We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
— Oscar Wilde.
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margrave opera house, germany.
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I'm reading this book about the history of cats, which starts in prehistory just to be thorough. And it mentions ancient Natufian culture, whose archeological sites have included enough remains of butchered foxes to conclude that they were eaten somewhat regularly. They never ended up becoming domesticated like cats were, but there's a theory that originally, when Natufian people settled down and started to store grains and accumulate garbage heaps, rats and mice showed up like
and then, naturally, wild foxes showed up to the dungheaps after the rats and mice like
and the Natufian people looked at the foxes like
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Leopold Schmutzler (Bohemian-born German painter, 1864-1941)
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Gold ring with a sapphire and garnet, Europe, 14th century
from The Victoria & Albert Museum
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Denarius minted by L. Plaetorius Cestianus in the summer or autumn of 42 BCE, from a military mint under the control of M. Junius Brutus and C. Cassius Longinus. The coin celebrates Brutus and Cassius' claim to have liberated Rome by assassinating C. Julius Caesar. On the obverse, the head of Brutus, identified as IMP(ERATOR); on the reverse, the pileus, a cap worn by freed slaves, between two daggers with the inscription EID(IBUS) MAR(TIIS) = "On the Ides of March". Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com
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