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Gold and rock crystal pendant, Hunnic or Frankish, 4th-5th century AD

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Carnation Revolution in Portugal The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos), also referred to as the 25th of April (Portuguese: vinte e cinco de Abril), was initially a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal, on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo.[1] The revolution started as a military coup organized by the Armed Forces Movement (Portuguese: Movimento das Forças Armadas, MFA) composed of military officers who opposed the regime, but the movement was soon coupled with an unanticipated and popular campaign of civil resistance. This movement would lead to the fall of the Estado Novo and the withdrawal of Portugal from its African colonies.

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Etched and gilded armor, Dutch, dated 1612

from The Royal Armouries Collection

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Skeleton of a Scythian queen and her jewelry, found in the Chertomlyk barrow, near Nikopol, Katerynoslavsk Governorate (today Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Headdress and ornaments of the clothes of the priestess Dimitra / Demeter, found in the tomb.

Vasily A. Prokhorov, 1881

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                                                ANZAC DAY

Today, 25th April, is Anzac Day,  commemorating when ANZAC troops landed at Gallipoli during World War I.

ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Every year Australians and New Zealanders celebrate ANZAC Day to commemorate the troops landing on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli on the Turkish Aegean coast. Of the 1500 men who waded ashore that first day, 755 remained in active service at the end of the day. The remainder were killed or wounded. Establishing a foothold, the ANZACs found an advance to be impossible. After eight months of stalemate, the Allies withdrew from the peninsula, leaving over 8000 dead amongst the troops.

From 1916 onwards, in both Australia and New Zealand, ANZAC services were held on or about April 25.  In Australia, it was decided at the 1921 state premiers conference that ANZAC Day be observed on April 25 each year.

In Australia and New Zealand, ANZAC Day commemoration features solemn “dawn services”, Marches by veterans from all past wars are held in capital cities and towns nationwide. This is usually followed by social gatherings of veterans, hosted either in a pub or in an RSL Club, often including a traditional Australian gambling game called “two-up”, which was an extremely popular past-time with ANZAC soldiers. Although the last ANZAC veteran has now died, the tradition lives on as Australia and New Zealand choose to remember the sacrifice of their young men during WWI.

The State Library of New South Wales holds extensive collections of materials relating to World War 1 and the Anzacs, including soldier’s diaries, maps, posters and art works. 

Read more in our feature article Writing at Gallipoli  by Elise Edmonds.

“Allied troops remained on the Gallipoli peninsula until the evacuation on 19 and 20 December. The landing of troops on that morning in April continues to be an enduring and powerful milestone in Australia’s history. The myths and realities of the landing site, the nature of the landing, and how far inland the troops got on that first day are still being debated by historians 100 years on.

The Gallipoli campaign cost Australia 26,111 casualties, including 8,141 deaths.”

LEST WE FORGET

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I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again

from Obscurest Vinyl

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The Easter Uprising, April 24th-27th, 1916

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De Artibus Romanorum 

 ROMAN AFRICA 

The Roman province of Africa Proconsularis was founded in 146 BC at the conclusion of the Punic Wars. Initially restricted to the area around Carthage, the Roman occupation of northern Africa was extended westwards under the empire and divided into the administrative units of Mauretania (Morocco and Algeria) Numidia (Tunisia) and Tripolitania (Libya). Egypt was a separate geographical entity.

After Italia, Roman Africa was the most important and richest province in the west, producing and exporting olives, grain, and labor.

Unincumbered with conservative building traditions, Africa was the site of daring and extravagant architectural experimentation in second and third centuries. It was also a source of civilised talent: the comic playwright Terence, the emperors Septimius Severus and the three Gordions, Tertullian, Cyprian of Carthage and Saint Augustine, rhetor and later Bishop of Hippo Regius, were all Roman Africans.

Some of the remote outposts on the edges of Mauretania were abandoned or overrun by the Berbers soon after their founding. The Vandals invaded in AD 411 and by 435 they had defeated the Romans. Parts of Africa were, however, under the control of the eastern (Byzantine) empire as late as the 6th century A.D.. 

1. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania), Punic Market, 8 B.C. 2. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania), Theater, A.D. 1-2. 3. Cuicul (Numidia), Temple of Gens Septimia, c. A.D. 229.  4. Thysdrus (Africa Proconsularis), Amphitheater, A.D. 238.  5. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania), Arch of Septimius Severus, c. A.D. 210. 6. Lambaesis, (Numidia), Praetorium, A.D. 268.  7. Thamugadi (Numidia), c. A.D. 100.  8. Volubilis (Mauretania), Basilica, A.D. 230. 9. Sufetula (Numidia), Capitolium, c. A.D. 160.

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Banded agate frog, Akkadian, 2400 - 2200 BC

from The British Museum

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Bat flanks the top on both sides of the Narmer Palette.

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Crushing Napoleon's Navy --- Battle of Trafalgar

from History Dose

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Ancient Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads, from the Eastern Mediterranean, c.100 BCE-100 CE: this necklace is composed of 30 glass beads, most of which are decorated with stylized faces

From the John Paul Getty Museum:

The beads are made of multi-colored opaque glass and are decorated with heads and floral designs. The necklace is in good condition; some beads are chipped or cracked.

The exact origin of this piece is unknown, but it can be traced back to the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was likely made by a Greek or Roman artist.

Each bead has a width of about 1.2cm (roughly half an inch); they're decorated with remarkably intricate details, and each face is depicted in its own unique style.

Sources & More Info:

John Paul Getty Museum: Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads

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~ Group from Cartoceto di Pergola.

Date: 50—30 B.C.

Medium: Gilded bronze

Provenance: Ancona, National Archaeological Museum of Marche (Museo archeologico nazionale delle Marche)

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Lime pot in the shape of a cat, Thailand, 11th-12th century

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Fried Chicken in the 18th century

from Townsends

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Cylinder seal with winged hero with bull and lion, Neo-Babylonian, 7th century BC

from The Morgan Library & Museum

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Bloodstone pendant with depictions of the Archangel Michael and Saint Demetrius, Byzantine, 10th-11th century

from The Walters Art Museum