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A unique red-painted dog penis bone has been discovered in a Romano-British ritual shaft deposit at a quarry in Ewell, Surrey, southeast England. There are no other published examples of ochre-stained bones from Roman or Iron Age Britain, and given the context from which it was recovered, it seems probable that this bone represents some sort of ritual item. A penis bone has obvious connotations, particularly given the already strong association between dogs and fertility within Roman Britain. Throughout the Roman occupation of Britain, deep pits or wells would be backfilled with a varied array of materials — mostly a…

Happy Friday GPODers! Sadly, we’ve reached the end of Cherry Ong’s tour of Nancy Heckler’s garden in Indianola, Washington. While Nancy’s garden has seemingly endless treasures and areas to explore, we’ll leave a little to the imagination. Nancy occasionally opens her gardens to tours for the public, so we’d highly suggest keeping your eye open for garden tours around the Puget Sound area for a chance to see Nancy’s incredible space in person. Of course, if you’re unable to make you way out to Washington, you can always scroll through all of Cherry’s fabulous photos she’s shared with us over…

From grid-like woven patterns to intertwined strands of fringe, Antonio Santín’s hyperrealistic oil paintings (previously) look incredibly similar to the ornamental carpets they’re modeled on. By studying real rugs and the way they scrunch, fold, and interact with light, he transfers these qualities to canvas. The overall designs, however, are a product of the artist’s imagination. Santín trained as a sculptor, and his eye for shapes and the power of contrast lent itself to paintings with tactile textures and a dimensionally illusory quality. “In the past two years, as his technical skills allowed for far more detail than is found…

January 09, 2025 After exploring the Birds and Bees Walk at Denver Botanic Gardens, I found bees hard at work among fall-flowering asters and other perennials. This is Part 4 from my visit to DBG in late September. The asters were lit up in the strong morning sunlight. The bees and I were both attracted. Goldenrod was flowering too during this fall visit. And Salvia reptans Yellow hollyhock And more goldenrod, alive with busy bees. Dwarf Conifer Collection Nearby, the Dwarf Conifer Collection showed off its assortment of cone-bearing trees, so pretty in shades of green and silver. I admired…

by Alix Underwood How do we stop climate change? One decommissioned fossil-fuel pipe at a time, via hard-fought local battles to change energy infrastructure and decrease energy consumption. Who do we fight these battles against? Profit-hungry corporations that monopolize energy markets and back-pocket politicians that help them guard the fossil façade. In the U.S. capital, the climate-change rubber hits the road as activists pressure an obscure and unelected decision-making body, the Public Service Commission (PSC), to reject a proposal for a natural gas infrastructure replacement project. Washington Gas Light Company, the primary natural gas utility in the region, submitted the…

Elizaveta Porodina is a renowned photographer and artist based in Munich, Germany, whose work often features surreal, symbolic narratives, blending fashion, fine art, and documentary influences. Her background in clinical psychology shapes her work with the complexities of the human experience, using photography as a medium for exploring the subconscious mind. Working in a diverse range of styles from dark, cinematic portraits to vibrant, dreamlike compositions, Porodina’s photography invites the viewer to embark on a journey through time and space, drawing them into deep, sometimes ambiguous, worlds. With a keen eye for cinematic compositions and a profound connection to the…

Bryce Liston is an academic award winning painter from America. His full name is Bryce Cameron Liston. His art works and paintings have won many awards nationally as well as internationally. His works are collected and shown in many art galleries globally. He has won the Southwest Art Award of Excellence at the 2010 CM Russell Auction; The Honorary Chairman’s Award and also won The Tuffy Berg Award. He was also awarded best in show at the 2008 OPA Western Regional Exhibition. In January 2009, he was also named as one of the Top Ten artist to watch by Southwest…

The richly painted tomb of a multi-tasking physician to Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare (r. ca. 2278 B.C. – ca. 2212 B.C.) has been discovered in the necropolis of Saqqara. Hieroglyphic inscriptions in the tomb identify him as Teti Neb Fu and list his titles as chief palace doctor, chief dentist, director of medicinal plants and priest and magician of the goddess Serket. This is only the second “director of medicinal plants” title ever discovered from ancient Egypt, and “chief dentist” is also a very rarely found title. The number and importance of his titles suggest he was the…

Hi GPODers! About a month ago, we took a trip across the pond with Cindy Strickland to Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent, UK. While I was compiling the assets and writing up that post, I stumbled upon another submission from Cindy that for some reason ended up in the GPOD spam folder. While the reflection on these glorious summer blooms is coming a little later than intended, I didn’t want these colorful photos to go to waste and Cindy gave the OK to share her 2023 annual flower display, today. Hello, Cindy Strickland here, sharing some favorite summer scenes of…

Glasgow-based artist Laura K. Sayers creates tiny paper worlds that sit within the compact margins of a stamp. Illustrating children’s books and whipping up projects for magazines leaves the artist with plenty of small scraps given another life through a series of layered postage. Sayers begins by choosing a color palette, carefully selecting harmonious shades of paper and oftentimes painting over sheets to achieve the perfect tone. Referencing her own photographs, the artist then creates quick thumbnails to loosely guide her process. Using sharp scissors and a scalpel, layers of meticulously cut paper begin to take the shape of familiar…