In The Remote Buddhist Monastery Of Haeinsa Is Preserved The Tripitaka Koreana, The Most Complete Corpus

Wandjina Aboriginal art of the Kimberley

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Neanderthal Extinction Linked to Genetic Crisis 100,000 Years Ago

The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating everything fro

The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating everything from shifts in the climate to war with modern humans may have escalated their demise. Many have wondered if our lost human cousins simply didn't have enough variety to cope with these changes. A new study backs up the hypothesis that a dramatic decline in the diversity of their genes prior to their extinction is likely to have played a major role.

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Libuse Safránková, Lenka Kolegarova, Libuse Geprtová, Magda Vásáryová

Traditional Czech hair ribbon headdress. Each ribbon is supposed to denote a suitor she refused lol. Perhaps the natural evolution of the coquette ribbon craze?

Village women chant songs to entice turtles to shore, Namuana, Kandavu, Fiji Islands, by Luis Marden. 

WHITE MAHAKALA LATE 18TH CENTURY-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

This painting of the six-armed, white form of Mahakala shows the wealth deity holding in his main hands a wish-granting jewel and a skull cup containing a vase filled with various jewels. Immediately above him is a form of Buddha Vajradhara specific to practices associated with this wealth deity, holding a triple jewel and a mongoose, imagery also associated with wealth in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

The back of the painting contains a pair of handprints, blessing the object. These are often made by incarnate lamas or other important religious figures as part of a painting’s consecration.

Rubin Museum of Art

H'lulu - Butterfly Mask

Dean Hunt

So if you ain’t been following what’s been happening in LA…

These towers are the Ocean Wide Plaza. I think they sit in the middle of downtown Los Angeles. They are vacant. Basically a bunch of luxury apartments in a city filled with homeless. A bunch of taggers have been hitting this place up before the city demolishes these towers instead of actually putting people into them.

Honestly, I love graffiti and would rather look at this kind of art over any museum exhibit but that’s just me. Just wanted to share some news of some artistic expression.

Jewellery & weaponry belonging to Queen Ahhotep II. An inscribed ceremonial axe blade made of copper, gold, electrum and wood was decorated with a Minoan style griffin. Three golden flies were included and were awards usually given to people who served and acquitted themselves well in the army. A couple of items bore the name of Kamose, but more were inscribed with the name of Ahmose I.