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26 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
#OnThisDay in 1922 English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt.

"Can you see anything?", it was all I could do to get out the words "Yes, wonderful things".
“...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold..."
Original via Griffith Institute.
wired.com/2007/11/nov-26…

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24 Nov
Of course. 2020.

Jupiter and Saturn are about to line up in a way not seen since the Middle Ages, astronomers say.

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This is how the apocalypse begins right
At this point, this would make me quite happy
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24 Nov
This is an invitation to a Roman birthday party sent around 100 AD to Sulpicia Lepidina:

"On 11 September, sister, for the day of the celebration of my birthday, I give you a warm invitation to make sure that you come to us, to make the day more enjoyable for me...
... by your arrival, if you are present. Give my greetings to your Cerialis. My Aelius and my little son send him their greetings."

(2nd hand): "I shall expect you, sister. Farewell, sister, my dearest soul, as I hope to prosper, and hail."
(On the back, in the first hand): "To Sulpicia Lepidina, wife of Cerialis, from Severa."
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"The Good Doctor" is trending, and it reminds me of when I was still investigating my now-confirmed autism diagnosis and I heard from a psychologist that I couldn't be autistic because my personality is different from the main character of this tv show.

I swear.
I'm lucky to have people with me who are able to alert me and help me not to fall for this kind of bullshit. But imagine how many people have no point of reference and believe when they hear these things?
I should be paid for the time I spend listening to people who know nothing about autism wanting to act like experts.
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Thread: This is a complaint written in c. 1750 (ancient Babylonian Yelp) to a merchant named Ea-nasir from someone named Nanni:

"I have sent messengers ... to collect the bag with my money but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back empty-handed."

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"Tell Ea-nа̄ṣir, Nanni sends the following message:

When you came, you said to me as follows: "I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots."

You left then but you did not do what you promised me.
You put ingots which were not good before my messenger (Ṣīt-Sin) and said: "If you want to take them, take them, if you do not want to take them, go away!"

What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt?
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This letter was written by Pliny the Younger to the Roman historian Tacitu, describing the A.D. 79 eruption at Mt. Vesuvius:

"The cloud sank down soon afterwards and covered the sea, hiding Capri and Capo Misenum from sight. My mother begged me to leave her and escape...
... as best I could, but I took her hand and made her hurry along with me. Ash was already falling by now, but not very thickly. Then I turned around and saw a thick black cloud advancing over the land behind us like a flood.
... "Let us leave the road while we can still see", I said, "or we will be knocked down and trampled by the crowd".

We had hardly sat down to rest when the darkness spread over us. But it was not the darkness of a moonless or cloudy night...
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23 Nov
This is what you get when you don’t show up for Pliny’s dinner party in Rome (circa 97 AD):

“My Dear Septicius Clarus,

Look here, you accepted my invitation to dinner and then did not show up. You will be assessed for the costs, to the last penny, and they are not small.

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You will have to foot the bill for all these preparations:

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... because it died on the dish as a result of your negligence; then olives, boiled beets, gourds, onions, and one thousand other items no less elegantly prepared.

You would have heard comic skits, or a reader, or a musician, or–considering my generosity–all three.
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