Grand Hairy One

Photos from museums and heritage sites, random posts of whatever I'm interested in and fun little facts about history from those museums.

[facts-i-just-made-up]

George Lucas confirmed that before Disney bought the Star Wars franchise, he intended to add more references to the prequels in the original film, such as these dialogue callbacks from Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader:

[barbucomedie]

Coins from the Mongolian Empire dated between the 13th and 14th Centuries on display at the Manchester Museum in Manchester, England

The Mongolian invasion of the 13th Century changed the Islamic world. Although early coinage followed the existing local types, Ghazan Mahmud introduced a standard silver coin throughout the empire at the turn of the 14th Century. A century later Tamerlane replaced is with the silver tanka.

30 - Gold double dinar of the Mongol Great Khan, Ghengis (or his son Ogodai), 1206 - 1241.

31 - Silver dirham of the Ilkhanid Ghazan Mahmud, Arzenjan, 1300.

32 - Silver tanka of Tamerlane, 1370 - 1405.

Photographs taken by myself 2016

[rosieandthemoon]

1930's Uranium Glass Perfume Bottle {more}

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and garnet purse mount, Ostrogothic Italy, 5th-6th century

from The British Museum

[anae-art]

Small gift for @wehavekookies :) Good luck with the rest of the campaign with your handsome boy

[kabewski]

Cole the Orc. From concept art, to 3d Model, to 3D print!

[apparently-satan-s-daughter]

@hivefleetwarrior

My 3 adopted cats !

I love them very much :3

https://www.tumblr.com/hivefleetwarrior/819061476131291136?source=share

[barbucomedie]

Bishops Crozier featuring the Adoration of the Mages from France dated about 13th Century on display at the Musée National du Moyen Âge in Paris, France

Photographs taken by myself 2017

[corer]

Don't forget that Bethesda forgot to give the coachman in starfield a trigger and had to patch it in later.

I fucking hate/love these developers

[lisa-and-shadow]

Things I found in Starfield that I'm sure are totally fine. 🙂👍

This skeleton fused into a wall of goo.

This hot spring FULL of alien eggs on a planet described as devoid of life.

This toilet.

A refrigerator full of plushies stacked with Chunks brand apples.

A weird pile of blood, bones, viscera, and branches. (Turns out it was a Terrormorph nest.)

And a dead body that doesn't know it's dead.

BONUS!

Nothing weird about this, just funny. Two notes found in the same room.

[moonbasetycho]

[starfieldconceptart]

Terrormorph Whiteboard diagrams

In-game poster art for Starfield

Art by Erlson Neba

[mukuuji]

[theworldatwar]

A German WW1 Trench Raider -France, date unknown

[folklorespring]

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra after russian attack during the night.

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is an architectural ensemble of monastic buildings, founded the 11th century and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[folklorespring]

Mystetskyi Arsenal near Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Mystetskyi Arsenal is a cultural institution, a museum and art exhibition complex. Every year it hosts Ukraine’s biggest book fair.

[barbucomedie]

Parade Shield from Florence, Italy dated between 1380 - 1450 from Florence on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England

This rare shield would have been used for ceremonial purposes only. It boldly declares the identity of the Villani Family, who were wool merchants in Florence. Their arms dominate the surface, and when not in use the shield would have been put on display in their home.

Photographs taken by myself 2017

[wh40kartwork]

Techno-barbarians

by John Blanche