BadSikander
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Mostly re-posting items that I've found interesting relating to history or science. Some cinema and music too.
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Wall Clock, so-called Plate Clock c. 1661 Gilded silver, amethyst, jasper, turquoises, wax (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wall Clock, so-called Plate Clock c. 1661 Gilded silver, amethyst, jasper, turquoises, wax (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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Speaking of the #Hermitage, the Peacock Clock is one of the most extraordinary surviving 18th‑century #automata. Created in the late 1770s by James Cox, it was bought by Prince Grigory Potemkin for Catherine the Great, shipped to Russia and reassembled there.
@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #museums #clocks
@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #museums #clocks
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Speaking of the #Hermitage, the Peacock Clock is one of the most extraordinary surviving 18th‑century #automata. Created in the late 1770s by James Cox, it was bought by Prince Grigory Potemkin for Catherine the Great, shipped to Russia and reassembled there.
@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #museums #clocks
@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #museums #clocks
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These are just three of the thousands of so-called 'eye idols' that were discovered at a temple in Tell Brak in Syria. Dating to around 3600 BCE, they are probably votive offerings. They are now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social #FindsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
These are just three of the thousands of so-called 'eye idols' that were discovered at a temple in Tell Brak in Syria. Dating to around 3600 BCE, they are probably votive offerings. They are now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social #FindsFriday
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This golden pectoral is considered the most beautiful of those found in Tomb 7 at Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. It measures 115 mm at its widest point and is 2 mm thick at its thickest point, weighing 112 grams. Collection of the Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca.
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This golden pectoral is considered the most beautiful of those found in Tomb 7 at Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. It measures 115 mm at its widest point and is 2 mm thick at its thickest point, weighing 112 grams. Collection of the Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca.
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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Table Clock, Augsburg, 1564 by Jeremias Metzker (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Table Clock, Augsburg, 1564 by Jeremias Metzker (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!
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An elaborate hand with long, bendy fingers marking parts of the manuscript that were thought to be of importance or interest - 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
An elaborate hand with long, bendy fingers marking parts of the manuscript that were thought to be of importance or interest - 14th century, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085
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Lámh Laichtín • The Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm
This remarkable shrine in the shape of a forearm dates to around c.1120.
A hollow in the shrine is believed to have held the arm bone of St. Lachtin, a saint of the 6th century.
(some additional detail in the Alt-Text)
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
This remarkable shrine in the shape of a forearm dates to around c.1120.
A hollow in the shrine is believed to have held the arm bone of St. Lachtin, a saint of the 6th century.
(some additional detail in the Alt-Text)
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Lámh Laichtín • The Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm
This remarkable shrine in the shape of a forearm dates to around c.1120.
A hollow in the shrine is believed to have held the arm bone of St. Lachtin, a saint of the 6th century.
(some additional detail in the Alt-Text)
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
This remarkable shrine in the shape of a forearm dates to around c.1120.
A hollow in the shrine is believed to have held the arm bone of St. Lachtin, a saint of the 6th century.
(some additional detail in the Alt-Text)
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
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The ‘Fool's Cap World Map’, from 1590. The print uses a jester's face to display the world map of the time - Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Currently part of the British Library’s ‘Secret Maps’ exhibition.
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The ‘Fool's Cap World Map’, from 1590. The print uses a jester's face to display the world map of the time - Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Currently part of the British Library’s ‘Secret Maps’ exhibition.
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Venus figure from the Siberian Paleolithic site of Mal'ta, dated approximately 24,000 BP. There is a leaf shaped mark on her right shoulder/breast and a hole drilled in the base, presumably indicating it was worn or hung as a pendant.
#archaeohistories
#archaeohistories
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Venus figure from the Siberian Paleolithic site of Mal'ta, dated approximately 24,000 BP. There is a leaf shaped mark on her right shoulder/breast and a hole drilled in the base, presumably indicating it was worn or hung as a pendant.
#archaeohistories
#archaeohistories
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Helmet of Ferdinand II, 1560 by Giovanni Battista Panzeri known as Serabaglio (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
A playful little piece of headgear..
A playful little piece of headgear..
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Helmet of Ferdinand II, 1560 by Giovanni Battista Panzeri known as Serabaglio (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
A playful little piece of headgear..
A playful little piece of headgear..
Enjoyed this.
'No master to serve, no leash to bear. I walk as I please, and I speak as I dare.'
Olivier Award-winner Adrian Lester makes his RSC debut, directed by Simon Evans in Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, in a new version by Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson.
Olivier Award-winner Adrian Lester makes his RSC debut, directed by Simon Evans in Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, in a new version by Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson.
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Enjoyed this.
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Happy Halloween! The rather scary looking Roos Carr figures with their quartzite eyes. Dating to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, the figures are part of the collections at the Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology. 📸 My own. #Halloween #Prehistory #Yorkshire
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Happy Halloween! The rather scary looking Roos Carr figures with their quartzite eyes. Dating to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, the figures are part of the collections at the Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology. 📸 My own. #Halloween #Prehistory #Yorkshire
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Charlton Heston in Soylent Green (1973)
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Charlton Heston in Soylent Green (1973)
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#FilmSky #NowWatching
𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 : 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎 : 𝟏𝟎𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐧
tinyurl.com/489srdt2
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩-𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨.
𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 : 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎 : 𝟏𝟎𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐧
tinyurl.com/489srdt2
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩-𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨.
