Dunnottar Castle (Dùn Fhoithear "fortress on the slopes of racks"), a ruined medieval fortress. It is located on a rocky headland on the northeast coast of Scotland. About 3km south of Stonehaven, most of the surviving buildings belong to 15th-16th Centuries CE, but the site is

Natural Giant Ammolite (opalized ammonite shell) from Alberta, Canada. With the rare purple and blue colors. Photo: Geologic Gallery | Boutique

Historical city of Edinburgh - Scotland ....

The guy who built this in 1347 on the banks of the River Isle in Perigeaux was like dude, I am NEVER gonna get flooded again.

Serlian windows are bonkers lovely, but simple: a round-arched centre light flanked by 2 lower rectangular openings. And you expect there to be vertical supports, columns or piers, between the 3 lights. Now and then though, you see one that plays with this expectation, one that…

Bison licking itself (Abri de la Madeleine, Tursac - Dordogne; France - Magdalenian period, around 13,000 BC). This beautiful object is a fragment of reindeer antler carved and engraved during the Magdalenian, that is to say the period of the European Upper Paleolithic, which

Pantheon’s door, one of the oldest bronze doors still in existence, has remarkably survived for nearly two millennia. This massive door, original to the Roman structure, evaded medieval looting largely because the temple was converted into a church over the centuries. The door is

Fossil Grove in Victoria Park will be open from 12 - 4 today! Head along to see this awesome example of a 330 million year old fossilised forest right in the heart of Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤

The warped window of St Martins in the Field https://t.co/OLLzNKCmNw By Shirazeh Houshiary & Pip Horne.

Ornamental Glass Quarries anyone? No, I didn't know either. Diamond shaped regular panes in leaded windows apparently and this 1849 book has 112 handcoloured plates of decorative ones.

The Round Tower of Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Standing 33m high the Round Tower of Glendalough is the best preserved high tower in Ireland. It was built almost 1000 years ago by the monks of St. Kevin's Monastery. The tower is original, only the conical roof had to be

Dove Unguentaria : A popular luxury item of the ancient Mediterranean world was the unguentarium/balsamarium – a little glass container which contained perfume, salve, balm, or suchlike precious unguents (the purpose is right there in the name). Today, we would probably keep

Double spiral staircase, an architectural and engineering marvel is silently standing within a public building in old town of Graz, Strya, Austria. Completed in 1438 CE, under guidance of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, Burg of Graz was expanded by Frederick’s son, Emperor

Trinity College, Dublin v Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin

Cat & mouse door knocker.

In Chinese #mythology, there was a hybrid monster called Mo貘 whose image was drawn on screens to dispel evils and cure diseases. After Mo was introduced to Japan, it evolves into a monster named Baku which lives on devouring people's nightmares, hopes and dreams.

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The most detailed “Rock Stars” I’ve ever found! ✨ A handful of Star Crinoid fossils from the #JurassicCoast in Dorset, UK ⭐️

This tiny boxwood peapod (10cm) was carved in 1500 CE, by a North German artist. It opens to reveal little peas, and then those peas open to reveal ten little carved scenes from Genesis. Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin #drthehistories

Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups! They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were created by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago! This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware. Kamares Ware vessels are said to have been used

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