Thursday’s ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ cartoon. A tribute to Raymond Briggs and his masterpiece “When the wind blows” thetimes.co.uk/article/morten…

Hearing that Johnson is getting booed and heckled by British holidaymakers on his Greek trip has cheered me up no end. It will not get shown in the UK of course but Italian TV just now had a British man shouting, "Get back to work you fat ponce"

The Eye of Horus - The Ancient Egyptian symbol of royal power. In a Godly battle, Set had ripped out Horus' eye into 6 parts. This symbol mathematically expresses this, as each part of the eye represents a fraction. #AncientEgypt #AncientSymbols #SacredGeometry #History #Occult

Faience chalice in the form of a lotus, Egypt, 945 - 715 BC. Height: 14.4cm. Collection: Louvre Museum.

The Conservatives used to have an ill-deserved reputation as a safe pair of hands in government (though they were much safer than the current crop). How times change!

Thomas Yaeger's Blog: Greece and the cultural Impact of the Assyrian Empire shrineinthesea.blogspot.com/2018/10/greece…

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The extraordinary #IrenePapas has died at the age of 96. A fine actress and charismatic screen presence. So many unforgettable performances. Farewell to a remarkable woman.

Serpent in a figure of eight design, seen at Chatsworth House. An heraldic symbol of the Cavendish family, it is also, like the Ouroboros, an occult symbol of eternity.

as above, so below The Creation of Light by John Martin #alchemy #emeraldtablet #esotericstudies #mysticism #hermetics #symbolism #symbolist #johnmartin #art #light

Ancient #Greek crowns👑 #Archaeology

A rendition of one of the Akkadian prayers to the gods of the night, from the repertoire of the diviner seeking an accurate omen.

A quote from the Sumerian literary letter Sin-shamuh to Enki, where the author, a scribe, laments his loss of scribal skill afflicting his intellect, hands, voice, ears and eyesight

Apologies for the boasting, but just made an absolutely delicious parsnip & potato soup with stock from the Christmas gammon (stock also contains dry-but-fruity cider; onion studded with cloves; carrot; celery; leek; black peppercorns; bay leaves; thyme; sage; rosemary, parsley).

A #Roman Mortarium found at #Trimontium in the #ScottishBorders. A mortarium is a shallow grinding bowl with a strongly moulded rim for ease of gripping. It contains grits on the inside surface to aid in grinding This one dates to AD80-180 and is one of several found on site.

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The Desert Shore youtube.com/watch?v=f4nutO…