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The architecture of The Fantastic Four: First Steps The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a superhero movie set in an alternative mid-century modern universe. Production designer Kasra Farahani explains how he used physical sets informed by the architectu...

The Jetsons, cylindrical refrigerators and accelerating curves: the architecture of The Fantastic Four: First Steps www.dezeen.com/2025/08/07/f...

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Or wayward princesses

The materiality of borders 👍

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Comet Quest Click on the article title to read more.

I wrote about archaeology on Comet 67P in 2017! Great that Justin has tackled the geoarchaeology.

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Poster for TV series Spartacus showing a half naked gladiator with sword

The best description of TV series *Spartacus* (2010-12) from today's @theguardian.com

"like being shot in the face by a pump-action bum-gun" 🤣

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Thanks Jeremy!!

The next level of videogame museums: OXO Madrid By Adrián Maldonado I recently happened upon a brand new videogame museum on a recent holiday to Spain. Like a glint of gold in river gravel, it popped up in the corner of my map app as I searched for...

A really nice review and reflections on the OXO Museo Del Videojuego, Madrid Adrián Maldonado (@almostarch.bsky.social) ... #archaeogaming #archaeology #videogaming
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Just discovered there's an online preservation initiative called Flashpoint which is rescuing tons of old Macromedia/Adobe Flash games and animations from the inexorable Digital Dark Age to come. Including Weebls Stuff and much more: flashpointarchive.org #archaeogaming #InternetArchaeology

Apparently it's to be a Lidl - better wine selection than Staples, anyway

Original packaging and manual for the Nintendo Color TV Game "Blockbreaker" console, 1979, as displayed in OXO Museo del Videojuego, Madrid

Nintendo prehistory: the Napoleon board game, 1975, as displayed in OXO Museo del Videojuego, Madrid

Nintendo sunglasses, 1989, as displayed in OXO Museo del Videojuego, Madrid

Mario Paint cartridge, mouse and mouse pad for the Super Nintendo, 1992, as displayed in OXO Museo del Videojuego, Madrid

Anong the many gems from inside the OXO Madrid of videogame ephemera that has miraculously escaped the landfill were lots of early Nintendo consoles and peripherals, many new to me, and some incredibly emotional reminders of misspent youth

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The next level of videogame museums: OXO Madrid By Adrián Maldonado I recently happened upon a brand new videogame museum on a recent holiday to Spain. Like a glint of gold in river gravel, it popped up in the corner of my map app as I searched for...

NEW POST! The next level of videogame museums: OXO Madrid, by @archaeonado.bsky.social

The new OXO Madrid Museo del Videojuego provides historical context while sacrificing none of the fun, and invites into the display what had previously been a missing part of the puzzle: the players themselves

Part of "I remember" public Covid-19 memorial in Pollok Park, Glasgow on the form of anthropomorphic tree support posts inscribed "I remember"

Wide view of "I remember" public Covid-19 memorial in Pollok Park, Glasgow showing three anthropomorphic tree support posts inscribed "I remember" around a group of young trees

A rare, muted Covid-19 pandemic memorial in Pollok Park, Glasgow by Alec Finlay #archaeoronavirus

Beautiful musical heritage in Glasgow

But also can't help reading it in Kanye voice

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Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts on Steam Run your manuscript workshop, receive orders to illustrate medieval books, decorate them any way you like, send them back to clients to get paid, and unlock new jobs, decorations, and items. Welcome t...

You can play test a new video game 🎮 📖 called “Scriptorium” and in it: “Run your manuscript workshop, receive orders to illustrate medieval books, decorate them any way you like, send them back to clients to get paid, and unlock new jobs, decorations & items.” Gimme two Isidores & an Augustine.

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Chalk stones installed ahead of opening of Luton Henge - BBC News The eight stones have been carved from clunch - quarried at Totternhoe on the nearby Dunstable Downs.

'Luton Henge', a new stone circle is being built: share.google/S7TkvefjmNmL...

"The trade in antiquities in the age of empires here on Earth has always had a tendency to follow upheaval, and we can imagine that is also the case in a galaxy far, far away."

YouTube video by TV Norge Ylvis - Stonehenge [Official music video HD] [Explicit lyrics]

Happy solstice

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This diagram of how Stonehenge probably looked in c.1600 BC, with its large circular "head" off which comes a short rectangular path flanked by two ridges, looks a bit like the USS Enterprise. That's the whole gag.

There are a lot of kooky theories about Stonehenge. Not me: my theory is grounded, evidence-based and manifestly correct. Stonehenge, as originally constructed, was a Federation starship.

Galactic heritage on Earth

Book cover of Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by Dr Chris Kempshall. The bursting red symbol of the Galactic Empire is depicted on a black background. The title is written in white underneath. Flowers in a vase on the same wooden table as the book can be seen in the background.

What's next now that #Andor is over?

Time to read on! The Battle of Yavin was just the beginning of the end after all. - Here comes the entire #history of the #Empire (as yet known) compiled by none other than Beaumont Kin, eminent Sith history expert and excavator of the Sith Citadel on Exegol! 😉👍

Buddo replica painted by artist Ford Rogers.

Buddo replica looking out of the window at Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA.

The original Skara Brae Buddo. Neolithic human figure carved from whalebone about 5,000 years ago. Discovered at Skara Brae, Orkney.

It's great to see how far, wide and varied Buddo's travels are from their Neolithic Skara Brae origins, thanks to our replicas made by Orkney 3D. Here's Buddo at Brooklyn Bridge after a colourful makeover by American artist Ford Rogers. Buddo models are available from our shop: tinyurl.com/3mdszmtm

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