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🌺🌙Don't miss the "Princess Jinxiang of the Tang Dynasty" Exhibition opening in #Fuzhou Museum on May 18. The exhibition showcases 132 artifacts from Princess Jinxiang's tomb, offering a glimpse into the liberated lifestyle of aristocratic women in the #TangDynasty (618-907).

This dish was previously in the Wyvern collection before being exhibited briefly at the V&A’s “Epic Iran” a few years ago. It later appeared up for sale at Sotheby’s. Glad to know it is going to a museum and not another private collection! Ancient Persia

How it feels these days

Today marks Nowruz in the Qadimi / Kadmi calendar observed by Zoroastrians / Parsis. Wishing you all a blessed Nowruz.

Little guy was dumped on the street by his old owner and decided to come live with us instead. Need to get him and our current cat introduced to each other.

This is an incredible piece of craftsmanship, a door handle from 1900s Brussels.

Archaeopteryx reconstruction? How about a multiple?

if you are a creative, make sure you allot time in your life for the mundane -- the long walks, washing the dishes, doing the laundry -- that is when your best thoughts and ideas will come to you.

Good morning! Enjoy with us the view through a entrance gate of Tamgaly-Tas to the green steppe and brown hills around the Ili river in the Almaty region of #Kazakhstan.

Really want to check out Prehistoric Planet at London’s Lightroom, but £29 seems a bit too much? Can it be worth it?

Direct flights from Manchester to Tashkent will be starting on 4 November, on sale from mid September. C6161 TAS 0415 MAN 0745 C6162 MAN 0940 TAS 2150 A32Q Mon/Thu 4/11/25 The airline is Centrum, & this brand new route will connect on to Delhi, Hyderabad, Phuket, etc.

Calling all handicrafts lovers! The International Handicrafts Festival is returning to Kokand from 19-21 September, 2025. Kokand is a fascinating city at any time of the year, but it’ll be particularly lively at festival time, with artisans from across Uzbekistan and beyond.

From towering giants to baby sloths, it doesn’t get cooler than this. #PrehistoricPlanet: Ice Age — Streaming November 26

Every day’s a school day! I had no idea that the Sogdians reached Ladakh. Info boards from the Central Asian Museum in Leh. cc Nadeem | Eran ud Turan.

Historical reconstructors in medieval Alanian clothes. Arkhyz. Karachay-Circassia. July 2018.

Eastern Iranians, including Bactrians & Sogdians, had a unique hybrid creature, the winged camel bowl here: likely from Bactria, 6-7 C CE, Found before 1841 in Perm region, at Hermitage ...