#pharaoh's horses

[drafthearse]

Pharaoh's Unicorns by Nat Power.

[lunar-proxy]

i know basically only i and like 2 people cared for horsegirl yami/atem but i will die on this hill

[nostalgicfun]

Grand Champions Micro Minis 💜

[horseracingweekly]

This American Pharoah filly out of Just Louise sold for $1,350,000 at the Keeneland Sale today! 🌟 Congratulations to the breeders, consignor Paramount Sales, and new owners Amo Racing! We’re excited to watch this fabulous American Pharoah filly’s career. 🏇🏾💙

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[clairelutra]

Don't you know it's all about the Tisroc Mayheliveforever

[jitteri]

Fanart for @beanist Ygo Seahorse/ Leafy Sea dragon au

Story here : Neighbors

[jasonxu0929]

Camels and horses are carrying visitors bustling around Giza pyramids！

[bargainsleuthbooks]

#ARCReview #Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary #Racehorse by #KimWickens #NetGalley #BookReview #July2023Books #BallantineBooks

His image is all over the city he was named after, and he was the father of modern thoroughbred racing in America. A new book looks at #Lexington, the people around him, and his legacy. #Newbooks #netgalley #bookreview #ARCreview #BallantineBooks

The powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War–era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing history The early days of American horse racing were grueling. Four-mile races, run two or three times in succession, were the norm, rewarding horses who brandished the ideal combination of stamina and speed.…

[kujakumai]

Pharaoh Atem naming all the horses in the palace stables and everyone expects the king's noble steeds to have majestic cool names but he keeps calling them cute stuff like "Fava Bean" and Priest Seto is furiously gritting his teeth every time he has to say one out loud

[teamfreewill58]

As much as I love the Millennium World Arc it’s also incredibly heartbreaking to watch Atem go through that. He finally has all the pieces needed to open the tablet of memories and they were all sure that he would remember who he was and then he DIDN’T. Instead he goes through a repeat of what he did when he woke up in the Millennium Puzzle where he doesn’t know what’s going on or anything at all but instead of getting to try to piece things together he’s dropped right into the middle of huge dire events. And he does gradually start to get things back but for a huge chunk of it he’s completely in the dark AGAIN. He didn’t actually start remembering things until around where TKB dropped him in the river and his friends gave him his name. And it’s heartbreaking. It’s heart breaking how for the majority of the arc he had to just take people’s word for shit and just blindly trust that they were being honest and that what they were informing him was true. The fact that he spent a year and a half getting used to being with Yugi in his time period and then within two seconds of entering the Millennium World he’s barraged by his past at a million miles an hour, and its not even an everyday kind of day its his friggin -coronation-. So of course he can’t excuse himself. Like thank goodness for royal attendants so he could try and get information from Shimon who was more than willing to explain things to him and didn’t get mad or confused by him not knowing what was going on, he just was like “okay I dunno why the Pharaoh needs an explanation but I’ll explain.” And just look at him.

Like he’s so overwhelmed and its so sad because yeah he’s finally getting answers about his past but like at the same time he’s not. Just as he was a stranger in Yugi’s body and life now he’s a stranger in his own body and his own life. Unlike the people in his memories he feels out of place and he IS out of place sitting here where everyone knows him and he SHOULD know these people and he DOESN’T.

The scene on the balcony where Yugi can feel his loneliness and Atem is thinking about all of these new but familiar faces he goes, “Everyone here knows who I am. But I don’t know anyone. As a Pharaoh, did I truly understand them? And did they know the real me?” ( Ep 203 11:38) And yet in spite of that he still tried his absolute best to properly navigate being a Pharaoh and he nails it. He steps in himself to deal with Yami Bakura each time, and even though he hasn’t touched a sword in over 3,000 years we see he still knows how to use one just like he still knows how to ride a horse. Any time there is a battle in this arc Atem is front and center being a leader and protecting people or on his way to the battle.

Even though Mahad isn’t there for long (I mean I guess he kind of is because he becomes a card) the scene of him and Atem running into Mana is one of my favorites because that moment Atem realizes that these two were his friends and he did have friends he relaxes and starts flourishing as a pharaoh.

[godidontgaf]

RDR2 characters as dog breeds because they’re two of my special interests rn

Arthur - Kelpie. Always running around and chasing sheep (or in Arthurs case- people) so I think it’s fitting, also the pointy ears just fit Arthurs vibe so well

John - Okay don’t kill me but chihuahua. He’s tiny but he’s so snarky!!!

Dutch - He’s real serious and gets things done, so I’d say doberman. Kinda looks like him too if you squint

Hosea - Weimaraner, they’re sleek and look old. Like Hosea

Micah - Miniature schnauzer. I don’t think I need to explain this one

Kieran - Whippet, they’re super skinny and shake a lot, plus they kinda look like horses so it’s perfect for Kieran

Bill - Saint bernard. Fat, hairy, same face if you look hard enough

Charles - he’s buff as shit so American bully

Javier - Saluki, the long flowy hair on their ears kinda mimics Javiers curtain bangs (can I call them that???)

Sadie - Jack russel. They’re hunting dogs, they’re fast and they both have the same golden hair

Lenny - Golden retriever because he’s our golden boy and he is just so so cute and so happy <3

Karen - German shepherd cause she gets shit done amen

Swanson - Oh god. Irish wolfhound because 1. their hair is equally as messy 2. they’re both surpisingly big (I swear everytime swanson comes up to Arthur he’s the same height WHILE SLOUCHING) and 3. I had one knock me over at a dog park once because it wasn’t walking straight

Tilly - Teacup poodle because she’s insanely adorable and poodles often have that golden colour that reminds me of her dress

Sean - Shiba inu because they both got orange hair, they both have adorable smiles but oh my god the second they open their mouths you’ll never wanna have ears again

Strauss - Borzoi. Elegant but funny looking

Mary-beth - Cocker spaniel, they’re just pretty and have the same hair

Pearson - Pug. He’s ugly and is always breathing down my neck (yes I know we need food SHUT UP)

Trelawny - Maltese, specifically those ones with the insanely long, silky hair. Just so fancy

Eagle - Pharaoh hound? In every photo I see of them they look so serious and heroic. Also described as “elegant but rugged” which I think fits eagle perfectly

[vyvilha]

Tell us about the most crazy folklore creature you know 👀👀👀👀

ukrainian folklore is of course filled with all kinds of wonderful beasts: milk-stealing witches; beautiful girls with their innards outward; dog-headed one-eyed anthropophagous giants; pharaoh's army soldier fishwomen and so many more.

not sure if this is one is as "crazy" but i do find her intriguing. ukrainian spirit personification of the plague — chuma or džuma. chuma is envisioned as a rich lady in a chariot of six white horses; after her is a procession of sighthounds, spirits, owls, visions and witches. she can be recognized for roosters do not sing when she's near and dogs do not bark at her. where she swings her handkerchief — everything falls dead.

it is believed that the plague can live among people a regular life for some time. in one village of podillia region there was a story of a salt merchant pavlo who lived among other merchants for seven years and got himself quite a husbandry. on the seventh year he became sad and grieving, and people saw him yearning and weeping a lot. when asked what is wrong, he revealed that he is actually the plague, and now God had summoned him back to work, and he is grieving to leave his good friends behind. he promised the village to not ever harm them, then gifted away all of his possessions, kissed his friends goodbye and disappeared next morning. such is the story of pavlo the plague

[white-dragon-girl]

I was very interested in what Seto and Mokuba's biological parents must have looked like. Unfortunately, you don't see any of them in the manga. But the family must have been very wealthy. Otherwise, relatives of the Kaiba brothers would not be interested in their inheritance. The mother died shortly after Mokuba's birth and the father died later in a car accident. Seto Kaiba and Priest Seto look quite similar. The difference is the hair length, the skin color and the high cheekbones that seem to be typical of Egyptians. The same goes for Ishizu.So we can possibly assume that the parents of Seto's Egyptian counterpart were also his parents. But Aknadin is already quite old and his wife's hair was covered by a cloth. We know that Seto has brown hair and blue eyes. Mokuba, on the other hand, has black hair and violet eyes. If you look at the young Aknadin, his beard is a darker gray. In the manga he is even colored completely black. So I'm assuming his hair was originally black. This would also make sense because his brother Aknamkanon had the same beard color. And Atemu has mostly black hair. So his father must have had black hair too. However, in the picture I depicted Seto's father with the dark brown beard. Mokuba has violet eyes, just like Atemu. so it's likely that Aknadin and Aknamkanon also have violet eyes. So I give the father Mokuba's eye color. Aknadin has very long, parted hair. Since it's not common to wear hair that long in the modern world, I simply shortened it. Since I consider the family to be quite wealthy, the father was given a white suit. For the mother, the only hair color left was brown and the eye color blue. I based her hair a lot on Seto, because her father had a hairstyle that didn't really resemble Seto. Since I was thinking about their appearance, I wanted to think of appropriate names. Because Seto and Mokuba mean "seahorse" and "wooden horse", I thought of using a last name that also includes the word horse. I chose Umamoto, i.e. "horse origin". Aknadin is a derivative of Akhenaten. This was an Egyptian pharaoh. Its name means "Effective for Aton" and Aton means solar disk. So I looked for Japanese names that meant sun and decided on Hinata, meaning sunny place. The mother has no name. That's why I chose Himiko. Himiko was the name of an ancient Japanese queen. The name also means “sun daughter” and “shame queen”. This name is a reference to the name of Aknadin.

