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i need to sit by the ocean about this

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Tropaeum of Hippo Regius (Trophy)

Hippo Regius (currently Annaba, Algeria)

1st century BCE

The trophy was a form of a military monument erected by Greeks and Romans in honor of victory in the battle. In this case, it is suspected that he was put after the battle of Tapsus (46 BCE) and the suicides of Scipio Metellus, Cato the Younger and Juba I, king of Numidia. The trophy was made of bronze, measuring 2.44 meters high and weighing 240 kg and was found in forum of Hippo Regius.

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it will be a while before these are online, but i'll have these at all the events i'm working this season until they sell out!

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so much of being an ok person is just 1) not panicking, 2) not taking things personally, and 3) not letting the vindictive gargoyle that lives in your head tell you what to do. this sucks because brains love doing those things

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I will succeed because I'm crazy. 2025 mantra

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Once of my favorite Ghibli pieces that I made with my two human hands

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AI disturbance overlays for those who don't have Ibis paint premium. found them on tiktok

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The Mari Lion, uncovered near Mari, Syria, 2500-1759 BC

from The Louvre

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I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad

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Inktober Day 12 - Remote

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scattered and foggy

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Inktober Day 20 - Uncharted

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Armin Carl Hansen (1886-1957) - The lonesome salmon trawler

Oil on board. Painted in 1920.

25.75 x 38 inches, 65.4 x 96.5 cm. Estimate: US$70,000-100,000.

To be sold Christie's, New York, 17 April 2025.

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Kaitlyn  

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Experts in Pompeii Have Discovered a Female Sorcerer’s Mysterious Arsenal of Charms.

Researchers think that the mysterious trove belonged to a female sorcerer who could have been a victim of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius more than 2,000 years ago.

The magnificent little miniature amulets, gems, and other items were found in the remains of a wooden box at Casa del Giardino, and were most likely used for personal ornamentation or protection from evil forces and bad luck. Among the objects found were crystals, buttons made of bones, phallic amulets, and a glass bead engraved with the head of Dionysus.

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i beat myself up for not knowing enough about my special interests a lot but then i remember the average person off the street has no idea what the carboniferous is and i feel better