In 1919, James Cowan Smith gave £55,000 to the National Galleries of Scotland on one condition: a portrait of his dog Callum had to remain permanently on display. It is still exhibited today.

A portrait of a Hopi girl on a reservation in Arizona, 1901.⁣⁣.. ⁣⁣ The girl's hairstyle consists of two side arrangements which aren't actually buns, but more like loops of hair. The hair is parted in the center, then wrapped around a U-shaped wooden hair bow.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The

Good Morning Everyone Here I am. A little battle scarred Timothy Easton English painter and former sculptor ‘The Herb Garden at Noon’ ‘Above the Iris’

i would die for this weird little guy

A man poses in front of the Soyuz rocket monument, Baikonur, Kazakh SSR, 1980s

Mention the 1990s and a lot of Russians get that haunted look in their eyes. That said, this AI nostalgia clip is clearly striking a chord.

The #FarmBill is a critical tool for ensuring our nation’s food supply remains secure.

First thought when you see these steps ?

To bring a smile to your face, here’s a circa 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 😍 From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 ArchaiOptix CC BY 4.0 #Archaeology

This single-celled protozoan passing though another one under a microscope

I’m posting these Violets on their own because they are so beautiful, ‘Violets in a Glass Tumbler’ Paul de Longpre French American (1855-1911) Accurately detailed and delicate Watercolours are what he was known for.

я сделала жука носорога из стекла спасибо за внимание

Dmitri Shostakovich

A goblet designed by Ismail al-Jazari in the 13th century. When the goblet is filled with wine, the duck on top begins to scream and rotate before stopping with its beak pointed at a random partygoer. It doesn't stop screaming until the chosen person has drained the goblet

‘The testudo (tortoise) formation is so marvellously strong that men can walk upon it, and whenever they come to a narrow ravine, even horses and vehicles can be driven over it. Owing to the excellent shelter it affords, the troops often deploy the testudo as they approach some

The golden diadem of the Scythian princess Meda, found in the tomb of Philip II of Macedon. Aigai, Macedonia, Greece.

Cyn Barrera

Every Russian house has a domovoi. The house spirit. Yes, I'm serious. My grandmother talked to hers, left milk out for him. Warned me not to whistle indoors because it would anger him. And she lived in a Soviet apartment block, not some village hut. When we were kids, we used