#birth of archaeology

[jeannereames]

Good evening, Dr. Reames I wanted to ask you something, a long time ago I read that during the XIX century there was a lot of discussion about the veracity of the figure of Alexander, like: Did he really exist or is he a legendary character? What do you think about it? Thank you very much, I love your work very much.

Did Alexander the Great Actually Exist?

Skepticism about historical figures was part of a larger development in the discipline of history: the critical evaluation of our sources.

“Historiography,” or the history of history. Instead of just taking sources at face value, historians began to interrogate them: who wrote it, when, and what was that person’s perspective?

These are just the most basic questions. As time progressed, historiography became ever more refined. I’ve discussed some of these refinements before in my longer posts here. For instance, the difficulty in untangling imperial Roman tropes/themes overlying anecdotes about Alexander. We work for awareness of layering, narrative context, big-picture themes….

Yet sometimes the pendulum swings too far, at least IMO. Scholarly trends can get out of hand. Shiny new toys (ideas) are fun, but must be woven into the larger scholarly conversation, not suck all the air out of the room. History has fads just like anything else—including undue skepticism. Some things I warn my own students about:

Smoke does not always equal fire. That is, don’t assume the negative report is true over a neutral or positive one; especially the latter can be denigrated as whitewashing. Fact is, people love dirt and lie about or exaggerate bad things just as much as they polish up events or a person’s image.

Things can be exaggerated rather than invented out of whole cloth. Without solid evidence to support pure invention, I’ll tend to assume exaggeration. Layers of “truth” exist. It gets tricky.

Back to historiographic development….

The Enlightenment led to the questioning of much received truth. That’s the era of Darwin, of historical Biblical criticism, Reason over Faith, the birth of archaeology, etc. As part of the critical evaluation of ancient sources, scholars began to doubt the existence of heroes such as Agamemnon, Achilles, Theseus, and events too, such as the Trojan War. In fact, all events in Greek myth/history before 776 BCE—the date of the first Olympics—were regarded as fictional. As archaeology took over Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Italy, Greece was fighting for freedom from Ottoman control, archaeology new there—bronze-age Greece yet uncovered.

In any case, as part of the new en vogue skepticism, some scholars questioned not only heroes and myths, but historical figures too, especially those further back in time. Did Solon exist? Cyrus? Croesus? Or even … Jesus? (Radical!)

Proposing Alexander as mythical falls into that same hyper-skeptical period. The fact all our biographies were written so long after he lived made it easier to hypothesize he was a myth!

Yet recall… archaeology was new, epigraphy (study of stone inscriptions) just starting. A lot of information we have now simply didn’t exist at that time.

Today, trying to argue that Alexander wasn’t real is ridiculous. We have coins minted in his reign, epigraphical evidence from his own day naming him, oodles and oodles of images, archaeological evidence from Macedonia itself, etc. There’s no question Alexander of Macedon existed, and he conquered a hella lot of his known world. The basic outlines of his campaign are documented in hard evidence.

We can, however, (and should!) question many of the stories and anecdotes about his campaign. Even the outlines of some battles. Two mutually-exclusive versions of the Battle of Granikos exist. Some famous events probably didn’t happen at all (the whole proskynesis affair). Others didn’t happen as they’re told. After all, we have competing stories in the original sources themselves—take the Gordion Knot episode. That’s where we apply our critical historiographic eye now.

But to return to our story of burgeoning historiography in the 19th and early 20th centuries….

In 1870, Heinrich Schliemann began to dig at Troy, which opened up the Greek bronze age and put a hard skid on the “it’s all fiction” trend. Now, that shithead Schliemann did boatloads of damage and has earned his rep as a lying little Colonialist weasel who’s roundly cursed by most modern archaeologists. But you gotta give him that small sliver: he reversed the trend that regarded Greek myth as entirely false.

Then the pendulum swung the other way. If the Trojan War had really happened, was myth just barnacle-encrusted history? That notion wasn’t so different from what the ancients had believed about their own myths, in fact.

Many historians sought to “purify” myth: find the truth behind it. The trend remained popular well into the 20th century in both academic history as well as historical fiction (see Mary Renault’s The King Must Die and Bull from the Sea). It also encouraged periodic “searches” for mythical places. The seemingly never-ending “Search for Atlantis” is the most obvious example. (Newsflash: Plato made that shit up. It’s a philosophical metaphor, y’all.)

