MAGA is dead, and the next two years are just an elaborate funerary ritual
November 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
MAGA is dead, and the next two years are just an elaborate funerary ritual
Sometimes, the title of a chapter leaves you no choice but to buy the entire book.
"Funerary Practices Most Fowl: Patterns of Symbolic Chicken Deposition Through Iron Age and Roman England."
What's it about? I have no idea. But I want to know what "Symbolic Chicken Deposition" is.
"Funerary Practices Most Fowl: Patterns of Symbolic Chicken Deposition Through Iron Age and Roman England."
What's it about? I have no idea. But I want to know what "Symbolic Chicken Deposition" is.
November 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Sometimes, the title of a chapter leaves you no choice but to buy the entire book.
"Funerary Practices Most Fowl: Patterns of Symbolic Chicken Deposition Through Iron Age and Roman England."
What's it about? I have no idea. But I want to know what "Symbolic Chicken Deposition" is.
"Funerary Practices Most Fowl: Patterns of Symbolic Chicken Deposition Through Iron Age and Roman England."
What's it about? I have no idea. But I want to know what "Symbolic Chicken Deposition" is.
Some have suggested that the authors of the Iheren paintings may have been the same people who built the so-called keyhole-shaped funerary monuments in the Central Sahara .
November 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Some have suggested that the authors of the Iheren paintings may have been the same people who built the so-called keyhole-shaped funerary monuments in the Central Sahara .
Funerary #monument (17th c.) inside the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. #31DaysofGraves Day31: #Mementomori #memorial #funeraryart #anzmem #photography #blackandwhitephotography #classicmono #fotografia #death
October 31, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Funerary #monument (17th c.) inside the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. #31DaysofGraves Day31: #Mementomori #memorial #funeraryart #anzmem #photography #blackandwhitephotography #classicmono #fotografia #death
Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/97116
November 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/97116
“After attending to the funerary rites of my honored father, I will…personally pay the WRP a visit - to meet Xiao Jiu…”
the girl reading the letter aloud covers her mouth in shock
the girl reading the letter aloud covers her mouth in shock
November 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
“After attending to the funerary rites of my honored father, I will…personally pay the WRP a visit - to meet Xiao Jiu…”
the girl reading the letter aloud covers her mouth in shock
the girl reading the letter aloud covers her mouth in shock
Before you (I) fall into obsessive midterm coverage, take a break and learn about the lost history of funerary violin. Then take a smaller commercial break, and learn about the history of the lost history of funerary violin.
A Real Sad Song
Podcast Episode · The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong · November 3 · 1h 10m
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November 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Before you (I) fall into obsessive midterm coverage, take a break and learn about the lost history of funerary violin. Then take a smaller commercial break, and learn about the history of the lost history of funerary violin.
Lucy Wadeson's article "Depicting the dead: sculpted funerary portraits at Petra" was published recently in the journal "Levant".
Read: buff.ly/2qGJqwQ
#ClassicsBluesky #OpenAccess #Archaeology
Read: buff.ly/2qGJqwQ
#ClassicsBluesky #OpenAccess #Archaeology
November 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Lucy Wadeson's article "Depicting the dead: sculpted funerary portraits at Petra" was published recently in the journal "Levant".
Read: buff.ly/2qGJqwQ
#ClassicsBluesky #OpenAccess #Archaeology
Read: buff.ly/2qGJqwQ
#ClassicsBluesky #OpenAccess #Archaeology
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Three Stone Age Caves Reveal Continual Cannibalism (Gift Article)
A tour of the three caves in southern Spain suggests that people in the area cannibalized one another as funerary practice over many generations.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
also, worth noting, in both the chinese and japanese practice, you always fold the left side of the garment on top. done right over left, as the woman in the ice cream has done, is for funerary practices. so this biracial icon is also dead
November 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
also, worth noting, in both the chinese and japanese practice, you always fold the left side of the garment on top. done right over left, as the woman in the ice cream has done, is for funerary practices. so this biracial icon is also dead
For #ReliefWednesday, how does a C19 Romantic English painter use ancient relief to inform his art? In 1819, #Turner visited the palazzo #Corsini to sketch ancient marbles, starting with the carved altar of L. Camurtius Punicus. #classicalreception #AncientBluesky 🏺
November 5, 2026 at 12:47 AM
For #ReliefWednesday, how does a C19 Romantic English painter use ancient relief to inform his art? In 1819, #Turner visited the palazzo #Corsini to sketch ancient marbles, starting with the carved altar of L. Camurtius Punicus. #classicalreception #AncientBluesky 🏺
Tanner shows up at your door like this; wdyd?👻
Happy Halloween, everyone!🎃
Happy Halloween, everyone!🎃
October 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Tanner shows up at your door like this; wdyd?👻
Happy Halloween, everyone!🎃
Happy Halloween, everyone!🎃
Other examples are private funerary monuments: Roman families chiseling away disgraced relatives' names to excise them from their own lineage's history.
