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A family of owls in a clock tower in France[đź“ą Nicolas Dubois / _nicolasdubois]Massimo @Rainmaker1973 #owls #photography #France
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This is a strangler fig tree, Inside this tree is a hollow space where a different #tree stood.The strangler fig's seeds have made their way into the canopy of a host tree and germinated. As the fig's roots grow, they cascade down the trunk,Once they are in the ground it competes for nutrients and water with the host. Then It gradually tightens its grip around the host treeThis process hinders the flow of water and nutrients, causing the host tree to weaken and eventually die.@BettyNurbaety
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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The oldest written #hummus recipe in the world is 776 years old... It was written in Aleppo, Syria in 1250 CE by a historian named Ibn al-'Adeem. Not a chef. A historian. Who also happened to document one of the most extraordinary cookbooks of the medieval period.The base of the recipe is identical to what you make today. Chickpeas, tahini, lemon, garlic, salt. That part has not changed in 776 years.@histories_arch #globalmuseum #recipes
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What has changed is the garnish. After the hummus is spread flat on a wide plate, the 1250 CE manuscript says to drizzle it with sweet olive oil, scatter chopped parsley and pistachios across the top, dust it with Ceylon cinnamon, and finish with crushed rose buds.The manuscript also notes that the dish will look quite nice if you arrange whole chickpeas on top. A medieval Syrian historian giving you plating advice.
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The Man Who Went Shopping For Dining Chairs and Accidentally Bought Stonehenge.On September 21, 1915, a British barrister named Cecil Chubb was given a very simple task by his wife, Mary. She sent him to a local auction in Salisbury with strict instructions: buy a nice set of dining chairs for their home.But as Chubb sat in the auction house, he got distracted. "Lot 15" came up for sale, a 30-acre plot of land featuring a crumbling, dilapidated ring of ancient rocks. @VisionaryVoid
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Three years later, tired of his wife’s complaints and realizing the immense historical weight of his impulse purchase, Chubb donated the entire monument to the British government. He attached one strict condition: the public must always have access to it. Today, it stands protected forever, all because a husband couldn't stick to a shopping list. #globalmuseum
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The bidding was incredibly sluggish, and on a complete whim, Chubb raised his hand.When the gavel fell, he had just purchased Stonehenge for ÂŁ6,600 (roughly $800,000 today). He proudly presented the 5,000-year-old megalithic wonder to his wife as a surprise "birthday present."Mary was absolutely furious. She didn't want a pile of ancient rocks; she wanted her dining chairs.
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Will the Indus Valley script ever be deciphered?The Indus Valley script dates back around 4,000 years but has yet to be deciphered. Can AI help decode it?https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/will-the-indus-valley-script-ever-be-deciphered #globalmuseum #AI #writing
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Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Approves Gold Coin With His Face on It.Many of America’s founders were fiercely against taking steps that would make its government officials appear like kings, and that included featuring them on the country’s coins.https://archive.ph/RZAym #globalmuseum #coins #numismatics #Trump
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In Scotland, new rules are being introduced to require “swift bricks” in new buildings, a small change that creates nesting spaces and helps birds coexist with urban life.@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #birds #Scotland
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These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social‬ #globalmuseum #moths #insects
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The Silver Swan automaton, crafted in London around 1773 by clockmaker James Cox and inventor John Joseph Merlin to mimic a real swan's movements and feeding. It has over 2,000 moving parts and is the main attraction at Bowes Museum, England.@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #automaton #museums
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This is the Apple tree where Isaac Newton discovered gravity. This tree is still growing at Woolsthorpe Manor today and now is over 350 years old.@Science_TechTV #globalmuseum #trees
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This 1679 “Sabionari” Stradivarius is the only playable guitar by Antonio Stradivari left in this world.🤗So take just a moment to hear a sound that’s well over 300 years old!@55SweetThing #globalmuseum #music #guitar #Stradivarius
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Torpenhow Hill, EnglandWhen the Saxons arrived and asked the locals what that hill was called, the Welsh replied, “Pen,” which simply means hill in Welsh.The Saxons, apparently not spotting they’d already been given the full answer, added their own word for hill: tor. So it became Torpen - literally Hill Hill.@LairdOfThManor #globalmuseum #language
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A few centuries later, the Norse turned up and repeated the exercise, adding haugr, their word for hill. Now it was effectively Torpenhaugr - Hill Hill Hill.Then the English arrived, looked at the whole thing, shrugged, and added “Hill” on the end for good measure.Thus we ended up with Torpenhow Hill: Hill Hill Hill Hill.Over a thousand years, successive generations have been independently deciding that the previous lot hadn’t made it quite clear enough that it was, in fact, a hill.
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A Roman brick from Caesarea in modern-day Algeria holds something incredible. A worker left a handprint in the wet clay nearly 2,000 years ago. Even the worker’s fingerprints can still be seen.The brick is now kept at the Cherchell Archaeological Museum. It gives us a rare connection to an ordinary person who lived during Roman times.#globalmuseum #museums #Roman #archaeology
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The urge to keep all the tabs open is not a recent thing.Pictured: a 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla)@unmlawlibrary #globalmuseum #library #libraries #reading #history
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This traditional Chinese silver teapot showcases remarkable silversmithing, created from raw materials without heavy machinery.#silver #silversmith #globalmuseum #Chinese