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
#FilmSky #NowWatching
𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 : 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎 : 𝟏𝟎𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐧
tinyurl.com/489srdt2
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩-𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨.
𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 : 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎 : 𝟏𝟎𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐧
tinyurl.com/489srdt2
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩-𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨.
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This remarkable photograph captures 1st millisecond of a nuclear explosion during a 1952 test at Nevada Test Site. Taken with a high-speed Rapatronic camera—capable of exposures lasting less than a millionth of a second—it shows the fireball at the instant of detonation, still smaller than a house.
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This remarkable photograph captures 1st millisecond of a nuclear explosion during a 1952 test at Nevada Test Site. Taken with a high-speed Rapatronic camera—capable of exposures lasting less than a millionth of a second—it shows the fireball at the instant of detonation, still smaller than a house.
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Tuesday’s ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that has never seen one’ - 14th century, British Library, Sloane MS 4016, f. 50r
October 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Tuesday’s ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that has never seen one’ - 14th century, British Library, Sloane MS 4016, f. 50r
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Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
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Neolithic clay goddess figurine know as the Centaur of Vallç, dated 5700-4500 BC, belinged to Vinča culture; found in Pristina, Kosovo in 1956. 🇽🇰
The figurine is believed to represent a female deity and is a significant example of Vinča art.
City Museum of Mitrovica, Kosovo
#archaeohistories
The figurine is believed to represent a female deity and is a significant example of Vinča art.
City Museum of Mitrovica, Kosovo
#archaeohistories
October 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Neolithic clay goddess figurine know as the Centaur of Vallç, dated 5700-4500 BC, belinged to Vinča culture; found in Pristina, Kosovo in 1956. 🇽🇰
The figurine is believed to represent a female deity and is a significant example of Vinča art.
City Museum of Mitrovica, Kosovo
#archaeohistories
The figurine is believed to represent a female deity and is a significant example of Vinča art.
City Museum of Mitrovica, Kosovo
#archaeohistories
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#FindsFriday This unique carving of a woman was discovered in 1880 in a peat bog in Ballachulish near Loch Leven, #Scotland in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder, the Ballachulish women stands 1.5m tall, has quartz pebbles for eyes and dates to about 600AD. Her purpose is unknown. #IronAge
October 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#FindsFriday This unique carving of a woman was discovered in 1880 in a peat bog in Ballachulish near Loch Leven, #Scotland in 1880. Carved from a single piece of alder, the Ballachulish women stands 1.5m tall, has quartz pebbles for eyes and dates to about 600AD. Her purpose is unknown. #IronAge
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Astronomers have detected a dark blob of...something, billions of light years away. It's as massive as a million Suns & it emits no detectable radiation.
It might be a clump of dark matter, revealing new details about the structure of the invisible universe. 🧪🔭
www.ucdavis.edu/news/astrono...
It might be a clump of dark matter, revealing new details about the structure of the invisible universe. 🧪🔭
www.ucdavis.edu/news/astrono...
October 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Astronomers have detected a dark blob of...something, billions of light years away. It's as massive as a million Suns & it emits no detectable radiation.
It might be a clump of dark matter, revealing new details about the structure of the invisible universe. 🧪🔭
www.ucdavis.edu/news/astrono...
It might be a clump of dark matter, revealing new details about the structure of the invisible universe. 🧪🔭
www.ucdavis.edu/news/astrono...
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A Cross-strung chromatic harp, 19th-century by harp maker, Henry Greenway
This harp has two sets of strings that cross near their midpoint. One row has the naturals for a C major scale, like white notes on a modern piano, while the second set has the accidentals, or black notes
#music #harp #notes
This harp has two sets of strings that cross near their midpoint. One row has the naturals for a C major scale, like white notes on a modern piano, while the second set has the accidentals, or black notes
#music #harp #notes
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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#NowWatching CURE (1997). Director: Kiyoshi Kurasowa. Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki.
Seemingly unmotivated murders are linked by their savagery & one cop's pursuit of the truth may be his undoing. Rewatching a fave of contemporary Japanese horror.
#filmsky 📽 #horrorsky
Criterion Collection 1155
Seemingly unmotivated murders are linked by their savagery & one cop's pursuit of the truth may be his undoing. Rewatching a fave of contemporary Japanese horror.
#filmsky 📽 #horrorsky
Criterion Collection 1155
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#NowWatching CURE (1997). Director: Kiyoshi Kurasowa. Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki.
Seemingly unmotivated murders are linked by their savagery & one cop's pursuit of the truth may be his undoing. Rewatching a fave of contemporary Japanese horror.
#filmsky 📽 #horrorsky
Criterion Collection 1155
Seemingly unmotivated murders are linked by their savagery & one cop's pursuit of the truth may be his undoing. Rewatching a fave of contemporary Japanese horror.
#filmsky 📽 #horrorsky
Criterion Collection 1155
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Good morning!
[Gaetano Giulio Zumbo, A Soul in Hell, 1670-1700, Wax, 11.5 cm x 10 cm (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)]
[Gaetano Giulio Zumbo, A Soul in Hell, 1670-1700, Wax, 11.5 cm x 10 cm (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)]
October 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Good morning!
[Gaetano Giulio Zumbo, A Soul in Hell, 1670-1700, Wax, 11.5 cm x 10 cm (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)]
[Gaetano Giulio Zumbo, A Soul in Hell, 1670-1700, Wax, 11.5 cm x 10 cm (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)]