Claude Monet was born on this day in 1840. He died 100 years ago. This beautiful and very rare film captures him painting beside the water lily pond in his garden at Giverny. It was filmed in 1915, when he was 74 years old.
Επίδαυρος: η λατρεία του Ασκληπιού είναι 60 χρόνια παλαιότερη απ' ό,τι πιστεύαμε.
Κάτω από τη Θόλο βρέθηκε κτήριο του 7ου αι. π.Χ. με υπόγεια αίθουσα, κόκκινους τοίχους και δυτικό προσανατολισμό: ένδειξη χθόνιας λατρείας. 🏛️👇
#Επίδαυρος#Ασκληπιός#Αρχαιολογία#ΑρχαίαΕλλάδα
ABD'deki Fossil Butte kazısında kaya tabakalarını ayıran ekip, yaklaşık 52 milyon yıl önce yaşanan toplu balık ölümünün izlerini taşıyan fosil levhası ortaya çıkardı.
[❓Quiz] Il est parfois complexe pour les archéologues de déterminer l'usage de certains objets bien qu'ils n'aient qu'une centaine d'années.
Et vous, saurez-vous découvrir leur véritable fonction ?
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[Des #fossiles qui révèlent une mer de 460 Ma🇲🇦]
📻 Un voyage dans les mers de l’#Ordovicien, peuplées de gros #arthropodes et d’animaux à corps mou.
Avec I. Khardali 🇲🇦 et P. Gueriau 🇫🇷
🔉9 min d'écoute
#Paléontologie#Arthropoda
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I think watching art being made is just as meditative and healing as making it. The process of Antonio Reiné sculpting form into wood is utterly mesmerizing.
Arı biçiminde, telkari ve granülasyon tekniğiyle süslenmiş altın süs eşyası; Minos uygarlığı, MÖ 1700-1600 civarı; Girit, Yunanistan'da yapılan kazılarda bulunmuştur. Altından yapılmıştır.
British Museum
🧵One afternoon in the summer of 1982 a construction worker hit a round metal object with his digger and stopped work. After hours of careful excavation by archaeologists a rare Anglo-Saxon helmet had been found. The Coppergate Helmet, is one of the finest surviving examples of
Arqueólogos del INRAP han excavado un cementerio del siglo V d.C. en el noreste de Francia, utilizado entre los años 450 y 500, durante el colapso del Imperio Romano. El yacimiento contiene las tumbas de once adultos, tres niños y dos caballos enterrados con sus arneses. En las
Je vous partage les dernière volontés de mon grand-grand-oncle, le Lieutenant René Lucquiaud, mort pour la France, un soir de 1915.
Blessé mortellement par un éclat d'obus, il aura le temps d'écrire ces quelques mots sur un calepin avant de mourir: (1n)
Ring sword from Vendel Boat Grave I 🇸🇪, 550 - 800 CE.
"The hilt and upper part of the blade of a magnificent iron sword. The hilt is made of gilded and silvered, finely chiseled bronze. On the front of each crossbar are two recessed rectangular silver plates with animal ornaments in niello, with garnet discs inlaid. Reconstructed sword scabbard."
Collection Statens Historiska Museer - Stockholm
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More than 2,000 years old, yet its craftsmanship still commands attention.
Dating to China's Warring States period (approximately 450–250 BC), this ancient bronze sword is remarkable not only for its weaponry but also for its exquisite rock crystal hilt.
The combination of bronze and crystal reveals something fascinating about ancient Chinese craftsmanship. Swords were not always just instruments of war; they could also represent status, authority, prestige, and artistic achievement.
Imagine the skill required to shape the bronze blade and create such a refined decorative handle without modern tools or technology.
What makes this piece truly extraordinary is the contrast between the strength of bronze and the elegance of crystal.
A weapon forged for an age of conflict, yet crafted with the eye of an artist.
History is not just preserved in words; sometimes, it survives in the objects people leave behind.