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Bronze age ship discovered

look inside

made of wood

it's made of wood because all the bronze was used to make the age, not the ships. obviously

Dancing skies

odysseus absolutely does present a threat to penelope if he perceives her as at all unfaithful, and i feel the unfairness of this, and i think people tend to undersell how much tension at least potentially exists between odysseus and penelope. but i'm also like. his reaction, all speculation aside, his actual reaction in the odyssey to her flirting with the suitors is delight, because he immediately ascertains that she is running a con. sorry that they're so in-sync in spite of the forces that try to drive a wedge between them, including their own misgiving hearts. sorry that they invented homophrosyne ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

oh, you meant they literally did, ok

hey boss i can't come in today it's a sunny day and there's a lovely breeze coming in through my window, yeah it's rustling the branches of the tree outside that's finally bloomed so it's pretty serious

Babylonian out of office message: my sincerest apologies my wife is giving birth. I will process your clay tablet after lunch

Egyptian out of office message: unfortunately I am out of the temple on pilgrimage to Thebes. Your email will not be forwarded. I will respond to your query after the Nile floods have concluded

you can have a ton of fun for free by pretending that "bacteria" is the singular and the plural is "bacteriae"... or that "antenna" is the plural and the singular is "antennum"... the possibiliti (plural of "possibilitus") are endless

I know how people's interpretation of Odysseus and Athena's relationship is somewhat toxic but parental, but I like to think of him as her weird pet

how will i be able to go about my day normally after reading this

the name "theresa" is so funny like. theres a what

i highly recommend for women and girls to be intellectually curious and difficult to shame

compiling a list that no one asked for but i think the best bookshops have at least one or all of the following:

Possibly unpopular opinion? There’s a thin line between anti-elitism-in-academia and anti-intellectualism, and tumblr really walks it sometimes.

Anti-elitism:

Anti-intellectualism:

Am I crazy for thinking that tumblr sometimes veers towards the second?

Nope, you’re observant.

There’s a post about the specialised language thing that kills me everytime I see it. Every field has jargon, even non-academic ones. But for some reason people act like they’re somehow incapable of learning a few new words.

Besides published academic papers are written with the expectation that the reader has at least some prior knowledge on the subject. They go through peer review and editing before they get published and most journals request clear wording in their submissions. Their language choice is an attempt to explain their point in the most clear and concise way possible to people already working and researching that field, because those are the people that are going to be able to use it. It might be a pain in the ass to read as a beginner, but you either work your way up to it or consult with someone more knowledge on the topic.

Yes some people can be overzealous with their word choice, but you’re not always going to be the target audience for someone’s work and that’s not the authors fault.

honestly a lil emotional about the met description of their famous faience hippopotamus like. people loved a little ancient ceramic hippo enough to give it a name and they named it william

there are very few ancient artifacts that make me more emotional than roman tombstones that thank the reader for stopping by and wish them well. there's simply something so sweet and gentle to me about imagining a traveler stopping along the road to read someone's final dedication and being sent away with the blessings of a thankful ghost

marcus caecilius: good luck and good health to you. sleep without a care.

me:

person who is chronically outside

they see discourse and just go

HOOOooo man, this is JUST like when two sparrows want the same sunflower seed

Views from the train (2019)

Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath