Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤️
If you’re in the neighbourhood, you can see this much-loved painting, Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton, between 12pm and 2.30pm in Room 20.
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An Anglo-Saxon name stone for Osgyth which was found on Lindisfarne in Northumberland. The stone dates from the mid 7th to 8th centuries, and possibly served as a grave marker. The stone can be viewed in the Lindisfarne Priory Museum. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #HolyIsland
On #StatueSunday I'm remembering my Tuesday afternoon encounter at the Grand Egyptian Museum with the colossal statue of Ramesses Beloved of Path, originally set up at ancient Memphis. The sunlight illuminates the back beautifully around 5pm 💛☀️🇪🇬
Today is Helpline Awareness Day!
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People spoke to us about everything from emotional support, treatment and side effects, to breast awareness and more.
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Nilometer - an ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood :
In ancient Egypt, the behavior of the Nile, could mean life or death each harvest season. So, long before the Aswan Dam was constructed to
A 4600 year old statue of Princess Nofert -
Nofret was a noblewoman and princess who lived in Egypt during the 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom of Egypt, around 2600 BC.
Look at the eyes of Princess Nofert. The eyes were manufactured in a manner which created the most life-like image
Acid etching a meteorite slice reveals a stunning crystalline structure that took billions of years to form in the harsh conditions of outer space. This cosmic pattern, known as the Widmanstätten structure, is impossible to recreate on Earth, a true piece of the universe in your
Novelty Roman bronze lamp lid with a grip in the form of an adorable little mouse holding a theatre mask, c. 1st century AD 🐭😍
📷 British Museum britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating Scarborough Museums and Galleries 'Atkinson Grimshaw: At Home in Yorkshire' exhibition 🌕
We've chosen our very own John Atkinson Grimshaw painting, An Autumn Idyll (1885), which is on display here in the Study!
Art UK
#OnlineArtExchange #Moonlight
The Clouded Moon
Julius Olsson
c1910; oil on canvas
Moonlight partially obscured by clouds casts its dappled light over sea and waves to create glorious sparkling and rippling colours.
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Meet Charlie Gee, the master stonemason behind some of the most breathtaking restorations. From jaw-dropping cathedrals to epic castle revivals, his hands don’t just carve stone—they resurrect history.
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