re: latest reblog: Riding? At the very least we can say males from the herd were more expendable for ritual purposes since like, you could ask a neighbor if their hottest stud can cover x many mares
Were they really riding around on horses a lot or were some of the stock for sport like horse fighting? I remember that medievalists.net shared someone’s article about rules gleaned from various Icelandic texts
Vikings who settled in Iceland more than 1,000 years ago valued their horses so much that the men were buried with their trusty steeds. And DNA analysis of these treasured animals recently proved that the horses consigned to the grave with their manly owners were males, too.
For decades, archaeologists have studied the contents of hundreds of Viking graves in Iceland. Many of these graves also contained the remains of horses that appeared to have been healthy adults when they died.
Because the horses seemed well cared for in life — before they were killed and buried, that is — they were considered to be important to the men whose remains lay nearby. Recently, scientists conducted the first ancient DNA analysis of bones from 19 horses in Viking graves, and found that nearly all of the animals were male, a tantalizing clue about vanished Viking culture. Read more.
“skip dinner and become thinner” more like “skip dinner and you have an eating disorder please get help”
“a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips” more like “a moment on the lips is okay to have, please take care of yourself in this lifetime”
“every time you eat you delay becoming skinnier” more like “every time you eat you give your body the nutrients it needs in order to survive, please keep surviving”
“you’ll be able to wear whatever you want when you get to your ugw” more like “you’ll be able to wear whatever you want now because fashion =/= weight”
“Don’t reward yourself with food your not a dog” more like treat yourself because you’re amazing and deserve happiness
This is actually really helpful thanks
I love this post for how it politely demolishes destructive pro ana/mia mantras i love it
“if you can pinch an inch” congrats you have skin and flesh like all humans
I… I… thanks… for sharing this cause I needed a lot.. hopefully anyone who follows me and needs can benefit from it too…
I really wish this was a thing I saw a few years ago, but I’m glad it’s circulation is moving strong. Just like you my wonderful followers <3<3<3 be brave darlings, I believe in you
Take care of yourself, guys. Eating is good for you, your body needs it or it will shut down. If you feel like you need to get healthier or lose weight, there’s tons of ways you can do that, that doesn’t put your body in danger. NEVER STARVE YOURSELF
Excavation work led by the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute team has unearthed a large urban villa dating back to the early New Kingdom, about 1500-1450 B.C.E. The findings at the site of Tell Edfu in southern Egypt include a large hall containing a rare and well-preserved example of a domestic shrine dedicated to family ancestors.
“It has been more than 80 years since such a shrine for the ancestors was discovered in Egypt, and the ones we did have were rarely within an undisturbed context,” said Nadine Moeller, associate professor of Egyptian archaeology at UChicago, who leads the Tell Edfu Project excavation with Oriental Institute research associate Gregory Marouard.
Located about 400 miles south of Cairo in the Nile Valley, the ancient city of Tell Edfu was a provincial capital occupied for nearly 3,000 years. The archaeological fieldwork has excavated settlement remains and monuments from Egypt’s Old Kingdom (ca. 2400 B.C.E.) Read more.
Goddess Ops, reverse of a brass sestertius of Antoninus Pius, 2nd century CE. Image source: forumancientcoins.com
Ops, or Opis, is a Sabine goddess and the sister-wife of Saturn. Their reign was known for peace and prosperity, a time when the earth produced abundant food without human toil. Ops represents that abundance, and her symbols are a sheaf of grain and a scepter. She was eventually superseded by the Roman goddess Abundantia, who holds an overflowing cornucopia as her attribute.
A temple dedicated to Ops stood on the Capitoline HIll, near the temple to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Some scholars believe that standard weights used to regulate commerce and agriculture were stored there, under the protection of the goddess. This temple was so sacred that only the Pontifex Maximus and the Vestal Virgins were permitted to enter.
Today, December 19th, is the Roman festival of Opalia. The goddess Ops is honored during the Saturnalia as a reminder that all wealth originates in the bountiful earth.
One of the ways I honor Ops throughout the year is by saving the ashes from incense I burn at my altar, and mixing it with the soil in my garden. This could be done indoors, by mixing a small amount of the ash in the soil of potted plants. Be careful not to use too much directly around plants - the ash is alkaline, and raises the pH of the soil.
~ Amphora (Storage Jar).
Date: ca. 530-520 B.C.
Culture: Etruscan
Artist: Attributed to the Ivy Leaf Group
Medium: Terracotta, decorated in the black-figure technique.