Today, most professional historians regard Greek heroes as fictional. Instead, we trace how myths and heroes morphed over time and across cultures. So, Greek Herakles translated into Etruscan Hercle, then into Roman Hercules, plus Greek Herakles’s probable antecedent in ancient near eastern myths of Gilgamesh, Marduk, Sampson, Melquart, etc.

We’re also interested in how myths/legends embed reality at the edges to make them realistic to their hearers. It’s not barnacle-encrusted history but may still convey reality…much as fiction does today. If you watch a TV show about, say, hospital emergency rooms, most people don’t assume the characters are actual doctors or the events real except in broad brushstrokes. Yet we do rate such shows for how well they approximate ER experience. World build. That’s how modern historians and Classicists tend to approach myths today.

Myths are the stories a culture tells itself about itself.

What a culture valued, emulated, and how it wanted to think about itself can be found in myths.

These are the same things reception studies consider, btw. They’re less about what actually happened in history, than what people later wanted to believe happened. That’s as interesting a question (to my mind) as the truth of the event itself.

So perhaps all those fads in history tell us as much about the historians who purvey them as what they were uncovering. 😉

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Relief with a parturition scene.

Date: 400 B.C.-A.D. 300

Place of origin: Ostia

Medium: Marble

Provinience: London, Science Museum

[spiritsurfers]

Entering womanhood 🌸💖

https://spiritsurfers.substack.com/p/video-decoding-the-pink-ray-through

[paiawon]

14.05.2024

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[accio-victuuri]

everyone and their mom is talking about xz’s kadian of 18:21 so let’s learn a bit about it. cause what’s more well known in the fandom is 18:23. 18:21 means yibo love you or yibo loves you. it’s an interesting choice of kadian, tho we know it’s for mid autumn festival and an occasion xz always posts on. there are clowning thoughts among cpfs that wyb could visit him on set ; and looks like he did, basing on the kadian. and it doesn’t help that xz studio reposted on 18:25 yibo loves me.

i’m referencing this cpn archaeology post.

during cql promotions, wyb posted on 18:21 and the scene is drunk lwj. everyone’s favorite. i don’t think i have to explain why that scene is important, especially the part about chickens. how they used that to get away with wwx and lwj’s relationship. zz also posted on that night but people think he failed to kadian 21:21 love you love you as an answer. wyb made up for it tho by commenting under his post on 21:21 and then zz posted a meme/emoticon “wwx sad”

this was cql promotions and it’s normal for them to comment on each other’s post but what made this special is that yibo didn’t have to. zz’s post was about not drawing on other’s property, wyb’s comment was saying to not imitate. like. why? and on 21:21. moreover, that sad WWX? why are you sad? wyb just agreed with what you said. cpfs interpret this as him being sad that he missed the 21:21 kadian — and then yibo had to go in and do it himself.

then in 8/14/2020 which is a day before xz joined the ace troops crew for shooting — wyb posted two photos. (p1) showing of his shoes = xiezi = xz = xiao zhan and the kadian 33 zanzan. (p2) is where 18:21 comes in, with a photo of something he loves. you can argue that he was using that as an intentional kadian for the content of his post ( sidenote: meaning yibo knows how to kadian ). but this and the 33 kadian on the same day is sus. we all know what was happening that year and interpretation is wyb is happy that zz is joining the crew and cheering him on.

i guess the reason why people are so excited is because we haven’t seen it in a while. the way it had some notable incidents before and was overshadowed by other kadians/cpns. so it’s nice to to see it again ^^

BONUS: the photo had 5 mooncakes and yes, it’s from different brands. 5 is his and yibo’s number which is the day of their birth. but this is interesting too:

galaxy brain cpn for everyone 🌌

that’s all. everything is fake. in this fandom, kadian is one of those that is either you believe it or don’t. i understand why a lot of people find it questionable but don’t take it too seriously, just enjoy the cpns 💕

[brucewaynehater101]

never mind Bruce being Tim's bio donor and just ignoring Jack altogether

other more interesting options

Janet messing with dig sites, has a fling with an ancient, dying mesopotamian god who has just enough vitality to give Janet a child, a child who is as durable and determined as their godly parent who has hung onto existence by their fingernails for the last millennia

Janet mixing with some magic items while she's doing her semi legal archaeological thing and Janet meets a lovely martial artist while still under the influence of the magic, Lady Shiva as Tim's other bio donor

Janet on a dig meets an older man with mesmerizing green eyes who introduces himself as Ra's Al Ghul and they have a brief fling, Ra's actual target was some artifact that Janet had, the fling was a why not?

