MythicBrush
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Painter and storyteller inspired by history, archaeology, and blending art with the past. efhoward.com. Here to follow likeminded people 😉🎨📜🏛️🖼️
Vermeer’s The Little Street originally featured a shut door and a figure across the alley—later flipped and opened to draw us in. Recent imaging and archival research, highlighted in "Closer to Vermeer," reveal a master reworking his real‑life tableau. #Vermeer #ArtHistory
ArtDependence | Vermeer First painted the House in his Famous Painting "The Little Street" with a closed Door
Vermeer First painted the House in his Famous Painting "The Little Street" with a closed Door
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Neanderthals basically made a prehistoric Swiss Army Knife… from lion bones. Cave-lion chisel, screwdriver, and meat scraper? This craftsmanship proves they were far more innovative than we once thought. #Archaeology #HumanOrigins
Neanderthals turned cave lion bones into multifunctional tools 130,000 years ago, study reveals
Neanderthals used cave lion bones as multi-purpose tools 130,000 years ago in Scladina Cave, revealing advanced skills
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I posted about this discovery a while back, but now there’s a full documentary. History Hit’s new film explores the Melsonby Hoard, possibly Britain’s largest Iron Age find. Over 900 objects reveal stunning details of life, trade, and technology from 2,000 years ago. #Archaeology #MelsonbyHoard
Largest Iron Age Discovery Ever: Over 900 Artefacts!
YouTube video by History Hit
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Talk about a grim souvenir. This Bronze Age arrowhead is still stuck in a rib after more than 4,000 years. Proof that even ancient disputes could leave a mark. #AncientDrama #BoneChilling
Detail of the flint arrowhead stuck in a human rib, found at the Roc de les Orenetes site
An IPHES-BÚSQUEDA team has found a flint arrowhead embedded in the rib of an adult human at the prehistoric site of Roc de les Orenetes in Ripollès. The projectile, according to researchers, is eviden...
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In central Gdańsk, archaeologists discovered a gravestone from the 13th century. The stone shows a knight in detailed chainmail, armed with a sword and shield. Let's hope continued work leads to even more context for this astounding find. #TeutonicKnights #CulturalHeritage
Gravestone depicting 13th century knight unearthed in central Gdańsk
Archaeologists from ArcheoScan have unearthed a rare gravestone depicting a medieval knight during excavations in the centre of Gdańsk, Poland. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
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In a well near Faenza, archaeologists uncovered the remains of a Copper Age boy. Despite degradation, tooth enamel revealed his age, health, and rare maternal ancestry. It's hard to believe such details could survive millennia in an ancient well. #PrehistoricItaly #Archaeology
The Story of a Mysterious Copper Age Baby Discovered in a Prehistoric Well Is Uncovered
In a well near the Italian city of Faenza, close to Ravenna, archaeologists found the remains of a baby who lived during the Copper Age, approximately 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. What was surprising was...
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New comet inbound from outside the solar system. Honestly, fingers crossed it’s here to fix things. I’m not sure how much more of this I can take. #3IATLAS #SpaceSavior #CosmicHelp
Watch newly discovered 'interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS shoot toward us in first livestream
You can see the recently identified "interstellar object" 3I/ATLAS shooting towards us through the solar system in a livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project.
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AI strikes again! A Babylonian hymn, lost for nearly 3,000 years, has been reconstructed from more than 30 clay tablet fragments using AI. It praises Babylon’s grandeur, the floods of the Euphrates, and its powerful priestesses. The ancient city’s voice is singing once more. #AncientVoice
Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered
In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the jo...
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A rare Etruscan tomb from the late 7th century BCE has been discovered near Rome. Inside were untouched ceramics, bronze vessels, and funerary objects. It’s amazing that this has remained intact for millennia. I honestly can't believe it. #IronAge #CulturalHeritage
Intact 7th century Etruscan tomb discovered in San Giuliano necropolis near Rome
Intact Etruscan tomb found in San Giuliano Necropolis sheds new light on ancient burial rituals and social customs in central Italy.
