#ankhenaten

[jeanjauthor]

Very first one that I still have: The Hand of Aton-Re, monotheistic god of Pharaoh Ankhenaten and Queen Nefertiti. (Burned it into existence on my 1st birthday cake candle.)

And no, I don't know why Aton-Re chose to mark me.

Gallbladder surgery scars, jaw surgery scars, breast reduction scars, ice skating scars...other scars...

Put in the tags how many scars you have and how you got them

[foozle-woesies]

Which of ur ocs makes u the most sad and emo

🥀which ocs make me most emo🥀

Hi friend! All of them. Here’s why!

WARNINGS: seizures, cancer, child loss, Dottore being an asshole, extreme self-hatred, war, husband with anger issues

Kukurihime had a BAD home life until she was 6. Childe went to killed her mob dad for screwing over the fatui. His assignment was to kill her too, but he pitied her and took her in. Before long he was coerced into giving her to Dottore, who repeatedly induced seizures in her until she died. He screwed around and brought her back as a zombie, and let her loose into the world to observe her. So now she’s permanently 8 years old with brain damage 🫠 At least she was adopted by diluc.

Xuefeng lost his leg in THE WAR and is now permanently terrified of humans bc they PARADED IT AROUND AS A GOOD LUCK CHARM (since he’s a lucky adeptus)

Wolfgang hated themself so much they died

Ankoku has a horrible past, has horrible mental health issues… and when he got healthy his child DIED. And his husband (Kaeya) fell into a deep ass depression and life is a NIGHTMARE

anzhongs from a. Cult ❤️

Amenhotep has a horrible childhood/teenagehood, and then got a happy few years! And promptly died of bone cancer.

Ankhenaten (son of Dottore and amenhotep) has debilitating anxiety lowkey (his life is ruined)

Niloufars mama is dead and she killed her father as revenge and now she’s feeling hollow

Alexander lost his damn FACE in the abyss and got kidnapped by the fatui. So that’s… yikes.

Chengguang’s husband is Childe who has bad anger issues. And while that’s never directed at her, he directs it at himself and others, meaning he hurts himself and others. It stresses her out. Also she doesn’t like the fatui but is there for Childe’s sake.

[siriusbstellar]

Love He !! 

AnkhEnAten   “ Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.”

Before the fifth year of his reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV

Consort

Nefertiti

Kiya

An unidentified sister-wife (most likely) Tadukhipa

Children

Smenkhkare?

MeritAten

MeketAten

AnkhesenAmun

NeferneferuAten Tasherit

NeferNeferure

SetepenRe

Tutankhamun (most likely)

Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit?

Meritaten Tasherit?

Father  Amenhotep III

Mother  Queen Tiye

[jeanjauthor]

One of the other reasons why Ankhenaten’s monotheistic capital area was abandoned was due to silting issues.  Ancient Egyptians didn’t have access to dredger barges, with modern machinery that could scoop up and cart away massive amounts of soil.  So the river channels, affected by the abruptly high volume of boat traffic, plus human activities on the river banks, started to silt over.

This caused both draft (depth that the boats could use) and flooding issues (you want the Nile to flood your fields, but not flood them too much), as well as deepening other channels away from the city where the waters of the Nile could flow more freely.  The city likely would have had to be abandoned anyway...or spurred another great engineering work, perhaps by digging canals and lining them with riprap (stones that mitigate the effects of erosion caused by currents & floodings).

3,500-Year-Old Gold Jewelry Found in Egyptian 18th Dynasty Tomb

The jewelry collection was discovered by a team of Egyptian and English archaeologists.

A collection of ornate gold jewelry dating back to 3,500 years ago was recently discovered at the Tell El-Amarna necropolis, along the eastern bank of the Nile River in Egypt.

The necropolis, located in modern-day Minya, was a burial ground for the city of Amarna, or Akhetaten, and was constructed in 1346 BCE to serve as the capital city of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, the 10th ruler of the late Eighteenth Dynasty.

