Forwarded from Western Heritage
One of Alma-Tadema's most striking paintings - The Roses of Heliogabalus, completed in 1888 is based upon an unlikely incident during the reign of #Elagabalus and contained in the Historia Augusta - where the #Roman emperor suffocated his dinner guests under flower petals. @TrimontiumTrust
Forwarded from Laura Musica
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Absolutely my white pill for today 😊😊
Forwarded from Western Heritage
This is the swordbreaker, a type of parrying dagger designed to hook onto swinging blade and disable it
A possum broke into an Australian bakery and ate so many pastries it couldn’t move. This is how they found him. @AnimalsWorId
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Orca whales in the Sea of Okhotsk
Welcome, to an amazing 🌎
Welcome, to an amazing 🌎
Forwarded from Countrymen