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In light of all the horrible things going on in the world, sometimes we just need to see two bees sleeping inside a flower to be reminded of what's truly at risk if we humans keep going down our current path. Photo by wildlife photographer Joe Neely.

Happy Valentine's Day, especially to those who have lost loved ones. Credit: Marina Terauds Studio, “Cardinal Heart”, 2016. Etching/cut.

Crinoid Fossil, Corocrinus, from the Middle Devonian period. Photo by: Tony Petropoulos #FossilFriday

Ceramic glass with colored coating, decorated in slip with two simple phalluses and two winged phalluses. - Roman-British period - from Stonea Grange - The British Museum, London, UK #phallusthursday

In The Marsh. -1°C and frozen skies. A Woodpecker tapping.

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My man, Terry Pratchett...

The Warrior of Capestrano is a limestone statue with traces of #polychrome, of a Picene warrior dated to around 6th century BCE. The statue stands at around 2.09 m. It was discovered accidentally in 1934 by a labourer ploughing the field in the Italian town of Capestrano.

#Etruscan #terracotta antefix of Silenus with #polychrome, from Falerii Veteres, 5th century BCE. #TerracottaTuesday

Apollo di Scasato, from Civita Castellana (Falerii Veteres), with surviving #polychrome, late 3rd century BCE. Now in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome, possibly inspired by a statue of Alexander the Great by Lysippos.

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@DickKingSmith Absolutely adorable, and I bet she can pick up Radio Free Europe with those ears.

Daphne the dog says hello.

Roman floor mosaic panel likely from a dining room. Said to come from Populonia, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, around 100CE. The British Museum, London, UK. Relocated from the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1989. #MosaicMonday

@SwatiTheGeek Tig & and I know your pain. Querying is a demoralizing process made worse by those who can without any consideration or concern for authors. Publishers/agents need authors as much as authors need them but power only flows one way. Be strong. Take a break. Hug your furry friend.

More Pantheon 🏛 tonight at 6pm. Enjoy. @AncientRomeLive

It’s #MosaicMonday! This panel dates to c. 200 CE from Ephesus. Triton takes the lead with a platter of what looks like delicious fruit. He’s accompanied by a dolphin and two fish. May you sail just as stylishly into your day as well 🎉 🏛 British Museum

Images of a solar eclipse captured from the Moon (it was a total lunar eclipse on Earth) with the television camera aboard NASA's Surveyor III lander on April 24, 1967.

Today was just heavenly on Glastonbury Tor. I just love mornings like this.

Mosaic with #Bellerophon, riding #Pegasus, killing the #Chimera. Marble tiles of different colors from a Roman villa in Girona, 3rd century CE. Museu de Arqueologia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain #MosaicMonday

For #RomanSiteSaturday an aerial photo of the amphitheatre in Itálica, #Spain. ‘Game of Thrones’ fans may recognize the #Dragonpit! The amphitheatre was built in the 2nd century AD and held up to 25,000 spectators.   Photo: Amazing Aerial Agency   #RomanArchaeology #GOT

A colourful six sided enamelled #Roman vessel found in Bad Breisig. Dating 2nd/3rd century AD. It could be carried or suspended by a chain, therefore it was identified as an incense container. But it was also argued that it was used as an inkwell. Photo: GDKE Rheinland-Pfalz