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In a field in Slovakia in 1860, a farmer uncovered panels from the Monomachos Crown, featuring detailed enamel portraits of Constantine IX, Zoe, and Theodora. Once sewn to a diadem, they are now recognized as a major cultural treasure. #MedievalArt #CulturalHeritage
Monomachos Crown: The 1,000-year-old crown honoring 'the one who fights alone' found by a farmer in a field
One of only three surviving Byzantine crowns, it depicts a man and two sisters who jointly ruled the empire in the 11th century.
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There must have been so much sculpture in ancient Rome that people started using it like packing peanuts. "Oh look, another marble god, toss it in the foundation." Insane! #ArchaeologyWins #RomanRecycling #ViaAlessandrina
News - Colossal Marble Head Excavated in Roman Street - Archaeology Magazine
ROME, ITALY—A colossal marble head was uncovered beneath Rome’s Via Alessandrina, according to a report […]
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Free speech assumes responsible use. As Holmes warned in Schenck v. U.S., harmful speech isn’t protected. Yet misinformation now pays too well to restrain. In a profit-driven system, truth is outbid—and we may be unraveling from the consequences.
Skynet just got a firmware update. Quantum AI now outruns our fastest supercomputers. Great news for science, slightly worse news for humans in sci-fi movies. #QuantumAI #EndIsNear-ish
'Quantum AI' algorithms already outpace the fastest supercomputers, study says
Researchers have successfully demonstrated quantum speedup in kernel-based machine learning.
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Who needs seeds alone? Scientists are freezing over 1200 human poop samples in a Swiss doomsday vault so future generations can reboot our microbiomes. Talk about planning ahead... 🍱🧬 #PoopVault #GutHealth
'It is our obligation to future generations': Scientists want thousands of human poop samples for microbe 'doomsday vault'
The founders of the Microbiota Vault, a project that aims to preserve microbial diversity, have announced that they are ready to grow their frozen microbe collection to 10,000 samples by 2029.
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A 50-ft tree topples, and—hidden beneath—seven giant urns surface: human and animal remains alongside seeds, turtle shells, fish bones. Buried under flood-resistant islands, this ritual cache offers deep insight into Amazon’s ancient societies. #FloodplainEngineering #IndigenousHistory
Amazon tree fall reveals pre-Columbian Indigenous burial site in Brazil - Brazil Reports
São Paulo, Brazil – The fall of a tree deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest has revealed a valuable secret that is now being carefully analyzed by a team of Brazilian researchers and archaeologi...
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Fox News was the original malignancy. For years we clung to abstract ideals while it mainstreamed disinformation. Now the model is copied endlessly, and we’re left playing whack-a-mole. What needed excision in 2004 may now demand radical intervention.
Behold TWA 7b, James Webb’s first planet discovery. A lava-red, Saturn-mass shepherd planet carving a ring gap 110 light-years away. Science and spectacle, all wrapped in infrared glow. #NASA #Astronomy
James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation
Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected.
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Yes! Our first Denisovan skull! And here I was thinking they’d stay elusive forever. Turns out “Dragon Man” was just waiting for a little dental plaque to spill the truth. 🦷🧬 #Denisovans #FossilDrama
Iconic 'Dragon Man' Skull Offers First Glimpse of What a Denisovan's Face Looked Like, New Genetic Studies Suggest
The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs to this group, after examining preserved DNA and proteins
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Hatshepsut’s statues weren’t obliterated out of spite but “deactivated” in sacred practice—and later repurposed. The intent was ritual, not erasure. #PharaohMagic #Archaeology
We finally know why Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed in ancient Egypt
Some of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds.
