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Dating to the mid-11th century, the Essen Crown is the oldest surviving example of a fleur-de-lys crown in Europe. At one point it was belived to have been the coronation crown of Otto II (980-1002), Holy Roman Emperor. Recent scholarship has determined that the mid-11th century is the more ikely period of manufacture.

#history #jewellry

martapreliy

When I was a kid, I really loved Kiki, and that's probably why I made a SECOND poster with her. Or maybe I just wanted to draw some bread, I don't know…

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facinaoris

MYTHOLOGY MEME - [2/9] GREEK GODS/GODDESSES: PERSEPHONE

“Hymn to Phersephone. Daughter of Zeus,

Persephone divine, come, blessed queen,

and to these rites incline: only-befotten,

Plouton’s [Haides’] honoured wife,

O venerable Goddess, source of life:

‘tis thine in earth’s profundities to dwell,

fast by the wide and dismal gates of hell.”

#aestehtic

kaitlynillustrations

I was inspired by lots of cute Polly Pockets from the 80s and 90s for this piece! 💕 I love how each Polly Pocket has a unique world inside it so I drew some dolls exploring other toys and making friends! 😊

Prints are available at kaitlynillustrations.etsy.com 🎀

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unsubconscious

Elena Wuest (German, b. 1977) ‘Beyond’, 2025 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60cm

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rosieandthemoon

Manor House at Clifton Hampden

The ‘Dance of the Wilis’ Giselle by Ran Chilipye

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

A declassified World War II-era government guide to “simple sabotage” is currently one of the most popular open source books on the internet. The book, called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual,” was declassified in 2008 by the CIA and “describes ways to train normal people to be purposefully annoying telephone operators, dysfunctional train conductors, befuddling middle managers, blundering factory workers, unruly movie theater patrons, and so on. In other words, teaching people to do their jobs badly.” Over the last week, the guide has surged to become the 5th-most-accessed book on Project Gutenberg, an open source repository of free and public domain ebooks. It is also the fifth most popular ebook on the site over the last 30 days, having been accessed nearly 60,000 times over the last month (just behind Romeo and Juliet).