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onlyalittlelion: breakingnews: Medieval knight found beneath a Scottish parking lot TIME: The tomb of a medieval nobleman that was discovered during building work at a Scottish parking lot will likely be moved to make way for a new environmental development, the BBC reports. The ornately carved grave was found amid the ruins of a 13th century monastery in the Old Town area of Edinburgh. The site has been earmarked for a rainwater-harvesting tank for the city’s new Centre for Carbon Innovation. Photo: Grave of a medieval knight that has been discovered under an old city car park in Edinburgh. #onlyalittlelion #i realize it’s not another king richard iii #but still i feel like i need to tag you in tags #because apparently everyone ever is found under parking lots now#even though that isn’t surprising actually at alll #whatever i’m tired welcome to my thought process in tag form #the point is that i thought of you Apparently I’m the go-to girl for dead medieval dudes in parking lots

onlyalittlelion:

breakingnews:

Medieval knight found beneath a Scottish parking lot

TIME: The tomb of a medieval nobleman that was discovered during building work at a Scottish parking lot will likely be moved to make way for a new environmental development, the BBC reports.

The ornately carved grave was found amid the ruins of a 13th century monastery in the Old Town area of Edinburgh. The site has been earmarked for a rainwater-harvesting tank for the city’s new Centre for Carbon Innovation.

Photo: Grave of a medieval knight that has been discovered under an old city car park in Edinburgh.

#onlyalittlelion #i realize it’s not another king richard iii #but still i feel like i need to tag you in tags #because apparently everyone ever is found under parking lots now#even though that isn’t surprising actually at alll #whatever i’m tired welcome to my thought process in tag form #the point is that i thought of you

Apparently I’m the go-to girl for dead medieval dudes in parking lots

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mamasam: afternoonsnoozebutton: nprfreshair: Boston.com: Research scientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Albert Lin gallops across the steppes of northern Mongolia as he searches for Genghis Khan’s tomb and other archaeological sites. (Photo by Mike Hennig) Albert Lin is a major badass. He’s an archaeologist who uses groundbreaking technology to figure out what’s below the surface without ever actually breaking the soil. On top of being incredibly cool, this new, noninvasive approach to archaeology is more culturally respectful and much less destructive. Also, he’s a pretty good looking guy. Move over, Indiana Jones. EVEN BETTER THAN INDIANA JONES. Actual award winning “2010 Adventurer of the Year” <3

mamasam:

afternoonsnoozebutton:

nprfreshair:

Boston.com:

Research scientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Albert Lin gallops across the steppes of northern Mongolia as he searches for Genghis Khan’s tomb and other archaeological sites. (Photo by Mike Hennig)

Albert Lin is a major badass. He’s an archaeologist who uses groundbreaking technology to figure out what’s below the surface without ever actually breaking the soil.

On top of being incredibly cool, this new, noninvasive approach to archaeology is more culturally respectful and much less destructive.

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Also, he’s a pretty good looking guy. Move over, Indiana Jones.

EVEN BETTER THAN INDIANA JONES. Actual award winning “2010 Adventurer of the Year” <3

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badmoonraisin:

I am reading an essay called Male-Male Desire in Pharaonic Egypt (by Alex Clayden) which is actually pretty good

but

I just need to draw attention to this little gem of a pick-up line

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Attention, followers: you now know how to write “nice ass” in hieroglyphics.

all i ever wanted out of life tbh

This needs to be a shirt. a keychain. A STICKER FOR A CAR.

This is in case anybody needs to describe Jonathan Toews in hieroglyphics sometime.

what use was my degree if i didn’t learn this?

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cheyennecc: raspuma: Scientists examine a 15-year-old girl who lived in the Inca Empire, then was sacrificed and remained frozen for 500 years….Unearthed in 1999 from the 22,000-foot summit of Mount Llullaillaco, a volcano 300 miles west of here near the Chilean border, their frozen bodies were among the best preserved mummies ever found, with internal organs intact, blood still present in the heart and lungs, and skin and facial features mostly unscathed. No special effort had been made to preserve them. The cold and the dry, thin air did all the work. They froze to death as they slept, and 500 years later still looked like sleeping children, not mummies.  This is “the maiden” and she is extraordinary. After a CAT scan or two it was determined that she had tuberculosis. Do you know what this means?!?!? It means that tuberculosis was a preexisting condition and not initially brought over to the Americas by Europeans. WOW

cheyennecc:

raspuma:

Scientists examine a 15-year-old girl who lived in the Inca Empire, then was sacrificed and remained frozen for 500 years….
Unearthed in 1999 from the 22,000-foot summit of Mount Llullaillaco, a volcano 300 miles west of here near the Chilean border, their frozen bodies were among the best preserved mummies ever found, with internal organs intact, blood still present in the heart and lungs, and skin and facial features mostly unscathed. No special effort had been made to preserve them. The cold and the dry, thin air did all the work. They froze to death as they slept, and 500 years later still looked like sleeping children, not mummies.

 This is “the maiden” and she is extraordinary. After a CAT scan or two it was determined that she had tuberculosis. Do you know what this means?!?!? It means that tuberculosis was a preexisting condition and not initially brought over to the Americas by Europeans. WOW

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