Gotham, Gotham is literally Tim's parent and the reason why Tim didn't die a thousand times over while baby Tim was running around the rooftops with a camera

Lesbian Janet Drake is one of my favorite hcs. Obv, it's not canon, but I love the idea that she only married Jack for his money/prestige/status and, if the universe aligned differently, would have married a woman (I've seen some ideas where she is the one to get with Dana, lol).

Tim is a stubborn kid. I adore the idea that either Gotham or an ancient god gave birth to Tim. There is a cool fic of Gotham adopting Jason and him gaining powers because of this.

The best part about Lady Shiva would be Cass and Tim being half siblings. The twins AU of Cass with either Jason or Tim has my heart.

Ra's being Tim's parent is all kinds of weird. Like, poor Damian would have to refer to Tim as his uncle or something and grapple with the reality that Tim would have more of a claim to being the heir than Damian would. I also find it funny that Ra's would reveal this at the most inconvenient time for Tim just to make his life difficult. I imagine Ra's just sitting on the fact Tim's his kid for seventeen years before greeting Tim as son during the BruceQuest or something.

[blueiscoool]

The Stunning Ancient Greek Mosaics of Zeugma

The ancient Greek mosaics of Zeugma in Turkey are true archaeological treasures that can still be admired at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep, Turkey.

The 30,000-square-meter (320,000 square foot) museum, which opened its doors in September of 2011 is the largest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1,700 square meters (18,000 square feet) of ancient works of art.

The museum focuses on the mosaics found in Zeugma, which was originally founded as Seleucia by Seleucus I Nicator, a general in Alexander the Great’s Army, in 305 BC.

After Alexander’s death, his generals divided his empire among themselves. Although Seleucus moved his main capital to Antioch, Seleucia became an important center of trade, Hellenistic culture, and regional government under the Seleucids.

The city was populated by Greeks, Syrians, and Jews. It was an affluent city with a population of eighty thousand and in the 2nd and 3rd century BC was of sufficient stature to be compared to another great center of Hellenism, Alexandria, in Egypt.

The Roman Empire’s forces conquered the city in 64 BC, renaming it Zeugma (meaning “bridge” or “crossing” in ancient Greek).

The Romans held Zeugma until 253 AD, when the Persian Sassanids conquered the city, putting a violent end to its most significant years.

The ancient Greek mosaics of Zeugma

The treasures of Zeugma, including its vaunted mosaics, remained relatively unknown until the year 2000. Zeugma is now eighty percent underwater after it was flooded with the waters of a nearby artificial lake.

Archaeologists were alarmed at the flooding of the area and immediately began excavations to save the ancient treasures.

Most of the Greek mosaics of Zeugma, which were recovered in excellent condition, belong to the 2nd century BC preceding the Romans.

However, some of the mosaics appear to belong to the Roman era, as they depict Greek and Roman deities together.

In addition, some of the mosaics deviate from purely Hellenistic style and imagery, with archaeologists placing them in the Roman era of the city’s history.

The archaeological site of Zeugma

The archaeological site of Zeugma is a UNESCO World Heritage Center, located ten kilometers (six miles) away from Nizip within the boundaries of Gaziantep.

The preserved parts of the ancient city include the Hellenistic Agora, the Roman Agora, two sanctuaries, the stadium, the theater, two bathhouses, and the Roman legion military base.

Remains of the administrative structures of the Roman legion, the majority of the residential quarters, Hellenistic and Roman city walls, and the East, South and West necropolis can also be found there.

The archaeological site of Zeugma is of immense historical significance in the understanding of the ancient integration of Hellenistic and Semitic cultural spheres and the birth of syncretistic hybrid cultures in the region.

By Philip Chrysopoulos.

