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Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run Libraries

Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a sacred Christian site nestled in the shadow of Mount Sinai, is home to one of the world’s oldest continuously used libraries. Thousands of manuscripts and books are kept there—some of which contain hidden treasures.

Now, as Jeff Farrell reports for the Independent, a team of researchers is using new technology to uncover texts that were erased and written over by the monks who lived and worked at the monastery. Many of these original texts were written in languages well known to researchers—Latin, Greek, Arabic—but others were inscribed in long-lost languages that are rarely seen in the historical record.

Manuscripts with multiple layers of writing are known as palimpsests, and there are about 130 of them at St. Catherine’s Monastery, according to the website of the Early Manuscript Electronic Library, which has been leading the initiative to uncover the original texts. Read more.

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Long View of London from Bankside, a panorama of London by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

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Honey Bee Wax Seal Kit from CognitiveSurplus

Seal your letters with the amazing honey bee. Each seal comes in its own kraft gift box with a stick of metallic gold mailable sealing wax. Light the wick and allow a pool of wax to collect on your envelope, then press the seal into the center of the pool and your letter is secure!

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Northern Ireland is one of the main filming locations for Game of Thrones, and to immortalise the unforgettable series locations, from Winterfell to the Iron Islands, Tourism Ireland has unveiled a giant, 77-metre long, Bayeux-style tapestry.

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I saw a life with him. I saw coffee dates and camping trips. I saw us holding hands on winter mornings. I saw goodbye hugs and welcome back kisses. I saw him meeting my parents, meeting my friends, seeing where I grew up and who I grew up with. I saw friday night movie marathons and sunday morning cookie baking. I saw a house with a backyard and puppies, all with him. I saw every sappy thing with him that I always tried convincing everyone I didn’t care for. I saw a future in him. And it isn’t just the death of a relationship that I have to mourn, its the future I saw with him. I’m mourning the death of a love I thought would last a lifetime, but I am mourning the memories we never got to build on too.

mourning him // a.b (via letters-anonymous)

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Glen Keane is amazing

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Disney ‘Renaissance Era’ concept art as posters

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Baymax giving you a fist bump.

If you did not fall in love with him shame on you

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The cast of the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast so far.

Josh Gad joins the project which already has Emma Watson cast as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, and Luke Evans as the villain Gaston. Filming will begin on May 18, 2015 in London. (Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, Collider)

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Rose Shaped Baked Apple Dessert…RECIPE

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An array of beads from Saxon graves at Cliffs End, Kent, England. Ca. early 6th century to the late 7th.

All images courtesy of Wessex Archaeology. Check out their write-up on the excavation of Cliffs End if you are interested in learning more about the context of these beads.

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I would read this

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“You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway” - Walt Disney