Frieze with Half-Length Figure Holding Cornucopias, Theodor de Bry, ca. 1590, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Drawings and Prints
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Size: Sheet: 1 ½ × 6 7/16 in. (3.8 × 16.4 cm)
Medium: Engraving
Mok Chi’, patron deity of beekeepers, on a codex-style Maya vessel
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they put in too much whipped cream and caramel…zero complaints
Tzompantli
Also known as a skull rack, was used for public displays of human skulls– typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims. Many have been documented throughout Mesoamerica, and range from the Epiclassic (ca. 600–900 CE) through early Post-Classic (ca. 900–1250 CE)
Persistent pupillary membranes are strands of tissue in the eye. They are remnants of blood vessels which supplied nutrients to the developing lens of the eye before birth. Normally these strands are gone by 4 or 5 weeks of age. PPM can be seen in young dogs and can debilitate vision. (Source)
FRANKENSTEIN MUMMIES FOUND
An international team of archaeologists have discovered that two mummies found on an island off the coast of Scotland are, like Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, composed of body parts from several different humans.
For example, scientists realized a female skeleton’s jaw didn’t fit with the rest of the skull, and after some DNA testing, they found that the bones had come from different people. In the case of a male skeleton, the parts were from people who lived hundreds of years apart.
The reason for this is still unclear.
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妄想工作所
- きんめちゃん
- ほっケース
- アジなケース
- サンマさん
FEN
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE
yes. YES. YES.
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So I wonder, if you put enough rubber bands around someone’s head…
THIS WEBSITE IS MADE UP OF PSYCHOPATHS AND DRUGGIES I SWEAR
Ancient Animal Mummies
Wrapped in linen and carefully laid to rest, animal mummies hold intriguing clues to life and death in ancient Egypt. One hundred years ago, the many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at sacred burial sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get at the good stuff. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized.
In the century since then, archaeology has become less of a trophy hunt and more of a science. Excavators now realize that much of their sites’ wealth lies in the multitude of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. Animal mummies are a big part of that.
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