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'Cairnholy I' Neolithic Chambered Cairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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A diver rises from the ooze with an intact Maya jar, perhaps a thousand years old. (1959) photog. Luis Marden
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Everyone shut up and look at this carving of a whale from the 1200-600 CE Chumash culture

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The Dabous Giraffes - neolithic petroglyphs found in Saharan Niger estimated to be 6,000 to 8,000 years old. The bigger of the two giraffes is 5.4 meters long and is the largest known petroglyph in the world.
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love when ancient biographies randomly slip in the most insane shit in the middle of otherwise standard biographical information. i was reading suetonius talking about augustus's early life and all of a sudden he just casually comes in with "by the way the room said to be augustus's nursery is haunted by a foul and terrible spectre. anyway, heres all the names he was known by" like Excuse me can we go back to the part about the foul and terrible spectre
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head of a princess, possibly a daughter of nefertiti & akhenaten, perhaps meritaten, c. 1352-1330 b.c.
musée du louvre, département des antiquités égyptiennes, E 14715.
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YMCA in Akkadian (Ancient Babylonian), as written by Gilgamesh's exasperated tourism minister trying to attract more gay guys to Uruk to keep Gil distracted from politics:
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Eṭlū!- Young men!
Lā tuštamarraṣā- Do not, do not be troubled!
Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said, young men!
Lā lā taṣallalā- Do not, do not lie down!
Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said young men!
Šunu ina ālim- You are in a town,
Bēt bēt šikārim ḫanbā- Where taverns sprout luxuriously,
Eṭlū!- Young men!
Ina ālim alkā- Go to the city,
Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said young men!
Bēt kaspī ul tīšâ- When you do not have money,
Annikīam tuššabā- Here you can dwell,
Bēt napṭirim nīšu- We have guest-houses,
Itti awīlī umtallâ- They are filled with men….
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Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!
Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!
Ziquratum elâ! Purattum amrā!- Climb up the ziggurat! See the euphrates!
Šikārum ṭābum šitâ!- Drink fine beer!
Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!
Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!
Amuḫḫūni šaqû! Ziqnūni ītebbū! - Our walls are high! Our beards are shiny!
Nuppušātunu!- You are allowed to breathe [relax]
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Eṭlū!- Young men!
Eṭlū šimeanni!- Young men listen to me!
Aqabbi, eṭlū! Agana šimeanni!- Young men! Come on, listen!
Aiālam terrišāšu- You desire assistance,
Shū ali īde- This I know for certain!
Šārqum wērum ul ninaddinkunūti- We will not sell you poor copper,
Eṭlū! Ālum ša Uruk bani- Young men! The city of Uruk is beautiful!
Aqabbi eṭlū! Bālātka tezzibši!- I said young man! Leave your pride behind!
Nušallakkunūti- We cause you to go,
Ina Uruk alkā!- Go to Uruk!
Ūmum anniam iseddūkunūti- Today they will help you…
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Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!
Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!
Šarrum šitpiṣā! Ittmalûšu ���ālā! - Wrestle the king! Fight with him!
Ittīšu mekkê mēlilā!- Play ball with him!
Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!
Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!
Ziquratum elâ! Purattum amrā!- Climb up the ziggurat! See the euphrates!
Šikārum ṭābum šitâ!- Drink fine beer!
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Eṭlū! Bilītkunu īde! - Young men! I know your burdens
Amtaraṣ! Ina šinigī- I was unwell, in my village,
Ātanaḫ! Erēšum ezzēr- I was tired, I hated plowing,
Awīlum ana yâšim iṭeḫḫe- A man to me approached,
Inūšu! Awātum awânim- Then! Words were said to me,
Šumašu, Sîn-lēqi-unninni- His name was Sîn-lēqi-unninni!
Ina Uruk alkā! Iqabbi ana yâšim- Go to Uruk! He told me,
Ina Uruk awīlī ūterrešū- In Uruk men are needed…
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Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!
Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!
Ziquratum elâ! Purattum amrā!- Climb up the ziggurat! See the euphrates!
Šikārum ṭābum šitâ!- Drink fine beer!
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Eṭlū!- Young men!
Addāniqa tallkānim- Please come
Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said, young men!
Inam anniam ezêršu- I hate this job…
Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said, young men!
Anāku ānḫāku - I’m so tired….
Bēt bēt šikārim ḫanbā- Where taverns sprout luxuriously,
Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!
(Šarrum lillam ina - The king is an idiot in
𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K…)
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Scarabs found in the tomb of Hatnefer


Three scarabs found in the tomb of Hatnefer (18th Dynasty).
Inscriped is Hatshepsut's personal name and an abreviated version of one of Hatshepsut's title "God's Wife (of Amun)." Below that two kneeling figures holding an emblem of the goddess Hathor.
Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Object Number 36.3.6
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My archeology class has really given me a renewed and visceral hatred of ancient aliens shitheads literally the laziest and most incurious and thoroughly racist pseudoscience in existence
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“You are in the embrace of the history” — Deir el-Bahri in Nile West Bank. Luxor, Egypt
“The first written words started here” — Uruk, Iraq (Sumer, Mesopotamia)
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