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Archaeologists Find Roman Centurions' Letters in Ancient Animal Cemetery in Egypt

Discovered among the graves of hundreds of cats, dogs and monkeys, the correspondence was likely written by centurions in the first century.

An ancient pet cemetery in Egypt is becoming a gold mine for rare Roman history. Alongside its carefully constructed graves of more than 200 beloved cats, dogs and monkeys, archaeologists have now found letters handwritten 1,900 years ago by Roman centurions stationed nearby.

Though Rome controlled Egypt for centuries—from the year 30 to the mid-600s—few Roman sites still exist in the region, lead researcher Marta Osypińska, an archaeologist at Poland’s University of Wrocław’s Institute of Archaeology, tells Science in Poland’s Ewelina Krajczyńska. The burial ground, which dates back to the first and second centuries, is located in Berenike, a Red Sea port in southern Egypt built by Roman Emperor Tiberius.

Osypińska’s team first discovered the cemetery in 2011, and they’ve been slowly excavating it since then. Among the burials of cats, dogs and exotic monkeys, researchers have found ceramics, Roman coins and now, several letters written on papyrus by military officers who commanded units of Roman legions.

According to a statement by the University of Wrocław, these “priceless sources of knowledge about the ancient inhabitants of Berenike” are from the era of Emperor Nero, a cruel Roman ruler of the mid-first century. During his reign, Berenike was a hub of cross-continental trade, through which goods from India, Arabia and East Africa flowed, Osypińska says in the statement. The port was home to regional merchants, Roman higher-ups in charge of trading and—as historians have long suspected but never before proven—a unit of the Roman military.

The newly-found correspondence contains several names of presumed Roman centurions: Haosus, Lucinius and Petronius. In one letter, Petronius asks Lucinius, who is stationed in Berenike, about the prices of some exclusive goods, Osypińska tells Science in Poland. Petronius writes that he’s sending money via “dromedarius,” a unit of Roman soldiers traveling on camels, and tells Lucinius to provide the soldiers with veal and tentpoles.

Researchers believe ancient Romans likely kept the papyri in a nearby office which was later destroyed, accidentally distributing its contents over the pet cemetery, as McClatchy’s Aspen Pflughoeft writes. Excavators found the papyrus in rolled fragments, which they showed to Rodney Asta, an expert of ancient inscriptions, who pieced together a page approximately one and a half feet long and a foot wide, Osypińska tells Science in Poland. Among the animal graves, researchers have found countless ostracons—pieces of pottery etched with writing—but the papyri are the first paper texts to be found on-site.

The letters are the latest evidence of advanced Roman trade to be found in the cemetery, per the statement: The skeletons of several buried monkeys, recently identified as macaques native to India, show that Romans imported non-utilitarian animals across oceans. These primates, along with long-haired cats and miniature dogs, were “elite pets,” and many were buried with toys, ceramics or other animal companions.

As Osypińska notes in the statement, it may seem difficult to reconcile the image of commanders of an ancient foreign legion with such animals, which were “treated as family members.”

“However, our findings unequivocally show that the military elite surrounded themselves with elite pets and led an exclusive lifestyle,” she adds.

By Sonja Anderson.

#Archaeologists Find Roman Centurions' Letters in Ancient Animal Cemetery in Egypt #Berenike #ancient pet cemetery in Egypt #Roman Emperor Tiberius #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman history #roman empire

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mybeingthere · 7 months

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Erna Aaltonen is a Finnish studio potter known for her hand-built sculptural vessels. Her simple elegant forms of coarse stoneware clay with rubbed oxides on their rough, pitted surfaces are for many collectors the very face of the contemporary Finnish aesthetic.

Unlike many of the other leading masters of Scandinavian ceramics, Aaltonen only began her ceramic studies at the Kuopio Academy of Design at age of thirty. She spent much of her early career assisting many of Finland's major artisans, designers and ceramicists in the technical realization of their ceramics works at the legendary Arabia Finland ceramics factory. Since 1996, she has maintained her own studio in the old Fiskars ironworks that date back to 1649.