[whencyclopedia]

Alexandria: The City that Changed the World

"Alexandria: The City That Changed the World" by Islam Issa is a biography of a city. It explores the history of Alexandria, Egypt, and its place in our collective memory. It is in part history book, essay, and travel guide, suitable for casual readers. Issa covers up to the 1952 Egyptian Revolution through the lens of his family history. Along the way, he describes the physical city, from the waterfront Qaitbay Citadel where the Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood to the congested downtown.

The book begins with Alexandria's founding by Alexander the Great after he conquered the Persian Empire. Like its legendary namesake, the city was destined for fame. Its strategic and symbolic value made it a coveted prize of world conquerors like Augustus, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Admiral Nelson. The city witnessed the death of Cleopatra, Christianity's triumph over paganism, the rise of the Islamic Caliphates, and the Industrial Age. Even today, Alexandria is an important center of trade, culture, and industry.

The Ptolemaic dynasty, who ruled Egypt in the interim between Alexander and the Roman Empire, transformed it into their crown jewel. Through institutions like the Library of Alexandria, the city became a capital of knowledge and scholarly collaboration. The combined civilizational heritage of East and West birthed a unique urban culture and architectural marvels. This wealth and cosmopolitanism attracted the artistic and scholarly communities that shaped the city's image.

Issa is a professor of literature and history at Birmingham City University, and his family lived in Alexandria for generations. The result of his experience is a powerful monograph on the city’s cultural significance. It is firmly rooted in historical fact, and it is easy to pick up on Alexandria's personal importance to the author. In the prologue, he recalls his father's old stories about Alexandria's former glory, and how they took on new significance for him as he confronted the legacy of Alexandria as an adult. The memory of the ancient city lives on as part of Egypt’s national mythology, inspiring modern-day monuments and legends.

Rather than repeating myths, Issa seeks to critically examine them in light of factual evidence, allowing both the real and imaginary Alexandria to exist side-by-side. At the beginning of the book, there is a series of maps depicting the city at different points in time, from its foundation to the 21st century. It also contains a collection of photographs, some capturing the city today and others portraying its historical sites and artifacts. While intended for casual readers, the book has endnotes and a bibliography to point readers in the direction of further study.

The author concludes the book with an examination of Alexandria's identity and Egyptian national identity in the present day. In contemporary Egypt, there is broad support for historical preservation, but politics determine which histories are deemed worthy of preservation and which are censored. Environmental changes and the rapid construction of an ever-growing modern metropolis on top of the ancient city threaten archaeological efforts. As has been true since the city’s foundation, what is believed about Alexandria’s past – and what it means to be Alexandrian – is constantly changing.

Continue reading...

[101flavoursofweird]

The problem with Layton’s character in the anime

I don’t think the problem with the LMJ anime is that is portrays Layton as a less-than-perfect parent/guardian…

PL3 already showed that when he ditched Flora in his office after he promised not to leave her. Okay, there’s no confirmation Layton adopted Flora or that she’s even a child, but she’s still a young person in Layton’s care— someone who he knows hates being left alone— but he still left her behind for his investigation.

Layton leaving a child, even one he definitely adopted, behind while he investigates a case isn’t necessarily problem. It isn’t necessarily out of character.

With knowledge from previous games in the series, I can headcanon reasons for Layton’s behaviour. E.g., Flora might remind Layton of Aurora, who he couldn’t save. Layton chased after Descole and brought Aurora back to the sanctuary, putting her life in danger. So, he insists on leaving Flora behind now.

During Azran Legacy, Layton had a very nasty shock when he learned that, not only was he adopted, but the enemy he had been fighting for three years was in fact his long lost brother, who had been trying to beat their long lost FATHER— the head of an archaeology cult— to the Azran Legacy.

So if Layton wanted to confirm whether the birth father of the baby he’d adopted was alive? And whether that baby might be linked to an ancient civilisation? I wouldn’t blame Layton at all—

But that’s me trying to make excuses for Layton as a character. That’s me trying to make excuses for the nonsensical writing of the anime.

The anime doesn’t reference Azran Legacy. It doesn’t reference any game or character previously seen in the series— outside of Layton and Luke and Rosa I’m glad you’re here Rosa but where are Grandma and Grandpa Layton— because it doesn’t want to spoil newcomers to the series.

