The Ombalantu baobab tree (Omukwa waaMbalantu) in Namibia is around 800 yrs old, can fit 35 people inside, and "has served as a chapel, post office, house, and a hiding site during various stages of Namibian history."

Reminds me of the 1455 painting thought to contain a Palaeolithic hand-axe

“hey man” “🙃”

I scanned the photo from the book Najran: Desert Garden of Arabia. The photo was taken by René Tchékof Minosa Click here to see more photos by Minosa: scorpiofilm.com/en/collection/…

Noric is an extinct Celtic language known from exactly two inscriptions, one of which is about a guy named “Bear Penis”

Off-topic: Venezuela; Wayuu people, 1930-1939. Photos taken by Yvonne Sauphar

Calling a pileated woodpecker a "log god" or a "wood god" is honestly right on the money

Bani Malik Mountains. The girl's head is adorned with aromatic plants. I scanned the photo from the book Hommes-fleurs d'Arabie by Thierry Mauger.

Saw a short video about these today by Miniminuteman and thought it was pretty fascinating. They’re called the Ammassalik wooden maps, and were made by Tunumiit / Inuit natives to map the Greenland coastline using these chunks of driftwood (no other trees there). They identified

The vibe I try to cultivate at the dentist is "Nile Crocodile being visited by an Egyptian Plover"

Thread: This is the chapel of St. Anne in Głupianka (bozestopki.edu.pl/glupianka/), Gmina Kołbiel, Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It was built on the site where until 1907, stood a giant glacial boulder, which was considered sacred by the local population...

I would kill to be him

I was stunned by the composition of two stains today

Artist’s painting of a hippo on a flake of limestone 🦛❤️ Perhaps a practice sketch, or just for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago! From Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1479–1425 BC. 📷 The Met metmuseum.org/art/collection… #Archaeology

Plate with spiral and monkey motif. Culture: Maya. Date: c. 300–850 AD. Place of origin: Mexico. Collection: Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City.