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📷 Opening Ceremony of the Electric Tramway in Damascus, Syria, 1907 #Damascus #Tramway #Railroad #History #TrainHistory

🎶 They’re going wild the call came in…..🎶 #Birds

a lovely message from best friend pete that i appreciated this morning... 🙏🫂🕊

📷 Fig Workers in Aydın, 1900s (West Türkiye) #Fig #Historical

“Who IS that fine creature before me???” — #WhoopingCrane @savingcranes.bsky.social

#EastFrancia: by the #ActofThionville in 806, the #FrankishEmpire was partitioned into the #WesternFranks, #EasternFranks, & #MiddleFranks, with the east bit later becoming today's #Germany. www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEur... #history #historyfiles #medieval #medievaleurope #Franks #Francia

Of course, I have to share this gorgeous northern cardinal. #🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #northerncardinal #photography #birdsofbluesky #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer

This #ValentinesDay, be like #Imani and bring your love some beach bacon! #PipingPlovers #Shorbs #ShoreBirds @chicagopiping.bsky.social

🐕 Amasya Telegraph Director Baba Efendi and the Stray Dogs, 1900s "The house of Baba Efendi, the Telegraph Director, is next to the mansion of Kurdoğlu Mehmet Bey. This esteemed person, known as Baba Efendi, was a noble and charitable individual..." #History #Dogs #StrayDogs

Nothing says #love like a #PipingPlover! - even his food is heart shaped! Be sure to follow the wonderful folks who tirelessly work to protect our #FeatheredFrens @chicagopiping.bsky.social !

It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest

A 1st-2nd Century AD; 'Roman Rock Crystal Dice' (Tesserae), from Wroxeter, Shropshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 These dices often used to move pieces on a game board. Used alone they were generally for gambling, to provide a win with highest number. British Museum #archaeohistories

The Van Gogh Experience 😀 #archaeohistories

Home is built one piece at a time… #EasternBluebird #BlueBird #birds #birding #photography #nesting #birbs #home #DIY #nature #Forest #outdoors #blue

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I keep finding these in one particular spot. It’s on the Southbank where there were once several glassworks. Are they something to do with glass making or something else? #mudlarkingfinds #mudlark #mudlarking

📷 The Man Looking Towards the City of Gaza from within the Gardens (Palestine), 1900c #gaza #palestine #ottomanpalestine

@tomscott.com would it be possible for you to post the same things here that you post on fb?

Minaret of Jam (62m), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at confluence of Hari-rud and Jam Rud rivers, Ghor Province, Afghanistan. Built by Ghurid Sultan in 1190 AD, minaret built entirely of baked bricks, famous for its intricate brick, stucco and glazed tile decoration. #archaeohistories

🖼️ A Quiet and Peaceful Day in Istanbul, 1900s "The rose bride has wedded the groom of the morning breeze, The nightingales of the meadow have risen, singing to her.." [𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁] #history #poem #poetry #spring #peace

Wolf moon

Our amazing planet

Great Blue Heron #Birds #Heron #Photography #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

Gandalf the Grey Heron. #birds #photography #wildlife

Moondrop.

Great Blue Heron. #Birds #photography #GreatBlueHeron #Herons #ArdeaHerodias

Here are some nice mushrooms

Spent the afternoon filming at The Society of Antiquaries for the forthcoming mudlarking exhibition at London Museum. Opens 4 April and runs for a year, stick it in your diary! #mudlarking

In Afghanistan, the grapes are stored for up to six months, kept fresh in airtight mud-straw containers. Afghans developed this method of food preservation, which uses mud-straw containers and is known as kangina, centuries ago in Afghanistan's rural north. © Pride of Chitral #archaeohistories

I know this shoe inner sole is 16th century from its shape but look carefully, there’s more. Can you see the imprint of the warp and weft of the cloth that once lined the shoe? #mudlarkingfinds #mudlark #mudlarking

Aztec beads (1400-1521 AD), found in southern Mexico 🇲🇽 These were cast individually by the lost-wax process, each with its own separate clay mold which was then broken to release the object. (H: 20cm) MET Museum #archaeohistories