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something a little different today gang — a drawing of the greek figure phaedra that i did for my ancient drama class!

#turned out better than i thought it would #my art #phaedra #hippolytus #euripides #seneca #greek mythology #greek myth #greek myth art #history

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Yes, always recall that in spite of them all, the truth was much greater than fiction!

Full lyrics under the cut.

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#guys watch out i'm shifting into apollo 13 mode

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Wood and faience game board with pieces, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1295 BC

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

#senet my beloved #history #egypt

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nasa: we're going to shoot three rockets directly at the sun during the total eclipse. for study and research purposes.

me: oh cool

nasa: we have named the rockets apep. this stands for atmospheric perturbations [in the] eclipse path.

me: oh cool

nasa: apep is also the ancient egyptian deity of chaos and darkness, who ceaselessly seeks to extinguish the sun. we launch these rockets directly at the sun in the name of apep.

me: oh... cool?

#iconic #nasa

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had a dream last night that i got to excitedly talk about apollo 12 to a group of interested people... this is getting out of hand

#alan bean painted with moon dust !! punches walls #adventures with gaylen #apollo 12

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#literally my cats

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Teapot celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, Colonial United States

from The Peabody Essex Museum

#bring back celebratory tea pots ! #history

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who needs crack cocaine when you can just get complimented by the history academic advisor on your grades (including the one you got in his class)

#registered for honours program babey! #he also liked my alexander the great sweatshirt #i just keep winning!! #(i say even though i had a panic attack this morning about possible dropping a course) #history #adventures with gaylen

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Porcelein turtle vessel, China, early 16th century

from The Ayala Museum, Manila

#this is me btw #if you even care #history

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The Circleville Herald, Ohio, April 18, 1957

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Daily Mirror, England, December 9, 1907

#god i wish that were me

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there should be more plush yuri

#god i wish that were me

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In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.

#godspeed george general electric #1940s

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1850s Tumblr Dashboard Simulator

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It really makes me sick to see people giving money to penny weeklies when Franklin's expedition STILL has not been found 😭 There are good men out there trapped in unimaginable temperatures and literally all that's needed is a little more funding for another rescue mission yet all you guys seem to care about are your vulgar little stories...

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the franklin expedition is dead as hell

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Disgraceful thing to say but I'd expect nothing more from a M*lville fan

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👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 hartgrindisreal

Sorry for posting so much about Tom Gradgrind/James Harthouse from Hard Times lately. It turns out that I was getting arsenic poisoning from my wallpaper? Anyway I took a seaside stroll and I'm normal now. Check your walls y'all

#whyyy did i assume they were committing unlawful actions together like where did i even get that from lol #hard times isn't even that good by dickens standards tbh

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🎨 asherbrowndurand

Just painted this

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RIP Napoleon... you may have been unable to conquer Alexander's Russia but you sure as hell conquered Alexander's bed

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HERITAGE POST

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How does this have less than 100k notes you could literally not avoid this post back in the 20s lol

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poets just aren't dying young in mysterious water-related incidents like they used to :/

#as useless and degenerative as i find 'the living poets' and i'm glad we're finally moving on from them #i have to agree with op in this respect

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I finally got a daguerreotype of myself ^_^ Porcelain urn for scaling

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i think i hauve consumption

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They found oil in the ground??? WTF. THIS IS LITERALLY THE WORSTTTT. FUCK MY LIFE FOR REAL THIS TIME

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I swear this website has 0 reading comprehension skills. Darwin NEVER claimed we "evolved" from apes like if one of you guys actually bothered to open his new book you'll see all his arguments are backed up by evidence. He actually makes a lot of sense

#sure there's nuance like i don't fully agree with all of it #but his general theory of natural selection seems pretty sound imo

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Of course these are the finalists lmao this website is so predictable. Anyway vote Heathcliff if you dont i'm going to assume you're a phrenologist

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It's not problematic to acknowledge the fact that Heathcliff was a brute like he literally killed dogs in case you forgot. #rochestersweep

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I love the implication here that Rochester never did anything cruel either. He literally locked his wife in the attic and lied to Jane about it 😭 like that was a pretty significant thing that happened

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And? God forbid women do anything

#why'd you have to pit two bad bitches against each other #anyway i'm not attracted to men but still went with rochester #bc in terms of living quarters thornfield hall > wuthering heights easily

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👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 hartgrindisreal

Not the Russian tsar dying immediately after hartgrind became canon

#i know dickens hasn't technically confirmed it yet but like. SOMETHING was strongly implied ok #see: my previous post #dickensposting

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👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 hartgrindisreal

LORD HELP ME. THE BODY LANGUAGE. THE WAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. AHHHHHH

#this installment!!! im-- #dickensposting #i can't fucking cope #dickens wants to KILL us he wants us DEAD....

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Hi guys sorry I haven't been posting lately it's been so difficult getting to California 💀 I'm finally here now though just need to find a pickaxe and soon I'll be digging! :-) wish me luck lol

#gold #gold rush #gold rush grind #california #adventure

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#gonna start tagging my personal posts as #dickensposting #1800s

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do y'all think the people who worked on gemini 9 ever called it geminine

#food for thought

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Ah, yes, the entities. The Spiral, The Eye, The Stranger, The Hunt, The Web, The Corruption, The Vast, The Desolation, The Buried, and The Grink

avatars of the grink rise up!!!!!!!

#tma #asks

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statement of cindy-lou who, regarding how the grink stole christmas. audio recording by jonathan sims, head archivist of the magnus institute, london. statement begins.

#i am so sorry #the magnus archives #tma #jonathan sims #the grinch #christmas #christmas aesthetic #the cassandra chronicles