mediumaevum:
During the Middle Ages people believed that dragons inhabit the Alps. Loud noise could be heard, sounds of cracking and bursting. Today, we know that these sounds are caused by moving glaciers.
historyofthemonarchy:
Artist Neil Bromley’s Royal Family tree from William the Conqueror to Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. Created for Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee
Artist Neil Bromley’s Royal Family tree from William the Conqueror to Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.
Created for Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee
interwar:
ancientart Ancient Minoan, Ladies in Blue fresco, ca. 1525-1450 B.C. Currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
ancientart
Ancient Minoan, Ladies in Blue fresco, ca. 1525-1450 B.C. Currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
ottoman-empire:
AN OTTOMAN SET OF DAMASCENED CALLIGRAPHER’S TOOLS, 19TH CENTURYOsmanlı Hattat Aletleri, 19.Yüzyıl
glukauf:
Burgonet, Filippo Negroli, 1543.
gdfalksen Fuchsburg hussar uniform colors .
gdfalksen
Fuchsburg hussar uniform colors .
A 16th century armour embossed with lions heads. It is the finest decorated armour in the Royal Armouries collection.
meiringens:
basil—hallward: I use my typewriter well.
basil—hallward:
I use my typewriter well.
Ishtar Gate (575 BC), Staatliche Museum, Berlin Named in honor of Ishtar, the goddess of love, fertility, and war, the gate spanned a processional route that led to the city’s towering ziggurat incorporated into the Tower of Babel.
Ishtar Gate (575 BC), Staatliche Museum, Berlin
Named in honor of Ishtar, the goddess of love, fertility, and war, the gate spanned a processional route that led to the city’s towering ziggurat incorporated into the Tower of Babel.
“London Transport Museum holds over 5,000 posters and artworks in its archives and, on October 4, 2012, some 300 original London Underground advertising posters from its collection will be auctioned for sale through Christie’s South Kensington saleroom. Demand at the auction is likely to be high but if you can’t afford an original, reprints of the images shown here are available through the London Transport Museum shop. You can see more of the posters for sale on the Christie’s website.”