#ancient maps

[thepastisalreadywritten]

A Map of Ancient Egypt with its main Temples and Pyramids.

📷: King of Maps

[flebur]

HOW DID THE CHINESE

K N O W A B O U T

THE A M E R I C A S

IN 1418?

Via Dr.Kek

- Spy balloons?

[aklingolgesi]

ORTA ÇAĞ'DA MANYETİK KUZEY KUTBU TEORİSİ: RUPES NIGRA

Pusulaların iğnesi her zaman kuzeyi gösterir, daha çocukken öğrendiğimiz bir bilgidir bu. İyi de niye kuzeyi gösterir? Pusula iğnesi neden hareket ediyor? İcat edildiği MÖ 200’lü yıllardan modern teorinin geliştirildiği 1600’lü yıllara kadar insanlar pusulanın hareketi hakkında ne düşündü? Bu kuzeye dönme durumunu nasıl açıkladılar? Gelin videonun devamında hep beraber…

[stilouniverse]

Antiche mappe di Toscana

Carta della Toscana (1847) Ancient maps of Tuscany Firenze in antiche mappe Antiche mappe della Versilia Firenze in antiche mappe Antiche mappe di località toscane Antiche mappe di Livorno e dintorni Antiche mappe dell’Arcipelago toscano Antiche mappe della costa toscana: da Piombino a Punta Ala Antiche mappe della costa toscana: da Castiglione all’Argentario

[vox-anglosphere]

'Never separate an Englishman from his county'

The Shires of England

[mapsontheweb]

The Pyramid Complex at Giza

The Pyramid Complex at Giza is dominated by the three pyramids constructed on the Giza plateau on the west bank of the Nile during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (c. 2575-2465 BCE). The pyramids are assumed to have been built as the final resting place for the three pharaohs Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. 

The northernmost and oldest pyramid (also called the Great Pyramid) is that of Khufu, the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, with a side length at its base of 230 metres and an original height of almost 150 metres. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one still in existence. The middle pyramid to the south is that of Khafre, the fourth pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, and measures some 216 metres on each side and originally rose some 140 metres. The southernmost and smallest pyramid is that of Menkaure, the fifth pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, with each side measuring 109 metres and a height of 66 metres. 

All three pyramids originally had an outer casing of white limestone which was largely removed throughout the ages for use in other structures. Only Khafre's pyramid retains some of its outer casing at the top. Each pyramid complex also contains a funerary temple, as well as the resting places of queens and members of the nobility. Khafre's pyramid complex also contains the Great Sphinx, a mythical creature carved out of limestone. Surrounding the pyramids are extensive grid-patterned fields of mastabas for officials and lesser relatives of the pharaohs.

by undevicesimus/deviantart

[worldhistoryfacts]

The most common geographical evidence we have from ancient Rome are catalogs of places. Roman maps, to the extent that they existed at all, were almost certainly rare and expensive. Ordinary Romans would not have had access to them. Instead, Romans would have used itineraria, which are just what they sound like — lists of the places a traveler might encounter along a certain road. Many itineraria are catalogs of the milestones that the Roman government placed on its road network.

One of the more famous itineraries is found on a set of cups that were excavated in Vicarello; they describe the route from Cadiz, Spain to Rome.

{WHF} {Ko-Fi} {Medium}

[389]

Representation of the central tenet of the Orion correlation theory: the outline of the Giza pyramids superimposed over a photograph of the stars in Orion's Belt.

[jcollinswrites]

New update 27/09/24

The Captain of the Guard is playable!!! WOOOH! It was a big work, and currently only a very linear path is playable with the captain through Chapter 1, but I will add the rest of the choices later.

GOOD NEWS: It's the path that will definitely redeem poor Captain {instert-clever-insult} in the eyes of those who read the thief origin ❤️ So please give the captain a chance to do some good deeds to our resident little thief ✨✨✨

What the update includes:

Captain of the Theban Guard origin is playable! Lots of choices are still greyed out, but you can read through chapter 1 as the captain now.

16k words added to the demo, so that makes the total word count 185k.

I made a map! Well... I translated a map from my native language that I made ages ago for a similar book. It took me forever last week to find the English names for certain cities, and I'm not sure if some of them are correct or not but fuck it, it's good as it is. You can find the map in the Codex page in the Stats!

Did lots of bug and code fixes

Fixed some grammar and spelling errors

Next week, I'll add the missing choices in the captain route. Not sure if I'll have time to add all of them by the Friday update, but I'll try :)))

LINK TO DEMO

Hope you'll enjoy it! I'm especially interested to hear the opinion of those who've read the thief origin before 👀

❤️

[eclipsedechoesofmywords]

I want Sirius to act just a little like Regulus. Maybe when he's angry, maybe when he's sad, maybe without realizing it.

