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Realistically, future archaeologists will probably figure out quite readily that you had yourself buried with a bunch of weird, anachronistic junk in an effort to deliberately confuse future archaeologists.

There is, however, a reasonably good chance that they'll invent a whole religion out of thin air to explain why it was important for you to confuse future archaeologists.

#archaeology memes #archaeology

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this is how your email finds me

#archaeology #archaeology memes

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#archaeology

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I have a folder called Time is a Flat Circle in which I collect evidence of humanity. Here is most of them.

#archeology

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From the Bronze Age, the magnificent Rhos Rydd shield.

Expertly made c. 3,000 years ago from a single disc of bronze. 20 concentric circles are decorated with 3,700 singly punched bosses.

Found in a bog near Blaenplwyf, Wales, in 1804.

#archeology

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This could be us but u playin

#frej & freja (possibly) #archeology

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Oldest medical amputation on record was performed on a Stone Age child in Borneo 31,000 years ago

About 31,000 years ago, a skilled prehistoric surgeon cut off the lower leg of a child hunter-gatherer in Borneo. Now, archaeologists have concluded that this ancient surgery is the earliest medical amputation on record.

The skill of the Stone Age surgeon was admirable; the patient went on to live an additional six to nine years after the surgery, a radiocarbon dating performed by researchers of the individual’s tooth enamel revealed, according to a study published online Wednesday (Sept. 7) in the journal Nature.

“It was a huge surprise that this ancient forager survived a very serious and life-threatening childhood operation, that the wound healed to form a stump and that they then lived for years in mountainous terrain with altered mobility,” study co-author Melandri Vlok, a bioarchaeologist and postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sydney,“ said in a statement. ”[This suggests] a high degree of community care.“ Read more.

#archaeology

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Learning a new language is like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle but with the difference that once the pieces are starting to fall into place you can see a million images and not just the one

#language #langblr #studyblr

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Hello and such pleasure to meet you

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— Love poetry discovered by Archaeologists in Egypt from the New Kingdom period 3,300 years ago.

[TEXT ID: I shall lie down at home / and pretend to be dying. / Then the neighbors will all come in / to gape at me, and, perhaps, she will come / with them. / When she comes, I won't need a doctor, / she knows why I am ill. END ID]

#!!!!!!!! #archeology poetry my beloved

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#langblr #lingblr #studyblr

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庭には二羽鶏がいる 🐔

にわ には にわ にわとり が いる

There are two chickens in the garden

#learnt this beauty of a sentence yesterday and wanted to share #because it makes me happy hahah #childlike joy ✨ #aww learning languages <3 #langblr #studyblr #japanese #japanese practice #japanese vocaulary #japanese vocab #learn japanese #japanese langblr #日本語

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Korean Folk Magic (Spirits): Sanshin

Sanshin (산신) is the Korean spirit (신) of the mountains. Typically an old, healthy man with a walking stick always surrounded by fierce tigers, the above painting is rarer but not unheard of. Sanshin can also appear as a matronly woman, also leading her own tigers.

Sanshin was often prayed to for health, protection, abundant crops (and thus, favorable weather) and good fortune. As each mountain in Korea is different, so is the Sanshin associated with that mountain. However like I said, they are usually seen to be elderly men. I like to think of it as soft polytheism here. All Korean mountain spirits can be Sanshin but have individual facets that make each stand out a little differently from its neighbor.

Kings and queens would hold huge ceremonies and rituals for Sanshin, in hopes that they be “deified” after death to become a mountain spirit as well. It is rumored that Dangun (단군) the founder of Korea, transformed into a Sanshin in his death. Tigers are fierce symbols and viewed as royalty of the animal kingdom. Sanshin’s tigers help them enforce their good (or ill) will. 

Korean deities hold their own “realm” without regards to one another. There isn’t technically a hierarchy like one often sees in polytheism of other cultures (e.g. King of Heaven doesn’t make them King of Everything). While Sanshin is primarily a benevolent spirit and gives blessings, s/he can easily make the opposite true if we anger them. Because Sanshin watches over crops and fortune, if they were to be angered, they would make my crops be shit this year or make it so I have unbelievable bad luck.

#it's funny to me that they take the shape of old men with walking sticks #Korean mountains are crawling with old men with walking sticks haha #those guys are badass capital b!!! #sadly I didn't spot any tigers so I don't think I actually saw any deities #but then again #two of the old men stopped to give me fruit so maybe I really was blessed by a minor god haha #***spirit #korean #folklore #korean folklore #studyblr

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Or help a newbie out!

Protip: if you're feeling discouraged about the amount of progress you've made learning a language, start learning a different language and realise you've actually come a lot further than you thought.

#going back to the basics with someone is such a win-win #I get a pang of nostalgia and joy and they get to learn with someone who's genuinely passionate and nonjudgemental #does it sound like I'm just complimenting myself? lol #aaanyway! it's a really nice way to make both parties happy #and to get a renewal slip for your motivation #langblr #studyblr

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Near death experience

#duolingo #duo #studyblr

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me trying to learn how to read knitting patterns

#knitting #studyblr #learning #focus

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Gatekeeping academia makes me want to rip my hair out

#give me access to your research pretty please 😭 #what do you mean I have to PAY I'm just tryina write an essay man 😭 #university student #university #uni #studyblr #academia