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24 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Christmas is almost here, and as a way to say THANK YOU for all the years you’ve been around supporting me, I’ll be choosing ONE person to have a family portrait colorized by me for free. That’s it.

All you need to do is RT and follow me on IG: instagram.com/marinaarts/?hl…
The winner will be announced in a week. Thank you!!!

(This is a private photo, shared with permission)
And thank you - I really mean it.
And btw, commissions are open too: marinamaral.com/commission/

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📷 Photo taken in 1855, colorized for The Colour of Time.
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“Autistic people can’t speak multiple languages”

Sorry guys, I guess it’s time to share my secret and let you know that I have a gnome translating everything in my ears in real time
His name is Chica
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This is probably the only photograph of nine reigning kings gathered in the same room ever taken. They were in London for the funeral of King Edward VII.

Windsor Castle, 1910.

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23 Oct
This is how Ancient Greece really looked like. Here's a reconstruction of Curetes Street in ancient Ephesus.

Ps: A peristyle house on the corner of Curetes Street is known as the brothel, because in the excavations, a statue of Priapus with an oversize phallus was found there.
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