The Reading Lesson. Knut Ekwall (Swedish, 1843-1912). Oil On Canvas.

Polychrome relief of the warrior king Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC) wearing the Atef crown and false beard, from Deir el-Bahari. Now in the Luxor Museum.

Gentle Spring (pre 1865). Frederick Sandys (English, 1829-1904). Oil on canvas. The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1865 accompanied in the catalogue by a sonnet by the artist’s friend, Charles Algernon Swinburne. The figure was painted in the garden of the poet and novelist, George Meredith. She represents Proserpina returning from the land of the dead. Sandys joined Rossetti’s circle in 1857 and lived with him in Cheyne Walk for most of 1866.

Canopic Jars of Maiherpri

Four canopic jars, from the tomb of Maiherpri (KV36), made of alabaster. 

Used to hold viscera after mummification. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479-1425 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

[ Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san ]

C R O W N S of the British Empire

Crack chicken and rice soup with mushrooms and bacon

Circle of Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593 - c. 1656): Mary Magdalene, holding a skull (via Sotheby’s)

"En cualquier dirección que recorras el alma, nunca tropezarás con sus límites".

Sócrates.

Philadelphia: Stop separating families! Protest at ICE office, June 14, 2018.

Photos by Joe Piette