3/n Not my photo, but a photo my father took of two of my brothers and me, around a baobab tree. I'm the tallest one, right side.
#ThickTrunkTuesday

A Renewed Dream: Reimagining Dr. King's Vision in the Face of 2024's Racial Challenges by Kio Amachree cc 2024

In the summer of 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and shared his dream of freedom and equality, a dream deeply rooted in the

Expecting people to find more or better paid work with ZERO notice is absurd and out of touch! We need to hit pause on these punitive plans, immediately. Agree? Sign the petition: 38d.gs/_w2o

BREAKING: Israeli settlers set fire to olive trees and agricultural crops in the village of Al-Mughayyir.

This is north of Ramallah, in the West Bank.

This is nowhere near Gaza. There is no Hamas in the West Bank.

It's a Genocide of Palestinians.

The Black Diamond Apple, grown in Tibet's Nyingchi region,

Its distinct purple color is a result of the high altitude (over 3,500 m) where the temperature fluctuates wildly between night and day with the apples exposed to intense ultraviolet light

Foreign Office and other government lawyers should be resigning en masse. Or they are complicit in Cameron’s absurd and outrageous claims that Israel is not committing war crimes. It is beyond argument that Israel has blocked humanitarian aid - a black and white case of war

#MosaicMonday
Colourful mosaic lararium (shrine for household gods) w seashell outlines in Herculaneum's House of the Skeleton.
In small internal courtyard/light well w garden frescoes - survived when Bourbons stripped most of material in house in 18th C excavations.

Graham Taylor God we did and the mermaid still exists. Ahead of our time the kilns, and community participation

A grand day out in #Newark for the Royal Archaeological Institute Spring Meeting (and a mini UCL Institute of Archaeology reunion!)

Don't call them Nazis though.

Graham Taylor

Just unboxed my Roman incense burner, and the pics don't do it justice! (BTW, I will be putting a stone coaster beneath it before using, for fire safety)

Question: Would there be any protective benefit in simmering it in milk as with the terracotta oil lamps?

Used to grind herbs & make purees, a mortarium like this has grit embedded into the bottom that acts as a grinding medium. Fine quartz is pressed into the bottom of the bowl before the whole bowl is dipped in a layer of red slip. Click to shop replicas buff.ly/4bcXjTO

This #dog wasn't shot in a gravel pit....

A #Roman burial of a dog. The beloved animal was buried with a vessel, its head was bedded on a piece of leather.

A life without #dog s is possible but pointless.

From Cologne, 1st AD.

Photo: Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln

Myth Versus Reality - How the Nazca Lines Were Truly Meant to Be Seen :

The arid plains of Peru’s Nazca Desert hold one of the world’s most enigmatic archaeological enigmas: the Nazca Lines. These colossal geoglyphs, created by the Nazca culture between 500 BC and 500 CE,

Find out how one of our brilliant lab technicians has played a pivotal role in establishing the connection between a modern day cricket club in Carlisle and the centre of Roman power in the third century! 😮⬇

#WeAreNCL

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#FindsFriday This butt-beaker was found in the ‘warrior burial’ of an 18-25 year old, dating to 10AD. ⚱️It’s a ‘Gallo-Belgic’ type, and the mass production of this vessel spanned from 10BC – AD14, just 24 years! A sword was also buried with the body: tinyurl.com/2xepzufb ⚔️

There we are. After over a month of being ignored and messed about by them while they get free electricity from my PV panels, I've binned off E.ON Next and signed up to Octopus Energy who reckon they'll have my feed-in set up in two weeks. Also got a £50 signing up bonus!

#Eurovision2024 The deputy director general of the #EBU , Jean Philip De Tender, said 'if you exclude [Israel], that would have been a political decision... which we cannot take'. (bbc.com/news/articles/…) Also the #EBU :

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Bottom Line: Just another Tory lie!!
Prime Minister wrong to say ‘everyone in work’ will receive £900 tax cut fullfact.org/economy/rishi-… via Full Fact