This is another botanical plate from our collections. This was drawn by Berthe Hoola van Nooten for "Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java" in 1863-64. Her plates followed precedents set by Maria Sibylla Merian and Elizabeth Blackwell. 

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for daily sketches;
Lamassu ((or Shedu)) is a Sumerian protective deity.
Specifically having a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings.

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Nyahahai!

Magical Girl Virtual, Nirmala Yumeria aka Nima disini! Selamat datang!

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What is your house like in a Sumerian village? 🏠🤔

Turn your pupils into junior archaeologists!

✓ What evidence do we have for what life was like in the past?
✓ What does archaeology tell us about daily life in the past?

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🖌 ART ACTIVITY: Drawing from nature. Pick an object, observe it carefully, and draw it precisely.

More tips and ideas: https://t.co/a09GqmMWv3

📋 Pieter Sluyter after Maria Sibylla Merian, "The Metamorphoses of the Insects of Surinam"; Pamela Crockett, "Visible Strings."

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🥺 my She-Ra self-insert is a plumerian performer who plays the lyre named.... lyreina🌸💖 https://t.co/vooflajyM6

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ISU SNEAK PEEK: Memories extracted from the Sage John Standish depicting Isu soldiers, Human-Isu rebellion and various scenery. The architecture is a combination of Sumerian, Egyptian, and Babylonian, metals being ultra-modern alloys and structures with no modern precedent.

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Servant Archer of the 5th Holy Grail War. And just to get this out of the way, I am not Satan.

Leave if you're Sumerian Gold Archer and Irish Blue Lancer.



[Crack profile. Mainly for shitposting.]

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Ending with the wonderful Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717. German-born entomologist & artist, one of our earliest known women scientific travellers. More about her, other & in my guest post for : https://t.co/min1kI02XE

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In 1699, naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian sailed from Amsterdam to Suriname to study the life cycle of tropical insects: https://t.co/BFfM36jY9E. Here’s her watercolor of an Achilles morpho butterfly on a West Indian cherry via

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Ereshkigal

In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲 https://t.co/WZifvNGmWH, lit. "Queen of the Great Earth")[1][2] was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology.

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Introducing Rand; The main villain for the first volume of "The Epics of Enkidu". Named after the lucky one who got the "Become a main character" perk. He is a powerful man, a descendant of a long line of Sumerian Priests, who blindly serve the old ones https://t.co/H1rhwlFdI3

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A hypnotized Cimmerian remembers a life he never lived and then faces off with a goddess! A review of Conan the Barbarian by Bob Freeman @ Paint Monk's Library. The Classic Conan Countdown continues... https://t.co/VrXYh4sVxb

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The blue and white china bowl is typical of a Dutch still life of this period, while the blue-backed manakin is a native of Surinam.

Herolt was the eldest daughter of the painters Maria Sibylla Merian and Johann Andreas Graff, and learned to paint from them (more)...

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June 7th, 1990 released album: Sumerian Cry

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We just hit $15k this morning on THE EIGHTH. So thankful for all of the backers and support. We got 12 days to go. Get in on this epic tale of a math genius who uncovers ancient Sumerian armor that may end the world. https://t.co/ukHZVVcAxt art by

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