Pottery lamp from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) with a lion motif. The lamp is on display at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain
Laurence G. Tilley
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Spot the snake! 🐍 😮🤩 Some of the fabulous woodwork in the Church of St. Leonard, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
For the enlightenment of the 💩🤡s going after Fauci:
This Roman ring, wishing good life to Senicianus, was found in Silchester. It’s now on display in The Vyne. Its fame derives from the archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler consulting Tolkien on it in the ‘20s. Tolkien was inspired by the idea of a lost cursed ring & the rest is literary history. 🕰️C4thAD
A rare and fragile survival from Viking-age York! A delicate silk cap made of hand-spun, undyed silk, c. AD 875-950 Silk was an exotic material imported via a vast network of Viking trade routes. Found during excavations at Coppergate in 1980. Yorkshire Museum 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology
The 9thC Saxon font at St Mary's, Deerhurst with its mesmerising pattern of swirls. The bowl was found abandoned in a farmyard in the mid 19thC, the base was found nearby and the two were subsequently reunited in the church. Such an important piece of art. #FontsOnFriday
Bonne soirée à tous … « Le ciel devient vivant lorsque les oiseaux murmurent ensemble. »
The ocean isn’t just overheating, it’s LOSING ITS BREATH. Scientists say global waters have already lost around 2% of their oxygen, pushing marine life towards an “unsafe space” with potentially irreversible impacts. Protect the oceans, stop new oil and gas.
I'm not saying I'm a good person but the office dog chose to keep his toys under my desk and no one else's. I'm thinking about mentioning this on my CV.
Seahorse giving birth: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
Gerard Manley Hopkins was born #OTD 28 July 1844. 'What would the world be, Once bereft of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, Wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.' from 'Inversnaid'. Canongate Wall, Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh.
Tombstone from Roman York (Eboracum) for Decimina, daughter of Decimius, with Decimina’s bust in the gabled niche above. Found during the 19th century, the tombstone is now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #York
Industrial poultry farming leads to 100-fold increase in food-poisoning bacteria, study finds
Industrial poultry farming leads to 100-fold increase in food-poisoning bacteria, study finds
Industrial poultry farming has led to a more than 100-fold increase in the spread of a bacteria causing food poisoning, scientists have discovered.
news.sky.com
Peek-a-boo! An illuminated miniature marking the beginning of 'Numbers', from our 13th century Bible made in Italy or France #ManuscriptMonday
This is horrendous and the authorities response not much better. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gangs, violence and dumped dead animals: The hidden world of illegal hare hunts
Farmers talk of attacks as police receive nearly 9,000 reports of banned hare coursing, the BBC finds.
bbc.co.uk
#FindsFriday This pendant is known as the Ixworth Cross. It was discovered in 1856 in Ixworth, Suffolk. It is thought the cross dates from the seventh century and was produced as a Christian object. Objects like this can demonstrate to archaeologists how Anglo- #Saxon beliefs changed. See Alt.
There was a little kid in aqua shoes and carrying a shrimp net on the Falmouth train. He spent the whole journey from Truro breathlessly describing his day and his plans for the beach to his mum, the train guard and anyone else who would listen. Let’s hear it for enthusiasm!
The beautiful and atmospheric interior of the Church of St. Nicholas, Swineshead, Bedfordshire- one of my favourites 🤩 It dates mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries and has lots of interesting architectural details, faint traces of a wall painting and some excellent pews 🥰
Malton Roman Festival V is tomorrow! Join us in Orchard Fields from 10:00 am for a day of Roman history for all the family. All the details are across our social media pages and website. We can't wait to see you all there!
Saw this beauty today. National Railway Museum, York.
Last four from the wonderful @yorkmysteryplays . A great, slightly surreal way, of representing the three Marys at the Resurrection. Annas, Ciaphas, Herod and Pilate were stick puppets. Big cast in some plays, small (human) cast in others. #york
The potage thief. A man tries to steal food from a cooking pot, but the cook (his wife?) catches him and hits him over the head with a ladle. A late 14th Century corbel at Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire.
