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Fayum Mummy Portraits, dating from around 30 BC to the mid 3rd century AD. 

The portrait heads were attached to Egyptian mummies of the Roman period, covering the faces of the deceased In the top pictures, you can see now they were bound to the mummy. Dating from the time of the Roman occupation of Egypt, they are closest to Graeco-Roman artistic traditions. Around 900 are known to survive and they are some of the only surviving evidence of Classical panel painting traditions. Due to their burial in hot, dry conditions with the bodies, many have survived in excellent condition. 

The term Fayum comes from an area of graveyards (necropoli) where they were found in large numbers, buried in communal catacombs. 

gertrude and gerard, taking this shit in:

me, currently listening to the tapes from my comfortable spot in another dimension:

martin is very done with all this apocalypse bullshit

[image description: a four panel digital comic with saturated colors. the speech bubbles are yellow and the backgrounds are fairly simple.

the first panel pictures a closeup of jonathan sims from the magnus archives with martin blackwood lagging behind him. jon is a south asian man with long dark hair streaked with gray. he has circular worm scars on his cheeks and a slanted scar on his neck, and he wears a purple jumper and a smug expression. martin, behind him, is a fat southeast asian man with short black hair and freckles. he wears a blue hoodie and a tired expression as he says, "is it much farther?" to which jon replies, "yes."

the second panel shows a pale hand holding up a can as martin, wearing a green hoodie this time, looks at it with a skeptical expression. the woman that the hand belongs to says, "we have food!" martin says, "what. food." the red label on the can reads, "IT'S A MYSTERY!"

the third panel pictures martin hanging upside down being held only by strings of web that are wrapping his body. there's a large spiderweb behind him, and his surroundings are dark.

the fourth panel shows a bright blue sky with clouds and a silhouette of a cliff with a small ladder hanging down it. three silhouettes of martin, jon, and basira stand on the cliff. the silhouette of martin, holding a much smaller jon's hand, holds out his middle finger and shouts, "SERIOUSLY?"

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push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.

get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.

stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.

buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.

buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.

strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.

organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.

have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.

push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.

message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.

think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.

become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.