The jewelry collection was discovered by a team of Egyptian and English archaeologists who were working on excavations at the Amarna North Desert Cemetery when they unearthed the burial site of a young adult female.

The woman had been wrapped in textile and plant-fiber matting and buried wearing a necklace with petal-shaped pendants as well as three rings made from gold and soapstone.

The image of the ancient Egyptian deity Bes, who was worshipped as a protector of mothers, children and childbirth, is engraved on one of the three rings.

The other two rings are inscribed with a phrase in hieroglyphics that translates into “lady of the two lands,” presumably referring to Egypt’s lower and upper kingdoms.

The young woman was buried among a small number of other burial shafts, pit graves and tombs, all of which date back to 1550-1292 BCE, during the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Although the Akhenaten initially followed traditional Ancient Egyptian polytheistic religion, he later created his own religion, called Atenism, which centered around the worship of the sun god Aten.

Construction on the city was started around the fifth year of his reign (1346 BCE)  and is thought to have been completed by the ninth (1341 BCE), although it only became the capital city two years after completion.

The city was abandoned soon after the pharoah’s death when his son, King Tutankhamun decided to leave it behind in favor of his birthplace in Thebes.

As a result, the city and its internal plans were largely preserved, as once it had been abandoned it remained uninhabited until Roman settlement in the area. Today, the ruins of the city include grand temples, palaces and tombs.

According to Ahram Online, the ancient city continues to transform our understanding of how human society has developed, due to its status as one of the world’s preeminent archaeological sites for understanding how people lived in the pre-Classical world.

[past-future-journey-nile]

Statue of Ankhenaten, the heretic pharaoh considered one of the first personalities in history. 

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[jeanjauthor]

This is Ankhenaten and Nefertiti worshipping Aten, the Sun God, monotheistic deity of Ankhenaten’s reign.  The image is a bit cluttered, but if you look at the rays coming down from the Sun Disc, you will see that they are tipped with stylized hands.

This is the scar I bear on my finger, the Hand of Aten.

I have no idea why an ancient Egyptian God (and I have miniscule amounts of Egyptian region blood in my veins) would have “graced” me with their symbol on my 1st birthday...

Limestone relief of Akhenaten, Egypt, circa 1353-1336 BC

from The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

[ibnishaqs]

I sigh of relief that I have spring break this week but scream in agony about the civilizations class I take next term

[tiny-librarian]

Pale gold finger-ring of Egyptian type; very large and heavy; stirrup-shaped; oval bezel with engraved design depicting a sun disc above a queen wearing the modius and feathers of Maat, she is standing before a seated king offering him a lily, below this is a lion; thought to represent Amenophis III and Queen Tiye, Akhenaten and Nefertiti or Tutankhamen and Ankesanamun; very worn.

[jeanjauthor]

Ancient Egypt was effed up in some ways, and ahead of its time in others.

The land belonged to the daughters as their inheritance. The political power belonged to the sons.

So some idjit brother got the idea that to keep the land in their control...they had to marry their sister. (Due to multiple-wives-and-concubines shenanigans, this was usually a half-sister, not a full sister.)

While a direct descended son of one of these unions could become the next Pharaoh...it was often the child of another wife (related or otherwise), or even a concubine. So there was usually an influx of "fresh blood" as it were, to keep the genepool from completely stagnating. Not always, of course...which led to unfortunate incidents.

Thankfully, others in the government often had enough power or pull to approve or veto a specific heir. (Or remove them.) After all, if the priesthood decreed "The Gods Have Spoken!" then it's kinda hard to go against "the gods"...which admittedly brings its own host of problems, since high power leads to high temptation, and soon you're using that power for your own benefit rather than for the benefit of the people you're supposed to be serving...

