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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hans Andersen Brendekilde 1857–1942 Danish painter Woodland path in autumn – 1902 Oil on canvas – 69.8 x 91.4 cm Private Collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Beautiful days. A rich autumn, warm, and the sun. Smooth activity. Everything is flowing again, everything is illumined.” Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary; 1939-1947 Leiko Tar artwork

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Time passes. Could it be that I never believed it? Did I believe the blue nights could last forever? — Joan Didion, Blue Nights John Dowd (American Artist, born 1960)

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Archaeology @archaeology07.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Bacchic altar found in the Roman theater of Italica, near Seville, Spain. Carved from Carrara marble in the early 1st century CE, it is one of three altars depicting the ritual dances of maenads and satyrs. Archaeological Museum of Seville.

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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Antikythera Youth is a 330 BC bronze statue of a young man discovered in 1900 by sponge divers in the area of the ancient Antikythera shipwreck off the island of Antikythera, Greece.⁣ The magnificent bronze statue is one of the masterpieces of the Archeological Museum of Athens.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Beyond the Hills and Far Away - Amanda Rackowe British, b. 1964 Oil on linen,

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday Cheer loudly for the people around you. Their success doesn’t diminish yours. Sometimes, celebrating someone else’s happiness is the simplest way to add a little more happiness to your own day.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 The Great Lantern of Kannon Temple, Asakusa (浅草観音堂大提灯) Artist :🇯🇵Kasamatsu Shirō Date : 1934 A perspective of the iconic giant red paper lantern and temple’s pre-WWII visitors. This wooden hall and lantern were destroyed in the Tokyo firebombings.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Nigatsudō Hall, Nara(奈良二月堂) Artist :🇯🇵Hasui Date :1934 Depicts the famous "Second Month Hall", a sub-temple of the Tōdai-ji complex perched on a hillside overlooking Nara. A solitary figure carries a glowing paper lantern near the illuminated wooden hall.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Famous Places along the Tōkaidō (東海道名所之内) Artist :🇯🇵Hiroshige II Date : 1863 Depicts a daimyō lord's entourage traveling along the tree-lined highway carrying decorative tsuma-jirushi (spear covers) and lanterns past the snow-capped peak of Mount Fuji.

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Phil R. // Alexandria: a Hellenistic World Podcast @alexandriapod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is a HUGE, 9ft-tall statue of a Greek king of Egypt in the Ptolemaic period. Found in the Karnak Temple in Thebes, the Egyptian museum in Cairo dates this REALLY early, to the reign of Alexander IV (c. 317–310 BCE)! #Egypt #Greek #ancient

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allie10.bsky.social @allie10.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just a thought, these are definitely not normal times. Cruelty has become the norm. Take a deep breath, I’m personally trying to buy my way into heaven now 😉🫂😊🫶❤️‍🩹🍀 #KindnessMatters #TakeADeepBreath 😊🍀

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Arakawa River at Night(荒川の夜) Artist :🇯🇵Tsuchiya Koitsu Date : 1939 A tranquil, atmospheric night on the Arakawa River. A full moon filters through a pine tree, casting a reflection across the water. A sailboat drifts along as distant figures cross the bridge.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

'The oldest plough in the world' located in Desenzano on Lake Garda, Italy. The 4,000 year old plough is located in the Giovanni Rambotti Civic Archaeological Museum with other amazing artifacts www.reddit.com/r/AncientCiv...

