #BritishMuseum
📸 me
3rd c. BCE bronze three-nozzle hanging lamp with a statuette of a rural Dionysian Etruscan 'spirit'. Replicas needed! 🏺🦢 #BritishMuseum
📸 me
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Your naked, winged #Etruscan waiter pours you some olive oil while wearing a swan's head cap. God love the Etruscans.
3rd c. BCE bronze three-nozzle hanging lamp with a statuette of a rural Dionysian Etruscan 'spirit'. Replicas needed! 🏺🦢 #BritishMuseum
📸 me
3rd c. BCE bronze three-nozzle hanging lamp with a statuette of a rural Dionysian Etruscan 'spirit'. Replicas needed! 🏺🦢 #BritishMuseum
📸 me
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We had a very exciting delivery here at @theees.bsky.social this week… Two of our Tell el-Amarna plaster cast replicas have returned from conservation! #ConserveTheEES
🔎Our archive includes a total of four plaster casts of objects discovered during our excavations at #Amarna in the 1930s.
🔎Our archive includes a total of four plaster casts of objects discovered during our excavations at #Amarna in the 1930s.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We had a very exciting delivery here at @theees.bsky.social this week… Two of our Tell el-Amarna plaster cast replicas have returned from conservation! #ConserveTheEES
🔎Our archive includes a total of four plaster casts of objects discovered during our excavations at #Amarna in the 1930s.
🔎Our archive includes a total of four plaster casts of objects discovered during our excavations at #Amarna in the 1930s.
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Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we go to Essex join a mission to recover the remains of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry a project run by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on behalf of the DPAA
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we go to Essex join a mission to recover the remains of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry a project run by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on behalf of the DPAA
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
This is a great read.
Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is a great read.
Subtle November sunset colour scheme
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Subtle November sunset colour scheme
I was checking out the street lamp in the photo, when I noticed the happy little face in the window
This is "Half Moon Passage" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely the mid to late 1950s. I found the old photo of the scene on Pinterest. #AlbertTurpin #EastLondonGroup
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I was checking out the street lamp in the photo, when I noticed the happy little face in the window
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1 of 8 fabulous Medieval #TilesOnTuesday found in Tring Herts curiosity shop: all but one show naughty/playful child Jesus in imaginary tales.
Here, bully destroys pool Jesus made along the Jordan and falls dead. Virgin intervenes, and bully returns to life at touch of Jesus's foot.
In BM. More ALT.
Here, bully destroys pool Jesus made along the Jordan and falls dead. Virgin intervenes, and bully returns to life at touch of Jesus's foot.
In BM. More ALT.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
1 of 8 fabulous Medieval #TilesOnTuesday found in Tring Herts curiosity shop: all but one show naughty/playful child Jesus in imaginary tales.
Here, bully destroys pool Jesus made along the Jordan and falls dead. Virgin intervenes, and bully returns to life at touch of Jesus's foot.
In BM. More ALT.
Here, bully destroys pool Jesus made along the Jordan and falls dead. Virgin intervenes, and bully returns to life at touch of Jesus's foot.
In BM. More ALT.
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I got a request for a digital image of a famous Rococo painting from a person with a very new-agey name. After sending it, she replied, "Can I get a signed copy," to which I responded, "By whom?" She said, "By the artist," and now I'm not sure what to say.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I got a request for a digital image of a famous Rococo painting from a person with a very new-agey name. After sending it, she replied, "Can I get a signed copy," to which I responded, "By whom?" She said, "By the artist," and now I'm not sure what to say.
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”To a valiant heart, nothing is impossible.”
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
”To a valiant heart, nothing is impossible.”
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.
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That would be coffee
I bring you the menu-beverage that gives brilliance to your ka. (OGC)
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
That would be coffee
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This building is often overshadowed by the great On Leong Merchants Association Building down the street (also by Michaelsen & Rognstad), but the details on this thing go just as hard
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This building is often overshadowed by the great On Leong Merchants Association Building down the street (also by Michaelsen & Rognstad), but the details on this thing go just as hard
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When is a drawing of a foot worth $2m? When it’s a newly discovered Michelanglo. ‘Study for the right foot of The Libyan Sibyl on the Sistine Chapel ceiling’, c.1511-12, will be sold at Christie’s NY in January.
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
When is a drawing of a foot worth $2m? When it’s a newly discovered Michelanglo. ‘Study for the right foot of The Libyan Sibyl on the Sistine Chapel ceiling’, c.1511-12, will be sold at Christie’s NY in January.
and then check the first post in this thread 🥰 I've had 2 big briards and they were both lap dogs
this was the prelude to her deciding that actually the computer had no business being on my lap
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
and then check the first post in this thread 🥰 I've had 2 big briards and they were both lap dogs
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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A lovely 3rd century mosaic with the personification of a lake wearing crab claw hairclips has been unearthed in the city of Iznik, Türkiye.
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A lovely 3rd century mosaic with the personification of a lake wearing crab claw hairclips has been unearthed in the city of Iznik, Türkiye.
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
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Take a closer look at the original artwork that inspired today's animation by Alex Mitchell.
John Ruskin created this vibrant study of a Kingfisher in 1871.
Ruskin believed that the colours of the natural world could inspire and guide artists who should replicate them as truthfully as possible.
John Ruskin created this vibrant study of a Kingfisher in 1871.
Ruskin believed that the colours of the natural world could inspire and guide artists who should replicate them as truthfully as possible.
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Take a closer look at the original artwork that inspired today's animation by Alex Mitchell.
John Ruskin created this vibrant study of a Kingfisher in 1871.
Ruskin believed that the colours of the natural world could inspire and guide artists who should replicate them as truthfully as possible.
John Ruskin created this vibrant study of a Kingfisher in 1871.
Ruskin believed that the colours of the natural world could inspire and guide artists who should replicate them as truthfully as possible.
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Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé, Russian (born Saint Petersburg, 1877 – died Nice, 1939)
On the Banks at Twilight, 1923
Oil on canvas
63 × 48 cm (24.8 × 18.9 in)
Private collection
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
On the Banks at Twilight, 1923
Oil on canvas
63 × 48 cm (24.8 × 18.9 in)
Private collection
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé, Russian (born Saint Petersburg, 1877 – died Nice, 1939)
On the Banks at Twilight, 1923
Oil on canvas
63 × 48 cm (24.8 × 18.9 in)
Private collection
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
On the Banks at Twilight, 1923
Oil on canvas
63 × 48 cm (24.8 × 18.9 in)
Private collection
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt