Iskaral Pust

Take that, Bembridge Scholars!

Marble portrait of a young roman woman

37.4 cm high (14 3/4 inch.) 

Roman, Imperial Period, 98 - 117 AD. 

A 174-year-old marble globe in the middle of Istanbul’s historical peninsula went missing last month, daily Milliyet reported on April 22.

Lamia al-Gailani pulls a folder of crumbling letters from a battered metal cabinet – part of what she considers the secret treasures of the Iraq Museum.

Chlorite vase 

Inscribed with Cypro-Minoan script or very early Phoenician. This was early script on Cyprus island. 

Bronze Age, 12th century BC. 

DEEP SEA JELLIES

Multifunctional tube feet are able to attach to surfaces using suction, slowly move the animal over the seabed, pull apart the closed shells of prey to get at the soft tissues inside, and pass morsels of food to the mouth (Asterias rubens).

Bolinopsis infudibuliformis—this species of comb jelly, reaching up to 15 cm (6 in.) in length, has four long and four short comb plates.  It is extremely fragile and individuals almost always tear and break up when handled.

Phacellophora camtschatica

A sea cucumber releasing its Cuvierian tubules to defend itself (Holothuria pervicax).

Unlike most comb jellies that catch their prey by using muscles to suck in water, Thalassocalyce simply allows the prey (usually small crustaceans) to swim inside its bell where they stick to the mucus covered lining.  The bell then snaps shut and the prey is digested.

Cup made of glassy faience and gold 

10.2cm high (4 inch.) Found in Syria. 

Egyptian, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, reign of Thutmosis III, 1479-1425BC