Giovanna Vitelli
@giovannav.bsky.social
Glasgow based 🇮🇹 museum person, archaeologist and anthro increasingly involved in Things Scottish and multicultural. Continually meeting people with wonderful stories to tell.
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A Woman Holding a Lily-of-the-Valley and a Pansy attributed to Marx Reichlich, 1464–1538.
(The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London) You can never go wrong with lilies.
(The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London) You can never go wrong with lilies.
December 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A Woman Holding a Lily-of-the-Valley and a Pansy attributed to Marx Reichlich, 1464–1538.
(The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London) You can never go wrong with lilies.
(The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London) You can never go wrong with lilies.
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NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25122...
This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.
This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25122...
This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.
This huge ball of stars, NGC 1898, is called a globular cluster and resides in the central bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.
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The high quality of Hellenistic metalwork was applied to many everyday objects, including box mirrors, an example of which is below. This beautiful repoussé relief of a woman with a silver earring and necklace once covered a polished, reflective bronze surface within. 🏺 1/ #ancientbluesky
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December 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The high quality of Hellenistic metalwork was applied to many everyday objects, including box mirrors, an example of which is below. This beautiful repoussé relief of a woman with a silver earring and necklace once covered a polished, reflective bronze surface within. 🏺 1/ #ancientbluesky
📸 me
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Fifteen of those twenty years were spent writing unsuccessful grant applications.
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Fifteen of those twenty years were spent writing unsuccessful grant applications.
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For Christmas Day an early medieval gold foil cross found in Andelfingen, dating 7th c. AD.
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
December 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
For Christmas Day an early medieval gold foil cross found in Andelfingen, dating 7th c. AD.
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
Gold foil crosses were purpose-made for burials, they were sewn on the veil that covered the deceased.
They are regarded as one of the earliest Christian symbols in southwestern Germany.
MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄🎅
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This gold solidus is the earliest coin to depict Jesus. It was minted in Constantinople in 450 to celebrate Emperor Marcian's marriage to Pulcheria. Jesus is shown between the imperial couple. This specimen from the Hunterian collection is the only known example in existence.
December 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This gold solidus is the earliest coin to depict Jesus. It was minted in Constantinople in 450 to celebrate Emperor Marcian's marriage to Pulcheria. Jesus is shown between the imperial couple. This specimen from the Hunterian collection is the only known example in existence.
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Opon (Container) (Nigeria, Yoruba, 20th century)
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
December 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Opon (Container) (Nigeria, Yoruba, 20th century)
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Fur trapper, Québec 1866
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Fur trapper, Québec 1866
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“The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.”
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.”
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
This floor!
Lewtrenchard Manor #Devon
Such wonderful skill displayed in producing this beautiful tile-like floor made of upright slates.
Once home of Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould hymn writer, folklore & folk song collector & lover of #Dartmoor.
#TilesOnTuesday
Such wonderful skill displayed in producing this beautiful tile-like floor made of upright slates.
Once home of Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould hymn writer, folklore & folk song collector & lover of #Dartmoor.
#TilesOnTuesday
December 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This floor!
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Child Drawing or Writing, Harmen ter Borch, 1649 Harmen made this drawing ‘naet leve’ (from life) on 23 Dec 1649 – at just 11 years old.
The sitter is probably his younger brother Moses, who rests his feet on a foot stove while writing or drawing. (Rijksmuseum)
The sitter is probably his younger brother Moses, who rests his feet on a foot stove while writing or drawing. (Rijksmuseum)
December 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Child Drawing or Writing, Harmen ter Borch, 1649 Harmen made this drawing ‘naet leve’ (from life) on 23 Dec 1649 – at just 11 years old.
The sitter is probably his younger brother Moses, who rests his feet on a foot stove while writing or drawing. (Rijksmuseum)
The sitter is probably his younger brother Moses, who rests his feet on a foot stove while writing or drawing. (Rijksmuseum)
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Archaeology Scotland's Student Awards 2025: Submission deadline for UG & PGT Dissertations - 9 January 2026.
The awards ceremony will take place during the Scottish Student Archaeology Conference in spring 2026.