Here's a 1st-century funerary inscription of the Vennius family (Naples), where the last line, originally bearing a name, was chiseled away.
Here's a 1st-century funerary inscription of the Vennius family (Naples), where the last line, originally bearing a name, was chiseled away.
November 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Other examples are private funerary monuments: Roman families chiseling away disgraced relatives' names to excise them from their own lineage's history.
Here's a 1st-century funerary inscription of the Vennius family (Naples), where the last line, originally bearing a name, was chiseled away.
Here's a 1st-century funerary inscription of the Vennius family (Naples), where the last line, originally bearing a name, was chiseled away.
#OnThisDay in 1922, the first step down to Tutankhamun's tomb were discovered in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was found largely intact, unlike most royal burials in the valley.
#Tutankhamun #Egyptology #archaeology
Image Credit: Tut's funerary mask, Wikimedia Commons
#Tutankhamun #Egyptology #archaeology
Image Credit: Tut's funerary mask, Wikimedia Commons
November 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#OnThisDay in 1922, the first step down to Tutankhamun's tomb were discovered in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was found largely intact, unlike most royal burials in the valley.
#Tutankhamun #Egyptology #archaeology
Image Credit: Tut's funerary mask, Wikimedia Commons
#Tutankhamun #Egyptology #archaeology
Image Credit: Tut's funerary mask, Wikimedia Commons
My review article “Palmyra: portraits, archives, sarcophagi, and catalogs” is out in Journal of Roman Archaeology!
On Palmyrene funerary portraits, archival archaeology, and the future of object catalogs.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
On Palmyrene funerary portraits, archival archaeology, and the future of object catalogs.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
Palmyra: portraits, archives, sarcophagi, and catalogs | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Cambridge Core
Palmyra: portraits, archives, sarcophagi, and catalogs
doi.org
November 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
My review article “Palmyra: portraits, archives, sarcophagi, and catalogs” is out in Journal of Roman Archaeology!
On Palmyrene funerary portraits, archival archaeology, and the future of object catalogs.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
On Palmyrene funerary portraits, archival archaeology, and the future of object catalogs.
doi.org/10.1017/S104...
You used to work for a funerary home, right? Do you work for one currently? Does it scare you?
November 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
You used to work for a funerary home, right? Do you work for one currently? Does it scare you?
Now echoing from the dungeon depths:
🕯️ "Funerary Trees of the Black Crystal Forest" by Spellthrone
Tape Hunt: https://bandcamp.com/search?q=Spellthrone%20Funerary%20Trees%20of%20the%20Black%20Crystal%20Forest
Listen Live: https://kobold.messy.quest
#DungeonSynth #FantasyAmbient #TapeMusic
🕯️ "Funerary Trees of the Black Crystal Forest" by Spellthrone
Tape Hunt: https://bandcamp.com/search?q=Spellthrone%20Funerary%20Trees%20of%20the%20Black%20Crystal%20Forest
Listen Live: https://kobold.messy.quest
#DungeonSynth #FantasyAmbient #TapeMusic
November 4, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Now echoing from the dungeon depths:
🕯️ "Funerary Trees of the Black Crystal Forest" by Spellthrone
Tape Hunt: https://bandcamp.com/search?q=Spellthrone%20Funerary%20Trees%20of%20the%20Black%20Crystal%20Forest
Listen Live: https://kobold.messy.quest
#DungeonSynth #FantasyAmbient #TapeMusic
🕯️ "Funerary Trees of the Black Crystal Forest" by Spellthrone
Tape Hunt: https://bandcamp.com/search?q=Spellthrone%20Funerary%20Trees%20of%20the%20Black%20Crystal%20Forest
Listen Live: https://kobold.messy.quest
#DungeonSynth #FantasyAmbient #TapeMusic
Halloween funeral 🐈⬛💔🕯️
October 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Halloween funeral 🐈⬛💔🕯️
They need to (ahem!) bone up on funerary & death rituals.
October 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
They need to (ahem!) bone up on funerary & death rituals.
