Dec 9, 2024
🇮🇹 The ancient Greek theatre of Taormina on Sicily, Italy - captured by Wilhelm von Gloeden in 1888
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🇮🇹 The ancient Greek theatre of Taormina on Sicily, Italy - captured by Wilhelm von Gloeden in 1888
could you maybe do a species in Platerodrilus, preferably paradoxus? it's one of my favorite beetle genera!!
Your wish is granted!
Meet Platerodrilus paradoxus! Female one is on the right a giant larva looking because they kinda stay at that stage but males transforms into the beetle on the right side. They are ancient endangered species protected by law and they are from Sarawak. I hope you guys like it!
Chemistry behind Tyrian purple
Tyrian purple, also known as Tyre purple or Royal purple, is a reddish-purple natural dye extracted from certain species of sea snails in the Muricidae family. These snails secrete a yellow defensive mucus when stimulated, which gradually turns purple through complex chemical reactions after exposure to light. As early as around 1600 BC, the ancient Phoenicians in the eastern Mediterranean began using this dye.
Tyrian purple has strong coloring power, and the dyed fabric fades from purple to red and then to pink over time, appearing even more vibrant. However, the extraction and production process of Tyrian purple is labor-intensive. It takes about 12,000 dye-producing snails to produce 1.4 grams of pure dye, barely enough to dye a single garment edge, making Tyrian purple extremely precious at the time. Around 1000 BC, Tyrian purple was exported to Rome and other regions, and only the privileged class could wear this color. Through modern technological analysis, "6,6'-Dibromoindigo" has been identified as the primary coloring component in Tyrian purple.
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It was an old song, old as the breed itself - one of the first songs of the younger world in a day when songs were sad.
Jack London, The Call of the Wild, 1903
Angkor Wat, 2022
Glyptothek Munich - One of the oldest Museums for acient arts
The museum features sculptures dating from 650 BCE to 550 CE
My friend and I made a discord server
Check out the All the Ancient Greece whores community on Discord - hang out with 12 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Join if you want ig