Armlet of Queen Ahhotep I. Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, ca. 1560-1530 BC. From Dra’ Abu el-Naga’, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Statue of Yasuke, an African slave, arrived in Japan in 1579, became first black Samurai.
Yasuke served as Kashin under Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga. In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan, service of Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in Indies India.
Great Sphinx of Giza, colossal limestone statue of a recumbent sphinx located in Giza, Egypt, that likely dates from the reign of King Khafre and depicts his face. It is one of Egypt’s most famous landmarks and is arguably the best-known example of sphinx art.
On Dec. 16, the Biden-Harris Administration took a giant, reckless step toward selling the ocean to private offshore wind developers. Sign-up to learn the facts on reasonable & responsible offshore wind energy at https://t.co/7vEQFWeyC3
'Long awaited, the seven Saturnalia are now at hand.'
-Macrobius
Io Saturnalia, everyone!🌟
Read more about the Roman festival of #Saturnalia, a time of feasting, drinking, playing, gift-giving and role-reversal.👉🏻https://t.co/4niOCAuN12
Catullus calls it ‘the best of days’.
Looking for a shooting star to wish on?
Your best chance to see this year's Geminid meteor shower will likely be after the Moon sets in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 14. Get the details on @NASA_Marshall's Watch The Skies blog! https://t.co/oaXX9urlSn
Thanks @SkudinSurf for a fun evening. Never as kid could I ever have dreamed of surfing at midnight in a #mall with my local friends and heroes underneath a giant #shrek.
The classic vampire novel Dracula drew inspiration from a ruthless leader centuries earlier—Vlad III of Walachia, or as he is better known, Vlad the Impaler https://t.co/ADP5F5B4YM