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So peaceful Souvenir. A brother singing ancient Andalusian song in Al-hambra palace.

لما بدا يتثنى حبي جماله فتننا وعدي و يا حيرتي من لي رحيم شكوتي فى الحب من لوعتي إلا مليك الجمال

Heather Rios — Floral Embroidered Cake (sculpture, handmade with cotton embroidery, acrylic paint, and polymer clay, 2025)

Depiction of an antelope carved into a rock in Tin Taghirt, in the Tassili n’Ajjer region of southern Algeria. This art and other artifacts like it are estimated to date from 10,000 to 6,000 years ago.

Glistening-green Tanager found in Ecuador & Colombia

one for every hour of the night

the madagascar hoopoe is one of three hoopoe species (previously considered to be conspecific), and the only hoopoe species endemic to madagascar. like other hoopoes, they have an orange head and chest, and black and white plumage on the wings and tail. they primarily inhabit the edges of forests and glades. they are often quiet, solitary birds, found foraging by themselves or in a pair. their diet consists mainly of insects such as beetles, grasshoppers and flies. the species is monogamous and very territorial, with little social interaction outside of pair bonds.

more Jewish Hamsa amulets and other talismans from Kurdistan, Morocco and Israel. 🪬 (png)

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Jewish paper amulet, Afghanistan, early 20th century

The crownless again shall be king.”

This ferrofluid audio-visualizer created by artist Dakd Jung dances to the music.

Kilian Eng (Swedish b.1982), The Botanist’s Window, 2010, Digital illustration

Pair of silver bracelets from Yemen

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