Emmy 'RuinsRover 🇬🇧' Marshall

Francis making unsubstantiated claims yet again Why is writing and recording necessary to artisan skill in stoneworking? How many stonemasons in most pre-modern societies were a) literate and/or b) learned their craft from reading rather than hands-on training? Hell, how many successful modern stonemasons learned primarily by reading? And the Naqada II (the period the vessel on the far right dates to) is when we see further development of consistent symbols, proto-syntax and proto-writing, so he’s not being fully honest about that either. If someone is so fascinated by these objects and the people who made them and so convinced experts are wrong, shouldn’t they at least know basics about them and their context and what the experts say?

Britain has put a temporary export bar on a 4,000-year-old stone battle-axe. The Scarthingwell battle-axe head came out of a field near Tadcaster in North Yorkshire in the winter of 1974. It is speckled diorite, polished smooth, about 12 cm long, with an elegant waisted shape. It was made around 2050 to 1850 BC, as Britain shifted from flint to metal. The committee’s expert says it would have taken hundreds of hours to craft. Museums have until 22 December 2026 to raise £15,000 and keep it in the country.

Your profile is an AI drawing, you have a UK flag, your account is based in USA, and you are in Kuwait.

TO MY FELLOW NIGERIAN ARTISTS: One of the saddest truths about what is happening in Nigeria today is that the political class has weaponized poverty to the point that Nigerian artists lack the motivation to engage with the current political and economic realities of the country in their work. "Why should I be complaining about and criticizing the government using my art when no one would like to buy or collect such works? How do you expect me to feed? I'd rather make art about other things." While I understand this -- and the truth that some of the biggest art patrons in this country are also either politicians themselves or friends/associates of these politicians who are bent on pocketing the commonwealth and sending Nigeria back to the Dark Ages -- I know that the process of making art doesn't begin with the question about how a group of people might receive or react to the work. It begins with interrogation; it is a journey in search of the truth. I hope that as Nigerian artists (especially those living and working in Nigeria), we can look around us and capture the mood of the nation from time to time, without fear of who might not like what we are doing or who might blacklist us. I acknowledge that it is not easy to do this. The process of making art is in itself emotionally tedious, and when it addresses the misgovernment of one's country and the mismanagement of a collective destiny as in the case of Nigeria today, it can be soul-crushing. But this is something that must be done, for ourselves as artists, for our country Nigeria, and for posterity. When it comes to political discourse, your art is important; your art can make a difference! Fear no one!

Masquerades In Benin Kingdom - Ododua Masquerade - Ovia Masquerade - Ekoko n'Ute Masquerade - Ighogho Masquerade Èdó Masquerade culture is one of the most vast part of Èdó tradition, and also the least documented part of it, with Masquerades numbering over two hundred.

A Painting Owned by Dutch Jewish Collector Once Hung in Hitler’s Home, New Research Finds. A Nazi-looted painting that once belonged to a Dutch Jewish family, and at one point hung in Adolf Hitler’s home, has been traced in new research. artnews.com/art-news/news/ge… #globalmuseum #art

Looks like it is back up. Now that I see his work, I think it is NOT a burner account for Dunky, but it IS a fake picture and a fake identity. Much more likely a @robertsepehr ALT account. #ScientificFraud #ScientificRacism

She presented as a "renowned evolutionary biologist, archaeologist and paleo-anthropologist" and a Neanderthal expert. She doesn't hold a PhD or any professional position. She has been a PhD student since Fall 2015 at UCL and is not an author on a single scientific paper.