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Interested in antiquity, psychology, humor. Happy living in the trees on Mt Tamalpais.

Hi folks! I was having a lot of trouble finding academic friends—history, classics, medieval studies, religious studies—on other servers. When I figure it out, I’ll move this account. In the meantime, I’ve tried to follow a bunch of you from the other instance. I’m [email protected] Feel free to follow that account (I follow back).

I just leave this here #AncientJewelryLiterature
#AncientJewelry
Carnelian-encrusted gold lamella from Mal Tepe, Grave 1; (right) Similar lamella found elsewhere in the tomb (photographs, National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Sofia).

Source:
THE #HELLENISTIC TOMB OF MAL TEPE IN #THRACE: A RECONSIDERATION OF BURIAL SEQUENCE AND DATING*
By CHAVDAR TZOCHEV
https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/5899248

The Hellenistic Tomb of Mal Tepe in Thrace: a Reconsideration of Burial Sequence and Dating

Many scholars have tried to make sense of the puzzling situation in the Mal Tepe tomb, which contained traces of multiple burials and objects of Greek, Thracian and Celtic origin. A widely accepted view holds that the monument had three phases of

Jerry Jones has never hired a Black head coach. He could lead change.

Decades after the segregation battles of his youth, Jerry Jones has modernized the NFL’s revenue model but hasn’t hired a Black head coach.

The Washington Post
Priam at the Feet of Achilles, after antiquity? https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/100155 #Art
From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Priam at the Feet of Achilles, after antiquity?

Priam at the Feet of Achilles, after antiquity?

Sunday mood.
19 Nov 1544: The papal bull 'Laetare Hierusalem' sets out grounds for what would become the Council of Trent #otd

Writing to his friend Paul Fréart de Chantelou c. 1650, Nicolas Poussin did this sketch of the Holy Family and others on the letter. (British Museum)

Poussin died #otd 19 Nov 1665.

Saturday 19 Nov #Rome
Dear Space Karen,
No thanks.
U.S. men's facial hair styles in college yearbooks from 1898-2008
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/64q73v/comment/dg44iay/ #dataviz #datascience
University Graduate Facial Hair Styles 1898-2008 [OC]

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