Ankhenaten, the monotheistic god, did his best to remove the power of the priesthood from the highest level of politics (and the priesthoods had gotten really bad with political corruption by the time he and Nefertiti, a close relative, ascended to power). And of course the priesthood convinced (pressured?) the next Pharaoh, Tutankhaten, later renamed Tutankhamun, to restore them to power. The Boy King was said to be the son, but also the brother, of Ankhenaten, and yes, he was married to his own close relative...and of course their children were not able to survive infancy...

And then idiotic Europeans did it all over again with the Habsburgs...

Some cultures realized that inbreeding was unhealthy, both physically and mentally/emotionally. Others only saw it as a way to consolidate power & wealth within their own family line. Thankfully, today we know it is a very bad idea, and the concept of consanguinity still exists in many of our laws today. Wisely.

But it began with land ownership...and then person-ownership as women were forbidden from owning land, except it was still given as a part of her dowry in wealthy families. (As a means to provide her an income should she become widowed.) But that still meant trying to keep control of the wealth provided by the land "in the family"...ugh.

Yes, please do shudder.

...And if you're an American, please remember that this kind of extremely unhealthy mindset is exactly what neovangelical conservatives want to "return to" as they're grabbing at the steering wheel and trying to bootlegger reverse the nation back into women-as-chattel, child-brides, child-labor-in-factories, slave-labor, etc, etc, etc.

Chair of Princess Sitamun

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Antiquities Service Excavations on Behalf of Theodore M. Davis (1905). From the Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (KV46), Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 5342; CG

The wooden throne of Princess Sitamun is an example of the subtlety and elegance of Egyptian woodwork in the 18th Dynasty. The throne is made from red wood, covered in parts by a 4 mm thick veneer of red wood.

The legs are shaped like lion’s paws. These paws sit atop high bases which are divided by ridges. The legs were originally covered in silver plate – some remains of which survive.

Sitamun is usually thought to have been the daughter-wife of Amenhotep III. She is said to be the daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye in some inscriptions. Some have speculated that Sitamun was actually the daughter of Thutmose IV and Queen Iaret, but there does not seem to be any firm evidence for this.

Photo: Kenneth Garrett

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[jeanjauthor]

I once remember you posting about a general who was late with a meeeting with the Persians because he was playing with his son on his back. What’s your favourite father and his child playing/having fun moment in any time in pre modern history?

I don't remember that post, but then I'll admit I have posted quite a lot, lol...

To be honest, there aren't that many that get discussed, because for a lot of history in English speaking countries (or those whose stories got translated into English), "children are to be seen but not heard." So father-and-son stories are few and far between.

For my perspective, a man being a good father, taking time to show love and affection with his children, to play with them, care for them, nurture and teach and guide them, those are my favorites. Which makes Akhenaten, Pharaoh of the One God (the first confirmed monotheistic-worshipping government), a pretty damn good candidate.

The frescos painted in his palaces showed him and his wife, Nefertiti (yes, THAT Nefertiti) spending time with their children playing with them, being there for them, surrounded by their children. Even if it's artistic license, the fact that these images were done in a naturalistic way, rather than the highly stylized 2-D poses of previous and following artistic eras, tells me that the Pharaoh wanted reality painted. And the reality that got painted wasn't just the fact his wife was lovely and he was pot-bellied and a bit odd-looking (something NEVER done before when portraying the Son of the Sun, etc, etc), but the fact that it showed scenes of daily life, not just hunts or war victories.

In fact, if you look at it in this light, the paintings on the walls of Ankhenaten's buildings that show these scenes are our first true "family photo album" opportunity. Paintings were expensive. All those pigments had to be dug up, pounded into sand, ground into powder, mixed with just the right ingredients to get the shades and tones and to stick to whatever surface it would be applied to (which had to be tailored to that surface type!)...which meant it was reserved for portraying Important Moments.

Prior to this point, most of those Important Moments were signs of victory over enemies, offerings given to the gods, images of how life would be sustained in plentiful ways in the afterlife, images of the gods themselves, portraying the Pharaoh as a god right along side them...

