Ikhlas was from #Ethiopia#Africa who came to #India in c1600 CE
Many of the immigrants who came from there rose to important positions in the courts of various courts of the #Indian Kingdoms.
A winged cat on a pedestal. Sitting on haunches. Light blue fur marked all over with Chinese characters in white. White face. Wide eyes. In the collection at #Newfields in #Indianapolis
A girl flees to her house during the storm & is received by an older woman in this c1760 CE #Mughal#IndianMiniaturePainting of Madhu Madhavi #Ragini from a #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) now at Victoria and Albert #Museum London
Some of you may already know our spectacular 1:50 scale model of the Queen Mary 2 set on a diorama of the Dock 17 of the Hamburger Blohm + Voss shipyard built completely of #lego. This week we took some snapshots of her details for a plan we have for the diorama. We will give the news in about two months, but we guess you wouldn’t mind us sharing some of the pictures right now. #maritime#museum#hamburg#ship#cruise
Part of the wonderful machine shop at the Northern Nevada Railroad in Ely, Nevada! I just love this place! Been here many times. It's a fully operational railyard frozen in time from the 1930s. (Phone photo.)
#Notification#apps: Early #messengers walked with a bell through villages and towns. We still have this bell symbol on Mastodon!
People used this technology especially before the beer was brewed. Their voice system intoned aloud: It is announced that from tomorrow morning onwards, no one will be allowed to shit in the stream where the honourable Council brews beer the day after tomorrow.
Here's wishing #EidMubarak to all those celebrating today.
As the month of #Ramadan (#Islamic fasting month) comes to an end, #Muslims worldwide thank the Almighty by offering prayers at Mosques & #Eid celebrations.
Riding a Blue Ram, he is looking out for the Sun or the Moon which he will devour to replace his head which was cut off by the #Hindu God #Vishnu for eating His food and thus causing #SolarEclipse2024 & Lunar eclipse some other time.
🧵 1/3 The mixture of #museum and #culturalHeritage centre makes visitors of all generations happy. Yesterday we had a #cake competition for our special #chocolate exhibition. I spontaneously found myself on the jury, which had to try all the cakes in order to to give points. A calory heavy work (now you know, why many museums are closed on Mondays - we have to digest.😁 ) Then cakes and torts were slaughtered for the visitors.😋 Women of our association had baken the treasures. #volunteering
Random photo from the archive. A pseudo-HDR stacked image from inside the Eastney Beam Engine House here in Portsmouth. This Victorian engineering marvel was constructed in the late 1800s to help deal with sewage drainage issues on the low-lying land of Portsea Island, on which Portsmouth is located. This museum is open the last Sunday of most months.
Unsere inklusive #Ausstellung „Urformen. Eiszeitkunst zum Anfassen“ bietet nicht nur sehbeeinträchtigten Menschen einen Zugang. In unserer App haben wir gleich vier verschiedene Touren im Angebot: