J. de Geus @JdeGeus4

Pediatrician and Somnologist Joined December 2018

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @PP_Rubens

11 months ago

Died (alas!) on this day in 1625, the marvelous painter Sofonisba Anguissola of Cremona. Here, declaring herself in miniature, 1556. Inscription assures us that she painted from a mirror, in Cremona.

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Owen Emmerson @DrOwenEmmerson

11 months ago

Can we take a moment to admire the extraordinary attention to detail in the costuming for #WolfHall from the incredible designer Joanna Eatwell? A flawless interpretation of Jane Seymour’s bonnet and gown from the Whitehall Mural 🙌

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience

11 months ago

Amazing octopus stretching its tentacles to form a huge balloon filmed by EVNautilus at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet).

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety

11 months ago

Remarkably-detailed bird pecks out seeds from figs, in this naturalistic detail from a fresco at a luxurious villa believed to be owned by Poppaea, second wife of Nero, in Oplontis, engulfed 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Vesuvius

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Sleep Research Society @ResearchSleep

11 months ago

A new study highlights how signals from the liver to the brain influence eating patterns tied to circadian rhythms. The liver-brain communication can get disrupted in people working night shifts or irregular hours leading to weight gain & metabolic issues. ow.ly/B2EK50U8iN8

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Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine

11 months ago

A rather unimpressed looking ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - last quarter of the 15th century (GW M43012). Augsburg (Sorg), f. 55r

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Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval

11 months ago

On 8 July 1458, Ippolita Maria Sforza completed this handwritten copy of Cicero's De senectute. At the time, Ippolita was only 14. Learn more about the manuscript and her childhood education in today's blogpost, 'Educating Ippolita'! #MedievalWomen blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

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Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk

11 months ago

Something lovely for the weekend! Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age. Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, evidence of long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of…

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Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger

11 months ago

In 1976, more than 250 shoes were found in a #Roman well in Welzheim, southwest Germany. This is one of the largest finds of Roman footwear north of the alps. The shoes were discovered in a well in the eastern fort at Welzheim. After the fort was...1/2 #RomanArchaeology

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Mushroom Hunting Club @MushroomHClub

11 months ago

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @PP_Rubens

11 months ago

Died (alas!) on this day in 1625, the remarkable painter Sofonisba Anguissola. Here, self portrait as a young woman, showing off her talents in 1556.

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ArtNouveauDeco @NouveauDeco

11 months ago

French Art Nouveau box from 1898 by Plisson & Hartz, Paris.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @PP_Rubens

11 months ago

Dance of the witch-cats. Now you know what they get up to when you are not at home!

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Sheila Tinkham @SheilaMTinkham

12 months ago

@tynewrc Buy some land. Plant trees. Reduce carbon.

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Ralph C. Swartz @swartz_ralph_c

12 months ago

@tynewrc That's a beautiful tree! Our stewardship of our forests has been truly reprehensible. I look to the US, where literally up into the 1900s the coastal south was blanketed by tens of thousands of square miles of primal virgin bottomland forests. With the advent of mechanized…

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Ghost of Hellas @ghostofhellas

12 months ago

Women’s Hairstyles of the Byzantine Empire

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Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger

12 months ago

#THEhiddenLÄND An early medieval necklace with twelve amethyst beads and four gold pendants, dating first half C7th AD. One of the pendants is adorned with a cross and ornamental design. During that era, the cross was frequently incorporated into ornamental designs, and ...🧵1/3

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Mushroom Hunting Club @MushroomHClub

12 months ago

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Wolf of X @tradingMaxiSL

12 months ago

Changing the World.. One Idea at a Time. Let's see what y'all feel and say at the end of this thread 🧵 1. Boston moved it’s highway underground in 2003. This was the result

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ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch

12 months ago

One of the largest floor mosaics ever discovered was recently unveiled after restoration at Jericho's Hisham Palace. She revealed 38 intricate panels of floral and geometric patterns, made of more than 5,000,000 pieces of stone and a 1300 year-old "tree of life".…