dunderklumpen

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Fangirl, Trekkie, nerd, podcaster, TV/book/comic lover. Meine Podcasts: Hot Pink, Trekgasm, Frankfurter Kranz, By a Lady, Bahnofskino Galactica, Ein Heim für Serien, Dauergast bei Thekenschnack+Nerdbedarf.

recommending the next generation to people is fun because you have to be like listen the pilot episode is very strange. then the next episode is absolutely terrible, probably the worst in the show's history. but then things start to look up, right? no. the next episode is racist

To the exasperated parent who just fished their child in a raccoon onesie out of my garbage can while telling them they had to stop diving into every can they see: you made my night 😂

If you saw my posts on firing our ‘medieval’ kiln this week, you might like to see the results. All are exact copies of original medieval tiles, made as authentically as possible from clays dug on the same site as the kiln, and using hand-carved wooden blocks. Aren’t they beautiful?

All photos show selections of brown tiles with gold geometric and animal motifs in them. BildBildBild

An amazing piece of ancient artistry washed up on a beach! Imagine beachcombing and finding this small amber animal carved some 13,000 years ago! 🤩 Found on the beach at Næsby Strand in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows an ancient amber animal figurine, thought to represent an elk, displayed against a black background. Carved from translucent reddish-orange amber, the figure, which measures 7 cm x 4.7 cm.

The figurine is viewed in profile with head to the right. Along its back it has a higher hind section, with a slightly lower yet elevated shoulder area. Its neck curves forwards with a downward facing head with a short muzzle. It has backward facing pointed ears, dot-like eyes and two nostrils engraved using a sharp flint point. Around the muzzle, a closed mouth is indicated by a shallow incised groove. The forelegs and hind legs are carved as a single unit, with no separation between them. The lower ends of the legs curve inward beneath the animal, joining a carved frame whose lower edge runs parallel to the animal’s belly line. Delicate zigzag patterns cover its back and sides. The geometric decoration dates the figurine to the Late Paleolithic - early Mesolithic period. “Parallel zigzag lines in various combinations—already played an important role during the Late Ice Age in the decoration of hunters' weapons, personal tools, amulets, and similar items” (Peter Vang Peterson, National Museum if Denmark). Two small metal display supports hold the figurine upright, with its reflection visible on the dark surface beneath. I photographed the figurine at Halle Landesmuseum, Germany, where it is currently on for the Shamaness of Bad Dürrenberg