How it started / how it’s going. Unearthing Laodicea’s nymphaeum of Trajan in 2015, and the Roman nymphaeum today, restored using the original marble fragments. (Images from Celal Şimşek)

100 times yes.

The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.

And thus the DCEU ends, not with a bang but a whimper. No red carpet premiere, no afterparty, just a small (but neat) pre-reception, a "fan screening," and only Jason Momoa and James Wan at the Grove to close out a veritable era...

Abandoned Hotel Belvédère was an iconic Swiss hotel on the edge of the Rhone Glacier. It was built in 1882 by young hotelier Josef Seiler in one of the hairpin bends of the Furka Pass, one of the snowiest regions in Switzerland. The panoramic location attracted a pampered

In case you thought this acc isn't nerdy enough

Today is Ted Danson’s birthday.

Reminder that Cleopatra lived closer in time to today than to the construction of the pyramids. Of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid is by far the oldest - yet the only one still standing. So what happened to the others...? 🧵

The Italian Cinema Orchestra playing the soundtrack of Gladiator at the Colosseum at sunset is simply unreal.

It’s okay if you don’t have a valentine. Me want you to treat yourself today, bestie! 💙 #ValentinesDay

People before Google was invented:

Lightning and volcanic lightning on the Acatenango Volcano in Guatemala [📹 Douglas Steele]

These are eight slightly different versions of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa from eight different museums. So which is the real one? That's the thing — they're all the real one. Here's a brief history of art's most famous wave...

Thread of photos that look like paintings 1. Arnaud Montagard

Drove downtown in the rain, 9:30 on a Tuesday night.

#DeadpoolAndWolverine was incredible. Even in my wildest fanfiction rambles could I have not written or come up with what they did. Incredible movie. Hilarious. Full of heart. I can't stop singing its praises. #LFG

Y'all. Seriously. Hardly anyone even understands the unbelievable depth of Tolkien's linguistic genius. If ever there was an artist just straight up making jokes that only he would ever get, omg. So get this, it's epic. You know the "Brandywine River" in Lord of the Rings?

Did #theumbrellaacademy4 make the Mandela Effect an entire plot point? Because Bravo.

Santa Claus has left the North Pole 🎄! Watch Santa's journey as he delivers presents to children worldwide with the NORAD Santa Tracker 🎁🎄 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The Florence Cathedral’s dome is an architectural masterpiece that defied medieval engineering. For over 100 years, no one knew how to build it. Then, a goldsmith named Filippo Brunelleschi came up with a radical solution. Here’s how he did it: