Inventor, explorer of the mind: pyramid mysteries, robot development, garden plots, AI tinkering, musical delights, & geometrical wonders. Ancient Egypt: @Bennu
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✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
grotesque • \groh-TESK\ • adjective
Grotesque describes something that is very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural.
// She opted for a scary Halloween costume, complete with a grotesque monster mask. 👺
Vincent Brown retweeted
اساور الملكة حتب حِرس
أقدم الآثار المصنعة من الفضة
مزينة بأشكال فرشات ومطعمة بأحجار شبة كريمة
بزمن الفضة أغلى من الذهب
وُجدت الأساور داخل صندوق بورق مُذهب بمقبرة الملكة بجوار هرم ابنها الملك خوفو
الأسرة الرابعة قبل ٤٥٧٠ سنة
ملكات #مصر 🇪🇬
#تصويري 📸
من كنوز #المتحف_المصري_الكبير
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Vincent Brown retweeted
Not to late to register for the Aust Centre for #Egyptology Early Career Researcher event Sat 31 Oct @Macquarie_Uni 1.30-5pm in-person & on-line
#egypt #archaeology
Details & bookings here mq.edu.au/faculty-of-arts/sc…
On Sunday, 2 August 2027, Egypt will experience a solar eclipse, often called the "Eclipse of the Century" due to its exceptionally long duration. 🌚🌞
The path of totality will sweep across the country, with the longest period of darkness occurring near the city of Luxor.
✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
milieu • \meel-YOO\ • noun
Milieu is a formal word that refers to the physical or social setting in which people live or in which something happens.
// Many writers flourished in the intellectual milieu of the Harlem Renaissance.
Looks like is was built by @Cyanworlds
New York once put brass chandeliers in a subway station.
What would we call that today? A waste of money?
On October 27, 1904, the city opened its first subway: 28 stations across 9.1 miles.
At City Hall, passengers waited beneath Rafael Guastavino’s tiled vaults, with daylight entering through three amethyst-glass skylights.
The station was designed to persuade people to try a new way of travelling. Beauty had a practical job.
It closed in 1945. Its tight curve struggled to accommodate longer trains, and nearby Brooklyn Bridge station drew more passengers.
Even this architectural showpiece had to answer to everyday use.
But look at the ambition: a transit company believed beautiful surroundings could help sell an ordinary journey.
Why are we so willing to call beauty an investment in a luxury hotel and an extravagance in a public station?
Credits in ALT.
ALT Photo by John Paul Palescando
ALT Photo by John Paul Palescando
ALT Photo by John Paul Palescando
ALT City Hall subway station, New York between 1900 and 1904 Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection: LC-D4-17293
✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
disparate • \DISS-puh-rut\ • adjective
Disparate things are noticeably distinct from one another in quality or character.
// The orchestral project joins disparate musical elements to create a truly original sound.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. — Confucius
The sun rises as the moon sets. Use the dials to move forward and back in time. Press Play to watch the lunisolar hands of the cosmic clock turn.
vinbrown.com/astroclock/
✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
emissary • \EM-uh-sair-ee\ • noun
Emissary refers to a person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization.
// Emissaries from the government are trying to negotiate a settlement.
✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
puissant • \PWISS-unt\ • adjective
Puissant is a synonym of powerful used to describe something with strength or power.
// The creatures in her fantasy novel are wielders of puissant magic, able to strike down enemies.
I've created a tool to show the relationship between the sun and the moon's positions relative to each other at certain phases of the moon.
🌕☀️ Moon is opposite sun at noon
🌗☀️ Moon rises at noon
🌓☀️ Moon sets at noon
🌑☀️ Moon is with sun at noon
vinbrown.com/astroclock/