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torviin

more of my little freak since i colored the expressions i drew

dullyn

All Arthurian ladies are unshaven everywhere and I need yall to remember that.

Like they got hair on their legs, pits, pubis. They are not smooth as a dolphin bro.

Hollywood makes us forget this with their portrayals of medieval era women with perfectly plucked eyebrows and hairless everythings.

lefay-if

Heck yeah

bush-or-bald

I hate to break this to you, but no. This is false.

Shaving body hair was not invented by modern cosmetics companies. It has gone in and out of style for centuries. In Roman times, shaving the body was considered a mark of civilized women vs barbarians. Given that Arthur is historically tied to the late Roman/sub-Roman period, there is a high likelihood that at least some of the more refined and Romanized ladies like Guinevere are, if not smooth as a dolphin, aspiring to dolphin smoothness.

If we're talking about medieval times, that's pretty broad, but if you mean the age of knights and chivalry, I have more bad news. Due to the cultural influence of Islam (which encourages men AND women to remove body hair), the High Middle Ages marked a resurgence of body hair removal for affluent European ladies that continued into the renaissance, not just through shaving but through some very nasty chemicals that should not be allowed anywhere near anyone's genitals.

Sources/further reading:

Female hair removal: a story as old as time. Adopt (or don't) the tips of beauty influencers of bygone times. Alternatively, turn to Venus.

"When the skin feels hot, wash quickly with hot water so the flesh doesn’t come off"

coolseabird

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rabbitkinglune777

funky bunny boys

rabbitkinglune777

another experimental art piece featuring my fursona. been inspired by the 70s lately

rabbitkinglune777

when I experiment I worry I'm making stuff that people won't understand but I'm encouraged by ppl I know that what I do is good so I keep going.

al-mayriti

So, Casas del Turuñuelo in Guareña (Badajoz) is probably the most fascinating and important active archaeological site in Spain right now; it is a tartessic site, from the 6th-5th century BCE, extremely well preserved, and every excavation campaign shows incredible findings. Keep in mind, we know very little about the Tartessians, and the core of where they inhabited is either flooded or heavily populated, making it very hard to excavate. This site is at the northern edge of the sphere of influence of the civilization, pretty inland, and that's why it has been able to be fully excavated. I have already made posts about the masks , alphabet, and greek altar that were unearthed in previous excavations, in case you want to take a look at them.

This year, they unearthed this 5th century bronze chariot:

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This is a votive chariot, dedicated to an unknown deity, that probably held myrrh or incense, and was used in ceremonies. It is decorated with the head of greek river god achelous between two griffins. here's a closer look at one of the griffins and of achelous:

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apart from the greek elements, the structure of the chariot is reminiscent of etruscan ones, which further cements the idea that tartessians had a close relationship with other mediterranean peoples, and that there could even be greeks, etruscans, or other groups, living in tartessos!!! we already know that a lot of phoenicians were settled in this area, so it wouldn't be to far-fetched to assume tartessos was quite a diverse multi-cultural society. It is also especially relevant that all of this appeared far from the oldest and central parts of the culture, in the hinterlands, which indicates that in urban areas this intermixing of cultures was definitely more intense.

here are some relevant articles (in spanish) about the findings: here, here, and here

al-mayriti

Found an article in English!