And that’s fine! It’s fine if LMJ wants to be a standalone anime about Layton’s daughter solving daily mysteries and eating sweets and buying clothes! Even the plot point about Layton going missing is fine— it could be intriguing!

But for such a superficial premise… why does Layton’s disappearance need to be so complicated?  Maybe Level 5 wanted to involve archaeology somehow so they just copy-pasted the Azran-looking stones and technology? 

But why have Rosa and Luke question Layton’s reasons for leaving Kat behind? Why bring up Kat’s birth father only to never mention him again? 

Why wasn’t Rufus Aldebaran Kat’s birth father? Say, if he imprisoned Layton because Layton refused to give up Kat’s location, then at least that would make Layton somewhat justified! (Not for leaving his kids behind, but the fact that Kat’s unknown birth father was indeed a threat.)

Why not just have Layton kidnapped off the street, rather than having him go on an investigation and keep investigating when he knew things were getting dangerous? Why bring up the point of Layton being a questionable parent, only to never unpack it?

Kat gets a nice hug with Layton when they reunite. (That scene actually does make me emotional!) But Kat forgives her dad immediately and the next thing you know, they’re taking down the villain together. And then the credits and the happy music roll.

Maybe a moment of anger from Kat towards her dad was too much to ask from the anime… 

But it’s not just the anime. In PL3, Layton leaving Flora behind is brushed off as a joke. (Outside of Chelmey calling Layton out one time…) We get their hug when Flora is rescued from the Mobile Fortress, but it’s not mentioned after that. Flora doesn’t get to say goodbye to Luke with Layton. Flora isn’t present in that last scene with Layton in his office.

Maybe Level 5 were worried about showing Layton as a bad parent— as a ‘bad’ character, even. But… compared to some of the other parents in the series? (Hi, Baron Reinhold, Bronev and Arthur!) Layton really isn’t that bad, even with the anime in mind! It’s okay if he’s not a perfect parent or gentleman 100% of the time! But if Level 5 wanted to give Layton these…conflicted moments as a character, then it would be better if they could actually unpacked them. Give him the angst, Level 5.

[kenandeliza]

Sivana Cancels Billy Batson [a scenario?]

I had a weird Idea that appeared earlier, So I'm writing this down in case I forgot about it, It's not completed yet, so be warned.

Taking place in the 21st century, Billy is one of the Podcast Hosts for Whiz Network in Fawcett City who got popular. Reporting the news and interviewing heroes are one of the things he'd mainly do. This version of Billy is likely not adopted yet, similar to his Golden Age iteration. Sivana had failed to kill him many times, so he thought, "What if I ruin his personal life instead?" So Sivana created a devious plan, to restrict his main income, by coming up with allegations to cancel him.

He'd used a decoy to spread the allegations throughout the internet since he couldn't do it by himself or else nobody would listen to an enemy of Captain Marvel, and people are starting to believe it.

What was the rumor Sivana had spread?

Fawcett citizen A:”did you hear the stuff those drama farmers trying to dig up on that host kid?” Fawcett citizen B:”what, isn’t he like 13?" Fawcett Citizen A:" Apparently he has the exact same condition like that Gotham villain, Baby Doll, He didn't age a single year, The 'Kid' is legal enough to drink!" Fawcett Citizen B:"That's..interesting, but wait, Isn't he dating another girl?" Fawcett Cititzen A:"Exactly! What a creep.."

In the Worse way possible, Billy had just gotten note of this when a Sivana-using a voice changer to disguise himself as a fan, tried to confront him about it

Sivana “Well do you have a birth certificate to prove it false?” Billy:”well no but-“ Sivana:” SEE EVERYONE he can not even deny the allegations” Billy:”I LITERALLY GREW TWO INCHES LIKE THIS MONTH”

it doesn't help that Billy had a baby face

this is the part where it becomes incomplete: it's because I have no idea how Billy could solve this problem yet

One of the solutions that my mutual had thought of was him finding every hospitals in Fawcett City until he could find a birth certificate

Another Idea of mine was for his Birth to be in an archaeological site [both parents being archaeologists] and him searching the midwife to prove his birth, but that is unfinished too.. So for now, this is just an idea stuck in my head

was it a good idea/Scenario? probably not :p

Thanks for @puffinpatrol for the dialogue ideas

[visualnovellover]

Ok, so after much digging and sleeping through days, I finally managed to find an appropriate save for this event! And it was only thanks to the fact that I remembered that my PC was pregnant with IW's human(ish) baby at the time (a daughter named Saoirse btw, who has white hair and ghostly skin colour, just like her daddy).

