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I live in France with cats. I have a rather wild garden and make mosaics.
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Mycenaean painted plaster head of a woman. Dated 13th century BCE. Found at Mycenae, Greece. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece (4575). 📷 by me

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Finally finished the small red mosaic ball.

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4,000 litres of diesel spilled into the River Wandle this week . Criminal . Please help South East Rivers Trust fund recovery efforts and guard against this type of pollution in the future . Please donate if you can www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-r... Video: Mirrhyn Stephen

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A sneak peak of one of the gallery spaces at The De Morgan Museum at Cannon Hall, Barnsley, closed until 5th April while extensive conservation is taking place of the mansion. Are you looking forward to returning? Or visiting for the first time when we reopen in a few months?

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If Brexit had never happened… …we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Why is there a witch hunt against Rachel Reeves? Rishi Sunak who was also Chancellor literally made his fortune in the financial crash at everyone's expense 🤷‍♂️ Inflating small indiscretions beyond all measure of proportion, that's toxic Is this really the type of society we want to live in?

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Brits feel Keir Starmer would make the best Prime Minister out of all the current main party leaders @yougov.co.uk

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An Attic (Greece) Geometric bowl with a leg-shaped handle, dating around 850 BC. The Geometric period lasted from ca. 900 to 700 BC. It's named after geometric patterns and motifs used to decorate pottery vessels. On display at Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 taken by me 🏺 AncientBluesky

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2025: Conservative MP Wendy Morton claims Brexit allowed the UK to roll out the covid vaccine first 2020: Head of the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency explains that the covid vaccine was rolled out under EU law, while the UK was still in the EU

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This is such a great question that I think it deserves a whole thread. The cuneiform writing system included numbers, and we know how to say the names of many of these numbers in both Akkadian and Sumerian (languages that cuneiform was used to write). Let's start with Sumerian.

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#MosaicMonday The #Roman mosaics of Villa del Tellaro near Noto, Syracuse, #Sicily. The villa, dates from the 4th C AD. The floors of the three rooms are taped with #mosaics depicting #mythological, hunting and dancing scenes. #Archaeology #History #Art

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In 1939, National Geographic magazine commissioned Charles Bittinger to create a series of paintings that would help readers visualise outer space. This work depicts the planet Mars, which astronomers thought had green patches of vegetation.

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The Mussel (2018 by Michael Johnson) celebrating the history & life of #Musselburgh #EastLothian. On the theme of Memory & Reflection, the outer face includes symbols of the life of the town (here Golf & Fishing) & the inner surface is a mirror, reflecting whatever is in front of it #allmetalmonday

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👀 Floor Mosaic Qusayr Amra, Jordan AD 723-43 Mosaics in early Islamic architecture drew upon #Byzantine traditions. Qusayr Amra was an Umayyad 'desert palace'. On loan - Museum für Islamische Kunst, #Berlin Silk Roads exhibition #BritishMuseum #MosaicMonday

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Today I made my annual pilgrimage to pay homage to the Green Hellebore, Helleborus viridis, in woodland near Croydon. Just a few open flowers so far in the colony, but lots more to come. 💚 #WildflowerHour

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The builder shortage challenging the government's growth plans The Uk's population growth is far outpacing the size of its construction workforce, according to a new analysis news.sky.com/story/the-bu...

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Just so delighted to have two works selected for the 2025 Society of Graphic Fine Art Open at The Mall Galleries, London. The standard of drawing skill that is shared in this show is second to none. 10 - 15 March. It's worth a visit!

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Kawase Hasui, 1934 (Masterpieces of Japan @JapanTraCul on X)

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A mosaic on an undulating base inspired by a lovely woollen blanket given to me by my sister. Unfortunately, moths ate it. Made as part of Rachel Davies Mosaic Membership.

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