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The Coffee Pot in Austin, It opened in 1928 and was demolished in the 1960s. This photo was taken in the 1940s.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Study of bird wings, Leonardo Da Vinci
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February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Can I just say something...? 🧣
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Basalt Pebble Carved as a Mouflon. Place of origin: Indus Valley, c. 3rd millennium BC. Size: 5.3 cm high, 6.7 cm long. Private Collection: © Oliver Hoare Ltd.

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January 23, 2026 at 4:39 PM
January 23, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Whaler made scrimshawed whale ivory Sea Horse pie crimper, circa 1850 @archaeologyart #globalmuseum #scrimshaw #archaeology #ivory #whaling
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Today is #MuseumSelfieDay! Yesterday I finished a (super) large scale line cartoon showing the stratigraphic layers of Chester's Amphitheatre...come and see it on the wall next month! #artist #archaeology #archaeologyart
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
missing pentiment (2022) really bad right now
January 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Bird pins (brooches) made out of scrap materials by Japanese Americans held in internment camps during World War II. From The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946 by Delphine Hirasuna (Ten Speed Press, 2005).

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January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Scarab bracelet from the Tomb of King Tutankhamun.

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January 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Okimono, decorative object made of metal and crystal glass spheres, Japan, 19th century AD. Currently in the collection of Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in England
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January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Charles Fréger
'Reisigbär' from Wilder Mann series, 2010 - 2013

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December 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Meeting of Dante and Farinata degli Uberti (Dante e Farinata. Dante incontra Farinata). Artist: Silvio Bicchi. Date: c. late 19th–early 20th century. Medium: Oil on canvas; 121 x 155 cm. Collection: Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan.⁣
December 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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In alchemical symbolism, the Sol Niger (Black Sun) is a symbol linked to the Nigredo stage of the Magnum Opus. The raven, stands here as the guardian of the Nigredo, waiting patiently under the dark star for the old world to rot away so the new one can be born.⁣
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The Black Sun. Artist: Bill Mayer, @thebillmayer , 2017. Medium: Gouache (with gold leaf) on watercolor paper.⁣
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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⁣This veil is an artistic attempt to depict a god with no visible form — that is, a shape covering something that cannot be shaped.⁣
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Essentially, the text describes this dome-shaped figure as able to shoot with his eye (all while remaining unseen), and even to encircle the sky with the flame of his mouth.
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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He appears in Spell 17 of the Book of the Dead, a crucial guide for the deceased navigating the afterlife. The spell describes him: "I know the name of this Medjed, who is with them in the House of Osiris, who shoots with his eye, yet is unseen."⁣
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM