Jaq W
@kardomah.bsky.social
Likes: Art, Design, History, Archaeology, Architecture, Egyptology, Tiles, Doors, Shiny things, Daft things, LFC. Muted by hundreds.
I've once again been going through The Cork Examiner (in search of yet another known family scandal) and I'll probably share some other stuff here, but I came across a word (from 1864) that I would no doubt be crucified for using on Bluesky: burglariously. (my family not involved!)
I like this so much I want to buy a print Very clever.
King of the Road #2 — MATT TUMLINSON
18×24in signed, giclee print on high quality cotton paper
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Beatgrrrl@beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 2d agoᴛʀᴀɪʟᴇʀ'ꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴀʟᴇ ᴏʀ ʀᴇɴᴛ ʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ, 50 ᴄᴇɴᴛꜱ ɴᴏ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇ, ɴᴏ ᴘᴏᴏʟ, ɴᴏ ᴘᴇᴛꜱ ɪ ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏᴛ ɴᴏ ᴄɪɢᴀʀᴇᴛᴛᴇꜱ ᴀʜ, ʙᴜᴛ, ᴛᴡᴏ ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴜꜱʜɪɴ' ʙʀᴏᴏᴍ ʙᴜʏꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇɪɢʜᴛ ʙʏ ᴛᴡᴇʟᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴜʀ-ʙɪᴛ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ɪ'ᴍ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ʙʏ ɴᴏ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ - ʀᴏɢᴇʀ ᴍɪʟʟᴇʀ ᴀʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴛᴜᴍʟɪɴꜱᴏɴ
🏚️ This abandoned Isle of Lewis croft brings to mind Ruskin’s “Lamp of Memory”. Labour, habitation and loss made legible in weathered stone. #JohnRuskin #IsleOfLewis #OuterHebrides #Scotland #Architecture #Ruins
Damian Shields@damianshields.bsky.social · yesterdayAbandoned Croft, Baile Ailein, Isle of Lewis #Scotland #IsleofLewis #OuterHebrides www.damianshields.com
My misanthropy has been debilitating this week, and this kind of headline doesn't help.
Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterdayThere is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
A purple silk loose gown owned by Bess of Hardwick on display at National Trust Hardwick Hall. Wonderful conservation work on a 400 year old gown. Thank you National Trust! #bessofhardwick #elizabethancostume
We are delighted to share that Howard Carter's excavation journals for seasons 1, 7, 8 and 9 have now been published on the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive! tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/journals-and...
Journals and diaries
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The mysterious Lion of Kea, thought to be around 2,800 years old but little studied and almost absent from the archaeological literature. Made for an atmospheric stop high in the island hills today. 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
I quite like this cute caravan that has landed in Whitley Bay ☀️
Cold plunge pool at a reconstructed Roman villa today
Curiosities. A neo-impressionist painting of bourgeois Bretons consumed at a fair or religious festival by a sideshow of magic lantern still and moving images. Ferdinand Loyen du Puigaudeau (1864-1930), La Lanterne magique, huile sur toile, signée en bas à droite, 50 x 65 cm.
ᴛʀᴀɪʟᴇʀ'ꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴀʟᴇ ᴏʀ ʀᴇɴᴛ ʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ, 50 ᴄᴇɴᴛꜱ ɴᴏ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇ, ɴᴏ ᴘᴏᴏʟ, ɴᴏ ᴘᴇᴛꜱ ɪ ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏᴛ ɴᴏ ᴄɪɢᴀʀᴇᴛᴛᴇꜱ ᴀʜ, ʙᴜᴛ, ᴛᴡᴏ ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴜꜱʜɪɴ' ʙʀᴏᴏᴍ ʙᴜʏꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇɪɢʜᴛ ʙʏ ᴛᴡᴇʟᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴜʀ-ʙɪᴛ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ɪ'ᴍ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ʙʏ ɴᴏ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ - ʀᴏɢᴇʀ ᴍɪʟʟᴇʀ ᴀʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴛᴜᴍʟɪɴꜱᴏɴ
"The Duck quaketh... The Wolf howleth" — from what many consider to be the first picture book for children, Orbis Sensualium Pictus (1658). More in our essay here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/in-the-image-of-god-john-comenius-and-the-first-children-s-picture-book
1970, The Family Lynch outside their 12 room house in Fairmount, Philadelphia, just before they moved to LA. Artist Peggy, daughter Jennifer, now a filmmaker & director David. The rambling property only cost $3500 due to the area's bad reputation
The stunning portrait depicts a daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. It was unearthed in Akhetaten/Tell el-Amarna. This city was established by Pharaoh Akhenaten as a new capital. Dating around 1345 BC. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky #Egypt
There are many things that make me mad about AI, but here it's just the absolutely f*cking laziness: the background showing Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is a generic old-timey artist's studio, not the asylum where he actually created that painting. And anyone could know that just by looking sh*t up..!🙄
Tim Price@timprice.bsky.social · 7d agoThis is an amazing story - even if you're not into The White Stripes!
Beatgrrrl@beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 6d agoA rare White Stripes single, a record $25K sale and a Detroit mystery
Morning all. Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
Silverpoint. No hesitation nor repetition of line, and necessarily no 'erasing'. Just joy and love
Jesse Locker@jessemlocker.bsky.social · 7d agoRembrandt, Portrait of Saskia in a straw hat, 1633, Silverpoint on vellum, 185 x 107 mm (Staatliche Museen, Berlin). Inscription, added later, reads, "This was drawn after my wife, when she was 21 years old, the third day after we were engaged 8 June 1633."
One of Europe's finest Baroque interiors, in Greenwich. Join us for a talk & tour of the Painted Hall, led by architect Hugh Broughton, who worked on its 2019 conservation. Wed 12 Aug, 2pm. 🎟️ hbap.org.uk/talk-and-tou... 📷️ : James Brittain
We have teamed up with researchers in robotics and autonomous systems to bring a new digital experience into the museum this summer school holiday! Visit the multi-sensory 3D pop-up between 4-8 August.
Two 40,000-Year-Old Ivory Bird Figurines Discovered in Hohle Fels Cave, the Smallest Sculptures Found to Date at the Famous Site: www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/07/t...
Two 40,000-Year-Old Ivory Bird Figurines Discovered in Hohle Fels Cave, the Smallest Sculptures Found to Date at the Famous Site
Excavations carried out during 2025 in the Hohle Fels cave, located in the UNESCO World Heritage area of the Swabian Jura in southwest Germany, have yielded two new discoveries of extraordinary import...
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1/5. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960) is among the films I have watched most often in a cinema. But yesterday, I saw something that I hadn’t noticed before. The family’s name in the film is Parondi. Rocco (Alain Delon) becomes a successful boxer and we see his hame everywhere.
Aida de Acosta 1st woman to fly powered aircraft solo. 1903 saw 1st dirigibles, took 3 flight lessons, then Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont showed her how to operate his No. 9 dirigible & Acosta flew it solo Paris-Château de Bagatelle. b. #OTD 28 Jul 1884 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_de...
#FestivalOfArchaeology Today’s object is a dinner invitation written on papyrus paper in Greek, the language Cleopatra spoke - and wrote - on a daily basis, along with at least 8 other languages.