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Gold cob coins inscribed with Lima Mint marks have sealed the fate—and identity—of the legendary San José galleon. Once sunken in battle, now one of the richest wrecks in history. Treasure worth more than a small country’s GDP? #AncientGold #SanJose
These Gold Coins May Solve the Mystery of the 'World's Richest Shipwreck,' Confirming Its Identity as a Legendary 18th-Century Galleon
Minted in Peru in 1707, the money bolsters the evidence that the wreck is the Spanish ship "San José," which sank off the Colombian coast in 1708 with treasure worth billions on board
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Fresco fragments from a luxurious Southwark villa have been reassembled, showing bright yellow panels, birds, flowers, Greek graffiti, and a painter’s signature. A vivid moment of Roman London’s sophistication.  #Archaeology #Londinium
'World's Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle': 2,000-Year-Old Roman Frescos Unearthed in London
The largest ever collections of a painted Roman wall plaster have been unearthed in London’s Southwark area, pieced together after 1,800 odd years from amongst the remains of an early Roman building,
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This isn’t clever. It’s a grift dressed up as philosophy. And it cheapens the work of artists who actually create something. Art for people who already have everything except taste
An Italian Artist Auctioned Off an ‘Invisible Sculpture’ for $18,300. It’s Made Literally of Nothing | Artnet News
“It is a work that asks you to activate the power of the imagination,” the artist, Salvatore Garau, said of his sculpture.
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A Mesolithic woman from Margaux Cave has been given a face. She has blue eyes and lighter skin, thanks to DNA and archaeology. She joins Cheddar Man in reshaping our view of early Europeans. #HumanOrigins #MargauxWoman
Scientists Recreate Face Of 10,500-Year-Old Woman Using DNA
Researchers atGhent University have reconstructed the visage of a pale, dark-haired, blue-eyed prehistoric woman who lived 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium.
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One of only three intact Union Jacks flown at Trafalgar is set for auction at Christie's London on July 1, with estimates between $675k–$1M. A piece of naval history returns to public view. #Trafalgar #NavalHistory #UnionJack
A Union Jack Flown from H M S Spartiate at The Battle of Trafalgar - Christie's
A Union Jack Flown from HMS Spartiate at The Battle of Trafalgar
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Imagine digging a gas line and discovering a 1,000‑year‑old Chancay mummy seated just beneath your feet—bundle, dark hair, all intact. Lima’s past keeps surfacing in the most unexpected places. #PreInca #LivingHistory
Utility workers uncover 1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy in Peru's capital
Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a pre-Inca mummy approximately 1,000 years old, barely half a meter from the surface...
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To the brave service members: I offer my heartfelt apologies that you were put in such a position. Many of us witnessed your silent protest during the parade. Your quiet strength did not go unnoticed. We see you, and we deeply respect and honor you.
Rare red sprites—jellyfish-shaped electrical bursts high above Tibetan storms—were captured in stunning slow motion above Tibet’s plateau. A mesmerizing glimpse into our planet’s upper-atmospheric secrets. #RedSprite #AtmosphericPhenomena
Rare Red Sprites Captured Lighting up the Tibetan Night Sky Like Jellyfish-Shaped Firework
People across the internet are in awe of this remarkable red sprite sighting!
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Eyes inside its mouth? This strange Canadian toad mutation—first noted in 1992—is proof that evolution can be… inventive. Creepy, curious, and totally real.  #AmphibianOddity #NatureIsStrange
A Photographer In Canada Found A Toad With Eyes In Its Mouth, And Scientists Were Baffled
At first, people thought the toad might be a hoax, but it turned out to be very real and more common than you might think.
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WOW! A submersible drone stumbled on “Camarat 4,” a 16th‑century wreck 8,200 ft deep near Saint‑Tropez—intact ceramics, cannons, anchors and cauldrons. Intact and mysterious, it's as though time stopped. #Shipwreck #MysteryInTheDeep
France’s deepest shipwreck found: 16th-century vessel discovered off Ramatuelle
Archaeologists discover a 16th-century shipwreck 2.5 km deep off Saint-Tropez, revealing rare ceramics and maritime history.
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A waterlogged Roman shoe, 2 millennia old and hobnailed, emerges from Magna’s ditch—suggesting a soldier with massive feet and telling a vivid tale of life on the empire’s edge.  #Vindolanda #MaterialCulture
2,000-year-old giant leather shoe 'immediately drew impressed gasps' after archaeologists pulled it from a ditch near a Roman fort in northern England
A surprisingly large leather shoe has been found at Magna, a Roman fort in northern England.
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