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the castration of saturn

miniature from a composite manuscript containing poems by antitus faure, france, c. 1500

source: Chavannes-près-Renens, Archives cantonales vaudoises, P Antitus, fol. 18v

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In a monumental discovery for paleontology and the first of its kind "Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia"

Abstract The frozen mummy of the large felid cub was found in the Upper Pleistocene permafrost on the Badyarikha River (Indigirka River basin) in the northeast of Yakutia, Russia. The study of the specimen appearance showed its significant differences from a modern lion cub of similar age (three weeks) in the unusual shape of the muzzle with a large mouth opening and small ears, the very massive neck region, the elongated forelimbs, and the dark coat color. Tomographic analysis of the mummy skull revealed the features characteristic of Machairodontinae and of the genus Homotherium. For the first time in the history of paleontology, the appearance of an extinct mammal that has no analogues in the modern fauna has been studied. For more read here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79546-1

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Is this a problem?

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Lenticular clouds over Mount Fuji, Japan. These are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, usually perpendicular to the direction of the wind.

http://moorbay.tumblr.com

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Map of Europe made up of its national animals

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*pained smile* stop saying the victorians ate all the mummies because:

no they didn't (that shit took hold on tiktok last year and oh my god why)

the practice had largely died out by that point

most of it happened during the Medieval period

that's largely confused by them consuming 'mummiya' in their medicine which is bitumen, that was part of mummification but not actually the mummy itself

90% were fake using animals or fresh corpses anyway

you guys are not gonna like the practice of corpse medicine throughout various cultures in history because a lot of cultures used corpses in medicine

stop getting your history through tiktok memes *finger guns*

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The before and after of tuesday floodings in Valencia, south east Spain.

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Gender pay gap in Poland - women in Eastern Poland earn more than men on average

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Ch😅

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Cedar Waxwings by jocelynefeizo1 http://ift.tt/1RM3Kk0

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Topographical map of Poland in the 17th century.

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I refuse to believe spectacled eiders are real animals

this is a goddam muppet.

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A custodian cleaning a 6000 sq ft relief map of British Columbia at Vancouver’s PNE

via FearlessMeringue/reddit

The Challenger Relief Map of British Columbia is a monumental, hand built 80-by-76 foot topographic map of the province. Built by George Challenger and his family from 1947 to 1954, it features all of B.C.’s mountains, lakes, rivers and valleys in exact-scaled topographical detail.

Residing in the British Columbia Pavilion at the PNE in Vancouver from 1954 to 1997 it was viewed by millions of visitors.

The Guinness Book of Records cites the Challenger Map as the largest of its kind in the world. The map in its entirety occupies 6,080 square feet (1,850 square metres) of space.

Learn more at https://challengermap.ca/

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The Saffron Goddess (1600 B.C.) detail - Minoan fresco depicting a saffron harvest, Akrotiri, Santorini island, Greece

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Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.

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Finland (travel poster, 1949)