master-painters:

Henri Rivière (1864-1951)

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museum-of-artifacts:

Milecastle 39 (Part of Hadrian’s Wall) Northumberland, England / 100 AD

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archaeologicalnews:

In 1923, famed British geologist Herbert Henry Thomas published a seminal study on Stonehenge, claiming to have found the precise spots where prehistoric people had quarried the stones.

There was just one problem with his analysis: It was wrong. And it has taken geologists about 80 years to get it right, a new study finds.

“At best, he [Thomas] was forgetful and sloppy, but at worst he was being deceptive,” said study co-researcher Rob Ixer, a geologist at the University of Leicester and an honorary senior research associate at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, in England.

In addition to debunking Thomas’ influential work, the researchers announced an additional Stonehenge discovery: Prehistoric people likely didn’t boat the stones though Bristol Channel on the way from where the stones were quarried, in western Wales, to where Stonehenge stands today, in Salisbury Plain. Read more.

astromonster:

Karel Thole

(via 70sscifiart)

mapsontheweb:

Map of People in Wales who speak Welsh, 2011.

thebristolboard:

thebristolboard:

Forgotten masterpiece: “Journey’s End” by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko from Amazing Adult Fantasy #7, published by Marvel/Atlas Comics, December 1961. 

RIP Steve Ditko.

thenearsightedmonkey:

erikkwakkel:

Funny medieval doodles

With their wild hair and frantic gaze, these doodled men look like fools. They are waving as if to seek contact with the reader. The thing is, the reader is busy singing and listening to a sermon. That is because these 800-year-old images are found in a Missal, a book used during Holy Mass. What a shock it must have been for the serious user of the book, to flip the page and suddenly find yourself face to face with these funny creatures. And what a great contrast: a serious book with silly drawings.

Pic: Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 95 (Missal, 12th century). More about the manuscript here.

Dear Students,

800 years ago someone drew these pictures but how do they look so much like  drawings from our Making Comics class?  

And why?

Sincerely,

Professor Hotdog FKA Professor SASQUATCH!

theancientwayoflife:

~ Circus glass cup from Nordrup.
Culture: Roman
Place of origin: Denmark

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archimaps:

Design for the catafalque of a prince

jettpack:

A bunch of drawings from my sketchbook in 2016