It was beyond the reach of the average Egyptian. A painting was a piece of immortality, which was why it had to be focused on Eternal things, Gods, victories, the afterlife...and to be used as an instruction manual for how to make beer and bread, how to cook foods, what pottery was like, how a ship was constructed (presuming that an actual builder of said craft would be on hand to point out and name all the details and list how to make them, etc, etc).

Ankhenaten and Nefertiti valued their children and their home life so much, they paid to have these things immortalized. And while it's true that most of the images show their daughters, I think that was simply because they had more daughters, period. I have no doubt that the Pharaoh also took the time to play with and encourage his sons.

(And/or half-brother, in the putative case of Tutankhaten, later renamed Tutankhamun, but that was just how the law was stupidly set up--only men could rule, but only women could inherit the lands that garnered the income that could pay for all the things the ruler wanted done. That meant if a son wanted to rule in his father's footsteps, he had to marry one of his sisters, or an aunt, or a niece...)

[its-blue-syndrome]

Sao Blue Guinn (Gulygan) Jr. - 14th May (Sao Guinn Sr & Dana de la Vienne)

Neil Montgomery (pic) & Pete Montgomery - 19th October

Neferi & Dorian Montgomery - 6th July (birth mother: Sharmine & adopted Wonhee)

Wonnie & Wonhee Montgomery - 1st March (Rose & Pierce Montgomery) is cousin to Neil & Pete. Wonnie’s drag form is Wonhee. Partner is Shaun an son is Ted.

Blue was Nefertiti and Neil was Ankhenaten in their past lives. Wonnie was Smenkhare. Neffy is Meritaten and Danny is Nefertiti Tehsherit. Tutankhamun reincarnated.

13 y/o Neil had loved 11 y/o Blue ever since his first night at Hogwarts. Blue too, had felt like he found his soul mate that night, but they were too young. They liked each other, but Neil’s homophobe father had him date a girl.

Clam shell incident- 15 y/o Neil, Pete, Bobby, Jay & Shaun made a plan to get their partners to have s*x. Basically plan was, they would go swimming and Jino would topple a bucket full of clams and then Blue, Sharmine, Wonnie & Jino would be “punished”. But it was just consensual smex between the two pairs. Neil cornered Blue in the 2nd floor library on the West side of the castle.

Saying I Love You- At the end of his 3rd year Blue found out from Sherry that Neil is indeed his soul mate. He was seen by the Montgomery twins crying at the foot of the staircase in Wonnie’s shoulder. blue had thought Neil was straight and he’d never get to be with him. His plan was to go to Egypt with Wonhee (Wonnie in drag) and together be Curse breakers. But he knew Wonnie and Shaun were a thing.

Early next year, Neil had felt Blue presence, when he wasn’t even there, but Sherry was there. That was the power of the Yakshi. Once he found out that Blue is his soul mate he ran to the same library and confessed his love to Blue.

Nathan & Mina (twin’s parents) find out - Over at 5th year’s Xmas, the Montgomery parents find out that Blue and Neil are dating and that is why the twins have initially said they redo their 6th year, so as to be on par with Blue and Sherry. The parents would go on to put a curse on Blue that the one he loves the most, he would lose him forever and all the rest would disappoint him. Initially this was a death curse but the Egyptian family stopped it. Blue lost his love and friendship with Wonnie. The parents also put a curse on Blue’s kids, that they’d go on to disappoint him (on the very day they were born) but Neil broke all the curses when the kids were 13 y/o.

Careers: Blue and Wonnie were curse breakers for Gringotts and they saved 5 dragon from there while a legislation was passed by Sao Sr. to protect animals from such cruelty. They then went to Bristol Bumblebees as Quidditch players. Blue resumed his chaser role & Wonnie his beater role. Pete and Neil bought the whole team just for Blue and thus started Bristol Bumblebees. They go on to win a lot of tournaments, Blue’s broom Soban get broken by mistake by Gus Anderson (Blue’s family friend but of an opposing team) and Gus helps him get it repaired. But he get fear stricken over losing his broom so Neil breaks the  broom and gets him Sherry’s broom and his fears subside. Neil proposed to Blue at the final of their 2nd season match. Now, his paternal Grandfather has a family shop of antiques and Museum and he is the heir to that alongside his Egyptian cousin and Minister for Magic, Egypt Ankhen Gulygan. Initially he used to go there to do his job (after BB retired). But as of now, Neil goes there. Blue visits everyday to meet the family Sphinx Hatshepshut (with whom, his heart beat is connected. A relationship spanning 4000yrs, Nefertiti had promised Hetty she’ll be back, and is back as Blue).

Wedding & Wedding: Initially Blue & Nathan ad Sherry & Pete were married on the same day (a step taken by the supposedly turnt good Mina). However, it was a trap to poison Blue, which Sherry foiled. Blue and Neil wed on a separate date in Hogwarts, according to Egyptian traditions.

Kids: Sherry surrogates for Blue & Neil, and after having twins of her own, she planned on having twins for them. But she didn’t tell Blue. On the other hand Blue only knew that he was having a girl cuz Neil wanted a girl and not having a boy meant he can’t see his ancestors (through his son). At this point, their marriage is in the rocks. Blue was trying to get back together with Wonhee but not really. While Neil resumed his friendship with his ex gf Christi  but as soon as he saw that she had other motives (she’s divorced) so he immediately repaired their marriage and cut himself off from them. But when the kids were born, Blue was overjoyed. He loves his kids with all his heart. They would try to disappoint him, Dorian (Danny) by saying that Blue was a terrible father and Neffy by sleeping with boys and being misandrist. Neil goes back to his house and breaks the cursed object that Nathan used to put a curse on them and thus all the curses are broken. Pete is also saved from being controlled.

Blue is very happy with his husband and kids. He occasionally contacts with Wonhee. His memory has been taken back to his 13y/o (happened as an accident and then Neil reversed it to save Blue from remembering all the bad things). So his experiences things anew. Bristol Bumblebees have risen again as the kids have taken their parents’ places.

[i-just-love-writing-crap]

Catching Murphy, Part 1

Warnings: Swearing, possible nsfw content Word Count: About 2391 Summary: You, Miss (y/n) (y/l/n), had a crush on Connor Murphy for years, from a distance of course. You had always been too shy to approach him, and the fact around school that he was an aggressive stoner caused you to become even more shy. One day, in history class, your teacher decided to assign a project and assigned everyone a partner—you and Connor were partnered together. Could you two grow close during the project and remain close? Or will Connor go back to ignoring you after the project comes to a close? A/N: I apologize if Connor is a biiiiit OOC… ;-; Obviously takes place in an AU where Connor is alive Masterlist Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11

You sat in history class, your face resting in the palm of your left hand as you looked out of the window. Your teacher, Mr. Boulden, was droning on and on, meanwhile you were staring out the window, not even paying attention. Flickering your gaze to Connor Murphy, you smiled to yourself and bit your lip, before your eyes returned to gazing out of the window.

“…artners,” Mr. Boulden’s droll voice flooded your ears.

That perked your attention, silently asking what the hell he had just said. Thankfully, Connor asked for you, “What did you just say?”

“I said that I will be picking your partners. This is a partner assignment,” Mr. Boulden restated.

Connor grew angry, “You old man! I refuse to work with anybody!”

Mr. Boulden’s nostrils flared and he said, “I don’t much care, Connor, you will be working with someone. And that someone will be (y/n) (y/l/n). Do you understand me?!”

The aggressive Murphy grumbled out an aggressive, “Fine, whatever, old man!”

