One of the many joys of becoming a Dad again aged 60 is that I get to dust off my old board games, in this case my 1967 edition of Ariel's Par Golf. Lost a keenly fought match play 2 up!
Hatfield Forest.
🌸 Something blooming gorgeous for the weekend! 🌸
Minoan pottery decorated with flowers, from Bronze Age Crete c. 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Tell us, tell us!
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
For you.
Lunch.
Spring is here, yay!
Dartmouth, Devon
Thurlestone, Devon.
Great recommendation, on order.
An astoundingly well-preserved 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian wig made from human hair!
Worn by a lady called Merit, it was placed in her tomb for use in the afterlife. I saw this remarkable artefact last week at the Museo Egizio in Turin. 📷 by me
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Simply stunning ancient artistry!
Some 3,400 years ago, an Egyptian artisan captured a sense of speed and elegance in this beautifully carved whip handle in the shape of a horse.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. The Met 📷 by me
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I enjoy your columns, thank you.
When my Dad dies, Nationwide we're superb dealing with the transfer arrangements.
Anyone remember when the biggest criticism of a Vice President was for misspelling potatos?
Gorgeous #Roman glass cups decorated with colourful enamel-painted animals from the Roman arena, AD 200s.
Found in richly-furnished ‘princely’ graves in Denmark, where they are known as ‘circus beakers’. National Museum of Denmark. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
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Another gem from the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge - an ancient Egyptian limestone relief. Thought to represent Cleopatra III or VII in the guise of a goddess, an image of a prince is apparently carved into the other side. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social #ReliefWednesday
Lovely naturalistic scene of birds and a butterfly in a papyrus thicket, carved by an ancient Egyptian artisan some 4,500 years ago!
Faint traces of paint survive on this limestone wall relief from the funerary temple of king Userkaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me
#ReliefWednesday
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Happy Birthday, Sir Bobby Robson. The greatest of men.
Some things never change!
A 4,000 year-old Egyptian writing board with the student’s spelling mistakes corrected in red ink by the teacher! 😂
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Read more about beadnet dresses on this link:
fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/beadnet-dress/
Well, this is warmer than when I woke up this morning.
I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
I am reading articles that lament UK's failure to embrace crypto. If someone can show me that crypto has genuine economic substance, and is not just the World's largest, most brazen Ponzi scheme of all time, I will invest.
If you feel spending 2.5% or even 3% of the UK’s GDP on defence to be unaffordable, consider the price of falling victim to aggression. This year Ukraine will be committing 26.3% of its economy to the war
What is the point of encouraging people to "ask the ( highly inflamatory) question" when you do not think the outcome is realistic?
The wonderful Bucklersbury mosaic!
About 1,800 years ago, this large and well-preserved floor mosaic decorated a wealthy Roman home in the heart of ‘Londinium’.
Shown here in a reconstruction of a Roman dining room. Museum of London 📷 by me
#MosaicMonday
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don’t mention this to modern Thatcherites but the tax rises at the start of the Thatcher period were bigger - proportionately - than Labour’s October 2024 Budget
yes Mrs T cut taxes but only after increasing them massively
taxpolicy.org.uk/2022/06/08/u...