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Travel and tell no one. Live a true love story and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things." Khalil Gibran Kevin kia artwork

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

‘Wild Flowers of Late Summer and Autumn’ by M de Sausmarez (not a Ladybird artist but I’m allowed the odd day off)

An illustration serving as an identification guide, showing a pastoral scene with numerous plants and insects captured in one. The plants and small creatures are labelled with small text under the drawings which somehow does not detract from the overall appeal of the illustration.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Well. That’s a cool way to start the day. Good Morning Blue Sky

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Dusk at Ushibori (牛堀の夕暮) Artist :🇯🇵Hasui Date : 1930 High, slender poplar trees on the left bank frame the scene, while a small traditional Japanese sailboat with its white sail glides quietly across the water, carrying passengers at dusk A peaceful break

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa (浅草金龍山 - now Sensoji) Artist : 🇯🇵Hiroshige Date : 1871 Pilgrims stroll around the famous temple courtyard, with the 5 story pagoda on the right, flanked by traditional teahouses and stalls lined with red paper lanterns. Pausing…

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Raindrops falling on bioluminescent water off Puerto Rico: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Floating World🇯🇵 Eitai Bridge (永代橋 / Eitaibashi) Artist :🇯🇵Hasui Date : 1926 A boatman in traditional attire operates a small sailboat (choki-bune), maneuvering near logs tied along the bank. On the bridge overhead, silhouetted travellers cross under the night sky.

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Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The North Entrance of the Palace of Knossos, Crete. 🦚 Photo credit: Tinatin Mangkasarova.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#WorldLionDay Beautiful lioness vessel from Knossos Palace, Crete. Carved from semi-translucent limestone, this is a fabulous example of the skill of Minoan stone carving 3,500 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a Minoan stone rhyton (ritual vessel for liquid offerings) in the shape of a lioness's head, carved from semi-translucent white limestone. The naturalistically carved lioness's face is viewed from the front. The holes for the two eyes and nose were originally inlaid with materials which have not survived The stone around both ears is chipped. The vessel has a hole in the back of the neck for filling liquid, and two holes in the nose and mouth to pour out the liquid offering. Height: 17 cm, Length: 29.5 cm

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Good morning and welcome to tuna Tuesday Yesterday has already been written, and tomorrow can wait its turn. Today is right here, waiting for you. So don’t carry yesterday’s mistakes or borrow tomorrow’s worries, just give yourself permission to enjoy the day you’re in.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The world’s largest ancient mosaic discovered in Turkey. Archaeological excavations in Antakya, Turkey have turned up the largest floor mosaic at 9,000 square feet (836 m²) made in late Roman period, IV Century CE. Original post

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Night night, sweet dreamies 🧡🐾 If someone has been unkind today, don’t carry their unkindness to bed with you. Be a little kinder to yourself instead. You can’t control how others behave, but you can choose how gently you treat your own heart. You matter. Always.

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#Sculpture, Eastern Greek Terracotta Heron Aryballos, from Miletos, #Ionia, (c. 580 BC) #art

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Keep a little kindness in your pocket today. 🧡 You never know when you might meet someone who needs a bit of it. A smile. A kind word. A little patience. Give some away whenever you can

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This incredible 3,400-year-old wig is made from locks of human hair! It belonged to an ancient Egyptian woman named Merit. Styled with ringlets and braids, it’s astonishingly well preserved and offers a remarkable glimpse into the hairstyles of her time! Museo Egizio, Turin. 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a well-preserved ancient Egyptian wig crafted from locks of dark brown human hair. The locks were sewn together and braided. The hair is parted in the middle and curled into ringlets that end with braids on either side of the face and on the back of the neck. Dimensions 30 cm x 45 cm. Dated c. 1425-1353 BC. This type of hairstyle was often decorated with flowers and diadems, which were very fashionable in the mid-18th dynasty, as can be seen in paintings and statues of the period.

The wig belonged to a high-ranking woman called Merit. She was the wife of Kha, the chief of works who supervised the royal tomb construction workers. The intact tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8) was discovered in 1906 by Italian archaeologist Ernesto Schiaparelli in the Theban Necropolis at the royal tomb workers’ village of Deir-el-Medina. The wig is on display at the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) in Turin.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups! They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo collage shows five cylindrical Minoan cups each with a single handle and a slightly flaring rim. Each cup is decorated with a different geometric polychrome motif as follows:

Top left: on a black background, a central band delineated by an upper and lower white line contains evenly-spaced dark-orange circles. Each orange circle is outlined by a white line. Above and below the central band are swirling white vine-like lines.

