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Prehistoric Pottery Selection 2, Oriel Ynys Môn, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales

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Black Loch Recreated Iron Age Roundhouse, Whithorn Trust Museum, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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checking on the plants in my garden

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Bed of Kha

Kha’s bed is a wooden frame with four posts in the shape of lions’ legs. The mattress takes the form of a supporting net. Found with Merit’s bed (Suppl. 8629) were sheets, a fringed bedspread, and a quilted headrest (Suppl. 8631).

Tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8), Deir el-Medina, Thebes. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1425-1353 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin. Suppl. 8327

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I hope you know that it’s always this

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Bridge of Tilt Pictish Burial, Perth Museum, Perth, Scotland

In 1985, housebuilding near Blair Atholl, unearthed a 5th century long-cist grave, a coffin-sized grave made of stone slabs. The 45 year old male skeleton found inside was laid with his head pointing towards the west over 1,500 years ago.

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Cueva de las Manos, Argentina

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Forest (No. 244)

Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center, Boynton Beach (five pics)

Cruger-dePeyster Sugar Mill, New Smyrna Beach (five pics)

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I love old Florida houses so bad

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John Schoenherr’s 1962 cover art detail for Worlds of When, ed. Groff Conklin

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Chaotic bald cypress root systems

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Surviving Cypress in the restored Kissimmee River Floodplain

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Roman Crocodile Parade Armour, 3rd To 4th Century CE, Manfalout, Egypt, The British Museum, London

The incorporation of the province of Egypt into the Roman Empire put Rome and her people into direct contact with Egyptian culture and religion. In Egypt Roman garrisons were closely integrated into civic and religious life and participated in local cults.

In Middle Egypt and Manfalout (in the ancient nome of Lycopolite) Roman soldiers were particularly attracted to the Crocodile cult centred on the sacred grottoes of the region. This parade helmet and cuirass, based upon actual military armour, was especially constructed out of crocodile skin for use in the cult processions.

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Forest (No. 241)

Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center, Boynton Beach

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Great Blue Heron

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Roman Oil Lamp Selection 2, Kendal Museum, Cumbria