“Excuse me?” you squeaked out. You partnered up with your long-time crush who you were way to shy to even look at for more than five milliseconds? No way, no how. There was way on God’s green Earth that you could do that without possibly making an idiot out of yourself. Hell, even your best friend commented on how you can’t even say Connor’s name without stuttering. “M-Mr. Boulden, sir, are you sure you want to partner me up with C-Connor?” you stuttered.

You teacher looked at you and answered your question, “Yes, (y/n), I do want to partnered up with Connor Murphy. He is failing my class while you are doing brilliantly. Therefore, you could be a good influence on him. Maybe you could teach him how to take my class as seriously as you do.”

“B-b-but…” you stuttered out, “H-how can I possibly be a good influence on C-Connor, sir?”

“You just can be, I know you can be,” he told you, “get started on the project, (y/n). You get to pick what time period you want to do this project on and do it. Make a PowerPoint about it.”

Connor begrudgingly sat beside you and grumbled, “God damn old man, partnering me up with the teacher’s pet.”

“I-I can hear you, C-Connor…” you mumbled.

“Yeah? And what of it, teacher’s pet?” he growled.

You shrank down and placed your head onto the desk, pressing your forehead against the cold wood-like object. “A-anyways, what time period do you wanna do?”

“Whatever fucking period is the easiest to bullshit,” he answered.

With your forehead still pressed to the desk, you spoke quietly, “Ancient Egypt? I know a lot about that period of time… I-I can do most of the work… if you want, C-connor…”

“Stop stuttering. It’s really fucking annoying,” he said, leaning against his hand.

Wanting to bang your head against the desk at your obnoxious stuttering, you gulp and answered him, “Sorry…” Turning your head to face him, you continued, “But, Ancient Egypt is good for you, yeah?”

Connor rolled his eyes and sighed irritatedly, “Sure, I quite frankly don’t give a fuck.”

“G-good. C-can I come over so we can do some research?” you asked.

Staring right at you, his eyes bored into your very being as he said, “Why the fuck would I let you come over? You said that you would do most of the damn work, didn’t you, what’s-your-name?”

Sighing, you said, “Y-yeah… I did say that, didn’t I? I guess I should start on the work then, huh?”

“Might be a good idea, what’s-your-name.”

“(Y/n),” you said, picking up your head.

“What?”

You looked at Connor and said again, “My name is (y/n) (y/l/n), or you can call me (y/n/n). Please don’t call me what’s-your-name, it’s rude.”

Connor smirked at you and crossed his arms, nobody really talked to him like that. “Okay, (y/n). I won’t call you what’s-your-name. Now, get to that damn work.”

“Yeah, I know…” you said as you start planning out what your presentation. “Wanna focus on the Old, Middle or New Kingdom?” you asked him.

“Which ever one is more interesting so that I can finally get an A.”

You hummed and stared intently out the window, chewing on the cap of your pen as you thought. “Each of the periods of Ancient Egyptian history has its own unique characteristics that could qualify it as interesting. I’m not sure which one is necessarily the most interesting Kingdom,” you said out loud. “During the Old Kingdom, the first period of Ancient Egyptian history was the time of Pharaoh Djoser, who ruled in the Third Dynasty, and he moved the capital to Memphis. Also under his rule, Imhotep, Djoser’s architect is credited with having created the Step Pyramid at Saqqara. Is that interesting enough?”

Connor Murphy looked at you in amazement, you really did know what you were talking about. “Umm…” he said, at a loss for words.

“Oh! Or maybe the Middle Kingdom, or the era of reunification of the whole of Ancient Egypt. Nah… not for now. Maybe we should do the Golden Age of the Fourth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom? That’s where some of the most interesting things happened. Pharaoh Khufu and the Great Pyramid being built. But we can start with Sneferu, the first pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty,” you mused to yourself. “Or I could talk about the amazement that was Tutankhamun’s life and burial. OH! I can talk about Ankhenaten and his family’s heresy?”

Connor’s eyes watched as life fluttered in your eyes as you talked about that. He came to the deduction that this ancient history must have been your passion. It made him smile to himself, he had never really seen you so animated, let alone so talkative. “Which king is the most interesting?” he asked you.

