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The very first Europeans write about how open and park-like the woods were. Then a hundred years later, it was all about the forest primeval being incredibly dense, and everybody decided the first group was just nuts.


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Hayao Miyazaki's best running gag. (by @Bouletcorp, 2017)

catsuka's tweet image. Hayao Miyazaki's best running gag.
(by @Bouletcorp, 2017)

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The Glykon cult is said to have been created by self-proclaimed prophet, Alexander of Abonoteichos. Satirist, Lucian of Samosata, a contemporary of Alexander, wrote claiming the cult was a hoax and its prophicising, talking snake a hand puppet!😳 More: historicmysteries.com/glycon/

AlisonFisk's tweet image. The Glykon cult is said to have been created by self-proclaimed prophet, Alexander of Abonoteichos.

Satirist, Lucian of Samosata, a contemporary of Alexander, wrote claiming the cult was a hoax and its prophicising, talking snake a hand puppet!😳 

More: historicmysteries.com/glycon/

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The remarkable state of preservation is due to a fire which destroyed the barracks. The iron mail shirt was sealed between two layers of daub which fell from the walls, protecting it from oxygen and excessive moisture which cause iron corrosion. Read more: academia.edu/39800021/A_rin…


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This rare 1,700 year-old Roman soldier’s complete mail shirt is made from over 50,000 iron links and is the best preserved in Britain. Excavated from a barrack block at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields, in 1997. On display Arbeia site museum. #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. This rare 1,700 year-old Roman soldier’s complete mail shirt is made from over 50,000 iron links and is the best preserved in Britain.

Excavated from a barrack block at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields, in 1997. On display Arbeia site museum.

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

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when you de-fund libraries, this is what you’re de-funding

SketchesbyBoze's tweet image. when you de-fund libraries, this is what you’re de-funding

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A c. 500,000 year-old flint handaxe from Boxgrove, West Sussex. To our modern eye, this beautifully-worked tool has an aesthetic quality that belies its utilitarian purpose for the butchery of animals, such as horse, deer, and rhino. 📷 British Museum britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…

AlisonFisk's tweet image. A c. 500,000 year-old flint handaxe from Boxgrove, West Sussex.

To our modern eye, this beautifully-worked tool has an aesthetic quality that belies its utilitarian purpose for the butchery of animals, such as horse, deer, and rhino.

📷 British Museum britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…

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Don’t look up


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false prophet, spain, ca. 10th century

WeirdMedieval's tweet image. false prophet, spain, ca. 10th century

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ive actually been thinking about this. i think you can translate the spells and special techs as moves, and putting in a grid fighting system shouldnt be too hard. look at wargames and shit. the classes can be playbooks with subplaybooks. the d20 simulates percentile well

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A three-headed bearded serpent stares fixedly at the entrance of an Etruscan tomb, to protect the deceased in the afterlife and to scare off intruders to the tomb. The heads have bright red combs and two of the serpents expose their teeth. Early 4th century BC.

ticiaverveer's tweet image. A three-headed bearded serpent stares fixedly at the entrance of an Etruscan tomb, to protect the deceased in the afterlife and to scare off intruders to the tomb. The heads have bright red combs and two of the serpents expose their teeth.  Early 4th century BC.

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Face to face with Ka-aper, ancient Egyptian priest responsible for reciting prayers in temples about 4,500 years ago! A sculptural masterpiece, this wooden statue with portrait-like facial features and inlaid eyes achieves a life-like quality. Egyptian Museum Cairo #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. Face to face with Ka-aper, ancient Egyptian priest responsible for reciting prayers in temples about 4,500 years ago!

A sculptural masterpiece, this wooden statue with portrait-like facial features and inlaid eyes achieves a life-like quality.

Egyptian Museum Cairo #Archaeology

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Salvador Dali cutlery set design from 1957. The set is comprised of six pieces made of silver-gilt. It includes two forks, two knives and two enameled spoons. Dali also took the time to name them as well: Fourchette-éléphant 3 dents (Elephant fork with three teeth)…

fasc1nate's tweet image. Salvador Dali cutlery set design from 1957.

The set is comprised of six pieces made of silver-gilt. It includes two forks, two knives and two enameled spoons.

Dali also took the time to name them as well:

Fourchette-éléphant 3 dents (Elephant fork with three teeth)…

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pretty crazy: - container ships burn fuels that emit a lot of sulfur - the sulfur seeds clouds, increasing the reflectivity of earth, cooling it - new climate rules in 2020 limit sulfur emissions by cargo ships - a lack of ship-clouds may explain anomalous heating this year

Massively under-reported science story because there's so much going on right now but...it turns out that we might have figured out what's causing this very scary spike. Quick thread, on how WE'VE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY GEOENGINEERING FOR DECADES...but then we stopped:

hankgreen's tweet image. Massively under-reported science story because there's so much going on right now but...it turns out that we might have figured out what's causing this very scary spike.

Quick thread, on how WE'VE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY GEOENGINEERING FOR DECADES...but then we stopped:


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A C4th AD #Roman dice tower found in Germany (officially the Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower), used to stop people cheating in dice games. It features 2 short texts, one celebrating a victory over the Picts, the other wishing players good luck (📷 Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn)

DrJEBall's tweet image. A C4th AD #Roman dice tower found in Germany (officially the Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower), used to stop people cheating in dice games.
It features 2 short texts, one celebrating a victory over the Picts, the other wishing players good luck (📷 Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn)

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