It wasn’t often, and it never lasted long, but in those rare moments, Sirius would catch himself. There was a flicker of something deeper in his eyes, something that looked a little too much like his brother: the cold detachment, the sharpness, the intensity.

His temper, usually so...all over the place, would shift into something more controlled, more dangerous. The words that escaped his lips were precise, cutting, each one like a dagger thrown with perfect aim. His gaze would become distant, as if he'd removed himself from the situation, leaving behind only the sharpness of his anger.

It was a fleeting transformation, gone as quickly as it had appeared. But in those moments, there was no denying the resemblance to Regulus: the same coldness, the same distance from the emotions that were otherwise so clear and easy to grasp to Sirius.

It scared him because it meant becoming more like his parents, his family, too.

I want Regulus to act a bit like Sirius. Maybe when he's happy, maybe when he's warm, maybe when he's feeling rebellious.

There were moments when his control slipped, when the weight of the expectations, the family, the life he had been raised into, became too much to bear. In those rare instances, he would find himself doing things that felt utterly unlike him: making jokes with a rare humor, speaking with a passion that startled him too, or expressing emotion without the usual mask of disdain.

Sirius had always been a symbol of everything Regulus had distanced himself from—wild, unrestrained, free. But in those moments, when Regulus acted like him, he could understand why Sirius chose the life he did.

Because, in those fleeting moments, he didn’t just act like Sirius—he felt like him. And the possibility of that scared him, more than anything else.

The Black brothers were just that after all, brothers, raised the same, but such opposites they were, followed completely different paths, they did. That always so interesting, isn't it? Because they both ended up in the same place.

Death is an interesting creature indeed.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Babylonian Map of the World (6th century BC), also known as Imago Mundi, is oldest clay tablet map written in Akkadian.

The tablet describes the oldest known depiction of the known world.

It was discovered at Sippar, southern Iraq, 60 miles north of Babylon on east bank of Euphrates River.

This map not only serves as a historical record of the region's geography but also includes mythological elements, providing a comprehensive view of the ancient Babylonian worldview.

Today, the Babylonian Map of the World is housed in the British Museum, where it continues to be a valuable artifact for understanding the ancient past.

Details of the map:

1. “Mountain” (Akkadian:šá-du-ú)

2. “City” (Akkadian: uru)

3. Urartu (Armenia) (Akkadian: ú-ra-áš-tu)

4. Assyria (Akkadian: kuraš+šurki)

5. Der (Akkadian: dēr)

6. Swamp (Akkadian: ap–pa–ru)

7. Elam (Akkadian: šuša)

8. Canal (Akkadian: bit-qu)

9. Bit Yakin (Akkadian:bῑt-ia-᾿-ki-nu)

10. “City” (Akkadian: uru)

11. Habban (Akkadian: ha-ab-ban)

12. Babylon (Akkadian: tin.tirki), divided by Euphrates

13. Ocean (salt water, Akkadian:idmar-ra-tum)

[kessfansworld]

i was thinking about regulus today, how he must have been a teenager, a boy. just a boy. so here’s fun facts about him

regulus wrote his door sign himself, so probably there was a day where he just decided to do this and put it up himself or get kreacher to help him, typical teenager behavior. harry thought this was something percy might do, reading harry pov always cracks me up and then the context is actually sad!!

he took pictures with his quidditch team and he was smiling with them, this shows us there was things that bought regulus joy

this is just him being a typical student hehe!!

grandeur means of high rank or of social importance and this implies his room looked like one. it also shows that sirius and regulus’ room were very different. it also says that regulus had the family motto “toujour pur” which means always pure, so someone painted that in his room when he was a child or it has always been there, intentionally placed. who made choices for his room decor? a teenager eager to please his parents or a mother who wanted to oversee the room decor, we’ll never know.

this is kreacher’s pov of how he views the situation!!

kreacher knowing regulus loved him, never doubting his love!!

what was regulus usually like? what do you think? does an 18 year old have a chance to discover all of his potential?

“his beloved regulus…”, “seeker who resembled sirius…” just kill me already!!

regulus never wanting his mother to know so she could be safe, even after how much she failed him, he loved her and wanted her safe!!

kreacher wearing the locket and fighting in the name of his beloved master!! they’re so precious :’(

[mapsontheweb]

Greek-speaking areas during the Hellenistic period (323 to 31 BC)

Dark blue: areas where Greek speakers probably were a majority  

Light blue: areas that were significantly Hellenized