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Rereading Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum in order to try to make sense of the conspiracy theorizing I've encountered too much of lately
It's a fantastic read that is still relevant for our 21st c world
Rome could not have been Rome without North Africa
From the imperial ambitions jumpstarted from wars with powerful Carthage, to the wealth and prosperity of the North African provinces that stabilized the Roman economy
Even some of Rome’s emperors were African
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And I love how these Gorgons from the Acropolis Museum turned out #Selfie2Anime
I recently discovered #Selfie2Anime (h/t @schwa_umlaut) and thought it'd be fun to try converting some cool archaeology pics to anime
Check out the Athenian Acropolis
I'm guessing that's because potato leaves and flowers resemble nightshade, a terrible poison used in magic spells (sometimes to communicate with daimons) https://t.co/ZisPQAzn5p