• Her penchant for talismans
• Red is auspicious and protective
• The number four as portent; prevailing belief gives it meaning so it shouldn't be regarded lightly
• The regard of north as a profane direction
• Chopsticks shouldn't be stuck upright in rice except as a funerary offering
• Red is auspicious and protective
• The number four as portent; prevailing belief gives it meaning so it shouldn't be regarded lightly
• The regard of north as a profane direction
• Chopsticks shouldn't be stuck upright in rice except as a funerary offering
November 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
• Her penchant for talismans
• Red is auspicious and protective
• The number four as portent; prevailing belief gives it meaning so it shouldn't be regarded lightly
• The regard of north as a profane direction
• Chopsticks shouldn't be stuck upright in rice except as a funerary offering
• Red is auspicious and protective
• The number four as portent; prevailing belief gives it meaning so it shouldn't be regarded lightly
• The regard of north as a profane direction
• Chopsticks shouldn't be stuck upright in rice except as a funerary offering
Marble grave relief with a funerary banquet and departing warriors. Greek, Hellenistic, C2nd вc. Two brothers, sons of Apollonios, are shown in both reliefs; their names are inscribed below. The In the collections of The Metropolitan Museum NYC (1992 1992.11.58). Photo is my own.
#ReliefWednesday
#ReliefWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Marble grave relief with a funerary banquet and departing warriors. Greek, Hellenistic, C2nd вc. Two brothers, sons of Apollonios, are shown in both reliefs; their names are inscribed below. The In the collections of The Metropolitan Museum NYC (1992 1992.11.58). Photo is my own.
#ReliefWednesday
#ReliefWednesday
Good recent sci fi - I loved The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui. Solitary monk sent to do funerary rites on an ancient spaceship has to deal with the attention of friendly archaeologists and a hostile engineer; but then people start getting murdered
November 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Good recent sci fi - I loved The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui. Solitary monk sent to do funerary rites on an ancient spaceship has to deal with the attention of friendly archaeologists and a hostile engineer; but then people start getting murdered
Sonia's highlight for this month's ‘A Dozen Discoveries’ is an image of cartonnage fragments from the sub-archive of our Graeco-Roman Branch. The upper row displays three elaborately decorated cartonnage funerary masks which represent idealised images of the deceased.
🗺️ More on Facebook/Instagram!
🗺️ More on Facebook/Instagram!
November 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Sonia's highlight for this month's ‘A Dozen Discoveries’ is an image of cartonnage fragments from the sub-archive of our Graeco-Roman Branch. The upper row displays three elaborately decorated cartonnage funerary masks which represent idealised images of the deceased.
🗺️ More on Facebook/Instagram!
🗺️ More on Facebook/Instagram!
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ ÖZGEN, HÜSEYİN MURAT (2026). The Reşitharmanyeri Rock-Cut Tomb: A Hybrid Late Classical–Early Hellenistic Funerary Monument in the Territory of Adramytteion. 𝐶𝐸𝐷𝑅𝑈𝑆: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, (14), 363–390. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
▶ ÖZGEN, HÜSEYİN MURAT (2026). The Reşitharmanyeri Rock-Cut Tomb: A Hybrid Late Classical–Early Hellenistic Funerary Monument in the Territory of Adramytteion. 𝐶𝐸𝐷𝑅𝑈𝑆: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, (14), 363–390. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
The Reşitharmanyeri Rock-Cut Tomb: A Hybrid Late Classical–Early Hellenistic Funerary Monument in the Territory of Adramytteion
This article presents the Reşitharmanyeri Monument, a rock-cut funerary structure of probable Late Classical–Early Hellenistic date, uncovered during the Reşitköy Dam rescue excavations in the rural t...
doi.org
November 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ ÖZGEN, HÜSEYİN MURAT (2026). The Reşitharmanyeri Rock-Cut Tomb: A Hybrid Late Classical–Early Hellenistic Funerary Monument in the Territory of Adramytteion. 𝐶𝐸𝐷𝑅𝑈𝑆: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, (14), 363–390. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
▶ ÖZGEN, HÜSEYİN MURAT (2026). The Reşitharmanyeri Rock-Cut Tomb: A Hybrid Late Classical–Early Hellenistic Funerary Monument in the Territory of Adramytteion. 𝐶𝐸𝐷𝑅𝑈𝑆: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, (14), 363–390. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#SFFChat intro & A1: hi, I’m Monti.
I haven’t given much thought to which death and funerary practices are my favourite… i don’t really think about that much
Sorry
I haven’t given much thought to which death and funerary practices are my favourite… i don’t really think about that much
Sorry
Hello!!! It's the other worm on duty tonight! 🪱🪦
#SFFChat Q1 Introduce yourself and share what death/funeral practices are important to you?
#SFFChat Q1 Introduce yourself and share what death/funeral practices are important to you?
October 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
#SFFChat intro & A1: hi, I’m Monti.
I haven’t given much thought to which death and funerary practices are my favourite… i don’t really think about that much
Sorry
I haven’t given much thought to which death and funerary practices are my favourite… i don’t really think about that much
Sorry