First, here's what happens when you sell IW's pale children. The more children you sell, the more obsession you get.

Now, on to the fell mist event! In this save, IW lost its necklace to the diving team from the archaeological site, and my PC has sold some of IW's pale parasitic children to Dr Harper. She's also currently pregnant with Saoirse here, which is why IW calls her Lifebearer. (It also called her Mutineer at one point, probably because she was a mate on the pirate ship, but refused to sell the Golden Spear to Zephyr. It also called her Oathbreaker, I'm guessing because she sold some of its pale kids?)

The fact that IW says "our children" always makes me so weak. That acknowledgment that you're both parents to its children <3

As you can see from the blue text, my PC lost her handholding virginity to the IW! Afaik, I believe that this is the only way to lose your handholding virginity to the IW, which makes it possible to lose ALL you virginities to it.

I love the fact that when you give in willingly to the IW, it says "onward we fly", instead of "onward I fly". You're a team here, working together to rescue your children!

IW is so protective of PC here! It always says this at the start of this fight against the two guards (if you haven't stolen its necklace ofc).

The brawling skills are from the DoL+ mod btw. I love its huge improvements to the combat system (finally a reason to have anything smaller than a large body!) and honestly would never go back to the base game, the QoL improvements are just too good.

I'm so glad you get this chance to rescue the pale babies you sold to Harper! Makes me feel marginally less guilty for selling them.

And that's the event! I love how much softer IW is when you haven't personally stolen its necklace. It also feels like you're working together as parents rescuing your babies when you've sold some to Harper. It's totally worth not getting paid for selling the Ivory Necklace, just to have soft IW.

AAAAAAAAA TYSMMMMMMM!!!!!! ALSO SAOIRSE IS A CUTE AND CREATIVE NAME!!!! (gonna try my hardest to think of a creative name for the twins once my pc gives birth)

After reading I'm now open to the option of selling my pale babies to that bastard Harper, I didn't even knew you can save them in the compound!! Oh what an absolute relief

also the fact that you can actually lose all your virginity to IW is gonna make my new pc's life hell HAHA! i agree with soft IW! but minus the ear slimes lol

again thank you so so so much again for providing screenshots!!!

[ranticore]

does huar!aa ever travel back to the spiral? how content are they with their life in the "present day"?

they have zero desire to go back. life was not good there and they are technically a stateless person (or at least the siren equivalent of 'stateless' - someone with no legal home country/region), as they were born from a union not blessed by the leader of the village. they have no real home to go back to and no fond memories of it whatsoever.

the only thing about home they truly miss is the cooler water temperature. the warm season at the Spire is sickeningly hot for them. but there are other places one can go aside from the spiral to get some nice cold water.

huarvaa is very pleased with their life at the spire! even once the associated grandeur of supposedly being a foreign leviathan killer wore off, life was much fairer at the spire. they could find food and lodging easily enough, and nothing in the society was denied to them by virtue of their birth. even after being hired by qedivar to sail the archaeology researchers to the western continent, huarvaa generally had a good time. they were probably the least effected by the ramifications of qedivar's work because they weren't a member of the university and couldn't be threatened the way qedivar was (huarvaa assisted in sheltering qedivar during the fallout, they became very good friends).

huarvaa's wish to find a beach and kind of laze about on it was granted many times over so they're good 👍

[dairy-farmer]

Recursive Incest Pregnancy Timmy Anon with more fun! Little baby Timmy just seemed to be born horny. He's been playing with his baby pussy ever since his fingers found that magic little button that made him all tingly and shaky and felt so good! Naturally, his parents tried to dissuade him from this when they found out - that's not something little toddlers need to play with. Of course, playing with it as much as he does, he rubs his sweet little cunny raw, and needs medication to help the delicate skin repair.

