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Today is #WorldLionDay and here is a Roman petting his lion on this mosaic from the Roman villa in Nennig, Germany

This dog with his ball has been a good boy for seven centuries. Worcester cathedral

The cicada will not accept wheat or rice. This proves its probity, uprightness, honesty.

Katharina von Bora, future wife of Martin Luther wikiart.org/en/lucas-crana…

Boris Karloff aged 10 in 1898

Time to scroll around the most beautiful map ever made: the 1739 "Plan de Turgot," commissioned by the chief merchant of Paris. Every mark was originally engraved into brass plates and the detail is insane, like examining an 8x10 ft. banknote.

Minusinsk, Siberia: a Tatar “medicine man” (shaman) in full ceremonial dress, face veiled, with frame drum and beater. Photographic print, c. 1920 (after an original made c. 1900–1915). Collection: Wellcome Collection, London. Seen at the woodland’s edge, the shaman stands

Ritual flaying knife (kartika), axe (parashu), and ritual dagger (phurba). Place of origin: Eastern Tibet (Kham), Derge, 17th century or earlier. Medium: gilt copper alloy with rock‑crystal** blades. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), M.79.243.1–3. **Vajrayana

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Elamite Dog Amulet of the goddess Gula. Culture: Elam (south‑western Iran), c. 3rd millennium BC. Medium: cast gold pendant.

The Feast Day today of Francis of Assisi, he features in Twelve Churches with a description of the intensely annoying ticks he picked up in a visit to Bethlehem.

Ancient Egyptian statue of Pharaoh Khafre, son of Khufu (who built the Great Pyramid of Giza) c. 2550 BC.

1700s French ballet choreography

Victorian Essex Crystal Cat Ring. England, late 19th century AD. Date: c. 1880–1900. Medium: reverse‑carved and hand‑painted rock crystal (“Essex crystal”) with a halo of small old‑cut diamonds; gold mount. Private Collection.

"..the blurb thing. I just loathe it. They want to cover the whole back of the book with junk from other's people's bad language about what I wrote, and it just drives me crazy [. ..] with the next one I want to have a blank book. This is my aim. Nothing." - Anne Carson

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𝒮𝒪𝒩𝒩𝒴 𝒮𝐸𝐻𝑅𝒜 ੴ In 1942, the bust of Ankhhaf was purposely evacuated to protect it during World War II. During this time, curators had a little fun and dressed a replica of the bust in modern male clothing, as seen below. And it is interesting to note that "the hat and coat of the writer, who