The Death Of Orpheus (Henri-Léopold Lévy, C. 1870)

Architectural Scene (Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg, 1664)

Lancia 037 - Group B

One of my favorite historical tidbits is that Arab traders, for centuries, fooled Europeans into thinking cinnamon came from a rare, vicious and fearsome cinnamon bird.

The belief was so prevalent, in fact, that the mythical cinnamon bird shows up in the writings of Herodotus and Aristotle, all the way into medieval European manuscripts where it’s illustrated in all its fierce, cinnamony glory:

Pliny the Elder expressed skepticism of the bird in his writings, rightly assuming that it was a tale invented to keep control on the trade and prices by reducing competition, but the belief was already so widespread that it persisted in many areas into the early 1300’s.

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Bronze helmet, Crete, 630-600 BC

from The Heraklion Museum

🎮 can you defeat her？🪽🩸

Arches National Park, Utah photo: Elliot McGucken

18 Oct 2020