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if vampires can't come inside without permission does that mean that you can just keep riding that thang and they can't um . yknow

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!!!!! YOURE DAMN RIGHT I DO!!!! god this is amazing holy fuck

Benediction (1900) by Carlos Schwabe

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"Unfortunately, I'm a trans man"

Oh honey, no. Fortunately, you are. Because the world needs more people who aren't afraid to be their most authentic selves. Being a man is yours, and I will celebrate it with you.

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!!!!! it’s so TEENY!! omg this is making me emotional actually but god that’s a fascinating process! textiles in archaeology ily even if we rarely find you <3

Child's Sock from Egypt, c.250-350 CE: this colorful sock is nearly 1,700 years old

This sock was discovered during excavations in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus. It was likely created for a child during the late Roman period, c.250-350 CE.

Similar-looking socks from late antiquity and the early Byzantine period have also been found at several other sites throughout Egypt; these socks often have colorful, striped patterns with divided toes, and they were crafted out of wool using a technique known as nålbinding.

Above: a similar child's sock from Antinoöpolis, c.250-350 CE

The sock depicted above was created during the same period, and it was found in a midden heap (an ancient rubbish pit) in the city of Antinoöpolis. A multispectral imaging analysis of this sock yielded some interesting results back in 2018, as this article explains:

... analysis revealed that the sock contained seven hues of wool yarn woven together in a meticulous, stripy pattern. Just three natural, plant-based dyes—madder roots for red, woad leaves for blue and weld flowers for yellow—were used to create the different color combinations featured on the sock, according to Joanne Dyer, lead author of the study.

In the paper, she and her co-authors explain that the imaging technique also revealed how the colors were mixed to create hues of green, purple and orange: In some cases, fibers of different colors were spun together; in others, individual yarns went through multiple dye baths.

Such intricacy is pretty impressive, considering that the ancient sock is both “tiny” and “fragile."

Given its size and orientation, the researchers believe it may have been worn on a child’s left foot.

Above: another child's sock from Al Fayyum, c.300-500 CE

The ancient Egyptians employed a single-needle looping technique, often referred to as nålbindning, to create their socks. Notably, the approach could be used to separate the big toe and four other toes in the sock—which just may have given life to the ever-controversial socks-and-sandals trend.

Sources & More Info:

Manchester Museum: Child's Sock from Oxyrhynchus

British Museum: Sock from Antinoupolis

Royal Ontario Museum: Sock from Al Fayyum

Smithsonian Magazine: 1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion

The Guardian: Imaging Tool Unravels Secrets of Child's Sock from Ancient Egypt

PLOS ONE Journal: A Multispectral Imaging Approach Integrated into the Study of Late Antique Textiles from Egypt

National Museums Scotland: The Lost Sock

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Perilous Graveyard | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

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Sir Tristan Is Just Awful by Jeffrey Wikstrom | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

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NEPHI GARCIA Dragon Dress 2024 if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

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he would not fucking say that but it’s he would not fucking talk about his queer identity like he was reading out of a college campus lgbt center brochure

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Lancelot du Lac | dir. Robert Bresson (1974)

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!!! MY HUSBAND AND MY HUSBANDS HUSBAND!

ガウェイン卿とランスロット卿 Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot of Arthurian Romance

アーサー王物語すごくおもしろい！ ガウェイン贔屓のはずが、ランスロットのキャラ��あまりに濃くて最近彼のことばかり考えています（ほぼ彼しか出てこないものを読んでいるせいもある）

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what if instead of having a fake name for internet personal-life purposes we could have a fake name for professional work-life purposes

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can you take my white ass to funkytown

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i think everyone deserves a large rock a short distance from their home. i dont like that discussions about walkable cities never include plans to allow wider access to large rocks. the people need large rock

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absolutely disgusting that i have to create the the things i want to create

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Hear me out wheel! C: If you don’t know who someone is just look em up and vote based on vibes

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LMAOOOOOO i’ve gotten so many sunlight responses it’s great 🥰

you’re def candlelight!!!!!