Huzzah, yet another update with a new expedition for #NoMansSky! An incredible game only gets better. #videogames #relics #NoMansSkyCommunity

The skull of St. Thomas Aquinas toured the U.S. for the first time, 750 years after his death. A Thomistic scholar reflects on what the medieval saint might say about its veneration: https://theconversation.com/st-thomas-aquinas-skull-just-went-on-tour-heres-what-the-medieval-saint-himself-would-have-said-about-its-veneration-245970 #Catholicism #relics

traces of ancient civilizations

#Ancient #Intricate #Ornamental #Bronze #Turquoise #Glowing #Mysterious #Relics #Artifacts
#Img2Img #AIArt #AIArtists #AIArtCommunity #StableDiffusion #Flux

want? have: https://aieris.art/featured/traces-of-ancient-civilizations-eris-and-ai.html

The rediscovered #Christian baptistery in #Cologne (6th c.) offers a rare glimpse into the architectural and liturgical practices of #EarlyChristianity northern Europe. The baptismal basin at its heart is one of the oldest Christian #relics north of the Alps. I was lucky to visit the site during the #DayOfTheOpenMonument in 2024. Here are some impressions and a brief overview of the history of the baptistery:

https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2024-11-10-cologne_baptistery/

#Relics #GoldMining #Australia

Taken a few years ago when fit and able and gold detecting, near old mine somewhere in Australia.

Well Worn Pilings Portland Maine by Debra Martz

The #pilings, from piers of the past, remain in a collective heap at the cruise terminal. I found them intriguing in their weathered & worn state, and even more so when a single cormorant landed on one with its "matching colors" of silver, black, & orange. A beautiful display of nature amidst the relics of the maritime past.

AVAILABLE-HERE: https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/well-worn-pilings-portland-maine-debra-martz.html

#pylons #Portland #Maine #maritime #relics #photography # #BuyIntoArt #Art

Grandpa has his own camper! But how is Scottie going to, I dunno, take a shower when traveling? And where do you go to the bathroom on that thing? Is he just going to beam the dirt and stuff away?

#AllStarTrek @allstartrek #StarTrekTNG #Relics

Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Displaying Objects That Belong to Native American Tribes?
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Only a small percentage of works donated by Charles and Valerie Diker have clear ownership histories. Experts say this could mean objects are stolen or fake.

Meanwhile, the Met has been slow to ask tribes for information about the items.

#Repatriation #Museums #Art #Relics #NativeAmerican #NAGPRA #NYC

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-met-museum-native-american-collections?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

During my recent trip to Japan, I came across some abandoned relics that were often small stone-made Shinto shrines.

One of the shrines in the photo says it was built in the 11th year of the Tenpo period (天保十一)/ the Year of Kanoene (庚子年); therefore, in 1840AD.

This happens to be the same year the Treaty of Waitangi was signed here in New Zealand.

A Rare Statue of Buddha Fails to Sell at Auction as Questions Swirl Around a Renowned Art Collection
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What happened may be a sign that objects from the collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf will have trouble finding buyers following questions about how they were acquired. The piece from Nepal was once displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago.

#Nepal #Chicago #Art #Relics #Repatriation #AIC #Antiquities #Auction

https://www.propublica.org/article/rare-buddha-didnt-sell-questions-grow-around-alsdorf-art-collection-chicago?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Hello fellow mastodonians. I'm an art historian teaching at a small liberal arts college. My interests include #ancient #greek #roman #Byzantine and #islamic #art. My research focuses on text and image relationships in #byzantium, including #ekphrasis, #epigrams, and #epigraphy. I'm working on a book on middle Byzantine #relics and #reliquaries through the lens of #inscriptions. #introduction #arthistory

Apparently the #MythologyMonday theme is #relics, which reminds me of the many myths of #SaintCuthbert in #Northumberland.

Years after Cuthbert's death on Inner Farne, his body was exhumed to find that it hadn't decomposed. This miracle led to the early Medieval cult of Cuthbert, and many made the #pilgrimage to his resting place on #Lindisfarne.

Later, under threat of #Viking raids, the monks decided to move Cuthbert's body to safety. Several places, including Cuddy's Cave near Lowick, are said to be spots where the group of four monks rested with the coffin as they wandered the countryside.

It's told that the monks ran short of food as they travelled, having only a single block of cheese between them. One monk, Eilaf, woke while the others were sleeping, and was so hungry that he ate the cheese.

When the others discovered the loss, they prayed to the saint to know who had taken the cheese, and for a curse to fall on the thief. In response, they heard the word 'fox' come from the coffin, and turned to see a red dog fox run off into the wood. Then they found that Eilaf was missing, and guessed that he was both the fox and the thief.

The monks took pity on him and asked for the curse to be lifted, which it was. Eilaf returned, ashamed, but from that day was known as Eilaf Dodd, which means fox.

It's said that the Dodd/s family (of which my 3x great-grandmother was one) are his descendants, although how a monk had descendants isn't recorded!