#burial place

[blackswaneuroparedux]

atque ita tribus et viginti plagis confossus est uno modo ad primum ictum gemitu sine voce edito, etsi tradiderunt quidam Marco Bruto irruenti dixisse: καὶ σὺ, τέκνον.*

- Suetonius Caesar 82

And in this way, [Caesar] was struck with 23 blows; at the first strike he gave a groan but uttered no cry. Certain men hold, however, that he said to the attacking Marcus Brutus: You too, child.*

According to the great chronicler of Rome, Suetonius,  Caesar’s last words were to Brutus, “You too, child?”. But they were in Greek not in Latin: καὶ σύ, τέκνον 

On the anniversary of the brutal assasination of Gaius Julius Caesar by Brutus and the other Roman senators, flowers have traditionally been left on the altar that marks the site of the funeral pyre in the Forum Romanum where Julius Caesar's body was cremated.

#caesar #julius caesar #quote #greek #brutus #classical #roman #assasination #murder #betrayal #roman senate #funeral pyre #roman forum #burial place #rome #ides of march #ancient history #europe

[charlesreeza]

A tomb slab in the Basilica of Santa Restituta, Naples

Photo by Charles Reeza

#Nuns #catholic church #memorial #bas relief sculpture #burial place #Italy #They look like the Bene Gesserit #Dune universe

[lovewanxian]

A-Yuan: I'd like to go to a haunted house like in one of your stories, Xian-gege

Wei Wuxian: What's wrong with the one we live in?

A-Yuan: What?

Wei Wuxian: Good night, A-Yuan!

#i imagine this would be burial mounds era so they're Literally living in the most haunted place in the world #with ghosts all around and a conscious walking corpse cooking dinner so they Are living in a haunted house #they've just kept the worst of it from a-yuan so he won't be scared #until now at least XD #wei ying #lan sizhui #wei wuxian #the untamed #mdzs #incorrect mdzs quotes

[thesilicontribesman]

South Yarrows North Prehistoric Long Chambered Cairn, South Yarrows Archaeological Trail, Yarrows, Caithness, Scotland

#ice age #stone age #bronzeage #copper age #iron age #prehistoric #prehistory #chambered cairn #cairn #burial chamber #burial mound #stonework #ancient sites #Scotland #wild places #archaeology

[theloverstomb]

burying dolls

THE SUNDIAL by Shirley Jackson

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson

DREAMS OF CLYTEMNESTRA by Dacia Maraini

#something about buried dolls.. #the sundial #we have always lived in the castle #dreams of clytemnestra #shirley jackson #dacia maraini #words #dolls #burial places #favourite

[blueiskewl]

Herculaneum Scrolls Reveal Plato's Burial Place

Researchers used AI to decipher an ancient papyrus that includes details about where Greek philosopher is buried.

The decipherment of an ancient scroll has revealed where the Greek philosopher Plato is buried, Italian researchers suggest.

Graziano Ranocchia, a philosopher at the University of Pisa, and colleagues used artificial intelligence (AI) to decipher text preserved on charred pieces of papyrus recovered in Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town located near Pompeii, according to a translated statement from Italy's National Research Council.

Like Pompeii, Herculaneum was destroyed in A.D. 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted, cloaking the region in ash and pyroclastic flows.

One of the scrolls carbonized by the eruption includes the writings of Philodemus of Gadara (lived circa 110 to 30 B.C.), an Epicurean philosopher who studied in Athens and later lived in Italy. This text, known as the "History of the Academy," details the academy that Plato founded in the fourth century B.C. and gives details about Plato's life, including his burial place.

Historians already knew that Plato, the famous student of Socrates who wrote down his teacher's philosophies as well as his own, was buried at the Academy, which the Roman general Sulla destroyed in 86 B.C. But researchers weren't sure exactly where on the school's grounds that Plato, who died in Athens in 348 or 347 B.C., had been laid to rest.

However, with advances in technology, researchers were able to employ a variety of cutting-edge techniques including infrared and ultraviolet optical imaging, thermal imaging and tomography to read the ancient papyrus, which is now part of the collection at the National Library of Naples.

So far, researchers have identified 1,000 words, or roughly 30% of the text written by Philodemus.

"Among the most important news, we read that Plato was buried in the garden reserved for him (a private area intended for the Platonic school) of the Academy in Athens, near the so-called Museion or sacellum sacred to the Muses," researchers wrote in the statement. "Until now it was only known that he was buried generically in the Academy."

The text also detailed how Plato was "sold into slavery" sometime between 404 and 399 B.C. (It was previously thought that this occurred in 387 B.C.)

Another part of the translated text describes a dialogue between characters, in which Plato shows disdain for the musical and rhythmic abilities of a barbarian musician from Thrace, according to the statement.

This isn't the first time that researchers have used AI to read ancient scrolls that survived Mount Vesuvius's eruption. Earlier this year, researchers deciphered a different scroll that was charred during the volcanic eruption at a nearby villa that once belonged to Julius Caesar's father-in-law.

By Jennifer Nalewicki.

