My photo shows a wall carving in low relief of a hedgehog emerging from its burrow or shelter. Detail from a wall relief of a hunting scene in the Tomb of Mereruka, Vizier of King Teti, Sixth Dynasty, c. 2330 BC. The hedgehog is depicted in profile facing right with the front portion of its body emerging from the somewhat triangular-shaped burrow or shelter, perhaps a mound of soil. Its body is rounded, with two short forelegs. It has a narrow face with a pointed muzzle, an almond-shaped eye, and a pointed ear. A horizontal line across the middle of its body shows the delineation between its soft underbelly and its spiny back (spines not depicted) On either side of the hedgehog and its burrow there is a low mound topped by vertical wavy lines representing desert grass. Ground level is represented by a horizontal line. In ancient Egyptian art, hedgehogs were sometimes associated with protection and regeneration, likely because of their defensive spines and habit of curling up, as well as being nocturnal animals with the ability to see in the dark (perfect for the underworld). They were also hunted for food. This little hedgehog in Mereruka’s tomb may carry two meanings at once. A hunted food offering to provide nourishment and also magical protection for his rebirth.

Some 4,300 years ago, an Egyptian artisan carved this little hedgehog emerging from its burrow! 🦔❤️

Lovely naturalistic detail from a limestone wall relief in the Tomb of Mereruka at Saqqara. Old Kingdom, Sixth Dynasty, c. 2330 BC.

📷 by me

#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology

#6930 has lovely floral terracotta columns and arch in light green.

Some doorways make it hard for us to stay in our lane.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay I have a golden-crowned kinglet and an Oregon ssp. Dark eyed junco which both have some level of #BlackHeads and some #Grey feathers.

#birds #photography #ECK 🪶

Une de mes vieille illustrations de renard commun en hiver dans une forêt de bouleaux enneigée. Encre de Chine et gouache Linel (Projet Nature sans frontière avec la Frapna Rhône-Alpes. 2007)

Une de mes vieille illustrations de renard commun, adulte et petit, en été. Encre de Chine et gouache Linel (Projet Nature sans frontière avec la Frapna Rhône-Alpes. 2007)

🦊 Déclassons la cruauté - Stoppons le massacre injustifié des renards 🦊

Pétition ici ⤵️
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
#sciart

View down a cloister, sunlight softly passing through the columns whilst people pass.

Inside the cloister.

#photography #oxford #sirui

In Takanaka we trust 🙏

LEGEND OF DRAGOON - last night I finished mapping the whole game after years-long hiatus! lots of cool late-game areas here, and some classic PS1 teleport mazes. they aren't up on DA or VGMaps yet, but check 'em out here if you want! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

A view through the window of a bird hide, framing a lake and trees beyond.

Bird hide Wednesday. It’s THE most relaxing spot to getaway from everything.

出口/EXIT
Birches

Game Dev DrinkUp Edinburgh A meetup for game developers in the Edinburgh area, on the 2nd Thursday of every month.

Tomorrow is the 22nd Edinburgh Game Dev Drink Up. Tables at the back of the Hollyrood 9A from 6pm.

PadCrafter 2.0 finally launches 29th April!
Including support for new controllers, SVG/PNG exports, button combos, a ton of QoL changes, and - as a result of years of research through the database - a complete suite of tools for plotting mouse and keyboard compatibility in your gamepad-first titles.

day 8 of #repostyourart is autumn, guess an Over the Garden Wall themed embroidery will do!

Gif of a little soldier guy I found while tidying up my drives.

Two photos of a cheery pie with a zig-zag motif reminiscent of the Twin Peaks TV series.

Six years ago.

I need to make another Twin Peaks pie.

I’m not sure he’s nuts, I think the problem is he calls himself an entrepreneur. Never met anyone who called themselves that wasn’t a massive twat.

フルアーマー・ガンダム (ver Thunderbolt)

Epyon EW (Sturm Und Drang)

トールギス

#mar10 #mar10day #marioday #markers #Nintendo #supermario

Little heads upperino that I'll open 1 commission slot soon! It will be for a portrait comm, since I want to experiment a bit. FFXIV, WOW and fantasy characters super welcome and encouraged ⭐️🌙

#commissions

Graphic illustration: an orange grim reaper next to blocky type which reads MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN TODAY

Found a use for the spare Death.

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool.

And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

Update on the Enterprise-C, going for a non canon paint scheme, was never a fan of the C's vibrant paint, going more subdued

Legs are HARD when you just got them a day or two ago!!! 🐣 🪶

A profile portrait of the above duckling eye photo

Goodnight. Likely won't have time for outdoors tomorrow, so may the ducklings be with you. 🐣 🪶

Absolute perfection.

A+ four stars 10/10 100%.

Peak duckling.

What an incredible baby bird season it's been. Onto month 2! 🪶 🐣

Farage says he would let trump use UK bases. Polanski says hk must immediately withdraw all military support

#wallsonWednesday
Lambeth SW8
#streetart