from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" {Shan Hai Jing}
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from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" {Shan Hai Jing}
Yep. The Blemmyes seem to be part of mythology all across northern Eurasia but I've never managed to find anything that explains why. There are also the people with one foot and the people with holes in their bellies but I dunno where those came from or what they're even called.
jacobhinds said:
"Xingtian fought against [Huang] Di. Di cut off his head, and the head was buried in the Changyang Mountains.
But Xingtian, with his breasts as eyes, and his navel as mouth, continued to fight with his axe and shield..."
Shanhaijing - Classic of Mountains and Seas
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It's probably just traveller's tales along the silk road. There are muslim and christian places of worship in deepest China that date back to late antiquity. There's even a theory I've heard somewhere that depictions of buddha are based off Byzantine Jesus, although I dunno how much tinfoil is required to believe that.
Rufus est (this is Rufus), Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii, Italy
These look so... modern. Kind of how I draw caricatures. That's so cool.
A lazy eyed staring contest
Funny how that's seen as an effeminate pose nowadays even though it was the most masculine thing ever back in the age of enlightenment obnoxious egoists, and before that.
It still is masculine in some places, mainly East Africa and parts of East Asia.
It still is masculine in some places, mainly East Africa and parts of East Asia.
That's one of my rotation of default "not currently occupied" postures.
Can't be angry in the 18th century this was the top of the fashion
Warsword Conquest in a nutshell
Villa Romana del Casale - Small Circus mosaic
Bignor Villa mosaics - gladiator cupids
Bignor Villa mosaics - gladiator cupids
