What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history

Forensics: Anthropology. A foot fossil suggests a second early human relative lived alongside Lucy. 🧪

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda. 
— Read on www.sciencenews.org/article/foot-fossil-early-human-relative-lucy

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! 

The United States holiday of Thanksgiving is generally understood to be inspired by the harvest feast celebrated by the citizens of Plymouth Colony and the Native Americans of the Wampanoag Confederacy in the fall of 1621.

#Thanksgiving #History #HappyThanksgiving #America

Reposting a recent post from my Substack.

If you like Morocco, the city of Fez, its craftsmanship and its atmosphere:

open.substack.com/pub/tximmemo...

🪬🧿Roslin Glen triskelion

#roslin #triskelion #stonecarving #wallacecave #scotland #history #nature #celtic #ancient #heritage #alttext

Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) has been known, since shortly after his death, as the "Father of Texas," as he was not only the first to lead Anglo-American settlers to the region and establish colonies but also endured the hardships of organizing ...  #history

You have probably seen Lionel Messi sipping his Yerba Mate without realizing the significance behind this simple beverage.
Mate is also a social performance.
An invitation to drink mate is a welcoming gesture and a deep dive into the Guarani culture: substack.com/@immemorial1

Sarawak Gold

#Photography #EastCoastKin #Travel #TravelPhotography #Sarawak #Kuching #Malaysia

Late night in the souks. 🇲🇦

#Morocco #Marrakesh #life #walk #explore #travel #photography

European Robin #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #naturelovers #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #animals #travel #birdwatching #Robin

I think there's also a factor in here where Herodotus is just also wrong about just enough details on the periphery of the world he knows to have been a default of skepticism. As archeology has gotten better, we've gotten a better sense overtime of where Herodotus' knowledge is better/worse.

A world in one small perimeter: the Alcázar of Seville, Mudéjar art, lush gardens, nearby the Columbus's tomb and the Archivos de India.

Seville is worth it !

(Pictures: TXD, 2019)

Maya carving of a Frog (700-800 AD, crafted from shell and quartz), from the archaeological site of Topoxte in Guatemala 🇬🇹

The carving is now housed in the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Guatemala City.

#archaeohistories

Today we have "The Unclassifiable Arctic: René-Yves Creston and his Boreal Representations: Ethnology, Art, Marine Studies, and Polar Visuals" by Anatole Danto

This is the fourth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series.

niche-canada.org/2025/11/03/t...

#envhist

1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)

Hello Bluesky! First post ! Just published a deep dive on The Jungle Book and its roots in Panchatantra & Jātaka Tales. Dive in here 🌿:
open.substack.com/pub/tximmemo...