“Dude! There isn’t one single interesting pharaoh! Also, the kings were called pharaohs, and I will have to ask you to refer to them with the respect they deserve. One of the most interesting is the Boy King, though, but also Pharaoh Hatshepsut,” you said, snapping your gaze to him.

Blinking, Connor gave you a brief, small smile as he answered, “Well, you sure get really fucking bold when you’re talking about Egypt, don’t’cha, (y/n)?”

It took your crush saying that for you to realize what you had done. “O-oh god! I-I’m sorry, C-connor. I didn’t mean to be rude,” you stuttered out an apology.”

“It’s fine, I guess. Anyways, who’s the Boy King and who is Hatchu… Hatschu… whoever that second name is?” he asked, almost curiously.

Now it was your turn to blink. Was the Connor Murphy actually interested in what you were saying? You decided to tread lightly, as you asked, “Are you actually interested, Murphy?” After you questioned him, a silence fell over you two and you cleared your throat, “Okay, so you are. Okay, so the Boy King is the son of the Heretic King, Akhenaten, and his actual name is Tutankhamun. King Tut was born as Tutankhaten, his original name means Living image of Aten. And just to clarify, Aten was the one true solar deity that Tut’s father, Akhenaten decided to flip Egypt’s religion on its head for. You following me?”

Connor took a moment to try and comprehend what you had just told him. “No… not really,” he answered after a long pause.

“Oh, well, I can always try and teach you about it later, if you want. Now, as for Hatshepsut, she was a fantastic pharaoh. Under her rule, Egypt flourished. She established trade routes that had been disturbed during foreign occupation of Egypt during their Second Intermediate Period and thus built the wealth of the Eighteenth Dynasty. She also commissioned hundreds of building projects across Upper and Lower Egypt during her reign. All in all, she was an amazing pharaoh.”

“She?” he asked, “Weren’t all the pharaohs men?”

You laughed as you answered, “Yeah, usually they were men, but their were a small number of female pharaohs. UNFORTUNATELY, Hatshepsut was almost erased from history by her jealous step-son, Thutmose III, who hated that she had ruled before him and been such a success.”

Connor was actually really interested. “You know, you’re actually a really fucking interesting person, (y/n). Maybe you should come over so I can actually help you out, if you want.”

“I mean, that wouldn’t be that bad if you at least tried to help, Connor. It would be different for you, the so-called freak and loner of school. So, yeah? Sure, why not,” you said with a grin.

Connor let out what sounded like an amused chuckle as he said, “Alright then, how about you come over today? We only have two or three weeks to do this project.”

You looked at him with widened (e/c) orbs and said, “Umm… sure. Yeah, that’ll work. I just will have to text my momma saying you’re going to take me home to work on a project.”

“Okay, cool. See you at my truck after school?”

“I-I guess, yeah…” you answered, unsure of what was really happening. Did your long-time crush just ask you if you wanted to have him drive you to his house? Your heart sped up at the thought. How the fuck did this happen?

That was when the bell rang and ended the class. Connor picked up his stuff and walked away. You also gathered your stuff together and left the classroom. You were really shocked that any of that happened. A blush made its way onto your cheeks. “I can’t believe that I did that!” you muttered to yourself.

“(Y/n)! How was class!” came the voice of Alexa, your good friend.

You whipped your head around to look at your gorgeous friend, your blush dying down. “Lexy! Hi! How are you?” you said with a smile.

Alexa stopped beside you and answered, “I am doing great! Now you never answered my question; how was class?”

The blush came back as you whispered to her, “I-it was fun… I actually talked to Connor.”

Your brunette friend gasped and covered her mouth. “You what?! You actually talked to Connor Murphy? The friendless druggie?”

“Hey, don’t talk about him like that, Lexy! I told you he’s not that bad! I used to be a friend of his waaay back in elementary school,” you snapped.

