Come and See / Idi i Smotri (1985) dir. Elem Klimov
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The Devil’s Kettle
Located in the Judge C. R. Magney State Park in northern Minnesota, Devil’s Kettle is a split waterfall. One side of the waterfall flows into Lake Superior, but the other half flows into a massive hole but people are unsure as to where it flows into.
People have tried using ping pong balls, GPS devices, and logs to track the waterflow but have been unable to find an answer. People have fallen in never to be found again nor have the bodies washed up anywhere else.
In a lot of ways we know the answer. The water has to end up somewhere. It flows downhill and almost certainly ends up in Lake Superior. We just don’t know HOW.
Ramesses II making an offering to the god Amun-Re
A detail of a wall carving depicts the kneeling king Ramesses II making an offering to the seated god Amun-Re in his ram-headed form. Inside the Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Lower Nubia.
(via egypt-museum-deactivated2021071)
Yesterday I said that bookmobiles are an instant reblog. Today, I learned that rule also applies to book donkeys.
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Shield of King Tutankhamun Slaying His Enemies
Among the military equipment found in the tomb of Tutankhamun were eight shields, four of which are ceremonial and are of openwork wood, incised and gilded. On this shield, a winged sun disk curves around the top, protecting the king who is shown with a scimitar in one hand and holding two lions by their tails in his other hand. The lions symbolize the enemies of Egypt.
Behind the king, the vulture goddess Nekhbet, spreads out her wings for the king’s protection. Below, a band of decoration suggests the mountains of the desert. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 61576