We Were Supposed To Stay Young

Dan. 22 years old. New Jersey. Rowan University. The Straight Edge. Exit 12. RBNY / NYI / NYG / NYM / NYK. Pro Wrestling nerd. Comic book reader. Video game player. PMA all day. This is my girlfriend. :3 http://isafishtacoshapedlikeafish.tumblr.com/

[tetsuyanaito]

 We just shocked…we just shocked the world! Look at this guy! Brand new IWGP Heavyweight Champion, The Phenomenal, AJ Styles!

[indycena]

[hiitsmekevin]

[bigelangstonarchive-deactivated]

[idontlikewrestling]

DANIEL BRYAN IS PRO WRESTLING

[monkeychusetts]

WWE FUTURE MADE.

[kiia8bitw]

[indycena]

"And this week, I think, might be his toughest challenge yet - Cesaro." […] "Ya know, he’s the guy that no one’s gonna see comin’. He’s the guy they’re not gonna be lookin’ for." - Triple H on Cesaro.

[bear-onica]

"PUNK NO MORE!"

[zoomerbro]

[honorheartskill]

Ayumi Kurihara says goodbye to professional wrestling.

[ancient-egypts-secrets]

Apis (in Greek) was the old bull god of Memphis.

One bull was chosen from marks on its body and theologically he was considered to have been born by a virgin cow impregnated by the local creator god Ptah. The animal was well fed and all measures were taken for its well-being. When Apis was well the live stock of the country was thought to be the same.  After years of care it was ritually slaughtered by drowning and the search for a new one began. Parts of the bull were then eaten in a sacramental meal and the rest of the body was embalmed.

Worshipping bulls is known since cattle breeding began in around 7000 B.C. and was with time spread over the whole eastern Mediterranean region. 

[thealgerian]

'This photo, taken in 1940, shows an insanely detailed model of downtown Los Angeles, a WPA project that was displayed at the Museum of Natural History. The photo is one of hundreds in a new Taschen book called “Los Angeles: Portrait of a City”.'

[peashooter85]

Civil War Mercenaries in Egypt, 1870’s

In 1869 a representative of the Khedive of Egypt met with Gen. William T. Sherman for advice in hiring three experienced American officers to serve in the Egyptian Army.  The Khedive of Egypt was Isma’il Pasha, son of the Ottoman Emperor and a man who was on a quest to modernize the Egyptian military.  Sherman recommended to Pasha three names, all of whom were experienced Civil War officers; Maj. Gen. William Loring (Confederate, pictured top left), Brig. Gen. Charles Pommeroy Stone (Union, bottom left), and Brigadier Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley (Confederate, bottom right).  The three men in turn recruited another 50 officers and NCO’s, all of whom served either the Union or Confederacy during the Civil War.  Once in Egypt they were met by another American, a former Union Colonel named Thaddeus P. Mott (pictured bottom right).  An adventurer, globetrotter, and soldier of fortune who was a veteran of wars in Italy and Mexico, Mott had been recruited by Pasha earlier in the year.

The purpose of hiring these men was very clear.  In the 19th century the mighty Ottoman Empire had declined significantly.  Isma’il Pasha believed that in order to survive the empire and Khedive of Egypt had to modernize its military, which was decades behind the West in terms of doctrine, tactics, and technology.  Pasha believed that outside help was needed.  He chose Americans because after the American Civil War, there were many unemployed veterans who were experienced in modern warfare.  Furthermore, the United States had little interest in the empire, and thus were a neutral party.  It was Pasha’s intention as Khedive (viceroy) to use these men to modernize the military forces under his command in Egypt.

Once in Egypt the American mercenaries set to work supervising the reformation of the Egyptian military.  This included the construction of new coastal fortifications, training of the army, and the founding of an officers school headed by American officers.  During the years the American advisers made great strides in reforming the Egyptian military, however progress was often shaky at best.  Many Egyptian officers and soldiers were offended by the American’s arrogant and/or racist attitudes towards them.  Many of the Americans refused to learn Arabic, creating a linguistic barrier between themselves and the men they commanded.  Finally Union and Confederate rivalries also flared up resulting in fist fights, brawls, and even duels among the mercenaries.

By 1874 Isma’il Pasha began to have dreams of conquest and glory with his new army.  In 1875 he annexed Darfur, then he turned his attention towards the conquest of Ethiopia.  The Americans expected Pasha to give command of the expedition to William Loring, who held the rank of fareek pasha (Major General).  However command was given to Ratib Pasha, an ex-slave who served the former Khedive of Egypt.  The was an incredibly foolish move as Ratib had little military qualifications.  The Ethiopians, however, were fully prepared for war and had raised a massive army.  After purchasing modern weapons and receiving military training from British military advisers, the Ethiopians were ready to do battle.   At the Battle of Gurwa the poor leadership of Ratib Pasha caused the outnumbered Egyptian Army to be slaughtered.  Many Egyptians pointed the blame at the Americans despite the inept leadership of Ratib.  Eventually the disillusioned Americans returned home.  Those who remained were eventually dismissed due to budget cuts.  Only Thaddeus P. Mott remained.  He moved to Turkey and served in the Ottoman Army, fighting against the Serbians and distinguishing himself at the Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo Turkish War.

[vintageblack2]

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife, Lucille, in front of the Sphinx and Great pyramids in Giza, Egypt, 1961.

[lordozner]

The Wilton Dyptich (1395-99), with the earliest lively portrait of an English King, Richard II of Plantagenet, Edward’s of Woodstock son, heir to Edward III. Richard, kneeling, is introduced to the Virgin Mary and Christ (who blesses the Plantagenet) by three saints, John the Baptist, Saint Edward the Confessor and Saint Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia. In the outer side there are two different images, one is the heraldry of the King, that of England (fleurs de lys and rampant lions) impaled with the invented one of Edward the Confessor (a cross and nithingales); the other is the King’s emblem, a white hart, gorged by a crown.

Richard magnificent robes are embroidered with harts and rosemaries, and he wears a necklace with plante de genis (which gave name to the dinasty, as Godfrey of Anjou used to put plante de genis on his helmet and hats), and a livery badge with the white hart.

Richard II was dethroned by his cousin Henry of Bolingbroke, duke of Lancaster, who was crowned as Henry IV in 1399. A year later, 1400, Richard was murdered.

[eretzyisrael]

These earliest pictures of Jerusalem were taken ​​in 1844 by French photographer and draughtsman Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804 – 1892), who was active in the Middle East.  

In 1844, Jerusalem was a small town with a population of 15 thousand people on the outskirts of the Ottoman Empire.

Remarkably, his photographs were only discovered in the 1920s in a storeroom of his estate and then only became known eighty years later.

Girault de Prangey studied painting in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts and in 1841 he learned daguerreotypy, possibly from Louis Daguerre himself or from Hippolyte Bayard.

Girault de Prangey was keenly interested in the architecture of the Middle East, and he toured Italy and the countries of the eastern Mediterranean between 1841 and 1844, producing over 900 daguerreotypes of architectural views, landscapes, and portraits.

via janglo