Tom the Scribbler

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Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· 10d

Triumph of Neptune and the Four Seasons, Late 2nd-century AD, from La Chebba, Tunisia #MosaicMonday 📸 my own via Bardo Museum, Tunisia

Detailed mosaic showing Neptune with a trident rising out of the sea on a chariot pulled by horses, surrounded by decorative detail including animals, flowers and classical figures representing the seasons

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· 20d

A lovely chunk of bog butter for #findsfriday Dated to 400-350 BC, it may have been a votive offering, a way of preserving a valuable commodity, or even a way of maturing the butter #Ancientbluesky 📷 my own via Nat Museum of Ireland. Found in Co. Kildare www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

A roughly 60cm high, uneven cylinder of pale, solid ‘butter’ in a display case

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· 27d

Megalithic art outside Knowth passage tomb, Ireland, which dates to around 3,200BC 📸 my own #ancientsite #Ancientbluesky

Spiral and circular motifs carved into a large slab of grey stone

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· 27d

An exquisitely crafted ceremonial macehead dated to around 3300-2800 BC. Found in Knowth passage tomb in Ireland, It bears spiral motifs similar to those found on the megalithic art surrounding the tomb 📷 my own via Nat Museum of Ireland #findsfriday #Ancientbluesky www.museum.ie/en-IE/collec...

A finely crafted rounded macehead made from cream and brown flint and carved with spiral motifs and ridges

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 27

A medieval wooden coffin embedded in a ruined wall at St John the Baptist Church, Chester, which dates to C11-12th Supposedly it was installed here after a church sexton unearthed it in C19th. The inscription reads ‘Dust to dust’ #mementomorimonday #MedievalMonday www.atlasobscura.com/places/25205

A warped wooden coffin embedded in a stone wall beside a medieval arch

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 19

Caerphilly Castle, still not talking any shit after 700 years

Formidable castle with high walls and towers in the middle of a moat, one tower leaning sharply

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jun 30

🎶 In the jungle, the mighty jungle

A black cat (Monty) peering out from giant leaves

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jun 21

Stonehenge trilithon, early morning, with two of the smaller ‘blue stones’ on either side. Grey-white sky streaked with blue.
📷 my own

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jun 21

Happy summer solstice! Had the privilege recently of filming early morning at Stonehenge. To stand in the centre with the trilithons towering over you, it feels like an open air cathedral. An immensely powerful place, even after 4,500 years #Standingstonesunday #summersolstice #summersolstice2026

Centre of Stonehenge, early morning with no one in sight. Trilithon to one side with the outer ring beyond it. 📷 my own

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jun 16

The supposed severed hand of a 19th century card cheat clutching his final hand of cards. On display at the 15th century Salisbury pub, the Haunch of Venison www.atlasobscura.com/places/61475

A bony hand with playing cards, covered in dust and brick fragments, on display behind bars and lit by orange light

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jun 15

Salisbury at dusk

Salisbury cathedral lit up with yellow-orange light at twilight, a chimney stack off to the side in the foreground

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jun 12

Carthaginian jewelry, 6-7th century BC #findsfriday 📷 my own, Bardo National Museum, Tunis

Bracelet with variously colored beads, some gold with intricate designs

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Feb 12

Banteay Srei, 10th century. Angkor, Cambodia. 📸 my own #ancientsite #Ancientbluesky

Elaborately carved stone temple with three prangs on a raised stone platform. Tall trees in background

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Sep 9

The three main temples of the complex. Easily as impressive imo as the headline grabbing Borobudur!

Three elaborately carved stone temples in the middle distance, each tapering in layers to a point. Smaller similar temples behind them and stone rubble in the near distance.

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Sep 9

The beautifully preserved/restored Prambanan temple complex in Central Java, Indonesia, built 9th century CE by the Mataram Kingdom and dedicated to Siva, Vishnu and Brahma 📸 mine #archaeology #Ancientbluesky #temple

An ancient stone temple, elaborately carved, with a layered pyramidal top. In the foreground, a stone walkway with a line of round, crown like decorations on its wall

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 19

A beautiful Oriental Pied Hornbill (and doesn’t he know it!) 📸 my own. Pangkor island, Malaysia #birds #nature #birdphotography

A large black and white hornbill with a long, curving beak, yellow with and a bony prominence running along the top

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 15

Beautiful mossy forest in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia (jungle trail 3 - 5 is the way to go!) 📸 my own #forestfriday #treemagic #forests #moss

A cluster of gnarled trees covered in thick moss and lichen, dark and atmospheric like something otherworldly lives there

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 11

Sunset at Taman Negara in Malaysia, the second oldest rainforest in the world at 130 million years old (meaning it was a rainforest when the dinosaurs still roamed the earth!)

Rainforested hillside in silhouette with the orange clouds of a sunset above

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 9

5/5 Kids on bicycle by Ernest Zacharevic

Old bicycle lent against a peeling street wall with a painting of two small, excited children looking like they’re riding the bicycle

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 9

4/5 the Indian boatman by Julia Volchkova

Realistic street mural of an old Indian man standing as he rows a wooden boat, painted on a old colonial building beside a covered wallet

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 9

M3/5 ‘folklore by the sea’ (Chew Jetty), by Yip Yew Chong

Street art depicting a boy leaping, a fat man sleeping in a hammock, a child sorting fish and a cat looking down, all painted on a wooden jetty building on stilts above the sea

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 9

2/5 Boy on Motorbike by Ernest Zacharevic

Street mural with a real motorbike leant against a pealing red doorway with a painted young boy in a helmet looking like he’s sitting on the bike

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Aug 9

A short thread of street art from George Town, Malaysia 📸 my own 1/5 by Alex Face

Street mural of cartoon boy with blue and yellow eyes dressed in a cat costume riding a scooter

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 18

Wooden boat with long prow moored on a golden beach with green-blue sea in background, limestone cliffs, and small rocky islands

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 18

Phra Nang Beach, Krabi, Thailand

Wave breaking lightly onto sand between limestone rocks with green, rocky islands and turquoise sea in middle distance

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 14

Surat Thani, Thailand, passing through #liminalspaces

A telecoms tower in white and red with crisscrossed telegraph wires, partly lit red, in the foreground and a green traffic light at street level

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 12

The gleaming temple of Wat Pra That Doi Suthep, just outside of Chiang Mai Taken last Thursday (July 10) on the Buddhist holiday of Asalha Puja, also known as Dharma Day, celebrating the day the Buddha gave his first sermon. melting photographer not pictured, which is for the best 🥵

Buddhist temple with shining gold stupa, golden statues of the Buddha, and worshippers walking it around holding flowers. More flower offerings in the foreground along with red and green paper lanterns overhead

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 9

He really doesn’t like it.

Sign in a Thai temple reading ‘Don’t touch the dragon’ in English and Thai.

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jul 4

Chinatown, Bangkok

A row of four story city buildings, one green-yellow, one dark pink, one black/brown, and one pale pink, with balconies on each floor and shuttered windows

Tom the Scribbler@tomscribbler· Jun 25

2/2 I was lucky enough to have it virtually to myself. Anywhere else, this would be a headline act!