So the parents are called Hinata and Himiko Umamoto. And this is what they would look like if they were both still alive.

[animerunner]

I think Disarm and Arcangelo might be a bit too much like their sires timing wise at the moment. Meaning Disarm is probably going to be peaking at 4. While Arcangelo is getting rolling right now.

Though I’m hoping with Arcangelo case he also turns into a heck of a 4 year old and we don’t have any sorta Dubai bounce or an equivalent (though I wouldn’t be surprised if his trainer hesitates to ship if he does a 4 year old campaign for that reason). So we can get a heck of an older horse campaign with those two squaring off.

Of course that’s all contingent on both of them racing at 4.

Gun Runner, who has only three crops of racing age, is the NUMBER TWO general sire for 2023. And until today, he hadn't had a Grade One winner this year. I doubt he's catching up to Into Mischief any time soon. But with two G1 wins and Disarm's G1 second (it's coming for him still, I hope) he's going to be even further clear of Curlin in third. And look at some of the other stallions he's clear of.....

He's ridiculously clear on the Third-crop list....the next stallion there is Practical Joke, then Arrogate (who'll maybe move to second after Arcangelo won the Travers). Practical Joke is 12th on the gen sire list, and Arrogate is 25th.

I know that Gun Runner broke Uncle Mo's record as a first crop sire, but this is insane. Or it seems insane, I guess, since I never really paid THIS close attention to a stallion's career until Gun Runner.

[egypt-museum]

Ashkelon besieged by Ramesses II

Ashkelon besieged by Ramesses II

Referred to as Asqanu in Egyptian texts and among the cities revolting against Ramesses II. Scenes of the battle for Ashkelon (including the one shown here) are shown on the walls of Ramesses' temple at Karnak. The scene shows many activities taking place at once.

The army of Ashkelon is being defeated in the center, pressed between the Pharaoh at right (all that's visible are the legs of his chariot horses) and the Egyptian army at left.

An Egyptian climbs a ladder to attack the city's defenders, while a comrade chops at the gates with an axe. The people of Ashkelon, under fire from Egyptian archers, pull up over the walls fellow citizens left outside when the city's gates were closed.

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[bnomiko]

Figure collecting: Pharaoh Atem 1:6 resin by Aftershock Studio

(Full disclosure, this is an unlicensed statue. There's a similar Atem on horseback statue by Fantastic Territory that is licensed and was announced around the same time, if you like the look of this but don't want to buy unlicensed products.)

Overall this is a pretty piece and was actually quite a bargain given the size and weight (27 lb ship weight). Atem's face is great, exactly what I was hoping for. His earrings are hinged which was a nice surprise, so depending on how you slot in the head they can fall into different spots. Good musculature on the body (nice thighs!)

The horse looks good. Came as a single piece except for the tail, so no issues with visible seams. Pose is dynamic and it feels stable even though it attaches to the base via the 2 back hooves with a bit of weight resting on a dust wisp that goes between the horse's legs. I mean if I'm going to nitpick it's way too hairy for the desert environment its supposed to be from and I doubt the tack's accurate to any era (certainly isn't tack that would be used in modern riding). Tack is much more minimal than the horse in the licensed statue for sure! But it's still a pretty and powerful looking horse.

The base is unfortunately quite large with a lot of dust cloud effects, though given how horizontal the entire piece is I think it was unavoidable having a longer base to counterbalance the weight of the horse. There's a mini temple at the back to give the impression that Atem is galloping away from the city or whatnot.

Full review with extra photos here