#Plato #Herculaneum Scrolls Reveal Plato's Burial Place #Herculaneum #Pompeii #Philodemus of Gadara #History of the Academy #The Academy #Plato's Academy #the Platonic Academy #the Academic School #athens greece #mount vesuvius #roman dictator sulla #ancient texts #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient greece #greek history #roman history #roman empire

[thedepressedpelican]

'I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,

And now my heart is sore.'

(excerpt from The Wild Swans of Coole)

William Butler Yeats

#the wild swans of coole #drumcliffe church #county sligo #ireland #burial place of William Butler Yeats #imiging #lensblr #monochrome #original photography on tumblr #william butler yeats #w.b.yeats #wb yeats

[yorksnapshots]

Rooms.

#Cemetery #Cemeteries #Goth #Gothic #Gothcore #Burial #Burial Ground #Aesthetic #Taphophilia #Graves #Graveyard #Tombs #Dark Academia #Photography #Dirtcore #Goblincore #Wanderlust #Explore #Places #Architecture #Gravestones

[thepinkhaired-rayofsunshine]

this is a half formed thought but like

danny sorta taking up residency near/in random cemeteries, like he just pops in every so often and takes care of ghosts n stuff there. and maybe if someone comes around to try to descecrate something or do bad shit in the cemetery, he or maybe one of his allies haunts the fuck outta the bad people n stuff

and maybe the cemetery hes in, is the one where jason todd was supposedly buried and he notices one day that there is an empty grave where there shouldnt be. so he starts tracking jasons body down bc hes worried jason was taken by grave robbers or smth and wont stand for the living disrespecting the dead, ESPECIALLY a kid?? and maybe it hits close to home for danny that its a kid his age that died and the body is missing

and he tracks jason down after a while but only to find out that hes with the League or maybe its been empty for a long time and he finds red hood and is REALLY confused because thats a reanimated dead guy many years past his death date

im thinking of this with like, immortal, unable to age or die danny, but i could totally see it as a king danny thing or even grown up danny just trying to catch a damn break but being constantly hounded by ghosts and stuff for help

#ive seen a buncha different posts about danny cleaning graves or helping ghosts but nothing about bodies??? #like i feel like danny #perpetually alive and dead and maybe cant HAVE a burial #would b pretty attached to making sure others CAN have final resting places #dp x dc #dpxdc #dp x dc prompt #so finding empty graves would feel WRONG to him yknow? #maybe he can do research on empty graves first to see why empty but #sorry if someones come up w this before #danny phantom #jason todd

[sunmoontruth-stiles]

I need a completely rewritten teen wolf series with Derek Hale as the main character. I think it would heal me.

#we follow Derek from New York. Laura left for beacon hills. it’s been six years since he was back but he hasn’t heard from her #and hes going stir crazy waiting. he packs up and travels back. it’s almost too much immediately. he still can’t get a hold of Laura #he can’t resist going home. it’s like a natural pull that guides him back. all at once he’s 16 again. staring at the wreckage of his life #deputy stilinski is sherrif now. it’s reassuring in the slightest that the police force seems to have moved on from how corrupt it was #he catches her scent and it’s putrid. bile catches in his throat. he seeks it out. still in denial to what he knows it means. #when he finds Laura it’s like the world ends all over again. he can’t stand to see her like this. he gives her a proper burial. #the best he can do at least #he visits Peter. he’s not the man Derek remembers- so full of fire and cunning. their relationship may have been strained at times. #often Derek felt more like Eve being swayed by the snake than a normal friendship #but this isn’t the sharp tongued uncle who guided him. this is a broken shell. all that remained of his family. he was so lost. #22 but he barely knew how to function without his family- his pack paving the way #Laura handled everything. she got the apartment. she made sure they had food. Derek looks back and feels so useless #he was so lost in his grief. Laura must of felt the same way but she never let them drown in it #she made sure he got his GED. even got him to enroll in community college classes. #he took them online. he never was able to warm up to people the same way. he used to be so full of life. now he just wanted to be left alone #he studied English. never finished his degree. doesn’t look like he ever will now. he can’t go back to Laura and his shared home. #can’t bare to see another shell of a home #he vents to the vacant audience of Peter and his cold fixed eyes #Derek leaves. he wants to promise he’ll return soon #but promises feel costly these days #he decides to go back to the reserve. maybe he can find some clue as to what happened to Laura #someone lured her here. someone who knew them and their history here #his mind went to the worst. Kate. why would she go through the trouble six years later. why wait so long. #Derek couldn’t stomach the thought of facing her. he focused on the woods. the scents were all over the place. #clearly multiple people had been through here recently. two scents were much stronger. Derek follows them #but when he hears the crunch of leaves he realizes why the scents are so strong. they’re still here #he ducks behind some trees. listening in on their conversation. but an echo of their scent catches his attention #he spots an inhaler on the ground. he puts two and two together and swipes it from the leaves. #he comes out once they’re closer. tossing over the inhaler- he figures they’ll leave. dumb kids messing around in the woods #he reminds them this is private property. though that may not be true anymore. he recognizes the scent of a new beta. interesting.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

