@ouroboroscyclegroup / ouroboroscyclegroup.tumblr.com
Join us for films, tea, and Mystery Science Theatre-esque chatting, every Saturday! 9:30pm EST
History according to Tumblr.
I’M CRYING I’M IN HYSTERICS I DON’T THINK I’LL EVER RECOVER THIS MEANS I CANNOT GO TO COLLEGE ON WEDNESDAY THANK YOU
Putting this on my main blog because I know everyone loves history as much as I do and needs to laugh.
I think this just gets funnier every time I see it.
History according to Tumblr...Gets funnier the more I see this post around.
General Étienne-Maurice Gérard , Marshal of France by Jacques Louis David 1816 (X)
lost it at hitler in shorts
kick i n g hitler out of a r t s c h ool
I absolutely lost it reading these.
But I mean the vintage bombshelters are sooo totally cute
this post is literally the best thing i’ve ever seen
WHEN PEOPLE SAY I WAS BORN IN THE WRONG TIME PERIOD BECAUSE OF MY 50’S HOUSEWIFE POST, I THINK OF THIS POST.
This always gives me a giggle.
Top 3 phrases that’ll create sexual tension
"prove it"
"What’s in it for me?"
"The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1348–50 CE."
"selfie culture" seems so tame by comparison when you realize that not only did old timey rich people spend a fortune commissioning artists to paint flattering images of them, they spent many hours sitting for these portraits
who’s the me generation now
#art museums are actually just full of renaissance selfies this post just changed my life
Art museums are renaissance selfies.
Traces of coca and nicotine found in Egyptian mummies - WTF fun facts
well DUH. a lot of historians are still trying to process the fact that ancient egyptians knew how to build boats, which is ridiculous. why would they not be seafarers and explorers?
this is not new or surprising information at all. it pretty much day one of any african-american studies course.
the egyptians knew that if they put their boats in front of the summer storm winds it’d blow them right across the sea to the Americas and they shared that with the greeks.
It’s really hard for people to understand that everyone had boats, exploration, and trade interactions without the same level of murder, colonization, and violence that the Europeans did. It’s really hard for people to get that.
The Sea-Craft of Prehistory (book; Eurocentric as heck)
Scientific Evidence for Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Voyages (273 pages-for the hardcore only!):
The only plausible explanation for these findings is that a considerable number of transoceanic voyages in both directions across both major oceans were completed between the 7th millennium BC and the European age of discovery. Our growing knowledge of early maritime technology and its accomplishments gives us confidence that vessels and nautical skills capable of these long-distance travels were developed by the times indicated. These voyages put a new complexion on the extensive Old World/New World cultural parallels that have long been controversial.
history
I am fairly certain I shared this here already, but it never ceases to make me giggle. History!
