Exactly. Don’t ever say they fight for women’s safety. More locals attach women than migrants, in my personal experience.
This emerging "peace deal" (if in fact it's actually real this time) does nothing but restore where we were four months ago.
$50 billion dollars, 13 dead Americans, and soaring gas prices, just to re-open a strait that was already open. The Art of the Deal.
There last few weeks shows how deeply principled and decent people can be, even when going through the most terrible pain. Their grace stands in stark contrast to those who would exploit their suffering for political gain.
A necklace with lotus-shaped pendants, made of faience.
Lotus was an important symbol in ancient #Egypt. It was associated with rebirth and rejuvenation.The plant was also valued for its pain-relieving properties. Ca 1,400 BC, from Theben.
On display at Neues Museum, Berlin.
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Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains its original pigments!
Looks similar to a modern-day set!
An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II.
📷 Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680
#Archaeology
Elina Grigoriou (she/her)
Cats make the world a better place.
Saw a Roman aqueduct today..was quite impressed 😮😉
The astonishing C1st AD Pont du Gard in Provence, built to provide Roman Nimes with water as part of a 30 mile network. No mortar used - and still standing 1900 years later
Incredible engineering
📷 My own, today
