Den Fuckinglla Lilla Stjärnan

"Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?"

[artist-egger-lienz]

Sturm, 1925, Albin Egger-Lienz

https://www.wikiart.org/en/albin-egger-lienz/sturm-1925-1

[evictedfromdreamland]

Scenes from the battle of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war illustrated by Denis Bazuyev, 2003-09.

[sixpenceee]

A video of a sun dog. Sun dogs or phantom suns, are when there is a pair of bright spots on either side on the Sun. This happens when light interacts with ice crystals in the atmosphere, much like a sun halo. Sun dogs are best seen and are most conspicuous when the Sun is low. (Source)

More bizarre world posts here: sixpenceee.com/tagged/world

[sr-tortugo]

If you say the magic words when this hapens you will open the portal to another world

[pattern-53-enfield]

having friends on the other end of the political spectrum

[artist-belsky]

Landscape, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky

https://www.wikiart.org/en/nikolay-bogdanov-belsky/landscape

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[heiligetod]

The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015)

[shit-archaeologists-say]

We’re the closest thing to pirates. We swear a lot, we dig for treasure, and we drink.

Very drunk classmate explaining archaeology to a group of med students (via shit-archaeologists-say)

[ancientorigins]

1,300-year-old fortress-like structure on Siberian lake continues to mystify experts

It is one of the most mysterious archaeological sites in Russia – an ancient complex engulfing a small island in the center of a remote lake in the mountains of southern Siberia. At first glance, it appears to be an ancient fortress, its perimeter of high walls constructed to keep out enemies. However, others have proposed the 1,300-year-old structure may have been a summer palace, monastery, memorial complex, ritual center, or astronomical observatory. More than a century after its rediscovery, experts are no closer to understanding the secrets of these enigmatic ruins.

Read more…

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[lambdageneration]

Chuck Jones, one of the concept artists behind many of Half-Life’s iconic character designs such as the Vortigaunt and Snark, recently shared some of his work from his time at Valve on ArtStation.

Whilst many of these images have been previously published in Raising the Bar and other places, they are now available in stunning high-resolution.

[vintageeveryday]

Photos of Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989.

[towel-pisser-nationalism]

Ah, I see they too lied about the success of their foreign adventures to a domestic audience.

[historicaltimes]

German Wehrmacht General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad in a stockade in Aversa, Italy, on December 1, 1945.

via reddit

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