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The relative scarcity of Mexican food ing ermany deprives me of the glorious black bean but the Indian food at least gives me the lentil. I wish German good had a characteristic vegetable protein but unfortunately the Germans are descended from a race that lived in caves deep underground and subsisted on cows alone (the cows ate chemotrophic cave grass). They came up with a lot of creative ways to get food from cows but all of it hurts my cringe ass tummy

#I bet the cows also ate the evil underground rhubarb #all germans I know eat tons of rhubarb

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Messages of support and strength from Rafah, Palestine to the US student movement.

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Vintage wind-up toy bear (USSR, 1920s-30s)

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Breathtaking New Frescoes Found at Pompeii

Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Experts say the newly discovered frescoes are among the finest ever to emerge at the renowned archeological site.

The works of art line the high walls of what was once a large banquet hall. The walls themselves were painted mostly black, and the figures on the frescoes appear to emerge from the shadows. Site director Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel told CBS News partner network BBC News that the dark color was likely used to hide stains from the lamps that lit the hall after the sun went down.

"In the shimmering light, the paintings would have almost come to life," Zuchtriegel said.

Two pieces dominate the hall; one depicts the Greek god Apollo trying to seduce the priestess Cassandra. The second piece shows Prince Paris meeting Helen of Troy.

About a third of the "lost city" of Pompeii remains obscured by volcanic debris from the eruption almost two millennia ago. As scientists make new finds, they quickly move them to a storeroom to protect them from the elements.

The newly discovered frescoes, however, cannot be moved, so they have been protected with temporary roofing. Plaster glue is also being injected into the walls behind the artwork to stop them from falling down.

"We have a passion and a deep love for what we're doing, because what we're uncovering and protecting is for the joy also of the generations that come after us," chief restorer Dr. Roberta Prisco told the BBC, adding that the work was very stressful.

The dig site is much bigger than just the banquet hall.

Another fresco recovered from what was once one of Pompeii's grand properties had been on a ceiling, but it was smashed by the eruption that destroyed the city. Archeologists were able to lay out the pieces like a puzzle and recreate landscapes, theatrical masks, and Egyptian characters.

"This is my favorite discovery in this excavation because it is complex and rare," Dr. Alessandro Russo, co-lead archeologist on the dig, told the BBC. "It is high-quality, for a high-status individual."

In a bakery next to the grand property, the skeletons of two adults and a child were discovered.

Archeologists believe they may have been slaves who were trapped and couldn't flee the eruption, and were killed by falling stones.

"When we excavate, we wonder what we're looking at," co-lead archeologist Dr. Gennaro Iovino told the BBC. "Much like a theater stage, you have the scenery, the backdrop, and the culprit, which is Mount Vesuvius. The archeologist has to be good at filling in the gaps — telling the story of the missing cast, the families and children, the people who are not there anymore."

The team's discovery was just one of a number of recent revelations from the site, after they found other mythological-themed frescoes in early March and then, just weeks later, a construction site that was being worked on right up until the eruption.

The archeologists said near the end of March that they'd found a home construction project that was frozen in time by the eruption, with materials such as bricks and tools still piled up in the reception area of the home.

By Haley Ott.

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Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) - Walpurgis, 1924

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Mayan carved stone entrance, caves of Xcaret, Riviera Maya, Mexico

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How do you feel about an apartment with its own holding cell?

how do you imagine me to feel about it

#it's for the catboy

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Nothing more annoying than writers who write historical fiction but don’t want to put in the work to make it historically accurate. A couple minor anachronisms here and there are one thing, but that particular kind of weirdly smug disregard for historical accuracy is insufferable.

Just make it science fiction! Set it on an alien planet! Set it in the far future, or an alternate timeline, or some kind of warped preserved memory! Take that particular thing that interests you most about a period of history and slap it into another reality and worldbuild around it to your heart’s content… that’s cool. That’s fun. And it doesn’t have that taint of meanness towards the past that makes low-effort historical fiction so irritating.

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Her Universe Star Wars Darth Maul Coin Purse

"Her Universe Star Wars Darth Maul Coin Purse

Take on the role of Sith apprentice with this Star Wars coin purse! Featuring a stylized design of Darth Maul's face, plus applique detailing for his horns. "Welcome to the dark side" is printed on the back. Comes with stud accents on the trim and an attached chain.

Please note: Mini backpack sold separately.

4'' x 1'' x 4''

Polyurethane

Attached chain

Imported "

I can't 🤣 He looks sooo done.

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one of the most important things, perhaps the most important thing I have learned in my life is that nice people can fuck each other up in monstrous ways. people can be bone deep kind and loving and self reflective and still lash out under pressure. people can be earnestly neighbourly and charitable and hospitable and generous and still find themselves in situations where they become selfish. people can be well meaning and easygoing and gregarious and hold deep seated opinions that turn them into vicious little bullies under the right conditions. nobody is just one thing, and nobody stays one way. every person is a kaleidoscope and they will surprise you. you will surprise yourself. it's not a warning and it's not a judgement and it's not an excuse, and it's certainly not a reason to stop trying or to stop trusting. it is just a fact.

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wish i was a late republican roman girl

i would listen to speeches by cicero at the rostra. i would read caesar's commentaries on the gallic war in the roman forum. i would fear invasions from the germanic tribes. i would marry a man with a purple bordered toga and distinguished ancestors and follow the mos maiorum. i would get proscribed and have my property confiscated and be declared an enemy of the state

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how fucking arrogant can you be to think any eugenics program could ever weed out “fascist genetics”. even if the “dark triad” was a reliable precursor to fascist ideology and even if “dark triad traits” could be reliably linked to genotype (they aren’t and they can’t be), how fucking far to jupiter are you if you think you can remove it from a population of seven billion, let alone in some “anarchist” manner? how do you programmatically sterilize anyone in an “anarchist” manner?

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Illustration from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Willy Pogany (1910)

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Surprisingly, this is not a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference, but an actual fact. From Burnout: Solve Your Stress Cycle, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski