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stop using chatgpt!!!! take a bronze pin and carve your questions onto an ox scapula, then toss it into the fire!!!! use the cracks to divine the gods answer!!!!

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THERE BUT FOR THE GEESE OF GOD

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Post on Grant's Patreon about visiting Poland and hearing about the legend of St. Martin and the Geese

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Excavation of the Oseberg Ship 1904

On 8 August 1903, the archaeologist Gabriel Gustafson received a visit from Oskar Rom, a farmer who had dug into a large burial mound on his property and had come across the remains of a ship. The special thing about this ship - it is the grave of two women from the year 834 AD.

Two days later Professor Gustafson started his investigations at the farm of Lille Oseberg at Slagen in the county of Vestfold.  He found several parts of a ship, decorated with ornamentation from the Viking era.  

The archaeologist was certain that the mound was a ship burial from Viking times. But to avoid problems with the autumn weather, the archaeologists waited until the following summer before starting the dig in earnest. The excavation of the Oseberg mound was of great interest to the public.

The dig had to be secured with a fence, signs and a guard to ensure that nobody interrupted the work or came too close to the objects.  In his diary, Gustafson complains about being on show when heworked. 

When the excavation was completed, the most time-consuming and demanding work was still to come. Although the excavation itself took less than three months, it took 21 years to prepare and restore the ship and most of the finds.  

The ship was dried out very slowly before it was put together. Great emphasis was placed on using the original timber where possible. Today over 90 per cent of the reconstructed Oseberg ship consists of original timber.

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thesaurus.com save me

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I just LOVE digitized manuscripts! Old stuff for everyone to behold! 🥳 Here’s more info:

Or just jump straight to the fun:

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cracking myself up thinking about the movement towards simplified forms in cave paintings

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intriguing! the way a niche group of you talk about ancient romans on here reminds me of the 2016 hamilton fandom

torn between a) pointing out that 2016 hamilton fandom was responding to a specific piece of historical fiction whereas roman senator rpf tumblr is doing this organically with the primary sources. and b) the beautiful beautiful image of miku binder cicero <3

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I wish there were medieval fantasy written by people who actually found the medieval period interesting

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I was rambling on the issue of museums and human remains and how certain populations are more likely to have their bodies put on display to be gawked at and then went "well I guess the Pompeii casts were of Europeans. there are bones in there right?" and Googled it to make sure, at which point I confirmed that yes there are bones in there, but more interestingly DNA testing revealed that a cast of an adult holding a child everyone assumed was a mother and child were, in fact, a man and a kid entirely unrelated to him. Honestly that's more moving to me. Maybe they were connected in a way other than blood, but maybe a stranger saw a child when the world was ending and thought the one thing he could do was hold them.

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me when i accidentally leave out an m in unrestrained summer fun

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Robe à l'Anglaise

1780s

Collection Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti

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I understand that museums have to be dark because light can destroy fragile artifacts. That said, I’m always afraid to walk around the blind corners because what if there is a skeleton

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dash is dead im teleporting to the past

https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard?max_post_id=606474489540042752

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finished cave painting wall hanging :) they have real manes and tail tufts using embroidery thread!

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The Inundation of he Biesbosch in 1421, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)

In 1421, the St Elisabeth Flood swept through the Netherlands, flooding 72 villages and drowning between 2,000 and 10,000 people. Some time later, survivors saw a piece of wood floating on the water, on which a cat was jumping back and forth.

They tried to save it, but were surprised when they discovered a peacefully sleeping child. The cat took turns jumping on the edges of the bed to keep its balance so that the child would not drown.

When the child was found, it was given the name Beatrijs / Beatrix de Rijke, which means ‘the lucky charm’, but also ‘the happy one’.

The city of Dordrecht provided for her education, and when she reached marriageable age in 1440 she married Jacob Roerom and passed away in 1468. Their daughter Clara died childless, but through the children of their son Cornelis, they became the ancestors of prominent Dordrecht families.

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