She threw her hands up into the air, defending herself, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Sorry, (y/n/n). I meant no offense by it, but it’s just that he’s known as a druggie who has no friends… now.”

“I know he is, but I’ve seen him talking with Evan and Jared,” you said.

Alexa stopped and thought about it. “I mean, it’s not wrong. He has been seen with those two. However, (y/n/n), that doesn’t mean that they’re friends. They could’ve causally bumped into each other in the hallway.”

You laughed, “That could be a possible answer.”

“Yeah, (y/n/n). God! Don’t assume they’re all friends,” Alexa laughed as the two of you started to your next class—English.

It was after school and you almost hesitantly walked out of the school building and looked for Connor. Your hand squeezed your backpack strap as you looked for the loner’s truck. As you looked around for the truck, you were almost hit. “WHAT THE FUCK?!” you screamed at the driver, “I was fucking walking here, you cunt!”

At that moment, Connor’s head popped out of the driver’s side window and he said, “Well, damn, (y/n), I never thought you could scream that loud. Or have the guts to call me a cunt, which I am obviously not.”

Your face fell and immediately you covered your face. “O-oh my God! C-Connor!! I-I’m sorry I screamed at you! I wasn’t prepared for you to almost run me the fuck over!! Like, the fuck is your gotdamn problem?! I was scared half to death, dammit!”

“Are you gonna keep yelling at me for scaring you? Or are you gonna get in my truck so we can work on this damn history project?” Connor asked, sighing almost annoyed.

You sucked in a breath and said, “Yeah, I’m coming… sorry.” As you approached his truck, he unlocked the doors and you hopped into the backseat. You noticed someone sitting in the front-seat and you assumed it was his sister. “Soooooo… are we going straight to your house, C-Connor? Or are we dropping someone off?” you asked.

“I’m his sister,” came the female’s answer.

“O-oh… okay then, so straight to your house?”

Connor scoffed and started driving, “No shit, dumbass. Where else would we fucking go? 7/11?”

You hummed nervously and said, “Maybe…? Or somewhere where I can get some food, please? I can’t eat the school’s lunches because they’re so fucking bad.”

“Are you fucking serious? You want me to stop and get you some damn food?!” snapped Connor.

Seemingly shrinking, you answered him, “Yes… please…? I’m hungry… o-or if there’s something to eat at your house… c-can I eat that?”

Zoe looked at her brother and said, “Connor, just take her to get food.”

“Be quiet, Zoe, no one asked you. We’re going back home and that’s that. No stopping at 7/11. No stopping for food. Nothing. Fucking copy that, (y/n)?” Connor hissed and looked back at you.

You simply nodded, not wanting to anger the aggressive dude. “F-fine…” you answered, your voice kind of breaking unintentionally. And that was that, you three rode in the truck, silently all the way to the Murphy’s house.

A/N: I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE THIS!! T^T FIRST TIME WRITING SHIT WITH CONNOR OR DEH IN GENERAL!!!

[thearchaeologicalwitch]

That is true, humans will do and build the weirdest shit in the weirdest places, but typically it has to retain a meaning for people. Jerusalem has some heavy duty layers of meaning that make people want to save it. Meaning and give a damn are resources that are finite too and have equal importance as water I guess. Amarna as a city was a flashbang on the spectrum of longevity, but some of the iconic art and movements there really stood out. But it only had meaning so long as Ankhenaten and Nefertiti gave it meaning.

all the tips I found for drawing a fantasy map are like :) “here’s a strategy to draw the land masses! here’s how to plot islands!” :) and that’s wonderful and I love them all but ??? how? do y'all decide where to put cities/mountains/forests/towns I have my map and my land but I’m throwing darts to decide where the Main Citadel where the Action Takes Place is

[a-mutual-killing]

Can you imagine having such a hard on for yourself that you actually declare yourself to be a/the equivalent to a god? Because, bitch, I sure can.