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me in the bronze age telling my friend how I got bred by a general, high priest, and donkey vender all in one night
Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said.
We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.
Here’s an awesome little piece of history:
Archaeologists in the Burnt City have discovered what appears to be an ancient prosthetic eye. What makes this discovery exceptionally awesome is the striking description of how the owner and her false eye would have appeared while she was still alive and blinking:
[The eye] has a hemispherical form and a diameter of just over 2.5 cm (1 inch). It consists of very light material, probably bitumen paste. The surface of the artificial eye is covered with a thin layer of gold, engraved with a central circle (representing the iris) and gold lines patterned like sun rays. The female remains found with the artificial eye was 1.82 m tall (6 feet), much taller than ordinary women of her time. On both sides of the eye are drilled tiny holes, through which a golden thread could hold the eyeball in place. Since microscopic research has shown that the eye socket showed clear imprints of the golden thread, the eyeball must have been worn during her lifetime. The woman’s skeleton has been dated to between 2900 and 2800 BCE.
So she was an extraordinarily tall woman walking around wearing an engraved golden eye patterned with rays like a tiny sun. What an awesome sight that must have been.
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Wow.
SOMEONE DRAW HER PLEASE
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW AN ANCIENT CRAFTSMAN WAS PRESENTED WITH PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HELP TO NORMALIZE THEIR DISABILITY. AND THEN SAID ‘NAH FUCK THIS WE’RE GOING TO
MAKE YOU LOOK BADASS.’
i love her
i still love her
I love her!!!
OK I have watched MANY videos and here it is for all you kids to learn your viral/meme video history, here are some premium vintage meme fodder:
Hampster Dance (1998)
Rejected (2000)
All Your Base (2001)
Tidus Laughing (2001)
The End of the World (2003)
Badger Badger Badger (2003)
Hyakugojyuuichi!!! (2003)
GI Joe PSAs (2003)
Llama Song (2004)
Banana Phone (2004)
Ddautta (There She Is!) (2004)
Charlie the Unicorn (2005)
Cillit Bang (2006)
Caramelldansen (2006)
Metal Gear Awesome (2006)
Leekspin (2006)
Marissa Stole the Precious Thing (2006)
The Mysterious Ticking Noise (2007)
Powerthirst (2007)
Paffendorf (2007)
Splash Attack (2007)
Caipirinha Dance (2007)
I Take a Potato Chip… (2007)
Nico Nico Douga Medley (2007)
Ronald McDonald Ran Ran Ru (2008)
Danjo (2008)
Giga Pudding (2008)
The Ultimate Showdown (2008)
Balsamic Vinegar (2008)
Sakura-Con Commercial (2009)
Shamwow (2009)
Slapchop (2009)
OK GO- Here It Goes Again (2009)
Stu Making Chocolate Pudding at 4 AM (2010)
HEYYEYAA (2010)
Galo Sengan (2011)
There are probably more that I’m missing. Some of these videos are part of a series (GI Joe, Potter Puppet Pals) and I didn’t count shitty videos like those idiot laughing babies.
Oh my fucking god, I was a retro memer
I can’t believe we’re already calling Charlie the Unicorn vintage, I feel so old
Charlie the Unicorn would be in 6th grade if it was a person.
GI JOEEEEEE
and don’t forget these classics
They’re Taking The Hobbits To Isengard (2006)
Numa Numa (2006)
The Gummy Bear Song (2007)
The Duck Song (2009)
White & Nerdy (2009)
Trololo (2010)
Nyan Cat (2011)
Anyone remember Mr. T Vs Unicron (2003)?
FUCK
can’t believe there’s no mention of the most iconic of them all: WTF Bomb, ima firin my lazar, and Ninja Info Cards
How could this list not include the greatest 2007 meme of all time, the dramatic reading of a break up letter???: https://youtu.be/MBHOL1PcPR8
What about -
Chocolate Rain (2007)
Fork in the Garbage Disposal (2007)
I Can Break These Cuffs (2008)
Do You Like Waffles? (2008)
Fukkireta (2010)
Spitting While Kissing (2011)
Navy Seal Copypasta (2012)
Someone add lllams with hats. I can’t believe potter puppet pals is 10 years old now
The ancient times
Wow I managed to miss a few of these back in the day. I’m not sure whether I regret that.
the navy seal copypasta could not POSSIBLY have come out in 2012. there is no FUCKING way.
I hope in the future there’s such a thing as meme archeology
Pharaoh Ramses II’s Egyptian passport, issued in 1976 for passage to France nearly three millennia after his death.
In order to leave the country, Egypt required anyone leaving the country, living or dead, to have the proper papers. Seemingly the first mummy to receive one, Ramses had his occupation listed as “King (deceased).” Bibliothèque Infernale on FB
Archaeology News
Ancient Greek guy talking to Ancient Greek artist: so what kind of art do you do?
Ancient Greek artist: handsome muscle boys
Ancient Greek guy: nice, love that
deadoakenshield-deactivated2021 asked:
My uni only offers history but I love anything pre-roman and because the degree requirements are literally “take this many credits of any history classes” I’m doing mostly early humanity
