Isaiah's vision of universal peace at the End of Days. #Jerusalem โญ๏ธ๐
Source: The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa) from Qumran Cave 1 dated to the 1st century BCE. Government of Israel. Accession number: HU 95.57/27
A Typhoon two-ship from 18ยบ Gruppo, 37ยบ Stormo out on high-alpha QRA training this afternoon, followed by a "Jedi" HH-139 three-ship from 82ยฐ Centro C.S.A.R. ๐ฎ๐น โก๏ธ
@hoyer_kat From the family archives: When my great aunt Yvonne went to Berlin in 1938 to study piano with the Michaลek family, she recalled an elderly Jewish couple so paralyzed by fear they wouldn't open their door more than a crack when she called on them.
Reference: Martini, F., et al. (2014). The latest Ursus spelaeus in Italy: A new contribution to the extinction chronology of the cave bear. Quaternary Research. Cambridge Core (3/3)
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), a massive Ice Age species once roamed Europe. Evidence from Chiostraccio Cave in Tuscany, dates its extinction to 29.2 โ 28.5 ka cal. years BP. Humans and bears competed for caves before the LGM. (1/3) #MaterialCulture#LatePleistocene
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๐ Cave bear extinction likely linked to declining vegetation during MIS 2โherbivores couldn't keep pace as the climate cooled. Ecosystem included wolves, boars & deer. #Paleoecology (2/3)
Evidently, a small population of Cervus elaphus sicila survived well into the Holocene on the receding shorelines of south Sylvania (Malta). Well done indeed to all concerned!
Exciting news โ Maltese prehistory is set to be rewritten thanks to archaeological discoveries at Latnija Cave. Excavations have been ongoing since 2019, led by the Max Planck Institute with the University of Malta and the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. Well done to all!
Galea, Albert. "Photograph of President Anton Buttigieg and his wife." 40 years since Freedom Day: The Road to the Departure of the British., 31 Mar. 2019, https://t.co/iDwyZubrvE. Accessed [30 March 2025]. Twitter: @MaltaIndependent.
#OTD in 1979, HMS London left Malta, after 179 years of British presence as President Buttigieg and his wife look on. Listen to Rear-Admiral Cecil as he signs off from the BFBS station at Floriana: https://t.co/vOMAJYU1GH
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Photo: National Archives of Malta (@Malta_Archives)
#OTD in 1935, Reynoldstown won the Grand National at Aintree, first raced in 1839. Horse racing began in Malta under the Knights of St. John (1530-1798), with the Marsa track opening under British rule in 1868. #HistoryRemembersKings ๐ ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฌ๐ง
Been nigh on 40 years since I last laid hands on a copy of Francisco Balbi's grippin' yarn. Who hasn't heard of this? #HistoryMatters ๐ฒ๐น ๐น๐ท
@ZelenskyyUa wearing a suit at his swearing-in ceremony in 2019. The Constitution of Ukraine in the background, his right hand is about to be placed on the Peresopnytsia Gospels (1556 -1561) interestingly written in Cyrillic but illustrated in Italian #Renaissance style. (1/2)
@CcibChris Concorde (G-BOAC or G-BOAD?) may have dropped to 50-60,000 FT and slowed to Mach 1.5-1.6 for this early delivery F2/F3 (e.g. ZD890 or ZE166?) to keep pace long enough. Est. fuel burn 400-600 KGS/min at full reheat w/max fuel of 7,097 LTS in clean configuration. ๐โฑ๏ธ #thenumbers