Controversial Truths About Ancient Egypt Masterpost
The pyramids were built by contemporary workers who received wages and were fed and taken care of during construction
The Dendera “lightbulb” is a representation of the creation myth and has nothing to do with electricity
We didn’t find “““copper wiring””” in the great pyramid either
Hatshepsut wasn’t transgender
The gods didn’t actually have animal heads
Hieroglyphs aren’t mysteriously magical; they’re just a language (seriously we have shopping lists and work rosters and even ancient erotica)
The ancient Egyptian ethnicity wasn’t homogeneous
Noses (and ears, and arms) broke off statues and reliefs for a variety of reasons, none of which are “there is a widespread archaeological conspiracy to hide the Egyptian ethnicity”
thinkin about my (openly gay) lit professor today saying, “one of my favorite historical anecdotes is the time that Oscar Wilde was in America, at the same time that Walt Whitman was active and writing poems about sticking his tongue down other men’s shirts, and Wilde went to Whitman’s house exactly one time and spent several hours there, and ever since all these historians have been like ‘what could they have been doing???? it’s such a shame we’ll never know…’ and I just…. we know. the only question now is who was the top.”
The greatest tragedy of Among Us is making friends and then accidentally disconnecting before you get to say goodbye
DC/Marvel crossovers by Vasco Georgiev
Ya know how in Watchmen, Dr. Manhattan exists in all times at the same time? That’s what watching this felt like. I am both in 2020 and 2005. Who is this intrepid time traveler???
You may well ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings who have witnessed the sack of a city or the falling to pieces of a people to desire to set down what they have witnessed for the benefit of unknown heirs or of generations infinitely remote; or, if you please, just to get the sight out of their heads.
Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier (via relatablepoetryandquotes)
Y’all can pry alterous attraction from my cold dead hands.
It’s such an important concept. As a community we cannot let it die.
Toph’s Family
Another day at the office
*nervous laughter*
heh…ehehehe. Who obsesses over the Winter Soldier? Not me, that’s for sure….
….
*runs*
(please do not use or repost without my permission. thanks :)
Umberto Eco's work on the philosophy of language is fascinating, but my hand doesn't appreciate the constant note taking.
Reviews of comics and books + a whole lot of fandom and eccentric stuff. MOD: Judith/24/BE/ Student-teacher and eclectic pagan.
65 posts