CHARTED THINGS

the explorations of seth shawky.

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WORLD  RENOWNED  ARCHAEOLOGIST  SETH  SHAWKY  IS  ON  THE  HUNT  FOR  LOST  TREASURE  .  FIND  HIM  AT  @shawky

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THIS  BLOG  IS  BEING  ARCHIVED  ,  please  follow  me  at  @shawky​

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[ncutii-gatwa]

Rami Malek by Greg Williams for British Vogue (September 2021)

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Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

[dawn0fsanity]

RAMI MALEK + 7 Characters • Louis Dega (Papillon)

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please donate to the palestinian children’s relief fund or any of these other organizations doing work in palestine! any little bit, even just $10, can help relieve some of the suffering under the settler-colonial occupation!

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the pcrf’s offices in gaza got bombed today (link) (link), two days after i posted this. i have no adequate words for how horrified and disgusted i am.

the pcrf has an excellent charity score. you can donate to their urgent gaza relief fundraiser by clicking this link. if you can’t, spreading information about the crisis is valued by the palestinians living in conditions that the human rights watch describes as an apartheid state.

if you would like to do some easy and very clear reading on palestine, i highly recommend decolonizepalestine.org.

[dawn0fsanity]

Hello, again. Long time no… whatever it is we do. I missed you. Where did you go? Did you leave or did I?

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intrepid /ɪnˈtrɛpɪd/     adjective      fearless; adventurous    ﹙    often used for rhetorical or humorous effect     ﹚    .            

  #𝙸𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙿𝙸𝙳𝚂      ,       an  independent  take  on   𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧    from     hergé’s     les adventures de tintin   comics.            18+   only,     mutually  exclusive.   as  reported  by    𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 .

[fawnaura]

Ruins that are not ruins, but hymns of luminous memory.

Hélène Cixous, from Coming to Writing and Other Essays (Harvard University Press, 1992)(via bellsofatlantis)

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UNHOLYWOOD​

can you seek adventure  &  truth, lara croft?   she supposes the answer is better asked;  are they exclusive of one another?   he inspires you.   what is truth  &  what is yours can be adventure in itself.  remember;   tell stories,  they needn’t all be yours   &   in fact,  at times,  it’s more fun when they aren’t.    

“  i don’t think i’ve ever seen you this excited,  “   it had promise.  her eyes simmer in the dimly lit passage way,  hands skirting against the sides of the passage as she follows almost exactly in his footsteps  (  cautiously,  considering the state of the venus fly-trap like metal contraptions obstructing a straight-forward entrance ).  

“  the lost hall of records–  shawky,  you found it?  “   not a single archaeologist had found evidence of it but here they stood,  dust encroached  &   breathing amongst mythic history.  the treasure is always records.  it is never gold,  it is never silver or precious stones;   no ore,  no preserve but history written in ink.  but this wasn’t why he was excited.  she tries to follow his the jitter of such joviality,   still peering with curiosity in express  &  bright in the warm complexion of her features.   look around. take it in.  no one has been here in hundreds of years.  

❝  CAN  YOU  BELIEVE  IT  ?  ❞  his  trembling  ,  exhilarated  voice  echoes  somewhat  through  the  cavernous  room  ,  catching  the  attention  of  a  few  fellow  explorers  down  below  .  some  wave  up  at  them  from  their  posts  ,  gazes  abandoning  the  relics  and  records  to  acknowledge  shawky  and  lara’s  triumphant  arrival  .  ❝  it  was  a  MESS  getting  into  this  place  ,  of  course  .  always  is  .  but  we  had  the  approval  and  help  of  the  department  of  antiquities  here  in  egypt  ——  everything  was  done  by  the  book  .  MOSTLY  .  ❞  shawky  gestures  to  the  pathway  leading  down  into  the  depths  of  the  room  ,  offering  his  arm  or  hand  to  lara  if  she  needs  help  with  balance  (  when  really  ,  it’s  clumsy  shawky  who  needs  the  assistance  )  .  ❝  traps  were  extreme  .  puzzles  were  complicated  .  wish  you’d  been  here  to  help  ,  honestly  .  ❞  shawky  beams  over  at  lara  as  they  make  their  way  down  .  ❝  you  would  have  seen  me  trip  at  least  seven  different  times  .  quite  the  sight  .  nearly  broke  my  glasses  .  ❞

