lovesthai

Librarian by day, Tumblr-obsessed by...well, anytime, actually. My other latest obsessions are Sherlock, Elementary, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Zombies, Run!, Once Upon a Time, anything by Joss Whedon, and Siamese cats. :)

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Geeking Out about the Amarna Pavement and Amelia Peabody

Time for an Ancient Egypt geek-out!

I’ve been rereading the first Amelia Peabody book, Crocodile on the Sandbank (you can read through quotes from this book I love dearly in my “quote all the AP” tag), and I’m legitimately excited to get to the section talking about the Pavement in Amarna.

Why?  Because I’ve seen some of the Amarna Pavement, and I’m going to share my pictures and info with you!

(also, moment to say how cool it is that the Amelia Peabody books talk about real Ancient Egyptian artifacts and features that you can see; sure, it’s historical fiction–fabulous historical fiction!–but you’ll also learn some super sweet stuff)

On with the cool stuff!  Seriously, it’s cool.  Armchair Egyptology, whoo!

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[lovesthai]

THE Pavement at Amarna from Crocodile on the Sandbank!! How awesome is this???

[lovesthai]

What the heck, FB Marketplace??

[nikaalexandra]

so, tumblr gave me the wrong idea about supernatural

[cunked]

supernatural subtitles

[starshipentrprise]

YOU’RE MISSING MY FAVORITE ONE:

[the-common-sensor-deactivated20]

these are tears streaking down my face people

[sassygaygrantaire]

WHAT ABOUT THE HISSES AT LUCIFER ONE

[deadpai]

[rumtumteddy]

YOU ARE MISSING THE BEST ONE

[lovesthai]

I always watch with the captions on, and sometimes I shout “WHAT???” at the captioner.

[justynarerak]

SuperNatural Winchester Bros

[kaity--did]

Urban legend states that if you say supernatural 3 times the fandom will appear with a totally relevant gif.

[lovesthai]

I’ll give it a shot. Perhaps they can find something positive related to libraries/librarians.

Supernatural

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Supernatural

[lovesthai]

Supernatural

[kaity--did]

Urban legend states that if you say supernatural 3 times the fandom will appear with a totally relevant gif.

[lovesthai]

I’ll give it a shot. Perhaps they can find something positive related to libraries/librarians.

Supernatural

[lovesthai]

Supernatural

[kaity--did]

Urban legend states that if you say supernatural 3 times the fandom will appear with a totally relevant gif.

[lovesthai]

I’ll give it a shot. Perhaps they can find something positive related to libraries/librarians.

Supernatural

[barkycatbros]

When the kittens learned that there was a whole house outside their guest room. (Sound up for Siamese sonar.)

[cobracadabra]

Hollywood Director S14E06

[365daysinalife]

Whose Line is it Anyway - Props

[lovesthai]

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[warandpeas]

On The Edge

[warandpeas]

R E S P E C T

[queenmab3]

Why you should take note of Amelia Peabody

Victorian lady Egyptologist feminist detective (I mean y'all this woman is such a BAMF)

Book series written by a female Egyptologist

Amelia is better than basically everyone

Saw skirts as a nuisance and designed her own working costume of “divided trousers” and gave no fucks if anyone didn’t like it

Organized as shit and basically takes charge of every situation

Diverse and multi-cultural family (aka fuck your societal norms)

Did I mention the Victorian feminist Egyptologist detective bit??

Puts up with none of your gendered bullshit (uses her parasol as a weapon like yeah I’ll show you a delicate lady!)

Makes fun of Victorian detective novels whilst being an amateur Victorian detective (can throw so much shade you don’t even know)

Decided she wouldn’t marry, because most men thought women were inferior and she would be having none of that

When she did decide on a husband, it was one that fully supported her awesometude (seriously think about that pic of Will Smith and Jada on the red carpet- the one with the arms. And that’s basically her hubs but with a lot more Victorian swearing)

Cats! There are so many amazing cats throughout this series. The cats are also better than everyone.

She thinks it’s stupid that a woman be shamed for running off with a man that turned out to be an asshole. Mistakes are mistakes it doesn’t make her a ‘fallen’ woman in Amelia’s eyes.

An honestly amazing love story between her and the hubs that is realistic and not the typical ‘man saving weak lady’ business

19 books covering almost 40 years of this woman’s amazing adventures in Egypt, so tons of material

Seriously, just go read all the stories you probably won’t regret it.

Or listen to the audiobooks- Barbara Rosenblatt is so amazing and I swear her Emerson is gold

[becausewhoseline]

Brad aces his guesses and everyone goes nuts

[lovesthai]

Even -I- was going nuts sitting on my sofa!!

[lovesthai]

What Whose Line Cast Members Wish For When They Blow Out Their Birthday Candles-Colin

(via “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Memes & Quotes)