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New Day Cafe - Saturday: Ancient Treasures. [1]

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Date: 2023-09-09

Good morning, all you awesome Newdists. I hope you continue to be healthy and totally unassailed by Covid, or the flu, or any other ailments.

The flood images from Greece are horrible.

x The Thessalian plain in central Greece has literally turned into one enormous lake.



~70,000 hectares of land are under water.



Devastating. pic.twitter.com/ccXTEb037k — Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) September 8, 2023

This image from Hong Kong is also shocking and frightening —

x In Chai Wan, Hong Kong, under the heavy rain of 150 mm in one hour, the streets have turned into raging rivers! pic.twitter.com/nZrG1t8cQG — Jim yang (@yangyubin1998) September 7, 2023

Imagine getting that much rain in one hour. And the sad part is that possibility of spectacular drenching exists everywhere on the planet now. Everywhere. As does the possibility of sudden, raging wildfires.

The climate is re-forming right over us and under us, in this age of Plasticene. All of what makes life in this era faster than any era previously, is dependent on human technology guzzling more of the dead remains from millions of years ago.

As a species — are we addicted to speed?

I’m thinking that we are, and cannot give it up, no matter what.

Sometimes, I feel that we don’t really understand what’s coming at us, even though we’re looking right at it. Looking around I get the notion that some people think that more technology will save us. I don’t know if it will... or won’t.

I do feel certain though, that we should not be allowed to go on to settle any other planet. As a species, we appear to be world wreckers.



Your Cafe’s Caturday bit of furr —

x POV: you need to wash your hands but the sink is full of teeth pic.twitter.com/GB5BiZ0yUQ — Holly Brockwell (@holly) September 8, 2023



x White-faced heron.

Boolcoomatta Reserve, South Australia. pic.twitter.com/vPojqWkwDk — Sandy Horne (@SandyHorne61) September 9, 2023



x Bit of bear activity this week - black bear cooling off 1/ pic.twitter.com/VdnpRujfFz — Wendy Wiens (@wendy_wiens) August 19, 2023



x The Kagu, an almost extinct bird, meets its own kind..



Sound on pic.twitter.com/JtU4hVneBH — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 2, 2023



x Your moment of calm 🐺 pic.twitter.com/VnTf0BIhJU — Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 (@nywolforg) August 21, 2023



Newdists, please grab a cuppa, a plate of food, ogle some photos, and join us in the thread.





Ancient Treasures

x Glass bracelets and glass beads found in the oppidum (#Celtic settlement) at Manching, Bavaria. Manching was a centre of Celtic glass industry. It was specialized on the production of seamless colourful glass bracelets from ca. 260 - 40 BC. The raw glass was imported from...1/2 pic.twitter.com/LE7nLljg09 — Nina Willburger (@DrNWillburger) September 2, 2023



x Gold Ear Ornament with a Winged Runner (400-700 CE), belonged to

Moche Culture, Peru.



This ear ornament, one of a pair, depicts a winged runner clutching a small cloth bag. Although it has been suggested that this figure may represent a human in a bird costume, it is more… pic.twitter.com/3lbj2UOImH — Archaeo - Histories (@archeohistories) September 9, 2023



x Matthias Ring, late 16th century, Southern Germany. Medium: gold, diamonds, enamel. Collection: Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. pic.twitter.com/JxUr4evChg — Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) September 1, 2023



x A Mughal emerald and gold ring,. Date: c. 16-17th century AD.. Photo Credit: Christie's. pic.twitter.com/e7DExd7HA4 — Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) August 26, 2023



x A 6th century Byzantine bracelet made of gold and set with pearls and precious stones. Private Collection, North America. Photo source: https://t.co/fEh97ucKzu pic.twitter.com/NLx5xGGX7d — Angela O'Brien (@GrecianGirly) August 21, 2023



New Day Cafe is an Open Thread.

What do you want to talk about today?

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