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Nandhini's Legacy AU : Family Masterlist

A directory for all the Magical families that have a role in my Tamil!Potters AU titled Nandhini's Legacy

Nandhini's Descendants

Status: Extant

House Words: The Forests Answer to Us

Residence: House of Serpents (Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India); Nagaraja Hall (Gloucestershire, England)

Insignia: Cobra (Lotus Eater), cow, elephant

Colour/s: Green and gold

Head/s: Nithila, daughter of Aathirai (Main); Lily Potter (British branch); ████████ (Italian branch)

A South Asian Magical family from Tamil Nadu, with known branches in the United Kingdom and Italy. The main branch in Tamil Nadu do not carry surnames but as a collective they refer to themselves as Nandhini's descendants or Aditya's descendants. The United Kingdom branch carries the surname Potter. There is little information on the Italian branch. Should the main branch members find themselves in need of a surname for whatever reason, they have their pick of either Nandhini, Aditya, or Potter.

They are known for their unique variant of Parseltongue, commonly known as Potter's Parseltongue in the western world, and their unique connection with snakes. Their estates are known to house an extremely rare type of Magical snake called the Lotus Eater cobra, which appears in their heraldry.

The British branch is also known for their contributions to the country's Potions field and their work in the Magical ceramics industry.

The title of the Head and Heir of the family is primarily passed down the female line but only in secret. In the eyes of the public and the law, they practice patrilineal primogeniture like most other families. This specifically stems from old survival tactics of their ancestors but in the present day, the practice is continued out of respect and fondness of tradition.

They are known to rarely marry outside their South Asian circles, if at all. Regulus Potter ne Black is the first person who is not of South Asian descent to have successfully married into the family.

Through marriage, they are connected to the House of Black.

Notable members: Harry Potter, James Potter, Lily Potter (nee Evans), Regulus Potter (ne Black), Nithila, Lathishri, Kadhir, Iniyan

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The House of Black

Status: Extant

House Words: Toujours pur (Always pure); Birthed by Shadows, Thrive in Darkness

Residence: 12 Grimmauld Place (Borough of Islington, London)

Insignia: Hawk, three crows

Colour/s: Black and maroon

Head/s: ████████ (Main); Sirius Black (British branch)

An ancient and powerful family whose earliest ancestor has been said to have lived as early as pre-Islamic Arabia. According to their own members, the family donned the surname of Black because their ancestors survived and thrived in the shadows of great kingdoms and empires.

In the present time, it said that the House of Black is so massive that their influential reach spans from North Africa all the way to West Asia. Smaller branches have left Asia and Africa and have settled somewhere else in the globe. One of the most notable branches would be their British branch which consists of at least three sub-branches. They are primarily known for their natural talent and extensive knowledge and use of Mind Magic, as well as their open usage and mastery of the Dark Arts.

Despite their fame and influence, little is actually known about the House of Black as a whole. Individual branch seats, heads and members are known, but the House's main seat and head remain a mystery even to the most prolific information hunters in the underground market.

The family's British branch is considered to be one of the country's Sacred Twenty-Eight. The British branch as at least three known sub-branches. The head British branch is historically Egyptian while the other two known sub-branches are historically Levantine (Palestinian) and Persian. The British branch is also notable for their tradition of naming their members after various objects in the night sky, from constellations to stars to natural satellites.

Famously, they rejected Dark Lord Voldemort's offer of allegiance in his first campaign. Orion Black, the Head at the time, has been reported to have told him that their family has "seen more formidable and competent Dark Lords back in the day". However, the family also did not make any moves to stop the Dark Lord's campaign either.

Like the other pureblood families, they generally refused to marry non-purebloods.

Through marriage, they are connected to the Potter family, the Lestrange family, and the Malfoy family, among other families.

Notable members: Sirius Black, Regulus Potter (ne Black), Andromeda Tonks (nee Black; estranged), Bellatrix Lestrange (nee Black), Narcissa Malfoy (nee Black)

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Maison Malfoyenne

Status: Extant

House Words: Sanctimonia Vincet Semper (Purity Will Always Conquer); Mountains Bow to River Rapids

Residence: Château de Port du Rhin (Port du Rhin, Strasbourg, France); Nadder Court (Wilton, Wiltshire, England)

Insignia: Mute swan, serpent

Colour/s: Blue and green

Head/s: Cassian Malfoy (Main); Lucius Malfoy (British branch)

A French magical family who trace their origins back to Strasbourg, France and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Historically and traditionally, they are a family of lawmakers, judges, and politicians. Their main branch in Strasbourg is noted to have a hand at shaping the French Magical Parliament to what it is today and members of the family continue to hold significant power in the Magical Parliament themselves.

