Dinknesh

of antiquities and oceans

[naturalsceneries]

Iskanderkul, Tajikistan

via Squishterland

[emotional-algebra]

She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don’t apply to you.

Terry Pratchett (via emotional-algebra)

[gotraveling]

Mountains of Tajikistan ~ by Daniel Korzhonov

[nitrons]

room inspiration (via UO)

[cravingsatmidnight]

Salad with Salmon

[galaxyoffoodie]

[liebesdeutschland]

Freudenberg (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

[ancientpeoples]

Marble Female Figure

4500-4000 BC

Final Neolithic Period

Cycladic

The figure represents a rare type known as steatopygous, characterized by particularly full legs and buttocks, and is undoubtedly indicative of fertility.

(Source: The Met Museum)

[mini-girlz]

Incredibly feminine neolithic figurine

[macrolit]

Moving some books around. That’s the only time there’s (temporarily) space on my shelf.

[dinknesh]

Glänzen sah ich das Meer, und blinken die liebliche Welle, Frisch mit günstigem Wind zogen die Segel dahin. Keine Sehnsucht fühlte mein Herz; es wendete rückwärts, Nach dem Schnee des Gebirgs, bald sich der schmachtende Blick. Südwärts liegen der Schätze wie viel! Doch einer im Norden Zieht, ein großer Magnet, unwiderstehlich zurück.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Venetian Epigrams XCVI

[africansouljah]

[gardenofgod]

Alder Cones and Hoar Frost, by Eric James.

[furstyphoto]

[ancientcoins]

Silver Penny of Olof Tribute-King of Sweden, 990s CE, minted in Sweden in imitation of the coinage of Ethelred II of England

Ancient Scandinavia, though aware of coinage from areas as far distant as Sassanian Persia, was slow to adopt the use of coinage itself, preferring to use un-struck silver bullion or coins of other countries as it’s currency. Viking raids on England in the 980s encouraged the silver-rich English to bribe King Olof to stop the attacks, which flooded modern Sweden with large numbers of coins. This encouraged the Scandinavian kings to begin to strike their own coins, modeled on those of the English. The coins coincided with the gradual solidification of separate kingdoms in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, so we see the names of the local rulers on the coins

The portrait may appear crude but is actually a fair rendering in comparison with other contemporary coinages, it is, however, an imitation of Ethelred’s portrait, rather than a representation of Olof. The lettering at this time was done through the use of triangular punches, which explains its strange, blocky character. The reverse shows the cross, indicating the spread of Christianity which was slowly coming to Scandinavia at this time.

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[the-cozy-room]

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[dinknesh]

Amsterdam

[foodfuck]