The maid's scene from the famed Patrice Chéreau "Elektra" at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin:
Jan. 26, 29, Feb. 7, 10, and 14.

The calcite crystal was found near navigational devices in the wreck of a warship sunk in 1592 . Ancient lore claims Vikings used crystals to navigate. This could prove they did indeed exist. Their shape refracts light as a double image. Held correctly, it becomes clear and points east-west.

The concert catastrophe occurred in Frickingen, Germany, before Austrian pianist Stefan Vladar was due to perform on Saturday evening.

Remarkably the piano was still in playable condition once it was righted, and the concert went ahead as planned.

Source — limelight magazine

Developed in 20 months, "The Writing Boy" writes his first sentence: "My inventor is Jacques Dro." The presentation in Paris in 1774 left King Louis XVI's court speechless:

- The world's first programmed Android
- 6,000 mobile pieces in a writing mechanism
- And it was introduced in Paris in 1774

Never forgotten.

Trichoptera larvae have a unique skill: to build protective covers with materials from their surroundings. Hubert Duprat has taken advantage of this behavior by providing gold and precious stones. The larvae, following their instinct, create living jewels with these materials!
Credits Cienciatum

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This fresco from Pompeii (50 AD) depicts a high-society woman with gold-threaded hair and earrings, holding a wax tablet and stylus. Traditionally called "Sappho," it is one of the well-preserved and notable artifacts from Pompeii.
Now at the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
©️📸 Carole Raddato

Greek Bronze Helmet with a Griffin (350–300 BC), from MagnaGrecia.
The decoration includes a griffin protome on the crest, flanked by wings above the ears. The spring-like coils just inside the wings would have originally held feathers. The brow depicts a diadem and locks of hair surrounding it.

The American philosopher and professor, Noam Chomsky, loses the ability to speak and write at 95 years old, this forces him to give up the throne of speech, in which he exposed the truth about global systems.

No one will put the truth in your mind, it's something you have to discover for yourself

Some of my recordings....

Some performance related photos.....

View from our place in Μυτιλήνη, Λέσβος (Mytilini, Lesvos)

This is my first attempt at posting here! Greek stuffed bell peppers: γεμιστα (gemista)