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The seven eras of ancient Greece

“Troy has perished, the great city. Only the red flame now lives there.The dust is rising, spreading out like a great wing of smoke and all is hidden. We now are gone, one here, one there. And Troy is gone forever.Farewell, dear city. Farewell, my country, where my children lived. There below, the Greek ships wait.” ―  Edith Hamilton, Mythology

Troy by James Horner (Troy 2004) // 3200 Years Ago by James Horner (Troy 2004)   Pompeii by Bastille // Ancient Cities by Two Steps From Hell // Return Of The Birds by Mediaeval Baebes // Coming Home by Skylar Grey // Wonders Of The New World by Hans Zimmer (The Road To El Dorado) // Ode to Ancient Rome: Shield of Aeneas by Bettina Joy De Guzman & Michael Levy // Rain At Last by Joseph Loduca (Spartacus) // No Life Without You  by Joseph Loduca (Spartacus) // Kings & Queens by Thirty Seconds to Mars // Nowhere Warm by Kate Havnevik // Icarus by Bastille // Go The Distance by Michael Bolton (Hercules) // Flowers of the Storm by Azam Ali and Loga Ramin Torkian // The Tempe of Poseidon by James Horner (Troy 2004) // Message for the Queen by Tyler Bates (300) // Remember Us by Tyler Bates (300) // A Beach of Bodies by Junkie XL (300: Rise of an Empire) // Strength and Honor by Hans Zimmer (Gladiator) // Odyssey (Modern Version) by The Flight & Emma Rohan (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey) //  Things We Lost In The Fire by Bastille // Elysium by Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerard (Gladiator) // Remember by Josh Groban (Troy 2004)

22 YEARS AGO ON DECEMBER 18, 1998 - DREAMWORKS ANIMATION RELEASED “THE PRINCE OF EGYPT”

Because DreamWorks was concerned about theological accuracy, they decided to call in Biblical scholars, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim theologians, and Arab American leaders to help the film be more accurate and faithful to the original story. After previewing the developing film, all these leaders noted that the studio executives listened and responded to their ideas, and praised the studio for reaching out for comment from outside sources.

The animation team for The Prince of Egypt included 350 artists from 34 different nations. Careful consideration was given to depicting the ethnicities of the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, and Nubians properly.

Both character design and art direction worked to set a definite distinction between the symmetrical, more angular look of the Egyptians versus the more organic, natural look of the Hebrews and their related environments. The backgrounds department, headed by supervisors Paul Lasaine and Ron Lukas, oversaw a team of artists who were responsible for painting the sets/backdrops from the layouts. Within the film, approximately 934 hand-painted backgrounds were created.

This is Hatshepsut’s mummy:

From this 2007 Nat Geo article 

You can also read this Reuters article on it too.

This:

Isn’t Hatshepsut

It’s actually her Wet Nurse (Getty Images links)

What’s happened is, is that Hatshepsut died of bone cancer (carcinogenic face cream kids!), and seems to have been buried in KV60. This tomb is actually the tomb of her Wet Nurse, whose body was identified immediately and then there was another ‘unidentified female’ in the tomb. In 2007 the other woman was identified because she was missing a molar, and everyone thought ‘hang on a hot second, don’t we have a tooth in a box that we definitely know is Hatshepsut’s?!’ So they tested the DB320 “canopic box” tooth and the teeth from this unidentified female, and it turns out they’re a DNA match! We found Hatshepsut!

When this was announced, the Cairo museum displayed both Hatshepsut (the first image) and her wet nurse (the image everyone thinks is Hatshepsut) together and the media got them mixed up when labelling photographs, which has led to years and years worth of confusion by the general public. 

“the position of ‘ruler of Babylon’ has been vacant for a few years, hasn’t it?”

“well, someone has to translate those ancient curses in movies”

scream “ΒΡΕΚΕΚΕΚΕΞ ΚΟΑΞ ΚΟΑΞ” and run away

“destroy Carthage”

start reciting the Iliad and don’t stop until the person leaves

“I was thinking of killing a giant in Lebanon, losing my bro and going on a subsequent quest for immortality, what do you think?”

say nothing and keep building that sweet Hittite chariot you’re going to use to become a new superpower

“I’m going to construct a fort with all the Loeb books I own and never come out”

“bold of you to assume my studies will ever be over”

In the mid-80s, HIV/Aids terrified the world because of a lack of understanding as well as misinformation. In April 1987, Princess Diana opened the UK’s first purpose built HIV/Aids unit that exclusively cared for patients infected with the virus, at London Middlesex Hospital. In front of the world’s media, Princess Diana shook the hand of a man suffering with the illness.