So I was reading about early medieval lyres and learned that there was one perfectly preserved lyre found in Germany which they managed to preserve in alcohol in Berlin. I got super hyped about it, hoping to see a picture or which museum collection holds it.
Turns out the lyre was destroyed in the Second World War when Russian soldiers DRANK the alcohol.
Might be the most depressing stuff i’ve ever read
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two times lucky — sutton’s world
summary; after a failed proposal the first time, miles tries again with the help of his little side sick
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Miles had been explaining the plan to Sutton for the past ten minutes.
“I get mama?”
“You get mommy, yes and you bring her onto the ice”
“Ice!”
“Atta girl”
At prudential Sutton began shouting at you, interrupting your conversation with Dasha.
“What is it baby?”
“You come now please” her eyelashes batted at you.
“Sutton, mommy’s talkin’ to aunty D”
“No mommy you come, now!”
You sighed and apologized for your daughters rude interruption before taking her hand as she dragged you through the building.
“Sutton James, this better be important! That was so rude!” You scold, letting her continue to guide you.
When you reach the ice it’s pitch black “Suttie, we can’t see-“
“Daddy! Lights!”
The lights come on and you see Miles standing in the middle of the ice with a cheeky grin.
Sutton pulls you onto the ice, her toddler shoes slipping around as she edged towards him.
“What’s all this then?” You ask, looking around for some sort of clue.
“Well… you said no the first time because you were pregnant” he looks at Sutton, who’s clueless but you laugh.
“But I want to ask you now, y/n, the love of my life if you would do me the biggest honour and be my wife?” He’s down on one knee, his jeans making him slip a little.
Sutton smiled up at you “say yes, mama!”
You stifled a laugh “why do you always have the habit of asking me to marry you when I’m pregnant, Wood?”
He doesn’t clock your words until moments later “Wha-“
“Yes, Miles of course I’ll marry you… I’d be insane not to”
He gets up, engulfing you in a hug and lifting you off the ground.
He face is in your neck and he mumbles “We’re not gonna just brush over what you said”
“We’ll talk later, eh? Just wanna be with my fiancé”
“And me!” A little voice shouts
“And Sutton!” Miles agrees, lifting the tot into the hug.
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Photos: Inside Carol Burnett's NBC Special With Julie Andrews, Bernadette Peters & More
Paying tribute to a beloved national icon for her birthday, NBC will celebrate Carol Burnett's illustrious career with "Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love." The two-hour special will air Wednesday, April 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and will also stream next day on Peacock.
The star-studded event will feature an A-list lineup of musical performances and special guests who will come together to share their love for one of the most cherished comediennes in television history.
New photos from inside the event taping in Los Angeles feature Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Jane Lynch, Katy Perry, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster and Darren Criss filming musical numbers that pay homage to Carol's renowned career performances, including: "Old Friends," dedicated to Carol's 60-year friendship with Julie Andrews; "Only an Octave Apart," which Carol sang alongside Beverly Sills in the 1976 television special "Sills and Burnett at the Met"; Carol's memorable songs from the hit film "Annie"; and a tribute to her classic theme song, "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together" from "The Carol Burnett Show."
[HQ] CAROL BURNETT: 90 YEARS OF LAUGHTER + LOVE -- Pictured: Darren Criss, Sutton Foster -- (Photo by: Casey Durkin/NBC)
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Can the Gallagher Girls cook?
Bex: Oh lord, where to start? As the only child of two highly active field agents, Bex is everything a good spy must be. Stunning, wickedly smart, charismatic, etc. She's also painfully British. Her kitchen skills are limited to boiling potatoes and putting the kettle on for tea. Sure, she knows what good cooking tastes like. She's surrounded by it all year long. But when she's not at school or tagging along with her parents on international ops, Bex sustains herself primarily through protein shakes and Indian takeaway.
Cammie: Cooking abilities (or lack thereof) run matrilineally in her family. No further explanation needed.
Liz: She's a chemistry genius. Liz can take any household item and turn it into an improvised explosive. She's worked out how to transform the entire contents of Macey's makeup bag into a lethal poison. What she can't figure out is how to make a decent pot of rice. See, cooking is an art and Liz is a scientist. Recipe instructions like "cook until just right" or "season to taste" just don't make sense to her. How is she supposed to "add a pinch" of salt when there's no precise metric measurement for a pinch? How can she cook something over "medium heat" when she has no idea exactly how many kelvins "medium heat" is? Her poor, sweet Alabama Nana has firmly banned Liz from the kitchen after her last attempt at chicken casserole resulted in a hole melted straight through the stovetop.
Macey: No way the mid-2000s, "I only eat 800 calories a day" heiress would know her way around a kitchen, right? Wrong. For the first 15 years of her life, Macey McHenry would not be caught dead in a kitchen. Starving socialites had no business hanging around "unnecessary calories". Her relationship with cooking develops over the first winter break back from Gallagher. A desire for coffee after pulling an all-nighter puts her in the kitchen at the exact same time as the family chef. Her newfound interest in learning keeps her perched on a barstool, observing as the chef starts to prepare their breakfasts. It becomes a routine, and soon enough she's dicing onions and flipping omelets right next to them. By the time she returns for the spring semester, Macey not only enjoys eating but knows how to make most of her favorite foods without help.
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