Affectionate peacock
Relief of a Honeybee
In ancient Egyptian mythology, honeybees were believed to be born from the tears of the Sun God, Ra. Bees are a hieroglyph that occurs as parts of titles of state, but most frequently as part of the title of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, rendered nswt-bjtj (interpreted as “He of the Sedge and the Bee”).
Detail of a carving in the Karnak Temple Complex.
On this day, 17 August 1795, a group of around 40 enslaved Black people on the Dutch colony of Curaçao rebelled, starting a mass revolt on the island. They informed their “owner” that they would not be his slaves, then they left and began freeing other enslaved people and gathering weapons. The rebellion lasted just over a month until the leaders were captured and killed, however it forced the granting of new rights to those enslaved.
Pictured: a monument to uprising https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1503783916473420/?type=3