Janet applies it at first, but gets extremely put out when her little son starts rocking on her finger, moaning softly for "more, mommy." She then enlists Jack's help in treating their son, because surely he can handle this, right? Well, Jack handles it a bit better, or at least doesn't complain as much, and after a while, she doesn't even hear Timmy moaning for more! What Janet doesn't know is that Jack bribed Timmy to be quiet by offering a finger inside his hungry little baby pussy to just stop moaning.

One finger isn't enough for long, and baby Timmy starts whimpering again, causing Jack to stuff a second finger inside of him. Of course, after a while of this, Jack's starting to react to having fingers in the tightest, youngest puss he's ever had his hands on. And Timmy won't stop rubbing his little puss raw, so he has to keep treating the boy with that ointment. When Timmy starts whining again about needing more, Jack just huffs and stuffs his cock inside that baby pussy.

Well Timmy's hooked! All of maybe 7 years old and addicted to having his dad's cock inside of him regularly. Jack has to send Janet on the archaeology trips alone, because Timmy needs his treatment, and they don't want the maid to find out about Tim's 'situation'. So Jack fucks his horny little son for his treatments, and Tim starts to finally keep his hands off his pussy. But the moment Jack starts making noises about joining Janet out on the field, Timmy has to find a way to keep stuffed full of cock!

So Tim starts climbing into bed with Jack, sitting on his lap and rocking piteously, begging for his daddy to "make him tingle inside." And, well, Janet isn't exactly putting out lately, so he succumbs to this child's desires and starts fucking him more. The boy hasn't even had his period yet! But sure enough, Jack keeps loading up that little puss with hot daddy cum.

A couple weeks before Timmy's next birthday, he starts getting a little pudgy. Timmy doesn't care, he just keeps begging his daddy for his hot daddy juice. Jack however, starts noticing that baby Timmy's tits are getting puffier, milkier. He's not a stupid man, he knows full well he's managed to knock up his son before he's even had his first period. Now he has to figure out what to do about this.

Jack knows he sure as heck can't tell Janet that he knocked up their son, nor their doctor, because that would get Timmy taken away, and someone might think it's actually ok to take advantage of his boy. He seeks out a very hush hush doctor to consult about Tim's condition. The doctor says they can absolutely make it go away, but Tim needs to decide for himself. Jack brings his little boy, with his not so little pudge now, to the doctor, who explains exactly what's going on to Timmy, who just looks so excited he's gonna be a mommy, and moreso when the doctor says it's also going to be his little sibling. "I always wanted a brother or sister!"

Well now Jack's really fucked, he has a horny little boy that wants to give birth really badly. So he messages Janet to let her know that Tim is being difficult, so he's going to have to stay in Gotham to make sure he stops playing with himself. Janet is surprisingly understanding, "as long as I don't have to hear the boy moaning on our fingers ever again." Jack swears she won't, feeling a bit awkward about the lie of omission, which he sends while Timmy is happily bouncing on his dad's cock.

Timmy keeps riding his dad's cock the full nine months, and only stops right before his water breaks. Thankfully, the doctor is fine with house calls for situations like this, and Timmy gives birth to his little brother. Little Timmy is over the moon, and for the first time in a long while, he doesn't want to play with his little pussy - it's too sore from delivering his son. Jack thinks he can finally get back to the field, after making sure Timmy is ok taking care of his little brother.

Of course, the moment Timmy's poor little abused snatch has healed up, he crawls right back into Jack's bed to bounce on his morning wood before he wakes. Jack wakes up to cumming deep in his oldest son again with a low groan. "Tim, you can't keep doing this . . ."

"Why not? don't you want more kids?" Timmy asks, with big, innocent, wide eyes. Jack curses as that just causes his dick to make a valiant effort at coming back to full hardness. Timmy smirks as he notices the reaction, grinding down on his dad with a soft moan of "Daddy, I want more siblings, won't you give them to me?" Jack can't help himself, his son still has the tightest, wettest little pussy, even this soon after giving birth, and it feels so good to fuck.

Jack tells Janet that his hiatus from the field is going to take a while, their boy is just as stubborn as his parents. Janet is surprisingly understanding, and says that she's been finding some incredible things, and it's too bad Tim inherited their stubbornness, but she'll bring some great things home. Jack only wants to know when she'll be home, telling her it's because he misses her, but knowing it's because he'll need to hide Tim's little brother . . . or more.

