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this website’s easy watch. *dangles a bunch of greek gods like keys*

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*brandishing a trowel* why didn’t Indiana Jones ever stab a Nazi with one of these? Did he ever use one?

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proposes to you with this ancient egyptian faience ring of a cat with kittens

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God gives His hardest battles (dealing with hot weather) to His strongest soldiers (me, who made the active choice to be a Classical Archaeologist despite my hatred for any temperature over 20°)

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positive affirmations:

i will be elected consul

my orations are evocative and effective

my broad-striped tunic is attractive and fashionable

i am not afraid of the tribune of the plebs

i will honor my ancestors and follow the mos maiorum

bitches love my bald spot

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*To the meter of Chappell Roan’s Femininomenon*

It’s a hapax legomenon!

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- Odysseus to his men in Book 9

did you guys know about cyclops.

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I’d love to see a version of Julius Caesar where he takes the beware the Ides of March warning seriously like “oh shit. good heads up man thanks” and he goes into it with his own knife. He calms down a bit when he see’s all his best friends like “yea, the squad is here and everyone is strapped. nice”

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it's crucial that you untie "special interest" from "expertise". "it's true just trust me bro" doesn't have any extra weight when you add "I know because it's my special interest". you are not immune from falling for misinformation, and you are not immune from sharing misinformation. not to mention the fact that "amount of knowledge" isn't even a requirement for something being classified as a special interest lol!

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Menoeceus, that you?

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hey. don't cry. 4th century bce etruscan flask in the shape of a jackdaw adorned with a protective bulla necklace usually worn by children, okay?

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Was told by a random person on the street that I dress like an archaeologist (I am an archaeologist) and it made my day.

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Archeosky was having fun with this

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HUGE fan of the enemies forced to work together trope. not even in an enemies to lovers way just 2 ppl who absolutely despise each other being forced to tolerate the others presence and being like once we’re done with this i won’t fucking hesitate. top 10 tropes of all time

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Sometimes I am just struck with the realisation that I just casually live 30 minutes away from the Parthenon Marbles, the Nereid Monument, the Rosetta Stone, and (of course) the Ea-Nasir tablet.

It would take me less time to go and see them than it does for me to get to work each day on the same public transport system.

People spend years saving up for trips to visit them, and yet they’re thirty fucking minutes from my doorstep. Why am I not there every week?! (It’s also crazy that despite being an archaeology-obsessed kid who lived 30 mins away my whole life, I only went there for the first time when I was 18)

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this is actually like my third or fourth rodeo so i sort of get it but sort of dont