This tradition continues with the British branch of the family. Armand Malfoy established himself as a pillar of the early Magical British community shortly after arriving in the country and receiving land and a title from King William I. His descendants would go on to become notable members of the governing bodies of the time. The family has produced a certain number of Chief Warlocks and a couple of Supreme Mugwump candidates.

The family has a fondness for establishing their family estates nearby rivers. The main family seat of Château de Port du Rhin is located near the River Rhine, while the British seat of Nadder Court is located near the River Nadder. They are also known for their mastery of water magic.

In the Dark Lord Voldemort's first campaign, Lucius Malfoy had joined the ranks of his Death Eaters but soon defected once his then-fiancee and current wife Narcissa Malfoy nee Black made him choose between her or the Dark Lord.

The Malfoy branch of the family was listed as part of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Like the other pureblood families, they generally refused to marry non-purebloods.

Through marriage, they are connected to the House of Black, the Lestrange family, and the Lovegood family, among other families.

Notable members: Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy (nee Black), Draco Malfoy, Pandora Lovegood (nee Malfoy), Xenophilius Lovegood, Luna Lovegood

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Clan Weasley

Status: Extant

House Words: Roots Run Deep

Residence: The Burrow (Ottery St Catchpole, Devon, West Country, England)

Insignia: Rowan, oak

Colour/s: Orange and green

Head/s: Arthur Weasley

Historically a Scottish Highlands Pureblood clan, the Weasleys used to be protectors of a Magical part of the Caledonian Forest before they were driven out of their ancestral home around the time when the local Pureblood clan leaders were forced to hand over their authority to the growing power of the British Ministry of Magic. The Weasleys' portion of the Caledonian Forest was handed over to wandmakers under the Ministry and the Weasleys themselves were forced to relocate further and further away from their ancestral home until they settled in Devon.

The Weasleys' current residence is in Ottery St Catchpole where many of their relatives have also settled. Though they don't have the same power and strength they used to have, they were able to smuggle some saplings from their ancestral home and they have been caring for the trees that grew from those saplings in the years since.

Their Magic is closely tied to the earth and the trees they take care of. Many of them eventually end up in careers where they work closely with wood (carpenters, carvers, broom makers, Quidditch players) or the earth and the creatures that dwell in and on the earth (agriculturists, all sorts of animal caretakers, etc.)

They are also known to have fairly large family units, with their main branch currently having seven children in the youngest generation.

Notable members: Arthur Weasley, Molly Weasley (nee Prewett), William Weasley, Charles Weasley, Percy Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Ronald Weasley, Ginevra Weasley

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The Park Clan

Status: Extant

House Words: Beware the Spider

Residence: Sangju Park Clan Ancestral Home (Hamchang-eup, Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea); Sangjeon Pavilion (Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England)

Insignia: Fox, star, spider

Colour/s: White and blue

Head/s: Park Ho-Jung (Main); Aloysius Parkinson (British branch)

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Notable members: Aloysius Parkinson, Primrose Parkinson, Pansy Parkinson

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wildbeautifuldamned · 2 months

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Arabia Finland ceramic picture wall tile Helja Liukko-Sundstrom Vintage 9x4 ebay Short Girl Picker

#tile #vase #finland

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thatsbutterbaby · 1 year

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Liisa Hallamaa (1925-2008) - Pair of candlesticks, Arabia / glazed ceramics, h. 6.5 cm.

#Liisa Hallamaa #Arabia #candlesticks

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complicitsacrilege · 1 year

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Tagged by: sent by a friend on Discord!

nicknames: Nick, Nickel, Nicholas Nickelby, Nickelback, Knickerbocker literally any name with Nick in it that my colleagues come up with LMAO

sign: Taurus☀️ Capricorn🌙 & ⬆️

height: 5'5

last thing i googled: "best trans masc romance novels"

song stuck in head: I've been looping Brutal Swing by Igorrr & Of Kali Ma Calibre by Diablo Swing Orchestra lately

dream job: artist/writer! I'm really into ceramics & getting into digital art

wearing: black house robe + slippers

favorite movies/shows: Hellraiser 1 + 2, Alien 1 + 2, Lawrence of Arabia, Only Lovers Left Alive, the IWTV show, John Wick, Blade Runner, House of 1000 Corpses {most Rob Zombie movies ngl}, & Chopping Mall

favorite song: too many to choose just one so I'll give a few bands! Murder By Death - top fave band. Love them to pieces. Igorrr - weird af but my hyperfocus/panic de-escalation {don't ask why idfk} music of choice. Shostakovich - self explanatory, Shostakovich slaps. Handel - again, self explanatory. Creature Feature - when I'm feeling like a weird creature. Rammstein - uhh who doesn't love Rammstein?

favorite instrument: I've played several, but my favorites are viola da gamba and cello

aesthetic: comfy goth? Is that a thing?

favorite author: can't pick just one! My fave genres are horror & romance {monster erotica lately} for sure, but some authors I love are Anne Rice, Iain Reid, Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant, Tolkien, T. Kingfisher, Rachel Harrison, Alisha Rai, Alyssa Cole, and Holly Black

random fun fact: my favorite scents are lavender/vanilla and peppermint/vanilla depending on my mood. Also rain/the smell just after a thunderstorm. And the smell of my pup's fur.

Tagging anyone who wants to do a thing {tag me if you do, I wanna see}!

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vintagelisboa506070 · 8 months

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Arabia was a Finnish ceramics company, founded in 1873 by Rörstrand, now owned by Fiskars. Arabia has specialized in faience and porcelain kitchenware and tableware.

#vintage #etsyseller #arabia #kitchenvintage #finland #design #ceramics

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theinsightweb · 2 days

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Polymer Microspheres Market Trends, and Outlook | 2031

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imrmarket · 3 days

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With A CAGR Of 2.9 %, Surgical Scissors Market And Is Projected To Reach USD 501.01 Million By 2032

Surgical Scissors Market Size Was Valued at USD 373.84 Million in 2023, and is Projected to Reach USD 501.01 Million by 2032, Growing at a CAGR of 2.9 % From 2024-2032.

Surgical scissors can be explained as specially designed scissors, surgical scissors are surgical instruments used during an operation for cutting sutures, and cutting and dissecting biological tissues. Surgical scissors are usually made of surgical steel (Stainless Steel) which is less expensive and most popular in surgeries, and their blades can be either curved or straight. Some of them also have tungsten carbide reinforcements along their cutting edges, as their hardness allows manufacturers to create sharper and more durable scissors.

Surgical scissors are typically required in the medical for cutting skin, cutting sutures, and dressings. These Scissors may have long or short handles, and their blades can be straight or curved and serrated or smooth. The tips may also be sharp or blunt. These Scissors used in cutaneous surgery can be either completely stainless steel (most popular, least expensive) or have tungsten carbide inserts to strengthen the blades. Today surgical scissors are an important piece of instrument in medical practices.

Market Dynamics:

Driver:

The increased use of surgical scissors in surgeries such as ophthalmic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, wound dressings, dermatology, and others is driving market growth. Also, the increasing demand for precise and accurate surgical instruments in the medical sector to be used for various long hours of procedures and operations is leading to a surge in the demand for highly efficient scissors to maintain sharpness for many years even with heavy use, and such huge demand is bolstering the market growth.

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Titanium

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Arthrex, Inc. (United States)

B. Braun SE (Germany)

Thermo Fischer Scientific (United States)

Stryker Corporation (United States)

Purple Surgical International (London)

Scanlan International (United States)

Teleflex Incorporated (United States)

Olympus Corporation (Japan)

World Precision Instruments (United States)

BD (United States)

Geister Medizintechnik Gmbh (Germany)

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In April 2022, Carl Zeiss Meditec acquired two manufacturers of surgical instruments (Kogent Surgical, LLC and Katalyst Surgical, LLC) to further strengthen its position as a solution provider.

In February 2022, United States Surgitech was awarded a three-year agreement with Premier, Inc. in the laparoscopic surgical instrument category, including disposable laparoscopic electrodes, as well as reusable and fully disposable laparoscopic scissors.