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A few weeks I was watching a movie with a really forced (het) romance and a side (mlm) couple who weren’t together canonically but they’re really obviously in love the actors have said that they’re homoerotic
Then a watched the third movie (the one I was talking about is the second) and the forced romance wasn’t in it and the side characters both were and they still didn’t get together but one guy (the one from the forced romance) KISSED THE CAPUCHIN which if you aren’t aware is a type of monkey
And it will annoy me till the day I die
P.S. I’m talking about night at the museum
Oh my goodness! This is UTTERLY gorgeous and I'm so happy that you thought my dtiys was worth your time!! Thank you so much omg! This is absolutely gorgeous and your style is something to be proud of 💜❤💚💙💛💕💓💘💗
A draw this in your style by the amazing @menaciingly !! This was so much fun! Make sure to check them out
not only is this a draw this in your style, but also a test of a new style of coloring the lines rather than letting them be completely black. i like the colored version a lot more, honestly.
anyway, rules for this dtiys!
one: do not directly trace my art. you can redraw it in your style, but copying my lines and/or colors exactly is not allowed.
two: if you do this, pretty please tag me when you do it! my instagram is menaciingly and my tumblr is just the same!
three: do not use my art, cut out the credit, or anything of the like (unless you’re using the picture as a comparison to your drawing in which, that’s fine but please write somewhere noticeable that the drawing belongs to me.)
four: you can go off of the lines and draw yours a little differently, but stick with the concept of marionette roman with the two handles, please!
five: just have fun with it! the only reason i’m making this is for others to have fun!
the character is roman sanders, who belongs to @thatsthat24 and i, in no way, own him at all.
and generally, please do not repost my art, but reblogs are very appreciated!
Ancient Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads, from the Eastern Mediterranean, c.100 BCE-100 CE: this necklace is composed of 30 glass beads, most of which are decorated with stylized faces
From the John Paul Getty Museum:
The beads are made of multi-colored opaque glass and are decorated with heads and floral designs. The necklace is in good condition; some beads are chipped or cracked.
The exact origin of this piece is unknown, but it can be traced back to the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was likely made by a Greek or Roman artist.
Each bead has a width of about 1.2cm (roughly half an inch); they're decorated with remarkably intricate details, and each face is depicted in its own unique style.
Sources & More Info:
John Paul Getty Museum: Necklace with Mosaic Glass Beads
~ Helmet of Gladiator.
Date: A.D. 1st century
Medium: Bronze
It was the Ides of March yesterday and no tyrannical world leaders were assassinated. I’m incredibly disappointed in the world.
Greece In 500 BCE.
Eclipse have a hard time accepting to human for first time.
"when you want to be able to accept someone fully. the power that understanding love has and you'll be able to make changes in your life over time."
Eclipse’s deceased sixth husband in 500 BC
He was felling in love with eclipse looks like a woman but it’s Shapeshifting.
It was not at all by chance that Christianity, which grew out of Mediterranean culture, had adopted as its own alimentary symbols bread, wine, and oil, of the Greco-Roman tradition. (The first two became Eucharistic symbols and the third an instrument of sacramental anointing.) - Albert Sonenfeld
Libya: From Sands of Time to Storms of Change
Beneath the blazing sun of North Africa, bordered by the ancient tides of the Mediterranean and the vast breath of the Sahara, lies a land whose story has danced with gods, kings, conquerors, and revolutionaries. This is Libya: a nation born from the dust of myth, forged in the fires of empire, and reshaped in the hands of her people.
Origins in the Whispering Sands
Long before cities rose and borders were drawn, the land we now call Libya was home to prehistoric peoples who left their mark in the rock art of the Tadrart Acacus, carvings of giraffes and hunters that tell of a greener Sahara, long vanished. By the Bronze Age, Libya was not one land, but many tribes. Chief among them were the Meshwesh and the Libu—nomadic Berber peoples who grazed their herds along the Nile’s western flanks. Egyptian scribes would scrawl their names in hieroglyphs, sometimes as foes, other times as mercenaries or neighbors. Though they lacked pyramids or written chronicles of their own, the Libyans lived rich oral traditions, passed from elder to youth beside desert fires. Their tongues were early Berber, ancestors to the Amazigh languages spoken to this day.
The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt
In one of history’s great ironies, these wandering tribes—once dismissed as desert raiders—would wear the crowns of Pharaohs. Around 945 BCE, a chieftain of the Meshwesh named Shoshenq I seized power in a divided Egypt. He founded the 22nd Dynasty, becoming the first Libyan Pharaoh. He was no usurper in chains, but a ruler accepted by Egypt’s priests and people, a man who walked the sacred halls of Karnak and marched his armies as far as Jerusalem. For over two centuries, Libyan dynasties ruled parts of Egypt. They wove themselves into Egyptian culture, marrying daughters into temple lineages and honoring the gods of old, while maintaining their tribal roots in the Delta’s tangled marshes.
Under Greek, Roman, and Islamic Rule
Time, ever the patient sculptor, wore down Libya’s independent spirit. By the time of Herodotus in the 5th century BCE, Libya had become a vague term for "all lands west of Egypt." The Greeks founded Cyrene in eastern Libya, a shining jewel of Hellenistic culture. Later came the Romans, who tamed the coast and named it Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Great cities bloomed, like Leptis Magna, where Emperor Septimius Severus—a Libyan by birth—would rise to rule the Roman world. With the coming of Islam in the 7th century CE, Libya joined the rising tide of Arab civilization. Arabic took root, and Berber tribes embraced the faith, blending it with ancient customs in a uniquely North African tapestry.
From Ottoman Sands to Italian Chains
From the 16th to 19th centuries, Libya was ruled by the Ottomans, often in name more than presence. Local rulers like the Karamanlis in Tripoli built their own dynasties, their corsairs feared across the Mediterranean. But in 1911, the old world shifted once more—Italy invaded, snatching Libya from Ottoman control. The Libyans resisted fiercely under leaders like Omar Mukhtar, the "Lion of the Desert," whose guerilla war against Mussolini’s fascists became legend. Though captured and executed in 1931, Mukhtar’s spirit ignited a flame that would not die.
A Brief Bloom: The Kingdom of Libya
After World War II, Libya was stitched together from three provinces and granted independence in 1951 under King Idris I. For the first time in centuries, Libya was sovereign. But beneath the crown, discontent stirred. Oil wealth enriched a few, while many remained poor. In 1969, a young officer named Muammar Gaddafi led a bloodless coup, ending the monarchy and beginning one of the most controversial reigns in modern Arab history.
Gaddafi's Rule and the Gathering Storm
For 42 years, Gaddafi ruled with a blend of charisma, brutality, and eccentric philosophy. He styled himself as the "Brother Leader", preached his Green Book, and funded revolutions abroad. At times a pariah, at times an ally, he kept Libya's oil flowing and dissent smothered. But the winds of change were rising. When the Arab Spring swept across the region in 2011, Libyans—long repressed—rose in revolt. The uprising turned into a brutal civil war, drawing NATO intervention. In October 2011, Gaddafi was captured and killed. His fall was cheered, but peace did not follow.
