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This is the first ever entirely unraveled papyrus scroll from the great Herculaneum library. In its entirety. The technology that allowed us to do this will make it easier to unravel every single one of the thousands of scrolls still waiting to be read within the library.

Herculaneum was buried in ash thousands of years ago, along with Pompeii. The above text is Philodemus’ On Gods, written around the 1st century BC. Other Hellenistic works are expected to follow it. Upwards of twenty-five-thousand scrolls are thought to still be down there. Tantalizing us.

Philodemus is thought to be the owner of the villa and a philosophy enthusiast, hence the abundance of such texts already discovered and partially decrypted before now. In my mind, this is the most important historical innovation of the millennium. This will revolutionize our understandings of Greece and Rome. It’s already helped us discover the precise location of Plato’s tomb.

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List of things I hope are in there:

Lost Thamyris play

Lost Io play

Lost Memnon play

Live footage of Hera and Iris kissing on the mouth

Full Homeric Hymn to Demeter text

Hera, Poseidon, Athena/Apollo coup files

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From Book V of Homer's Iliad. Upon being grievously wounded by the Achaean warrior Diomedes, the hero Aeneas is saved through divine intervention from his mother, the goddess Aphrodite. 

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Happy mušḫuššu monday everybody

that moment near the end of act 2

A space shark!!

Hammerhead shark pattern:

Cutting instructions:

-cut two (one mirrored) of both dorsal fins and the tail fin out of the fabric you are using for the shark's back

-cut two (one mirrored) of both side fins out of the fabric you are using for the shark's back

-cut two (one mirrored) of both side fins out of the fabric you are using for the shark's belly

-cut one of the shark body out of the shark back fabric, and one out of the shark belly fabric

Assembly:

put one side fin of back fabric and one of belly fabric right sides together and sew around the curved edges, leaving the flat side unsewn. Trim the seam allowance near the curves, and use that unsewn bit to turn the flipper right side out, then repeat for the other three side fins

2. put the two tail pieces right sides together, sew around the more pointed edges, and leave the part that's like a half circle unsewn. Trim the excess seam allowance and turn right side out through the unsewn section

3. put one pair of dorsal fins right sides together and sew around the outer edges, leaving the inner side unsewn. Trim the seam allowance near the curves, and use that unsewn bit to turn the flipper right side out, then repeat for the other dorsal fin

4. Baste side fins onto the shark belly where indicated on the pattern, one front side fin and one back side fin on each side. The belly colored fabric on the fins should be on the side closest to the shark belly, so that when the shark is sewn the underside of the fins matches the belly

5. put the shark belly and shark back right sides together, and sew around the exterior, leaving the last inch, inch and a half of the pointed section of the tail left unsewn. Use that unsewn section to turn the shark right side out

6. Add safety eyes (if using), and stuff the shark, then ladder stitch the pointy tail bit of the shark's body closed.

7. Add some stuffing to the tail, and this part is going to be a bit tricky. Tuck the seam allowance of the tail fin in, and open the tail around the pointy tail bit of the shark's body. You'll have to reposition it a bit, maybe add more stuffing, but once you've got the tail fin aligned how you want it, ladder stitch it in place (I know, I know, this is not a super clear instruction, I wrote this pattern before I knew better construction techniques but also this pattern has no Y seams and no gussets, so I'm hoping it evens out lol)

So, here's everyone Marra gathered to find out "how to kill a prince"✨

Some extras/everyone on their own because I need to show off all the pockets I drew for the coat of the dust-wife that were partially hidden: