Odds And Ends And Anything You Fancy

[Eva Inanna]

Happy Winter Solstice to those in the Northern Hemisphere!!!View attachment 795787View attachment 795794

The Winter Solstice in Karnak

Solstizio d’inverno: il sole si allinea ai templi di Karnak, Hatshepsut e Qasr Qarun - MediterraneoAntico

Nel giorno del solstizio d’inverno si hanno meno ore di luce, ma questo particolare momento astronomico segna anche l’inizio della stagione fredda, dell’inverno appunto, e rappresenta anche l’inizio della risalita del sole il quale, da lì in avanti, ci regalerà ogni giorno un po’ più luce. Per...

mediterraneoantico.it

 

[Eulalia]

Newgrange passage tomb, in the Boyne Valley in Ireland

 

[thehangingtree]

View attachment 796161

Newgrange passage tomb, in the Boyne Valley in Ireland

Is that natural lighting ????

 

[Eulalia]

Apparently the shot with the sunlight coming into the tomb was from a live broadcast in 2017.
As the prof explains, the sun doesn't shine straight in at the moment of sunrise now,
as the tilt of the Earth has changed a bit in 5000 years, so it comes in a minute or two later,
at a slight angle.

When you visit the tomb, they switch off the lights and shine one through the little hole
to demonstrate the effect, it's very atmospheric, even when done artificially.

 

[Frank Petrexa]

View attachment 796161

Newgrange passage tomb, in the Boyne Valley in Ireland

So, these guys are inside what is basically an excavated cave from 3200 BC? They're not too worried about the roof coming down? It rains a lot in Ireland--I assume that there are indeed some structural issues. The US National Park Service will no longer allow people to traipse around cliff dwellings from 600-900 AD in the American Southwest, and compared to Ireland it's dry as a fossil bone. At least they're not wandering around an active volcano. Maybe the did an "yule" ritual beforehand. Beghorrah!

 

[Frank Petrexa]

The Winter Solstice in Karnak

Solstizio d’inverno: il sole si allinea ai templi di Karnak, Hatshepsut e Qasr Qarun - MediterraneoAntico

Nel giorno del solstizio d’inverno si hanno meno ore di luce, ma questo particolare momento astronomico segna anche l’inizio della stagione fredda, dell’inverno appunto, e rappresenta anche l’inizio della risalita del sole il quale, da lì in avanti, ci regalerà ogni giorno un po’ più luce. Per...

mediterraneoantico.it

Hatshepsut was succeeded by one of the strongest Pharaohs of Egypt, Thutmose III. It is a tribute to her political skills and courage that she was able to reign so long with a guy like that waiting in the wings.
I think it is fair to say that mathematics (and astronomy) owe a great debt to the need to define the seasons and try to figure out what the gods were going to do with the earth and the weather. I guess one can say that almost everything we have accomplished as a species owes a debt to our urge to eat.

 

[Eulalia]

No, not an excavated cave, it's a Neolithic passage tomb, the earliest in Ireland.
That part of the Boyne Valley, Brú na Bóinne, is a World Heritage Site,
with some spectacular monuments: http://www.worldheritageireland.ie/bru-na-boinne/
In truth, Newgrange has been fairly heavily 'restored', the external appearance
especially is somewhat conjectural, but what's inside is very well preserved.
It was evidently treated as a sacred place in the Bronze and Iron ages,
was already ancient in the time of the earliest writings in Old Irish,
and features in the early myths as an entrance to the underworld,
a home of the sidh (fairies, but powerful and dangerous ones).

 

[Rias]

View attachment 795605

sweet kitty lynx here in woods not many left in strict protection are also

 

[foggybottom]

 

[whipmaster2]

2 of 2

View attachment 795874View attachment 795875View attachment 795876View attachment 795877View attachment 795878View attachment 795879View attachment 795880

Crux Barbies! Truly twisted!

 

[Praefectus Praetorio]

Before you get too impressed, #3 is regarded a the easiest to play of Mozart's 23 piano concertos.

 

[Rias]

Before you get too impressed, #3 is regarded a the easiest to play of Mozart's 23 piano concertos.

cute little kitty play piano

 

[Praefectus Praetorio]

I pulled this ball out of the mud on the second fairway today.

Some Scotsman must have a hell of a drive!

 

[phlebas]

I pulled this ball out of the mud on the second fairway today.
View attachment 797777
Some Scotsman must have a hell of a drive!

You didn't find it in the rough?


These girls are looking for balls to play with


I can see why these are known as traps

 

[phlebas]

Women in (and out of) uniform

View attachment 795409View attachment 795410View attachment 795411View attachment 795412View attachment 795414View attachment 795415View attachment 795416View attachment 795417View attachment 795418

More

 

[Migoz2]

I can see why these are known as traps

I was expecting something(s) else in that picture..... 'Trap' is no longer a safe word to Google at work.

 

[Kathy]

I pulled this ball out of the mud on the second fairway today.
View attachment 797777
Some Scotsman must have a hell of a drive!

RBC is Royal bank of Canada

 

[Praefectus Praetorio]

RBC is Royal bank of Canada

So embarrassing! But still a very long drive.

 

[Kathy]

So embarrassing! But still a very long drive.

Indeed a very long drive

 

[Genericman]

Here are some miscellaneous pics, including some of the very cutest loincloths.