#amazonian

[janrockart]

Year of the Dragon

[savagebeautyqueen]

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[wachinyeya]

Amazon regeneration plan will include forest concession of degraded areas

Companies that win auction will assume the replanting of native vegetation and, in return, may sell carbon credits generated by the forest; public notices will be published in early 2025

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Brazil's government and indigenous peoples have started restoring the Amazon's "arc of deforestation." The country's government has begun granting 35-year forest regeneration concessions, across five states, in the Amazon's most degraded areas. Indigenous communities will participate as paid restoration agents, providing seeds and planting services. The initiative is the centrepiece of a broader ecosystem recovery strategy aiming to regenerate 12 million hectares of native vegetation by 2030.

-via fixthenews.com

[geekynerfherder]

'Conquests: Scythian Blood' by François Miville-Deschênes.

Cover art of the bandes dessinées / graphic novel 'Conquests: Scythian Blood', published August 2016.

[razanulhoque]

What can I say?

I love drawing her.

[johnny-hoxton]

Sergio Toppi

[nihalsthings]

Some other artifacts from Ephesus.

What's so significant about this location is the fact that it was home to many different, great civilizations including ancient greeks, imperial romans and early christians, and it is said to be founded by Amazonians. It was first built in 10th century BC, but recent excavations stretched the timeline all the way back to 6000 BC. The intricate works made out of stone, ivory, clay, marble, copper and gold carry the fingerprints of so many different cultures. It's hard not to feel amazed by such a big piece of human history while walking around.

Tiny cups with powder are make-up containers. Just imagine the greek or roman woman who use these to have her make-up done, and go out to see the play in the great theatre nearby, which had the capacity of 20k people! Right below them are surgical tools, crafted in great detail.

Tiny egyptian priest statute is a bonus and was a lovely surprise to see here. It was naturally a low-light environment so the photos aren't excellent, but I did my best.

[tylermileslockett]

(Amazon series #1) Otrera: Queen Mother          Otrera (Ow-tee-reh-ra) is the queen mother of the race of Amazons. In some versions she is the initial offspring of the union between Ares and the nymph Harmonia, while in others she is the consort of Ares from which the Amazons are born; with such notable daughter heroines being Hippolyta, Antiope, and Penthesilea, among others.

Otrera and the Amazons are credited with founding the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world for its massive scale. Here, Queen Otrera and the amazons placed a statue of Artemis under an oak tree and held an annual war dance in celebration of Artemis. Some Amazons, devout followers of Artemis, and similar to the heroine Atalanta, vowed a life of chastity.

Appolonius of Rhodes describes the Amazons locations as the island of Dia, a desert island full of ravening birds in the black sea where the Amazons held their shrine to Ares. In the Argonautica, reaching the island, Jason and the heroes encounter the “Birds of Ares” which rain down feathered darts but are driven away by the loud racket of clanging armor. 

The hero and giant slayer, Bellerophon, falsely accused of raping Queen Stheneboea, is sent to King Iobates of Lycia as punishment. As typical in these tales, the king wants to strategically remove the hero, and sends him on the impossible task of fighting the Amazons and Killing Queen Otrera, to punish the Amazon’s for their roles in supporting the Trojans in the war for Troy. Although not named, it’s believed that Otrera dies by Bellerophon’s hands in battle.

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[eterniqht]

btw i love space/star/moon motifs/themed characters

[april 2023]

[janrockart]

My Muscle Dimitrescu I had to see her in game and in action before fanarting but ooh boy

[nuttinupthere]

Warriors

[labelleizzy]

Discovery of a unique drainage and irrigation system that gave way to the 'Neolithic Revolution' in the Amazon | ScienceDaily

Oooh neat! 🌱🌽🌻🗿🪨🪶

[95nasty]

Gonna spend all summer here 💧🧜🏼‍♀️🌞🌿

[janrockart]

Island giantess Chey

Commissioned piece for @NightmareGorila on Twitter!

[galusandmalus]

cadmus and the... sphinx?

"About the Cadmeian Sphinx it is said that there was a beast with the body of a dog, the head and face of a girl, the wings of a bird, and a human voice-....-She killed whoever was unable to solve the riddle. ...The account is faithless and weak. No such form can exist, while eating those unable to solve a riddle is childish, and the Cadmeians not being able to shoot the beast with arrows, but instead to watch their citizens being eaten up as enemies, is silly. So the truth is as follows: Cadmus had an Amazonian wife whose name was Sphinx. He came to Thebes, killed Drakon and took the kingdom. Afterwards he took the sister of Drakon, whose name was Harmonia. Sphinx felt that he was going to marry the other woman, so she persuaded many of the citizens to come away with her. They seized most of the money, and the swift-footed hound that Cadmus brought, and took them to Mt. Phikion. There she waged war on Cadmus, setting ambushes at appropriate moments and tearing to pieces those she killed. The Cadmeians called the ambush "riddle". It was common talk among the citizens that "The savage Sphinx tears us to pieces having set a riddle, and sits upon a mountain." No one was able to discover the riddle, from it being impossible to fight openly. For she doesn't run but flies, and is dog and woman, so swift-footed she is." Cadmus proclaims that he will give lots of money to whoever kills Sphinx. So Oedipus comes, a Corinthian man good at military things, with a swift horse. He made a band of the Cadmeians and they went out at night and ambushed her. He found the riddle, i.e. the ambush, and killed Sphinx" -Palaephatus

what The fuck Did I just read.

this shit is HILARIOUS get fucked harmonia fans. this is wild this makes harmonia the other girl. i love how it still kinda sounds like its a big monster lady and that cadmus is just a monster fucker. fuck it. i am now a cadmus x sphinx shipper. this is funnier that achilles x medea.

[zeherili-ankhein]

We should get the Strirajya to fight Dio too in the retelling since he summoned the Amazons

OMG YES

But im still confused about the lore around that kingdom tho- 😭

What was going on all there fr 😭😭

But they should definitely participate in the fight against the Amazons

And no men allowed in between 🗿✨

Maybe Parvati or someone else can ask for their help and they'd agree on some conditions and stuff...

The Amazons can get surprised and intrigued ig, knowing there are cool and badass women ready to fight them 🗿

Legendary battle 🗿