currently thinking about just how much su minshan was willing to sacrifice--of himself, and of other people who relied on and trusted in him--to protect jin guangyao

goes 2 my knees, clutches my hair

#suyao #it's The Devotion™️ ok??? #he abandons his whole sect at the second siege of the burial mounds for jin guangyao #he will pull a sword on both hanguang-jun and zewu-jun over the HINT of a slight against jin guangyao #he puts himself in mortal peril and ultimately dies brutally to protect jin guangyao #uggggGGGGHHHH #i'm fine!! i'm fine #(i'm not i'm really not) #edited to add: like!!! regardless of how you choose to interpret the nature of the relationship between them #i don't think it is a stretch to look at sms's devotion to jgy and interpret it as something beyond friendship #or beyond the loyalty of a vassal to his liege lord #and i think what most fucks me up about their dynamic (in a good way) #is that sms never expects the same depth of devotion from jgy #given how deeply seated minshan's resentment towards the gusu lan is and how easy it is to trigger #a truly nuclear grudge response in him (looking @ u jin zixun) #i remain endlessly fascinated by the years he must spend knowing that jgy would always choose lxc over him if he had to #and yet he does NOT become bitter or resentful of jgy over this #he does not make his devotion to jgy a problem for jgy to manage #like if you lean into the one-sided shipping angle he's like a guy who has fully embraced his place in the friend zone #is he fine with it?? who knows! but he isn't going to make his feelings on the matter jgy's problem #anyway i love him send post #emotional support henchman

[ancestorsalive]

The grave of a völva, a female shaman and seer in Norse mythology, was discovered in Köpingsvik, on the Swedish island of Öland. This grave contained several intriguing artifacts that provide insight into the völva’s role and status in Viking society.

One of the most notable items found in the grave is an iron staff that measures 82 centimeters long. This staff is adorned with bronze details and features a unique model of a house on top. The term “völva” translates to “wand carrier” or “carrier of a magic staff” in Old Norse, indicating the significance of this artifact. The staff or wand was an important accessory in the practice of seid, a type of sorcery practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age.

In addition to the staff, the grave contained a jug from Central Asia and a bronze cauldron from Western Europe. These items suggest that the völva had connections to far-reaching places and was likely a part of the upper strata of society.

The völva was dressed in bear fur and was buried within a ship setting, or stone ship, which also contained sacrificed animals and humans. This type of burial is indicative of the völva’s high status and the reverence with which she was regarded.

These findings are on display in the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm. - Source: Pagan Trader ThePaganTrader.com

#Norse Mythology #female shaman #völva #seer #Köpingsvik #Sweden #Öland Island #grave #Viking society #Late Scandinavian Iron Age #burial #ancient ways #sacred ways #Ancestors Alive! #Swedish History Museum #Stockholm #Memory & Spirit of Place #Pagan Trader #ThePaganTrader.com

[theywontletmebeprincipal]

#PERSONALLY. I think it’s real blood n he’s from deltarune world. but that’s just me #he could be from somewhere else but why have him be from a place we never see when deltarune is right there yeah #n they make sure to call out the fact that monsters in dr are much ‘realer’ than in ut. they can’t use magic n they bleed n they die like #normal people instead of evaporating. there are cemeteries with burial plots #HOWEVER. I do think that is could just as easily be ketchup. it’s 50/50 to me #I’m just leaning deltarune bc I like to keep in mind that it was the original game toby wanted to make #undertale was a sort of warmup. so I imagine he’d have had at least a few deltarune concepts already in motion while making it #sanders pollshit #undertale

[thesilicontribesman]

'Cairn O' Get' Prehistoric Cist Cairn, Caithness, Scotland

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #iron age #copper age #prehistoric #prehistory #neolithic #mesolithic #paleolithic #calcholithic #archaeology #relic #cist #cist cairn #cairn #burial chamber #burial mound #burial ground #ancient cultures #ancient living #ancient craft #caithness #Scotland #wild places

[theloverstomb]

Lisa Frankenstein, 2024, dir. Zelda Williams

#my girllll #lisa frankenstein #burial places

[vamprlestat]

design for the track ‘fall for me’ by sleep token | whale fall | from here to eternity, caitlin doughty | midtnight mass, mike flanagan | the amber spyglass, philip pullman

#i was reading about this place will become your tomb and how they used a whale fall as the design for fall for me #and that instantly reminded me about from here to eternity #that book made me realize i want a natural burial #like just wrap me in a cloth and bury me in a hole in the ground and let nature consume me until there’s nothing left #and later that same day i rewatched episode 4 of midnight mass which has that amazing riley monologue about what happens after we die #AND THEN it got me thinking about this passage from his dark materials #that was probably the first time i came into contact with the idea of our atoms going back to the world when we die #little old 13 years old me read that and still thinks about it today #anyway #the whole idea of our bodies having a purpose in death #love that #sleep token has me constantly receiving psychic damage since i started listening to them about a month ago #sleep token #caitlin doughty #from here to eternity #midnight mass #his dark materials