He does eventually ask his neighbor if his kids can sleep over at his place "when the missus gets home." Wayne "call me Bruce" gives him a sly wink as he says he'll happily keep the kids out of their hair for a little while. Jack just barely passes off Tim's second son off as Janet's, along with the first when he drops the three off, saying she'd come back to give birth in Gotham. He'd also warned Tim about letting out their "little secret" and to behave himself at Brucie's place.

Thankfully, that time, Timmy's a little too sore still to be a horny little fucktoy of a boy. The second time Janet comes back, they're not quite as lucky, and Timmy hasn't quite been knocked up by Jack yet when he's found fingering himself madly, whining for cock in his guest room. Timmy sweetly asks whoever's walked in on him to "please fuck me? I'm so empty"

Do they take little Timmy up on his offer of baby puss? And who finds him?

(even better if Timmy starts teaching his little brothers how to fuck him once they start finding out about their baby cocks, and how good they feel to play with. Maybe next time they're sent to Brucie's to cover up all the breeding Jack's been doing to Timmy, the last person who walked in on them [and possibly fucked Timmy] walks in on Timmy being pounded into next week by his oldest son)

tim being a whore from the very beginning, he was practically born one. its not jack's fault or anyone who takes "advantage" of tim! tim was always going to turn out that way! he's just made to be a mindless little toy, a sleeve for anyone that will fuck him 💖💖💖!!!

[theroyalsims]

GUS AND ANYA EXTEND HONEYMOON - DUO SPOTTED IN EKHKARE

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Gus and The Crown Princess have decided that a three-week honeymoon is not enough, so they’re rescheduling their trip back home to Brindleton!

The two were photographed in the walled city of Emad in Ekhkare. Emad holds the distinction of being one of the oldest cities in the world! Currently, it has over 300 active archaeological digs - which is probably such a thrill for the Crown Princess who has degrees in Anthropology and Archaeology!

(Above: Their Royal Highnesses kept cool under the hot Ekhkarean sun! Gus wore a white woven button-down shirt with a pair of khaki shorts and sneakers. Anya, meanwhile, wore a billowy black top, which she paired with denim shorts and sneakers.)

Of course, the visit is made even more meaningful because of Gus’ Ekhkarean roots. His late father, Emir, is of Ekhkarean descent. Gus was born in the small town of Rateb, Ekhkare, but the family shortly moved to Rennaux less than a year after his birth. Despite being raised abroad, Gus remains proud of his Ekhkarean culture. Case in point, he’s fluent in Ekhkarean. A source close to the Prince shares:

“Gus and his sisters are half Ekharean and half Tartosan. They are all fluent in Ekharean and Tartosan. Growing up, their parents made sure that their children would never lose their connection with their roots, their culture. Gus was very proud of his father, and he keeps his memory alive by embracing his Ekhkarean heritage.”

(Above: The two were spotted holding hands and flaunting their new wedding bands! Anya chose her "simple" engagement ring, the one with the Ekhkarean motif, to pair with her thin gold wedding band.)

The couple, during their surprise trip to Ekhkare, also visited Gus’ relatives, including his late father’s old childhood home in Rateb.

The lovebirds are expected to return to Brindleton before the month ends. 

[margareth-lv]

🛠️ Archaeology holds all the keys to understanding who we are and where we come from. 🛠️

[Sarah Parcak, an American archaeologist and Egyptologist]

Thanks for reblogging my old post from 2021, @silvina64! Returning to this is like an archaeological dig. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

*** *** *** I have to say that I was really pleased to revisit the article published in WMagazine (you can still access it and open it without a paywall). I think it's fair to say that not all of Caitríona and Sam's PR in the past has been 'homemade' and indigestible.

Katherine Cusumano in September 2017 noted the presence of 'Balfe's boyfriend' in the lobby of the Crosby Street Hotel in New York.

And she didn’t hold back when she wrote about it. Ask the Audience: Who’s a fan of the interiors of the Crosby Street Hotel in New York?

You’ve probably got it right.

On another note, there’s never been a case of vampire teeth leaving a trail on hotel sofas. We’ve got it covered, so we can relax.

😏

[25 June, 2024]