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WaPost Article: A new chapter in the world’s oldest story

20 New Lines from The Epic of Gilgamesh Discovered in Iraq, Adding New Details to the Storythe [Sulaymaniyah] museum has a matter of policy paid smugglers to keep artifacts from leaving the country, no questions asked. The tablet was acquired by the museum in late 2011 as part of a ( Read more... )

Originally posted by drhoz at YES
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Heeeey so fun fact: the woman in that painting is Lavoisier’s wife, Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze, who not only acted as Lavoisier’s lab assistant but also translated English and Latin texts into French so he could read them. But ( Read more... )

You're familiar with Life Hacks? Little tricks designed to make things easier?

Here's one on how to jury-rig a CO2 scrubber to allow you to breath in your Luna module for an extended period

You know, in case it ever comes up ^^

Rejected Disney Princesses- a bunch of pictures of historical and fairy tale women done disney-style, with descriptions.

Some would be too bloody for Disney, some too creepy, some seem like they'd be really awesome, but it's worth looking through them in any case ^^

Two Medieval Monks invent Cartography

A fun page :)

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Originally posted by drhoz at Nice Tatts

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You all know how you hear medieval armor is so heavy/bulky and if you fell down in it, you couldn't get back up?

Well, here's some armor and it's actual weight for real reference :)


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