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@tink_ink @histories_arch @archeohistories That movie is going to lose millions. It's very optimistic to think it'll be profitable.

@histories_arch @archeohistories Nolan should donate the total profit of his monstrous movie to this project so he can pay tribute to the ancient world he raped for his own benefit.

Ancient scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, have yielded a remarkable new discovery about one of history's greatest philosophers. Italian researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging technologies have deciphered text from the Herculaneum papyrus scrolls that reveals the precise burial location of the Greek philosopher Plato. Plato is now believed to have been laid to rest in a secret garden near a sacred shrine to the Muses inside the Platonic Academy of Athens, a spot reserved specifically for him. Previously, scholars only knew he was buried somewhere within the academy, but the exact location had remained a mystery for centuries. The newly read text also sheds light on Plato's final night alive, and it turns out he was not pleased with the entertainment. A slave woman from Thrace had been playing flute music at his bedside, and it had long been assumed the music brought him comfort. But the deciphered text tells a different story — Plato, despite suffering from a high fever, reportedly found the music had a "scant sense of rhythm" and was openly bothered by it. The scrolls also clarify the timeline of when Plato was sold into slavery, placing the event earlier than previously believed — either in 399 BC or 404 BC, rather than 387 BC. The discovery came through the Greek Schools project, a five-year European Union-funded research initiative using optical coherence tomography and infrared hyperspectral imaging to read text from the fragile, charred papyri. The decipherment of the Herculaneum scrolls continues to reshape our understanding of the ancient world in profound ways. Each newly revealed passage has the potential to overturn long-held assumptions about the lives and final moments of history's most influential thinkers. In Plato's case, knowing the precise location of his burial grounds and the intimate details of his last evening humanizes a figure who has often felt more like legend than man. The Greek Schools project demonstrates how modern technology can breathe new life into ancient artifacts, and as AI and imaging tools continue to advance, it is likely that the remaining roughly 1,800 scrolls from Herculaneum will offer even more surprises, potentially rewriting portions of classical history that scholars have long considered settled. #archaeohistories

@VladTheInflator Is it fun? Absolutely!

When your friend buys a Jeep:

@No_Offence008 @NealAshley9 @TheDivisionGame Same happened to me. But it works when there are no active retaliations.

@NealAshley9 @TheDivisionGame Try abandoning any faction retaliations , then try a bounty and see if it completes.

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@archeohistories The original Jody.

In late 19th Century, the iceman was sometimes blamed for leading women astray. Because the job required great physical strength, his regular visits to homes worried some husbands who were often away at work, 1890s. Before refrigerators became common, households depended on the daily or weekly visit of the iceman. From the late 1800s through the early 20th century, these workers delivered large blocks of ice, often 25 to 100 pounds, to keep food cold inside wooden iceboxes. Using metal tongs and heavy leather aprons, they carried the blocks from horse-drawn wagons into kitchens across cities in the United States and Europe. Because the job required considerable strength and the iceman often visited homes during the day while many husbands were away at work, a bit of folklore grew around the profession. Jokes and gossip sometimes portrayed the iceman as a charming visitor who might attract the attention of lonely housewives. The idea became such a cultural trope that it inspired the famous phrase “the iceman cometh,” later used by playwright Eugene O'Neill for his 1946 play The Iceman Cometh. By the 1930s, electric refrigerators began replacing ice delivery so rapidly that an entire industry employing tens of thousands of icemen largely disappeared within a single generation. In many neighborhoods, children waited eagerly for the iceman’s arrival because he would chip off small pieces of ice for them on hot days, a simple treat before electric refrigeration transformed daily life. © History Pictures #archaeohistories

@archeohistories Most people know of the evil of Nazism, but have never heard of these two who caused just as much pain and suffering but we're able to hide it behind the Iron Curtain. At least until Solzhenitsyn exposed it in The Gulag Archipelago.

The only surviving image of Stalin’s two deadliest secret police chiefs, Lavrentiy Beria and Nikolai Yezhov, taken in the 1930s... The photograph captures a chilling moment in Soviet history, showing two of the most infamous figures behind Stalin’s machinery of repression. Nikolai Yezhov, seated on the right, was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938 and oversaw the “Great Terror.” Under his command, hundreds of thousands were executed and millions more imprisoned in gulags. Yezhov’s zeal for purges gave rise to the term “Yezhovshchina,” a synonym for terror itself. Yet, in the paranoid world of Stalin’s inner circle, even the executioner was not safe. Yezhov was eventually denounced, arrested in 1939, and accused of conspiracy. His deputy, Lavrentiy Beria, the man seated beside him in this photograph, replaced him. Beria would go on to control the NKVD throughout World War II, overseeing mass deportations, executions, and political repression across the Soviet Union. His reputation for cruelty was matched by his notorious abuses of power, including widespread sexual violence. According to persistent rumors, Beria himself strangled Yezhov during his execution, a symbolic transfer of power from one chief of terror to the next. Though the story is debated, the fact remains that Yezhov was erased from official photographs and history, while Beria became Stalin’s most feared lieutenant until the dictator’s death in 1953. © History Pictures #archaeohistories

@BUCS_4821 @GovRonDeSantis Absolutely! Reading all three volumes can fundamentally change how you look at Communism. Anyone who supports that ideology is either ignorant, incompetent, evil, or some combination of all three. I now understand the Left's obsession with protecting criminals.

