This baby barn owl just heard thunder for the first time #thunderstorms

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

Double dildo and two stone eggs; found in the tomb of Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan, at Hebei Mancheng in China; 2nd century BC, Western Han Empire. National Museum, Beijing #archaeohistories

Del 7-9/10 tornen les Jornades Europees de Patrimoni! 🙌 Amb portes obertes, tallers, espectacles i activitats gratuïtes a monuments, jaciments i conjunts històrics! ℹ️patrimoni.gencat.cat/jep2022 Turisme Cerdanya Fundació Josep Pla Turisme Arenys de Mar Museu Víctor Balaguer Patrimoni cultural #JEP2022

Citadel of Erbil located in northern Iraq. Its history goes back about 6000 years. It covers an area of about 11,000 square meters and is 431 meters above sea level and 25 meters above ground level. Inside it are about 500 ancient houses. #archaeohistories

3 of 5 stars to M. Il figlio del secolo by Antonio Scurati goodreads.com/review/show?id…

A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957. At the time the bikini was banned from beaches and public places on the French Atlantic coastline, Spain, Italy and Portugal.

Recently discovered, previously hidden painting of “St. George and the Dragon”. Found while renovating the #Basilica Church of #SanGiorgio Maggiore, #Naples, #Italy.

Hot or Not '22: Medieval Tyrants 😈 continues. Enter Pedro the Cruel, 14th CE King of Castile & Leon. Suspicious, vindictive, unforgiving, homicidal, & sadistic are words his enemies used to describe him. He dreamed of killing half-brothers. So, Pedro the Cruel: Hot 🔥or Not🥶?

Una vecchia biblioteca trovata in un monastero in Tibet dietro un muro sigillato. Contiene 84mila rotoli in sanscrito, cinese, tibetano e mongolo, che raccontano la storia dell'umanità negli ultimi 10mila anni.

3 of 5 stars to Married to a Bedouin by Marguerite van Geldermalsen goodreads.com/review/show/51…

Ancient Rome was the the first city to reach a population of 1 million people in 133BC. London, England reached the mark in 1810.

Starting M. L'uomo della provvidenza, by Antonio Scurati goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

4 of 5 stars to Lost Paradise by Elizabeth Drayson goodreads.com/review/show?id…

3 of 5 stars to A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani goodreads.com/review/show/51…

A cat was saved from under the rubble in Turkey. It now refuses to leave its rescuer's side.

4 of 5 stars to Fall of Giants by Ken Follett goodreads.com/review/show/55…

3 of 5 stars to The Burgundians by Bart Van Loo goodreads.com/review/show?id…

3 of 5 stars to Winter of the World by Ken Follett goodreads.com/review/show?id…

I have completed my challenge of 25 books! goodreads.com/user_challenge…