Top right: on a black background, a large white spiral on the front of the cup and beside it a dark-orange oval with stylised white petals at each end which looks like a wrapped sweet!

Middle left: a central band of white and dark orange diagonal lines runs around the cup. Above and below the central band are alternating black and white diagonal shapes, the black ones look like shark fins

Bottom left: a central reddish-orange band delineated with a white line. Above the central band are swirling, spiralling white lines against a black background, and below the central band are alternating white and black diagonal lines.

Bottom right: A central band delineated with white lines contains white 's'-shaped diagonal white stripes. Above the central band a row of red dots outlined with white circles. Below the central band a single white line on the black background.

This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware, named after the Kamares Cave on Mount Ida on the Greek island of Crete where this kind of pottery was first discovered. Kamares Ware vessels were luxury items produced by palace workshops at Phaistos and Knossos on Crete. These five cups were excavated at Phaistos and are dated 1800-1700 BC.

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Shimmer @leafshimmer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

She changes everything She touches! Minoan Goddess and Griffin, signet ring found at Archanes in Crete, New Palace Period, circa 1700-1500 BCE.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When Lord #Elgin stripped the Treasury of #Atreus at #Mycenae in 1802, he left its monumental entrance a bare, undecorated skeleton. We look at these fragments today and forget they were once part of a dazzling Late Bronze Age façade. #ReliefWednesday #AncientBluesky 🏺

STONE RELIEF FRAGMENTS FROM THE TREASURY OF ATREUS, C13 BCE

Here we see three carved stone fragments from the Treasury of Atreus. The top and bottom pieces feature running spirals above roundels, while the middle rosso antico fragment shows opposed half-rosettes separated by a vertically banded triglyph. The lowest piece is carved from greyish-green limestone. The deep carved centres of the spirals were originally drilled to hold bright blue glass inlays. Despite its name, this was a royal tholos tomb, not a treasury. The long approach and towering façade were accessible stages for public funerary rituals. The lavish decoration served as dynastic propaganda, overawing subjects and rivals with imperial power. While such conspicuous wealth was an open invitation to theft (it was heavily looted in antiquity), the immediate political need to project dominance outweighed the risk of desecration.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

An Iron Age comb from Orkney. Made from deer antler, the comb is part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #Prehistory #Orkney #Archaeology

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The various meticulous geometric designs covering the entire surface of this pitcher became popular during the Early Iron Age in #Greece, also known as the Geometric Period! 🔸 Late Attic-Geometric IIA pitcher/oinochoe with round mouth and bands of geometric motifs, 735–720 BCE. AN1965.142 #pottery

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🔸 Late Attic-Geometric IIA pitcher/oinochoe with round mouth and bands of geometric motifs, 735–720 BCE. AN1965.142

The motifs may actually have derived from textile patterns at the time. This particular pitcher was made in Athens sometime during 8th century BCE and given its preservation, it was likely discovered in a tomb alongside other funerary gifts.

See this beautiful object on display in Gallery 16 on the ground floor. Ashmolean Museum Collection

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Dawn Robertson 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

One of most beautiful archaeological pieces I’ve ever seen the torque de la Dame de Vix has been stolen from museum in Chatillon-sur-Seine. It was found in 1950s beneath a pile of rubble & trees in a field near where I lived along with her tomb & other funeral goods.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The famous Hindsgavl Dagger, found by a young boy out walking with his mum on the Danish island of Fænø! A masterpiece of flint knapping from Late Neolithic Denmark, c. 1900-1700 BC. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #FindsFriday #Archaeology

A photo of the so-called Hindsgavl Dagger by Arnold Mikkelsen for the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. It is knapped from flint which appears a burnt orange colour in the photo, displayed against a black background. The Hindsgavl Dagger is a type of late Neolithic flint blade known as a ‘fishtail’ dagger. It has a leaf-shaped body and a distinctive fishtail-shaped hilt. There is zig-zag knapping on the hilt which is said to mimic the stitched seam on leather handles of bronze daggers. The blade is less than 1 cm thick. The Hindsgavl Dagger is famous in Denmark and features on the Danish 100 Krone bank note. Dimensions: 29.5 cm in length.