Full details and submission link: tinyurl.com/53rh7tek
@archscot.bsky.social
The awards ceremony will take place during the Scottish Student Archaeology Conference in spring 2026.
Full details and submission link: tinyurl.com/53rh7tek
@archscot.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Archaeology Scotland's Student Awards 2025: Submission deadline for UG & PGT Dissertations - 9 January 2026.
The awards ceremony will take place during the Scottish Student Archaeology Conference in spring 2026.
Full details and submission link: tinyurl.com/53rh7tek
@archscot.bsky.social
The awards ceremony will take place during the Scottish Student Archaeology Conference in spring 2026.
Full details and submission link: tinyurl.com/53rh7tek
@archscot.bsky.social
I honestly cannot think of a cesspit I’ve excavated, anywhere, any period, that hasn’t been found to be teeming with bad news.
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I honestly cannot think of a cesspit I’ve excavated, anywhere, any period, that hasn’t been found to be teeming with bad news.
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“”LLMs allow me to find research for the first time!”
My brother in Christ, have you ever heard of a library?
My brother in Christ, have you ever heard of a library?
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
“”LLMs allow me to find research for the first time!”
My brother in Christ, have you ever heard of a library?
My brother in Christ, have you ever heard of a library?
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A SOLSTICE ANALEMMA: Italian photographer Paolo Bardelli stitched together 48 pictures spanning 12 months to reveal the analemma over Lake Varese. spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A SOLSTICE ANALEMMA: Italian photographer Paolo Bardelli stitched together 48 pictures spanning 12 months to reveal the analemma over Lake Varese. spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
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Solstice at Callanish this morning #StandingStoneSunday
December 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Solstice at Callanish this morning #StandingStoneSunday
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The Twisted Chimney (Welsh: Simnai Ddirdro) is a public art sculpture located in Bute Town, near Rhymney, in the north of the Rhymney Valley in South Wales
Artist: It was designed by New York artist Brian Tolle and unveiled in 2011
Artist: It was designed by New York artist Brian Tolle and unveiled in 2011
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Twisted Chimney (Welsh: Simnai Ddirdro) is a public art sculpture located in Bute Town, near Rhymney, in the north of the Rhymney Valley in South Wales
Artist: It was designed by New York artist Brian Tolle and unveiled in 2011
Artist: It was designed by New York artist Brian Tolle and unveiled in 2011
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There is growing evidence that the famous Riace Bronzes, discovered by a diver off the coast of Calabria in 1972, had been submerged near Riace by traffickers just a few months earlier in order to hide them. They had been secretly recovered from the seabed near Brucoli in Sicily in the late 1960s.
December 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There is growing evidence that the famous Riace Bronzes, discovered by a diver off the coast of Calabria in 1972, had been submerged near Riace by traffickers just a few months earlier in order to hide them. They had been secretly recovered from the seabed near Brucoli in Sicily in the late 1960s.
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Craft Guilds and Traditional Skills Keepers – Hands That Remember.
"Traditional skills keepers teach more than technique. They teach patience. They teach attention. They teach humility before materials. They teach pride in work done properly."
tinyurl.com/John-Kirkby
"Traditional skills keepers teach more than technique. They teach patience. They teach attention. They teach humility before materials. They teach pride in work done properly."
tinyurl.com/John-Kirkby
Craft Guilds and Traditional Skills Keepers – Hands That Remember
There are skills that live only through repetition. They are learned by watching, practising, failing, and trying again until muscle memory carries what words cannot.
tinyurl.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Craft Guilds and Traditional Skills Keepers – Hands That Remember.
"Traditional skills keepers teach more than technique. They teach patience. They teach attention. They teach humility before materials. They teach pride in work done properly."
tinyurl.com/John-Kirkby
"Traditional skills keepers teach more than technique. They teach patience. They teach attention. They teach humility before materials. They teach pride in work done properly."
tinyurl.com/John-Kirkby
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A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
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Give it two more years, and being able to exclude false references from your research will be about as important a skill as including real references is today.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Give it two more years, and being able to exclude false references from your research will be about as important a skill as including real references is today.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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❄️… frosty twilight …❄️
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
❄️… frosty twilight …❄️