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Okay- so wolves like pumpkins?! I never knew!

We are looking at a black and white photo of a large room with a set of oak posts set on stone bases. The posts hold up an expanse of oak joists and pine and pitch pine floorboards (of the Great Hall above). In the background is a chapel and oak chapel screen.

Happy Halloween!

We have a super duper spooky story to tell you. If you have followed us on other socials you will heard this story before but it's so good we have to share it again.

Our short story is about the Undercroft...

We are looking at a black and white photo of a wall and gateway known as Bootham Bar. In the background is the gothic masterpiece which is York Minster with its two west towers.

They're creepy and they're kooky
Mysterious and spooky
They're all together ooky
The old buildings of York cityyyy

Okay what we lack in rhyme we more than make up for in spooky facts about York.

Join us as we explore the UK's most haunted city...

...if you dare...

...mwah ha ha ha...

...ha.

I'm curious to hear the result- be sure to share! :)

This is Duncan. He's used to being the biggest dog at the vet. But apparently not today. 14/10 for both (TT: animalimaging)

Bear with us as we splash deeper into the Halloween spirit 🎃

📸: Keeper Natalie

Thank you for sharing this- I love our bears! I recommend them, even when there for primate observations... and afraid of gondolas lol... they are worth it!

Totally agree! I worked at an airport museum and the curators would have been overjoyed to receive this donation!

Some may say Sid and Raya live to chill 😎
Siamangs spend about 5 hours a day eating and 14 to 16 hours sleeping or resting.

A display of two ancient bronze cupping cups hanging from a delicate, metal stand in the shape of grapevine with a round base. The cups have a weathered greenish patina. The setup is showcased against a dark background.

A grave of a Roman physician in Bingen dating to the 2nd c. AD contained a remarkable set of medical instruments, including cupping cups with a stand in the shape of a grapevine.
These cups were used for therapeutic suction or bloodletting, a practice with deep roots in Greco-Roman . 🧵1/ 2

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I agree... it's tough because of "AI" issues... but students need to be able to type their notes up without being noticed! ... I just wander the room at appropriate times, and tell students to not be buying cows on the farm site etc when I see it happening...

I had a chance to say "hi!" to Juniper on Saturday, such a treat! Don't ignore the hogs just because there are siamangs to see, they all deserve their moment of enrichment!

It is totally gone except for one wall? Is that what I am seeing? ...

This is such an
amazing place to visit- just slowly driving around it, you run into the most familiar of names, both local and international!

Hinged Cuff Bracelet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Hinged Cuff Bracelet, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium: Gold, carnelian, turquoise, glass
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/548513

Always happy to see Asturias mentioned- my fave part of Spain!

How old are the wooden columns? When I visit you, can I hug your columns?

Thank you for posting this on bsky so I can instantly offer the info from you to my students... we may not be in agreement on every point, but it helps them to see a counterpoint to me, and understand why they are dealing with so many sci-names as we move into the fossil record! appreciate you!

yellow lab

Missing dog in West Hills, if anyone has seen a yellow lab wandering around. #WestHills #SanFernandoValley #LosAngelesCounty #MissingDog

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/its-lonely-without-her-93-year-old-southern-california-man-searching-for-beloved-missing-dog/

Don't recommend simultaneously, I don't know what I was thinking. (except with French in place of the Latin)

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC. The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals. The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block. Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part) Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots. Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

1. Gough Street, San Francisco.
2. Rodeo, City of...

Same Guy!! 🤩
Our little lead figurine clearly went on a Mediterranean holiday 12,000 years ago.

Was... a model of a TARDIS found as well? Anything in Pantone 2955c?

LiDAR digital elevation model showing mounds, six ridges and a plaza. By K. Ervin).

#Lidar of Poverty Point, the type-site for a prehistoric culture occupying the Lower Mississippi Valley from c. 1730–1350 BC.

Radiocarbon dates show, however, that the nearby, supposedly peripheral site of Jaketown dates even earlier.

🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Matrix found at La Brea Tar Pits.

Text "A tablespoon of matrix (dirt) can yield up to 50 fossils that may include seeds, millipedes, insects, and freshwater shells, as well as bones of toads, turtles, lizards, snakes, rodents, and small birds!" on top of a photograph of matrix collecting at La Brea Tar Pits in the background.

Microfossil found at La Brea Tar Pits.

🦴✨ Project 23's unearthed wonders coming through!

In a single tablespoon of tar-soaked matrix from Project 23 at the #TarPits, scientists find dozens of fossils—from tiny seeds to small mammal bones.

Discover how every grain matters at TARPITS.org.

An empty glass display box that, crucially, contains no bones.

For #WorldOctopusDay we'd like to share with you this rare octopus skeleton that was found at the Palace.

'The papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in your vagina before bed': The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in ancient Egypt In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted ...

The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in #AncientEgypt @lucyinglis.bsky.social @livescience.com

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

The @romtoronto.bsky.social Sharks exhibition is opening this weekend! The perfect family-friendly destination for the Thanksgiving long weekend!

Okay... you broke me this time :( ... but thank you for doing so!