@GovRonDeSantis This should be mandatory reading in all schools.

Three years ago, I signed legislation to designate November 7th as Victims of Communism Day in the state of Florida. This morning, I visited Miami’s newly restored Freedom Tower to remember the 100 million lives lost to tyrannical communist regimes around the world. We remember those who demonstrated courage, made sacrifices and endured hardship while fighting for freedom and against communism. We must ensure that students learn the lessons of history, recognize the destructiveness of Marxism-Leninism, and appreciate the founding principles of the American republic.

@archeohistories It reminds me of the trauma experienced when I wrote my master's thesis. I almost lost my soul in the process too.

Codex Gigas, also known as Devil's Bible, a medieval illuminated manuscript, created in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia, now a region in the modern-day Czech Republic. It is spanning 92cm in length and weighing 74.8kg, Codex Gigas is composed of 310 leaves of vellum claimed to be made from skins of 160 donkeys or calfskins. It is largest medieval manuscript in world written in 13th Century AD. Book seems to be simultaneously a Bible, a grimoire, a historical text, and guide to healing. It is also only Bible that contains an illumination of Devil. Even more mysterious is that this book was written by a single hand. Creation of this would have taken one man decades to complete. According to legend, Codex was created by Herman the Recluse, a Benedictine monk who lived in monastery of Podlažice near Chrudim in (modern Czech Republic) during 13th Century. Herman broke his monastic vows and was sentenced to immurement by being walled up alive. He would be released upon completing a book that encapsulated all earthly knowledge, a feat that would have taken many years to complete. The practice of immuring nuns or monks was usually reserved for those who broke a vow of chastity, with such examples being described in historical accounts during 17th Century AD. Another version of the legend describes how Herman was walled up and left to die from starvation or dehydration, but pleading with the Abbot, he was granted one year to complete the works. As midnight of the last night of the year approached, Herman realised the impossible task before him, so he made a special prayer, not addressed to God but to fallen archangel Lucifer, asking him to help him finish book in exchange for his soul. Devil completed manuscript and monk added devil's picture out of gratitude for his aid. According to some sources, Herman drew the devil’s portrait on page 577 of his manuscript in gratitude, shown as a squatting horned creature with red horns, a green face, two tongues and clawed arms outstretched. The doubling of tongues evokes negative associations with serpents (which have forked tongues), a metaphoric reference to dishonest human beings. Codex is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, containing complete Vulgate Bible, as well as other popular works, all written in Latin. Between Old and New Testaments are a selection of other popular medieval reference works: Josephus’s Antiquities of the Jews and De bello iudaico, Isidore of Seville’s encyclopaedia Etymologiae, the chronicle of Cosmas of Prague and numerous medical works. It is also speculated that inscription of various exorcism spells is monk trying to exorcise devil out by himself. Monastery was destroyed some time in 15th Century AD, during Hussite Revolution. Records in codex end in year 1222 AD. Shortly after it was written; over the centuries, Codex passed hands between Cistercian monks of the Sedlec Monastery, Benedictine monastery in Břevnov, as it was pawned by Benedictines to Cistercian monks of Sedlec Monastery where it remained for 70 years. Benedictine monastery in Břevnov reclaimed bible around end of 13th Century AD. From 1477-1593 AD, it was kept in library of a monastery in Broumov until it was taken to Prague in 1594 AD, to form a part of collections of Emperor Rudolf II. At end of Thirty Years' War in 1648 AD, entire collection of books of Rudolph II, including Codex, was taken as war booty by Swedish army. Since 1649 AD, manuscript is in Swedish Royal Library in Stockholm. 📷 : A man examining the Codex Gigas, the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92cm, at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden in 1906. (📷©julius.colorization) #archaeohistories

@CALITAUGHT @crazycopvideos Yes, it absolutely was.

@crazycopvideos Was it necessary to shoot so much after the poor guy was already down….. 🫠

@loverboyband @sammyhagar Great show last night in Bristow, VA! Thanks for bringing back many memories from the 80's.

We are very excited to be kicking off the tour with @sammyhagar and band tomorrow in West Palm Beach, Florida. See you soon! Haven't got your tickets yet? You can find all tour dates and tickets at link in bio.