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Archaeology @archaeology07.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A masterpiece of prehistoric Persian metalwork: the Kelar Dasht Golden Cup, dated to the late 2nd millennium BC. Discovered in an Iron Age grave in Mazandaran, its prowling lions feature sculpted heads projecting dramatically from the gold vessel. National Museum of Iran.

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Remembering the legendary, Robin Williams on his birthday ( July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014)💙🕊

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Lizet Kruyff @lizetkruyff.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Today a #caturday poem by A. Harris.

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Magnificent 👀

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Shimmer @leafshimmer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Image of Apollo found at Delphi in 1939, dated 6th century BCE. The evocative "archaic smile," framed in raiment of gold.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Timeless art from Minoan Crete! Some 3,500 years ago, a Minoan sculptor transformed a piece of ivory into this dynamic and graceful figurine of a bull leaper! From Knossos Palace. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small ivory figurine representing a male bull-leaper about to execute a mid-air somersault over a bull’s back. The figurine is balancing on straight arms above which a slim body forms a graceful arch, and legs (one missing), thrust up high into the air, slightly bent at the knees. The pose is somewhat reminiscent of that of a diver, except for the head which is raised and faces forwards rather than tucked between the arms. The figurine measures 28.7 cm. The ivory is now a warm creamy yellow, mottled with brown staining and fine cracks. It is displayed on a modern metal support structure in Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

According to the museum ‘It is part of the only three-dimensional depiction of bull-leaping from the Palace of Knossos known to date. It was found together with at least two other ivory figurines and a faience bull’s head. The composition obviously depicts the moment when the athlete leaps over the bull, a scene familiar from Minoan frescoes and seals’

It goes on to say ‘the examination of the group under the microscope showed that the figures preserve traces of red paint, meaning that some features were painted on. They also had long hair made of copper gilt wires attached to the head, while thin pieces of gold foil found together with the statuettes may have been part of their clothing’

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Third century mosaic with a bust of Dionysus at its centre. Originally from the Via Flaminia in Rome, the mosaic is now on display at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #Rome

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Wow, these ancient Egyptian linen tunics are 3,400 years-old! They belonged to Kha, who was the ‘director of works’ responsible for the design and construction of royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi... #Archaeology

The museum image shows a display of ancient Egyptian linen clothing and a small painted wooden storage chest from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian architect Kha. Two large, rectangular linen tunics with keyhole-shaped neck openings are both shown hanging from display mounts. The tunic on the left is plain woven cream linen with a fringed hem. The tunic on the right has multi-coloured bands around the neckline and down the sides. Dimensions: circa 115 cm x 123.5 cm Between them is a painted wooden chest, shown open and filled with folded linen garments. The chest lid rests on the floor in front of the box and is painted with repeating geometric rosette motifs. At the lower right is a pile of folded linen textiles. The objects date to Egypt’s 18th Dynasty (1425–1353 BC) and come from the intact tomb of Kha and his wife Merit, now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin.

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Jen @jen-notjenny.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Good morning! It's Thursday in case you've been living in a cave. It's not really that deep. Grab your cup and let's get it!

They muddy the water to make it seem deep
-Friedrich Nietzsche

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Back in the second century, someone in ancient Nubia thought life is better with a frog mug. ❤️

A meroitic clay mug or goblet painted with several frogs that seem to have different moods.
Made in Faras.
On display at Ägyptische Staatssammlung in Munich.

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