Paying respects to Zeus on my birthday.

House philosopher sounds like a good job. Altes Museum.

Altes Museum.

Cannons on camels. Qing Dynasty. Humboldt Forum.

Uyghur Buddhists. 10th cent. Humboldt Forum.

Sūrya the sun god. Humboldt Forum.

Representation of hells, China, Xinjiang, Bezeklik Cave 18. 12th c. wall painting. Turfan expedition III (1906-1907), III 8453.

Enjoying the Buddhist items from Gandhara. Humboldt Forum.

Images from Gandhara. Humboldt Forum.

月天日天. Moon and Sun deities. 15th cent. Japan. Note that the three-legged crow 🐦‍⬛ in the Sun and hare 🐇 in the Moon are Chinese features. Humboldt Forum.

Enjoying the evening cool on the Kamo River in Kyoto. Japan Edo period, 17th c. hand scroll. Humboldt Forum.

Two Brahmins. China, Xinjiang, Shorchuk Cave 9 (Kirin Cave). 7th-8th c. clay with pigments. Turfan expedition III (1906-1907). Humboldt Forum.

An important book.

Very creative composition. youtu.be/jeJ2YeOUO84?si…

lunar eclipse (observed by marginal hog), france, 15th century

伊藤 若冲　いとう じゃくちゅう　Itō Jakuchū　1716–1800 「動植綵絵」《諸魚図　しょぎょず》国宝 Colorful Realm of Living Beings: Fish and octopus 1765–66年頃・18世紀・江戸時代 絹に彩色・掛軸30幅のうち 東京・皇居三の丸尚蔵館

"Blogging the Heavens" our working group's blog has just launched! And the first entry is up! If you are interested in astral knowledge stay tuned! mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/page/blogging-…

Astronomer by Michel Wolgemut (1434-1519). recherche.smb.museum/detail/450939/…

Instructional table of asterisms and demarcations of the celestial equator. China, 1593. Woodblock print. 《果老星宗命格大全》 catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/0093644…

The ink is now dry—and I am overjoyed to announce that our book "Yahwism under the Achaemenid Empire" will indeed be coming out in Open-Access thanks to the generosity of the Theological Faculty of the Georg-August-University, Göttingen.