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@archeohistories They were absolutely lovers. Calling them close friends is an insult.

When Alexander the Great’s beloved companion Hephaestion died, Alexander threw him a lavish funeral worth around $200,000,000. He also had a 60m high pyre commissioned, with 7 layers of golden objects. Hephaestion was also worshipped as a divine hero. Shrines were erected in his memory. Hephaestion’s death in 324 BC, was one of the greatest personal blows to Alexander the Great. The two had been inseparable since childhood, often compared to the legendary pair Achilles and Patroclus. When Hephaestion suddenly fell ill and died in Ecbatana (modern-day Iran), Alexander was devastated. Ancient sources describe him mourning intensely, cutting his hair in grief, and refusing food for days. The funeral was extraordinary even by royal standards. Ancient historians estimated the cost at 10,000 talents of silver, equivalent to hundreds of millions in modern terms. A massive pyre, reportedly 60 meters high, was constructed with multiple tiers decorated with gold, sculptures, and military trophies. Alexander also ordered cities across his empire to honor Hephaestion as a divine hero, blurring the lines between man and god. This event foreshadowed Alexander’s own death less than a year later, when plans were underway to dedicate Hephaestion’s cult more broadly. The funeral shows not only the depth of Alexander’s grief but also the immense resources he commanded at the height of his empire. Some scholars argue that the scale of Hephaestion’s funeral was second only to Alexander’s own, reflecting how central their bond was to the mythology of his reign. 📷 : Roman marble busts, believed to be of Alexander the Great and his closest friend, Hephaestion.  (Altes Museum) #archaeohistories

@MarioBrothBlog Always by the ears

In a 1996 interview about Super Mario 64, Shigeru Miyamoto said he really wanted to make Mario throw MIPS the Rabbit by his ears, and would have done it if the team had just one more month.

I guess he was just another useful idiot. I wonder how many people Fox has killed over these past few years with their rhetoric. youtu.be/Yf-G6TUv3ck via @YouTube #fuckfoxnews #CovidIsntOver #COVID19 #CovidVaccine #news

Inspiring speech from the Michigan State Senator #MalloryMcMorrow #LGBTQ #lgbtqpride #ItGetsBetter #Democrats #DemocracyUnderThreat twitter.com/MalloryMcMorro…

👍"Disney, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, announced that their family would match up to $250,000 in donations to the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy group," #LGBTQ #Disney #Itgetsbetter #transrights #GoodNews nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-ne… via @nbcnews

Bomb that hit train station had "For the Children" written on its side" #KramatorskMassacre #RussianWarCrimes #UkraineUnderAttack #DemocracyUnderThreat #RussianWarCrimesInUkraine washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/…

@AnnieForTruth A coked-out orgy of deplorables?

What do you call this?!!

#Ukraine #BuchaMasacre #UkraineRussianWar #BREAKING Possible Evidence of Russian Atrocities: German Intelligence Intercepts Radio Traffic Discussing the Murder of Civilians spiegel.de/international/… via @derspiegel

Dropping some truth here

Brian Schatz telling Josh Hawley to go fuck himself is worth a watch.

Adults and children had to share space in the basement of a school with dead neighbors for days. People were used as human shields by Russians. #Ukraine #Yahidne #GenocideOfUkrainians #DemocracyUnderThreat bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Father (unarmed) killed by Russian soldier in front of son. #russiawarcrimes #Ukrainian #GenocideOfUkrainians #Bucha BBC News - War in Ukraine: 'I saw a Russian soldier shoot my father dead in Bucha' bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

#RussianUkrainianWar #WarCrimes #Ukraine #DemocracyUnderThreat BBC News - Ukraine war: Ukraine investigates alleged execution of civilians by Russians bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

I can't understand why any American would be conservative republican these days. Either u are willfully ignorant or just evil. There's no other word for it. #fucktrump #GOPRussianAssets #Hypocrites #news youtu.be/9N51XCEoQJ4

Every single House member who voted to keep Russia’s most favored nation trade status is a Republican. Every. Single. One.

If WWIII is upon us, then go for the no fly zone. Let's go! #ClosetheSkyoverUkraine #UkraineRussianWar #DemocracyUnderThreat

That's Depressing #LGBT #LGBTQ #Guatemala BBC News - Guatemala Congress shelves same-sex marriage ban bbc.co.uk/news/world-lat…

BBC News - Marina Ovsyannikova- "I'm ashamed that I allowed myself to tell lies from the television screen. Ashamed that I allowed Russians to be turned into Zombies," she explained. "We just silently watched this inhumane regime." #MarinaOvsyannikova bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

#UkraineUnderAttack #RussianUkrainianWar #DemocracyUnderThreat

Noooooooooo #WilliamHurt nytimes.com/2022/03/13/art…