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The great rune stone raised by Harald Bluetooth, gatherer of the Danish lands and baptiser of Denmark, that venerated tenth-century ruler after whom Bluetooth was named
NB! · Archive · Faith · London · Monarchies · Society
The Jewish community, too, celebrated Elizabeth's coronation in 1953
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In Eighteenth-Century Britain, a Black Boy Serving at the Tea Table Was a Mark of a Household of Particularly High Standing
In eighteenth-century Britain, a mark of a household's particularly high standing was a Black boy waiting on the tea table. As for the preposterous headgear of noble ladies, in every age it has been the sign of a face best not looked at too closely
NB! · Archaeology · Museums · Rome · Humour
Third-Century Roman Child's Bust Found to Depict a Girl, Not a Boy
For a long time the child immortalised in a 3rd-century Roman sculpture was thought to be a boy, because of the short haircut. It has recently emerged that this type of toga was worn by girls. So much for assuming a gender identity
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The celebrated evolutionary biomechanist Hutchinson with an elephant
The celebrated evolutionary biomechanist Hutchinson with an elephant. But all I can see are the black socks
NB! · Geography · Maps · Books · Observations
Medieval world diagram with three continents and no America
Fine! It is simply a very detailed map of the world, as it would look had there been no America on earth. The map wanders through many medieval treatises and invites one to consider whether books are to be trusted.
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A medieval recipe for a pie made up of three parts, two lower and one upper, is described in a manuscript from the Vatican Library
A medieval recipe for a pie made up of three parts, two lower and one upper, is described in a manuscript from the Vatican Library. The pie is served by a one-armed, one-legged grotesque
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Remains of a Bulbasaur Found in South Africa Date from the Permian Period
Remains of a Bulbasaur have been found in South Africa and date from the Permian period. For more on the find and its classification, see the discoverers' article: https://peerj.com/articles/2913/
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German palaeontologists find skull of new dicynodont Bulbasaurus phylloxyron in Africa
The skull of Bulbasaurus phylloxyron, a representative of a new variety of herbivorous mammal-like reptiles, the dicynodonts. It was dug up in Africa by German palaeontologists, who did not name it after the Pokémon!
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A rare erotic edition of 1721, "The Pleasures of Coition", by a French poet named CELEBRATED BONEFONIUS
A rare erotic edition of 1721, "The Pleasures of Coition", by a French poet named CELEBRATED BONEFONIUS. And that is not a pseudonym! In 2003 the book was sold at auction for $420, and I regret that it was not I who bought it.
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A Vase in the Shape of a Mouse
A vase in the shape of a mouse. 3rd century AD, Britain. The mouse's body is wound about with a cord in the form of a snake