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hi all, palestine’s going through a mass genocide right now and really needs help, here are a few ways you can do that

palestine children’s relief fund: provide urgent humanitarian care for children in gaza

anera: provide on-the-ground emergency relief

medical aid for palestinians: emergency relief for women and children, psychosocial support, disability help, other medical needs

doctors without borders: medical teams on the ground treating injured palestinians as needed

feel free to add on in the notes, notify me if any of the fundraisers listed arent necessary/actually helpful to donate to, and let me know if anything needs added on/modified

as always, if you cant donate then please share and spread awareness

UPDATE: this post has been edited to remove an organization by the UN (details in reblog by @petite-elf )

UPDATE: companies to boycott have been added due to the direct harm they cause towards palestinians (c. @/sleepallsummer, letstalkpalestine on instagram)

Caterpillar: Caterpillar bulldozers are regularly used in the demolition of Palestinian homes and farms and in Israel’s massacres in Gaza

HP: Hewlett Packard helps run the ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement

Puma: Puma sponsors the Israel Football Association, which includes teams in Israel’s illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

SodaStream: SodaStream home drinks machines are one of Israel’s best known exports.

Ahava: Ahava cosmetics are another of Israel’s best known export companies.

Sabra: Sabra hummus is a joint venture between PepsiCo and the Strauss Group, an Israeli food company that provides financial support to the Israel Defense Forces.

Motorola: Provides Israeli military, police, prisons and immigration authority with communication technology

For more information, see bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp, investigate.afsc.org, whoprofits.org

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Dr. Ramadan Hussein and his Indiana Jones moment

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𝙸𝙽𝚃.  𝙷𝙰𝙻𝙵-𝙴𝚇𝙲𝙰𝚅𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳  𝚃𝚄𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻𝚂  𝙱𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝙷𝙴  𝚂𝙿𝙷𝙸𝙽𝚇  -  𝙳𝙰𝚈

❝  HERE  ——  HERE  !!  JUST  DOWN  THIS  WAY  .  ❞  he’s  convinced  lara  to  meet  him  in  egypt  ,  and  now  he’s  guiding  her  down  winding  tunnels  meticulously  carved  into  the  rock  .  they  slip  past  dozens  of  already-sprung  traps  (  he  won’t  go  into  detail  about  them  and  the  chaos  they  caused  )  ,  further  down  into  the  catacombs  of  hidden  passageways  ,  until  ,  like  a  great  ,  rejuvenating  gasp  of  air  ,  the  walls  widen  into  a  vast  space  .  before  them  ,  deep  beneath  the  sands  and  stone  of  the  great  sphinx  of  giza  ,  a  giant  room  .  hundreds  of  ancient  scrolls  covered  in  dust  .  relics  ,  statues  ,  carvings  ,  coins  .  a  most  miraculous  sight  ,  the  room  littered  in  other  archaeologists  and  excavators  all  working  on  the  find  .  

shawky  turns  to  his  friend  ,  the  biggest  smile  on  his  face  .  it’s  clear  he’s  never  been  happier  .  ❝  FOUND  THIS  LAST  WEEK  .  welcome  to  the  lost  hall  of  records  ,  lara  .  there’s  something  i  need  to  show  you  .  ❞

with  @unholywood​

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Saudi Arabia’s ancient rock tombs hidden away in the desert wilderness. Photo Jack Morris

[rhera]

She was coming to Europe to find something that was way back in the back of her mind. A wonderful, mystical, magical miracle.

Venice in SUMMERTIME (1955) directed by David Lean